The Sweet Hereafter is a Canadian film that is an adaptation of the novel that is also called The Sweet Hereafter that was written by Russell Banks. The sweet Hereafter the Canadian film was written and directed by Aton Egoyan in 1997. Aton gained a lot of attention at the Sundance Film Festival for his earliest works. A few years later he broke out into the public with one of his most famous works, Exotica that was made in 1994. Later in 1997 is when The Sweet Hereafter got him major attention
Rotten Tomatoes vs. Meta Critic on the Film Dope Dope is a controversial film which addresses many issues with today’s youth living in crime-polluted, drug-infested neighborhoods in the city of Los Angeles. The movie, though a low budget film received relatively positive reviews from both Rotten Tomatoes and Meta Critic which have been known for destroying a film’s reputation in the public eye, causing ticket sales and movie goers to plummet all before the movie’s opening weekend, which is when
District 9 is a film that takes us into a realm of a different world from the one that we know now. It combines extraterrestrial life with immense science fiction to illustrate a story we could only imagine to ever actually occur. Although it was created for entertainment purposes, the motion picture can be compared to many different types of individuals and situations. District 9 displays many underlying concepts throughout the movie about racism, prejudice and discrimination. While studying
liberals, because of their belief, have the right to pass death sentences on opponents. The story was amusing at times and there was some comedy in the film, but it didn't really go anywhere. The most famous actor in the film was Mark Harmon, and they showed him for about one minute, before he got killed. The movie takes place in Ames, Iowa. The film is about five liberal graduate students living together, (three males and two females) that enjoy inviting different guest over every Sunday for dinner
When it comes to films, they come from various backgrounds. Sometimes a large movie studio will produce and create a film to release to the public. Other times, independent film makers will find their own source of money to make a film and release on their own independently from any attachment to a large corporation or studio. These two methods have been around for quite some time in the history of film. In the past decade alone, the expansion of independent film has grown due to the expansion and
post-production, when money is thin. Music supervisors provide an important balance of maintaining the creative vision of the filmmaker and adhering to the usually low budget, a feat that is deserving of a higher rank of importance. Music supervision is a relatively new career that reaches across many different aspects of both film and music industries. Some of the many responsibilities of a music supervisor include
A Place in Hell is a low budget, of about $200K, that is based on the real life of serial murderer / necrophiliac Harrison "Marty" Graham, who killed seven females in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. As for A Place in Hell, Director David Boorboor crafts his own story around the murderer, having the movie take place at an old abandoned farm / haunted attraction. A group of students is tasked with making a short film and in the process, run into the killer. The flick has signs of genuine creativity
“Ed” Wood, Jr. had in common, is that both were at the forefront of 1950s low-budget, B-movie filmmaking where independent studios assigned small budget to filmmakers to create B-movies and release them widely in order to gain higher profit returns during release. Both directors enjoyed their creative freedom with their limited budgets and both of their movies showed passion and energy in their scenes that many “A” film struggle to encapsulate in scenes of their own. However, that’s where the similarities
and film industry of Pakistan Cinema and films are the greatest source of showing and promoting cultures and moral values in the society as well as in the whole world. They shows us that how the people of a specific region lives and perform their activities. As Quaid-e-Azam once said that he wishes more Muslims would enter into the realm of film industry, and he shall always be glad to do all I can to help it. Pakistani film industry is known as "Lollywood". The history of the Pakistan film industry
Body horror films are a type of flicks that do their hardest to gross you out, be it through teleportation mishaps (The Fly), to sex with a man who has sex with dead people (Contraction). Bite is a body horror film that succeeds at grossing out the viewer, providing plenty of outstanding practical effects. The film is not bad, but it is restrictive in with the plot, keeping the main character and story confined to one set (an apartment), with only a few people involved. Bite is a low-budget Canadian
place, cost of production and names attached; a film can be a gold mine or a sinking ship. Based on the production company or private film investor behind a film can determines the distribution and marketing efforts. Budgets can determine if a film runs the national film festival circuit or regional local colleges to generate interest, none at all. Most audiences are use to seeing those cool production company animations at the beginning of a film. From Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer roaring lion or even
Hong Kong Film Industry The creative industries are built upon individual skills, talents, and creativity. These industries include, but are not limited to, film, fashion, design, computer game, craft, design, architecture and many more (Moeran and Alacovska, 2012). Primarily, they are recognized as economic activities that involve the creation of a product or service that constitute information or knowledge. While everyone is familiar with Hollywood, known as the film capital of the world, the
Chastity” clearly reveals Dogme movement’s significances as a resistance force against Hollywood domination in film market from three aspects: rejecting the Hollywood tradition of illusions created by high-technology and further suggesting “zero aesthetic” in the technical aspects; the realism in narrative, which could be seen as a reaction against Hollywood superficial stories; auther film and individualism which are big selling points in Hollywood are restricted. Technically, from rule 1-5 and rule
a cult film. The movie depicts a world in which tomatoes are killers. Due to attacks, the president must create a specialist team to take down the killer vegetable. The team, composed of a lieutenant who never abandons his parachute, an underwater expert, and a master of disguise, must try and fight the seemingly indestructible tomatoes across the world. However, in the end it is a screechy teen pop song, “Puberty Love”, that makes the tomatoes retreat and the town rejoice. The B level film, produced
1. The film opens with images of a small Colorado town, with no visible minorities, and a discussion of hunger there. Was this surprising to you? Why do you think the filmmakers opened the film in this way? The discussion of hunger in places within the America is not surprising. They opened the film with images of a food deserted small Colorado town with no visible minorities for the public to be aware of the reality. It’s the reality that even the richest country has its own population full of
The film industry, one of the most competitive markets out there. However, big name films such as "The Hangover," are being made to entertain viewers of certain ages. Hollywood tries to capture different lifestyles people wish they can live but unfortunately cannot. Sometimes the audience will try to mimic events in some movies. The outcome of these attempts makes you feel like these people are being victimized by Hollywood films. However, unlike these movies there are films made for educational
after Foreign films rise in the Philippine cinema. In the Year 2000’s, it shows the dramatic decline of the Philippine movie industry. The Hollywood films control the mainstream cinemas even more and the movies produced in Philippines gradually decreases that is why many producers and production companies stop producing movies after losing a million of pesos. Thereafter, the Independent Films began to emerge in the Philippine cinema. Indie Films or Independent films as we all know are films that are
ideology of Evil Dead 2 Evil Dead 2 is a film directed by Sam Raimi who has set out to make a film of the comicall horror genre. The story is obviously the sequel to Evil Dead and follows the exploits of the same character ?Ash? as he takes a trip with his new girlfriend ?Linda?. Raimi has a history for making these types of films with obvious style similarities being seen between ?Evil Dead? and its sequel. ?Evil Dead? was the first feature length film Raimi made after quitting university to proceed
Comparing Two Different Film Versions of William Shakespeare's Macbeth The Polanski version of Macbeth was very good. Polanski has re-enacted the script in a very realistic way, and could afford to do so because of the huge budget he had to work with. The film was possibly set during the Elizabethan era. Because of the huge budget, Polanski could afford to make everything perfect in his film to resemble what life was really like at that time under the rein of Queen Victoria. He could
this analysis will be lumped together, remains one of the few art house/independent movie studios that is owned by one of the major six studios. Ironically, this distinction also lends Focus Features a distinct advantage. Typically, the independent film industry requires a studio to distribute/produce a certain number of projects in order to fund initial overhead or licensing costs. This puts a significant financial strain on the smaller market firms and increases risks. While, the project quota remains