Men in Black (1997) is the first installment of a what is currently three total films, with a possible fourth in the making. Since it is a part of a franchise there is a lot of groundwork laid in this first film. We’re introduced to the main Leif Motive, or theme, for the Men in Black agency. What’s interesting is how we are kind of thrown into this film, with minimal background to what is going on. Overall this film has a unique style, a good integration of the soundtrack elements, and places the viewer in this different world where aliens exist. Starting off, what makes this film feel unique is its’ ability to throw the viewer into this film and make it feel like aliens have always existed. This first film is really just laying the groundwork for what is to come. As noted in prior synopsis, in this film is where we are introduced to Agents J and K, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. I would classify this film as a …show more content…
Right off the roll in this film, we are thrown right into a scene where K and his partner are going into the dessert to respond to an illegal ‘Alien’ who is trying to cross the border, turns out it’s an actual alien. What tells us that this is an alien is the use of this original sound effect that the sound designer created, it’s hard to describe, but we’ll leave it an alien growl. This leads into an action sequence that ends in the alien being shot and explodes goo everywhere. Keep in mind this has all happened within the first eight minutes, so obviously the director is really trying to throw us into this film, and making us comfortable with what this universe is upfront. Once the scene finished we are shown a black armored truck coming to halt near the scene of the alien and we get a tiny taste of the MIB theme since it is an MIB cleanup crew. Mashing this all together, this creates a perfect atmosphere that the rest of the films are presented
...t was the thought that the aliens looked so different. When the kid alien said that line, it made my heart stop and think how adorable it was. I picture a little boy at the park going up to his dad and saying something really cute. I believe that Blomkamp did this in order to make that connection with his audience and think about their own childhood or their kids.
My premise is really quite simple: aliens are among us.And they're bad.But they're not the aliens you think they are, and they're not bad for the reasons you might imagine.In order to understand who these aliens are and why they're bad I want to begin by reaching back into the dark heart of the McCarthy era, when American paranoia in its most popular incarnation as American patriotism was at its peak.The year is 1951 and the film is Howard Hawkes' The Thing: From Another World.
...the predominant theme of disorientation and lack of understanding throughout the film. The audience is never clear of if the scene happening is authentic or if there is a false reality.
In the opening scenes of Alien, we are taken on a five-minute tour of the Nostromo spacecraft. This sequence introduces and invites the audience into the astronaut’s ordinary world. We see the nooks and crannies of
In 2008 the worst financial crisis since the great depression hit and left many people wondering who should be responsible. Many Americans supported the prosecution of Wall Street. To this day there have still not been any arrests of any executive on Wall Street for the financial collapse. Many analysts point out that greed of executives was one of the many factors in the crisis. I will talk about subprime loans, ill-intent, punishments, and white collar crime.
A movie that I recently took the time to watch called “Black Fish” was a huge example of operant conditioning. This is a documentary of the killer whales at the different SeaWorld 's around America. There has been a lot of talk recently about these whales and I wanted to know more about it. Upon watching this film, I discovered how the psychological process of a whale feeds into the talk of the nation about them. The actions of the whales is what everyone seems to be talking about, coincidently they seem to miss the fact that the whales may be carrying out these actions as a result of how they were conditioned by the trainers at the Seaworld parks.
Blaxploitation films engraved a foundation of black men wanting to become pimps or drug dealers with flashy jewelry and nice cars. Therefore, black women were confined to being the prostitute or the other woman, which shaped their existence of being belittled. Then, there are films that deal with black women being the bad foxy brown woman, whereas, the women took action and demanded their respect. Still, the films displayed the criminal stereotype for blacks. On the other hand, the Blaxploitation
Most of you out there have jobs. But have you ever stop to think that what if someone in your job was gay? Have you also stop to think that these gay guys have a normal life like you? Well our story of Single Man begins when America was dealing with the Cuban missile crisis of October 1962. During this time our nation seemed to be on the edge of destruction, but before the sexual revolutions of the 1960’s. Gay activity was illegal. Gay men were put in prison for consensual sex with another man.
Films today often have large budgets dedicated toward capturing and keeping viewers’ attention in any way possible. Films like these include large actions pieces, over-the-top characters, and long elaborate openings that serve this purpose. The film All the President’s Men achieves the same goal without having any of the before mentioned cinematic techniques. Instead, All the President’s Men proves that sometimes, less is more. Screenwriter William Goldman utilizes his own different techniques that keep the story grounded while also keeping viewers interested throughout the film. These techniques include simple opening and closing credits, a subtle use of music, use of real news footage, and a proper balance of drama and intensity. Goldman’s brilliant use of these techniques paid off and lead him to win several screenwriting awards for his work.
12 ANGRY MEN, is basically a story play written for broadcast on CBS in 1954 by an American playwright Reginald Rose. In 1957, Rose finished the screenplay for the movie version, which was co-produced by him and Henry Fonda (Juror#8). The movie was directed by Sydney Lumet. This movie was nominated for many awards like Academy awards for Best Picture, Best Director and Best writing, Screenplay based on Material from another Medium, and an Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay from Mystery Writers of America.
Band of Brothers is a ten part, eleven hour mini series directed by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. The series aired on HBO in 2001 and is based on the book by Stephen Ambrose by the same title.
In today’s society, pre-existing assumptions and stereotypes of other ethnicities and individuals play a large part in the way we see others. This social construct of stereotypes has placed restrictions on many people’s lives which ultimately limits them from achieving certain goals. In this sense, stereotypes misrepresent and restrict people of colour to gain casting within the Hollywood film industry. The issue of how casting actors to certain roles and how these actors are forced to submit and represent these false stereotypes is one worthy of discussion. White Chicks (2004), directed by Keenan Wayans, illustrates this issue through the performance of Latrell, performed by Terry Crews, and his performance of the hyper-sexualised “buck” will be a prime example in this essay to discuss the racial politics and stereotypes in Hollywood casting.
The most important is a film that is consistent , that is like a spiral that lead the viewer to the unique and specific center that is related. Citizen Kane is one of the best films achieved in the history of cinema. But not only that characterizes this masterpiece, as it is also the riskiest film is conceived within a film , the film that broke with the classical language and inaugurated modernity in film communication. Today you can see still shots that mimic those made by the great Filmmaker Orson Welles and even do it as a tribute , but as something that comes from deep within the story itself that account since Citizen Kane is a classic film modern cinema.
‘Our interest in the parallels between the adaptation inter-texts is further enhanced by consideration of their marked differences in textual form,’