Film Analysis

Baz Luhrmann’s distinguished ability to produce outstanding films is attributed to his characteristic employment of uninterrupted camera motion, which involves employing close-up shots, zooming, and capturing slow-motion images. Baz Luhrmann, as a director, has evolved his own distinctive style by ingeniously merging emotion and poetry through his camera work and editing techniques. His increased confidence […]

The movie “Fletch”, starring Chevy Chase, follows the story of an investigating reporter named Erwin Fletcher “Fletch” from a Los Angeles newspaper. He poses as a beach junkie in order to uncover the drug trade and identify the mastermind behind it. While on his undercover mission, Fletch encounters a businessman who requests him to commit […]

Introduction Basic Information Infernal Affairs will be revealed in this paper. It is a local Hong Kong gangster movie released in 2002. Alan Make Sis-FAA and Felix Chon Man-Gung are the scriptwriters, whereas Andrew Luau Way-Gung and Alan Make Sis-FAA are the movie directors. Andy Luau Take-Way(Luau Kiln-Mall) and Tony Lung Chill-Wall(Chant Wing-Yang) are protagonists […]

In the beginning, the narrator Josh finds out a hydro-franking rig has opened near his house. He is afraid that it will pollute his water source, so he starts documenting the effects of hydro-franking on his neighbor’s waters supplies. He goes on a trip to personally document the effects of hydro-franking on people’s homes. When […]

This essay will examine the key film elements of American Beauty, with a specific focus on its mise-en-scene and sound. The reason for selecting this film is that it is an exceptionally profound narrative, authored by Alan Ball. Director Sam Mendes describes the story as a ‘kaleidoscopic journey through American suburbia, and a visually expressive […]

In Children of Heaven (1997), director Majid Majidi explores the world of children in Iran through a sweet little story of an ordinary family. With its moving plot development, realistic and plain camera movement, and an intuitive and down-to-earth performance by the two young actors (Amir Farrokh Hashemian as Ali, and Behare Seddiqi as Zahra), […]

Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, the youngest child of William and Emma Hitchcock, was born in east London. He went on to direct ‘Psycho’. Alfred Hitchcock was a renowned director who directed several classics including ‘the birds’ (1963), ‘Marnie’ (1964), and ‘Topaz’ (1969), as well as the unfinished film ‘number 13’ in 1922. Yet, his most famous […]

Many people assert that the documentary “Bowling for Columbine,” directed by Michael Moore, has enlightened them about current America. Although this is accurate for those who have only watched it casually, a closer examination exposes its lack of substantial evidence in certain cases, ultimately preventing it from being entirely factual. This raises the question: can […]

Bunny Boy and Harmony Korine The title of the movie gives the viewer an idea of what the film will be about: redneck inbreds. Harmony Korine wrote and directed Gummo: he made the movie to please himself and then the audience. He claims to be a realist writer/filmmaker when he states “realism, even if fictional, […]

Moulin Rouge is described by Baz Luhrmann as audience participation cinema. This means that the audience can get involved and that emotions are usually exaggerated. This has the same idea as Bollywood movies, which is where he got his inspiration from. This type of cinema is part of Baz Luhrmann’s trademark and he purposely makes […]

When ID4 was first introduced to the public by advertisements, lots of people took interest. It was the biggest build up to a blockbuster that America had ever seen. The film was eventually released as Independence Day, hence the name ID4 because the real Independence Day is on the 4th of July. Obviously the video […]

Films are narratives – they tell stories. Even films based on true events will fictionalise them to make in order to produce drama, to telescope time, to avoid being filled with too many minor characters, or simply to be more entertaining. Films are usually summarised by their plots – in their first ‘treatment’ (or outline […]

The focus of this essay is on the opening scene of Jurassic Park. I intend to discuss and identify how cinematography has been used to entice the audience into the scene and make hem want to watch it. Jurassic Park is an action-adventure film about a human manufactured herd of dinosaurs, which are said to […]

“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 film, Gladiator, is based on one man, called General Maximus Decimus Meridius. He seeks revenge when his wife and child are killed and the emperor he loves is murdered. The Genre of Gladiator is a roman epic, packed with lots of action and drama. There are several major themes in Gladiator. These include the […]

SUMMARY: Sehar, a Hindi language action crime drama film directed by Kabeer Kaushik, portrays the organized crime in Uttar Pradesh during the late 90s and how the State Police battled it based on real-life happenings and characters. The story follows the journey of Ajay Kumar, who, at 31 years old, became the newly appointed SSP […]

I am going to be analysing the self-acclaimed fourth film by Quentin Tarantino, Kill Bill. I will consider the media language, plot and how Tarantino directs the film. The opening sequence of Kill Bill is very 1960’s. The picture is in black and white and showing a bride lying on the floor looking up towards […]

The film Black Robe is about a French Jesuit missionary, named Father Laforgue, who traveled to New France in the 1600s. His main goal was to bring European culture and religion to the native groups of the Huron and Algonquians. Black Robe revolved mostly around the Jesuit point of view, so were the Huron, Algonquians […]

The first extract is ‘Jaws’. It was adapted from a novel by Peter Benchley; it was directed by Steven Spielberg and scored by John Williams. It was released in 1975. The second extract is ‘Alien’. The screen play for ‘Alien’ was written by Don O’Bannon; it was directed by Ridley Scott and scored by Jerry […]

Over time, the science fiction film genre has undergone significant growth and progress. When comparing modern films to some of the earliest movies, there is a stark contrast between the two. The progress made in filmmaking since the early days of science fiction is evident. Over the past few decades, significant developments have occurred in […]

The film Witness is about corruption in the police force, the merging and conflict of cultures and romance between two culturally different people. Witness contains many moral issues, which include, murder, cultural awareness, and religion. The Amish way of life is very simple; they wear simple clothes, use simple farming and building methods and they […]

The film American Beauty features a man named Lester, who is approximately 35 years old and whose impending death is hinted at early on. This non-linear storytelling technique generates suspense by sparking questions in viewers’ minds, such as “What caused his death?”, “Who killed him?”, or “When will he meet his demise?”. Within this essay, […]