Essays About Movies
Movie essays are by far the most interesting to read and write. Part of the reason is that most movie essays are based on a movie you like or popular movies. Some dwell on autobiographies by famous people that can be used as a case study. Movie essay examples can feature different topics that the writer should address from the movie. Movie essays examples can include why a particular movie is your favorite, what lessons do you learn from a certain movie, and other trains of thought.
College essays about movies will mainly dwell on notable movies throughout the century that has had a huge impact on their audience, either positively or negatively. Movies have a significant influence on society as they can be used to ridicule, criticize, or educate the masses on a specific subject. The movie franchise is quite huge and has a lot of influence in the industry, thus movie essays that talk about how to produce a good quality movie and how to go about the entire movie-making process prove advantageous.
In this essay I will compare the similarities and contrast the differences between two crime film openings. I will be comparing ‘Sin City’ and ‘The Bone Collector’. I will analyse the two film openings and see how they establish their own crime film genre. Genre is a way of categorising a film. From genre, producers […]
The Wrong Trousers welcomes us back to Wallace, the eccentric, cheese-loving inventor and his faithful dog Gromit as they star in their second motion picture. The Wrong Trousers is about a penguin, called Feathers McGraw, that poses as a guest in Wallace’s home but is really a fiendish criminal. He uses a pair of hi-tech […]
“This is Spinal Tap” (1984) chronicles the American leg of Spinal Tap’s World Tour to support Tap’s latest album “Smell The Glove”. This “Rockmentary” tells of all the struggles that a band can face whilst on the road. From drummers spontaneously combusting on stage to an eighteen-inch Stonehenge monument that was in danger of being […]
The concept of the ‘auteur theory’ in relation to film refers to a director who imbues their own unique style in a film. This theory originated with French critics at ‘Cahiers Du Cinema’ in the 1950s, with Francis Truffant being one of them. Author Andrew Sarris further popularized and analyzed this theory, garnering respect for […]
This piece of coursework will be written on the film “Bruce Almighty”, directed by Tom Shadyac. It is a fantasy-comedy which appeals to me because it lets you use your imagination at the same time as making you laugh. The film features the main character, Bruce Nolan, played by Jim Carrey. Bruce is stuck in […]
First, it should be noted that every film is political, at least inasmuch as it is determined by the ideology that produces it (or within which it is produced, which stems from the same thing). The cinema is all the more thoroughly and completely determined, according to critics, because unlike other arts or ideological systems […]
âEnron: The Smartest Guys In The Roomâ Frauds and financial scandals in the business world were before an Enronâs case and will be after it. Thatâs in human nature. But a chain of events lead to an enormous shock on the Wall Street and went down in history as one of the biggest business scandals. […]
The Purpose of this paper is to try to make a case and possibly a conclusion on the popularity of the above captioned movie industries. Definitions Bollywood is defined and generally accepted to be the name given to the Mumbai based Hindi language film industry in India (www. bollywood. com) and as such all movies […]
The Hays Code in Film Noir The Motion Picture Production Code, commonly known as the Hays Code, was adopted in March 1930, though it was not truly enforced until four years later in 1934. This set of rules had tremendously influenced the way Hollywood movies were made for a number of years. This code was […]
English 101-210 Final Draft Battle of the Directors The Merchant of Venice, also known as âThe Jew of Veniceâ is a drama play originally written by William Shakespeare in 1598. The major conflict occurs when a man named Antonio (Venetian merchant) fails to pay off a loan to a greedy Jewish money loaner known as […]
The film industry consists of the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking: i. e. film production companies, film studios, cinematography, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post production, film festivals, distribution; and actors, film directors and other film crew personnel. Though the expense involved in making movies almost immediately led film production to concentrate under the auspices […]
Karate Kid presentation The construction of the âNewâ Hollywood as a distinct period in American cinema history. The features said to have distinguished the New Hollywood as a symptom of a âBlockbuster mentalityâ. High concept as a series of economic/aesthetic strategies said to have characterized the New Hollywood blockbuster era, to the extent to which […]
Interpersonal Conflict âHitchâ Com 200 Instructor Bryant January 15, 2012 The main interpersonal conflict in the movie Hitch is the miscommunication between the two main characters. There are three main characters in this movie, but the two main ones that have miscommunication is Alex Hitchings who is known as Hitch and Sara Melas who is […]
The 1920s represented the era of greatest output in the US movie market. In the 1920’s Rin-Tin-Tin the movie dog, became the most famous dog ever to star in the movies. Rin-Tin-Tin was a starving German Shepherd dog during the Great War. Metro Goldwyn Mayer film making studio was founded. A new Pooh Bear story […]
The movie âNight of Living Deadâ written by John A. Russo and George A. Romero and directed by George A. Romero may have done just that. This movie released on October 1, 1968 may not have intended to do this but appears to have this affect on many viewers all the same. The main character […]
Movies today provide millions of people an experience that stimulates emotion as well as intellect. Film on screen can capture an audience and provide an escape from reality. Many people can actually get so involved in the film that they see themselves as a character in the show and feel the joy and sorrow of […]
The Evolution of the Hispanic Stereotype in Films and Television (1909-sass) November 18, 2012 “Lucy, I’m Home! ” With these words first uttered on October 15, 1951 , Americans were introduced to arguably the first Hispanic[l] actor who became both embraced and beloved by the public in what was to become the most watched series […]
The Evolution Of Sex And Race In The 1930âs Taylor Reed English 101 Professor Reynoso 7 June 2010 How the 1930âs could have turned out to be positive instead of a negative. The difficult decade for many Americans was the 1930s. Knol Beta stated that âthe Great Depression plagued citizens throughout the country because of […]
Analyzing Film Camille D. Beasley Instructor: Matthew Norsworthy July 24, 2010 The development of film can be a process that is extensive and complex. Film analysis helps the viewer to understand what the director is trying to convey to the audience. To analyze a film successfully, it is important to understand how collaborative filmmaking really […]
The film Witness, directed by Peter Weir, gained fame in 1984. It depicts the clash between two cultures – the Amish and the Western Society – and revolves around a murder crime. The main character, John Book, played by Harrison Ford, is a big city cop who becomes entangled in the murder case. The film’s […]
Dharam Dev Anand, born on September 26, 1923, is a renowned Indian actor and film producer. He was originally known as Devdutta Pishorimal Anand. In the Hindi Film Industry, Dev Anand is widely acknowledged as one of the most popular stars. During his prime, he was regarded as the epitome of sophistication and urban elegance. […]
The salient techniques used in the train station sequence evoke emotions and empathy from the audience. Examples of the techniques employed in this particular sequence include; mise-en-scene, editing, cinematography and sound. Mise-en-scene which was originally drawn from the field of theater refers to aspects such as setting, make-up and costume, stage movements and lighting. In […]
