English-language films Essays

  • Language In The Film English Vinglish

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    Language is a tool for people communicating; with its development and increasing diversity, people gradually become unsatisfied by using language, as a communication method, barely to understand, instead, they are eager to interpret. They would like to know a person’s personality through his or her language speaking; they are more intended to judge others through the superficial language skill. An invisible standard continuously forms that people who have a higher language skill deserve more respect

  • Audrey Hepburn Professional Influences

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    crumble as we know it. Through her life she had terrible events happen, Audrey Hepburn was an influential actress to young women to fight when things are hard. Audrey Hepburn's childhood was very complicated with a Dutch mother and an English father. “was born to an English father and Dutch mother in Belgium, May 4th, 1929. Her father's job as an insurance agent

  • Describe How The Losses Revealed In The Film The Power Of One

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    he faced? Throughout the film “The Power of One,” main character P.K. has gone through countless losses in his life. Starting with the death of his mother, during the opening of the film P.K.’s mother died due to her sickness. Secondly, after years of building up a strong relationship between Geel Piet, it was all gone after he was brutally murdered by one of the Barberton prison warders, Borman. Finally, one of P.K.’s

  • La Jaula De Oro Sparknotes

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    group of kids is put through a lot during the film, it’s a very interesting journey for 4 kids to experience. This film shows the struggles and difficulties immigrants succumb and sheds some light into the harsh realities of what people don’t think about when they hear the word

  • The Importance Of Film Making In Film

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    I should express it through film. My gravitation toward film, is the result of my lifelong fascination with storytelling and a steady of movie-watching throughout my youth. There was a time that I was intimidated by the narrow percentage of people that appear to achieve notable success in the film industry. I thought that being a movie director was one of the dream jobs that many aspired to, but few ever achieved. However, as I've learned more about the business of film, I've discovered that there

  • What Does Rabbit Proof Fence Mean

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    a powerful and assertive film, based on three real-life indigenous survivors of this era, known as the Stolen Generation. The film is set in 1931 and tells the story of three young girls who were kidnapped on the government’s authority, forced into an “aboriginal integration” program 1,200 miles from home, and who are determined to run away and make it home on their own by following the Rabbit-Proof Fence. The film opens with a narrative voiceover in Aboriginal language by the real Molly Craig,

  • Time To Kill Themes

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    English Multimodal presentation Question 4: Examine the way language has been used to promote particular values or attitudes in one text you have studied. A time To Kill is a 1996 American crime drama film directed by Joel Schumacher. Set in Canton, Mississippi the film involves the rape of Carlee Hailey’s daughter Tonya, which then results in the arrest and subsequent killing of the two men by Carlee, who is found guilty and prosecuted for his actions and calls up Jake Brigance to defend him in

  • Argentina Zapata Essay

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    "You don't have to be great to start, but you need to start to be great” and he used this as inspiration to create an amazing life. He made the difficult transition from Argentina to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of acting, despite not knowing the language or having strong contacts. It resulted in creating one of the most well-known and successful restaurants in Hollywood called SUR but it didn’t come without sacrifices. Zapata, a successful actor in Argentina, decided to come to Hollywood at the

  • I Am From The Democratic Republic Of Congo

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    I am from the Democratic republic of Congo. I moved to South Africa when I was 15 and lived there for 6 years. French is my first language and I speak a total of 6 languages. I want to live my mark in the world and change the perspective that most people seem to have about people from my country. I want to be able to use my experience in travelling to many countries and gaining knowledge to bring something positive to my country and inspire the youth. I want to honor my parents, particularly my father

  • Juliet Owen Language Analysis

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    In the short film, Words, language is confusing and difficult because Juliet misunderstood Owens way of communicating to others. In the video, from 13:08-13:30,it can be seen that Juliet wants Owen to be with him, but he rejects her not because he wasn’t interested, but because she was ignorant. Juliet believes that Owen would be better off by assimilating to the majority, speaking, hearing, and communicating to others the ‘normal’ way. Owens language is different from Juliet’s, as he expresses himself

  • Essay On V For Vendetta

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    people behind the scenes. The movie is supposed to be a lie, a work of fiction that helps uncover the truth in today's world. Based on the same named, 1982 comic series from Alan Moore, V for Vendetta is neither an action film nor a superhero movie or even a science fiction film. It is a subversive, plot-twisting, captivating and definitely well-written production. Set in a near future England, ruled by a tyrannical government and a man, known only as V (Hugo Weaving) who is keen on ending the autocracy

  • Personal Narrative: My Bilingual Education

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    four, I could speak both languages well. Relocating to California’s Silicon Valley at the age of five was accompanied by a large push to connect back with my roots further. My family befriended many others who spoke the same language as we did, among other Indian languages, so I was constantly in an environment with many languages floating in and out of my ears, which is one of the ways I picked up other Indian languages, like Malayalam and Telugu, which are languages my mother and father respectively

  • Squanto Warrior's Tale

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    Introduction: Squanto: A Warrior's Tale is the film version of the life of a high-born Indian warrior from the Patuxet tribe located in an area that is now Plymouth, Massachusetts. The movie is partly based on fact as well as fiction and was modified to fit the Disney Family movie genre. Squanto: A Warrior's Tale is a story of change within the Native American culture and further analysis of the movie shows evidence of anthropological themes such as religious and cultural beliefs, ethnocentrism

  • Comparing The Diving Bell And The Butterfly

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    The film, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, is an artistic and inspiring movie that I thoroughly enjoyed for its stunning visuals and superb acting. However, there are aspects of the movie that deepened my appreciation for the movie even more that I had no idea about until I started reading reviews. Both of the facts that I learned come from Kelly Vance of the website “East Bay Express”. The first is that the actress who played Marie, Olatz López Garmendia, is actually the wife of the director of

  • Essay On Meek's Cutoff The Movie

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    The film “Meek's Cutoff” is a great movie that will not appeal to people seeking excitement and thrills, nor will it satisfy people who want everything spelled out for them or who need to have the dilemmas of the characters resolved. We watch these pioneers’ struggle against the trackless wilderness without explaining anything about them or their ultimate fate. What the movie said to me was that the pioneers are moving through life without all the information they need and with no guarantees that

  • Jackie Kennedy First Lady Analysis

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    Natalie Portman once again enters the Oscar conversation with “Jackie,” Pablo Larraín's English language debut detailing Jackie Kennedy after her husband's assassination. The biopic is a daring and slicing look at a complex person when matched with Natalie Portman performance becomes an immersive experience that you will not forget. Told in flashbacks during a magazine interview, “Jackie” explores the complex life the First Lady lead. It gave an inner look at the grief and tragedy she faced from

  • Essay On The Movie Crash

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    This film review is based on the film Crash that was released in 2004 and directed by Paul Haggis. The movie takes place in Los Angeles and specifically evolving the LAPD, Los Angeles Police Department. The movie begins with a African American LAPD detective named Graham at a crime scene of an unknown murder victim. Throughout the movie the scenes are interchanged between characters that eventually clash. Towards the beginning of the movie two young African American men, Anthony and Peter, are in

  • La Vida De Selena

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    La Vida De Selena In the film Selena,viewers are shown an in depth version of the life Selena Quintanilla Perez lived. The film helped me learn and take multiple life values into consideration. The film covers personal identity, family, and society issues. To begin with, in the beginning of the movie Selena’s father, Abraham, is in a band named Los Diños and is looking for gigs at various club locations. When Los Diños came across a club the owner was a white male. He made a phone call and

  • Personal Statement: A Career As A Medical Assistant

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    mother, a mammographer at the time. This is where my passion for healthcare began. I’m sure that I was the only nine year-old that knew how to perform a breast exam. I assisted my mother with patients, helped her develop film, determine whether or not a lump was present in the film and printed and filed patient information. I also had the

  • Isle Of Dogs

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    I chose to watch Isle of Dogs, a film directed by Wes Anderson and produced by Indian Paintbrush. This artsy, unique film was intriguing to me because it combined the unique style of Wes Anderson and the magic of animation into the longest stop-motion film ever made. Being an animation student myself, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to analyze what I feel is one of the best animated and directed stop-motion films i’ve seen. Wes Anderson’s production design, choice of actors and acting styles,