a classic and beloved tale telling the story of Peggy Sawyers rise to stardom in Broadway. This film embodies every aspect of what a classic film should be; good triumphs every obstacle thrown at the cast, the story is clear and ends on a happy note and of course the star ends up with her soulmate and everything is perfect. However, if one was to take this beloved classic and turn it into a modern film the plot and its components would have to be drastically changed. For starters Peggy, would not
The modern day Hollywood film cost an astonishing amount of money to produce. The major film studios seek out investors and corporate businesses for funding prior to beginning film project due to the high cost associated with creating blockbusters. Most modern day mega films range from one hundred million to upwards of three hundred closer to four hundred million dollars. Take director Gore Verbinski film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides that cost a ridiculous $378.5 Million U.S. Dollars
gravitation toward film as my primary medium was a gradual process, the result of my lifelong fascination with storytelling and a steady diet of movie-watching throughout my adolescence. 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
Film Noir's Effect on Modern Cinema High heels click on wet pavement, shady detectives stand in the shadows, shots ring out through the cold, dark city night-just another moment in film noir. These seedy, almost underground films are considered to be some of the best and most influential pictures in the history of Hollywood by anyone's standards, most certainly some of the darkest. Even though the glory days of film noir have long passed and given way to big budget productions, their influence
Will modern-day film adaptions overcome the staple fairy-tale plot that makes romantic comedies so endlessly appealing? Yasmin Perry Reports. Despite the increased demand for more relatable adaptations of predicable plots and whirlwind romances, directors and screen writers refuse to appease modern day audiences. Preferring to construct a storyline that plays heavily into the cliché rescue of a female protagonist from her helpless existence by a wealthy, handsome hero. It is the use of this foreseeable
A Comparison of Modern Teen Films and Those of the John Hughes Era Young adult or “Teen Movies” are a genre of films largely popularized by Director and Writer John Hughes during the 1980’s. Hughes wrote and directed such films as Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and The Breakfast Club - which are considered to be era defining films. In the modern era, however; their direction has shifted from films about leaving high school, young love, or the characters simply realizing they are about
Stereotypes of Native Americans in Modern Films There are many stereotypes about Native Americans which are promoted in today's films. Since the beginnings of the westward settlement people have been saying things about the Native Americans that are not necessarily true. They were depicted as savages and thieves. Like all peoples this is true about some, but not for all. In fact, it was the Native Americans which helped the pilgrims settle in this country in the first place. This never stopped
cinema since the early 1930s when films such as Dracula and Frankenstein were created. As the horror genre evolved, so did the stories in the films. Friday the 13th (Marcus Nipsel, 2009) is a very good example of this evolution. Even though it is a remake, Friday the 13th changed the way horror movies were seen by the audience. The ideas and theory behind this slasher sub-genre of horror films can be summed up in a book. Carol Clover, an American professor of film studies, wrote a book in 1992 entitled
episode really was. Modern Family’s “Connection Lost” episode is hilariously funny and original. This episode creates one of the most realistic shows to be produced in our postmodern society. The episode was created to relate to the hectic daily lives of people living in the digital era. Modern Family is known for its comedic family genre but the “Connection Lost” episode, shows how the use of technology has influenced digital genre. The entire episode takes place on Modern Family is an accumulation
Film review Submission date: 13th August’2014 Assignment: Read the article on modernity by Bilton et al and write the review of the movie, "Modern Times" by Charlie Chaplin using the article. The aim here is to understand the idea of modernity Submitted to: Mrs. Sai Thakur Submitted By: Ahsaas Verma Review: Modern Times Modernity: A term designed to encapsulate the distinctiveness, complexity and dynamism of social processes unleashed during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, which mark
Comparison between old film special effects and modern day special effects For my comparison I picked out the 1982 science fiction film Tron and its sequel Tron: Legacy released in 2010. Tron is about a computer hacker who is seized into the digital world. He is forced to participate in gladiatorial games with no chance of escaping except for the help of a heroic security programme (Lisberger et al., 1982). The reason I picked Tron is for its uniqueness in visual effects, as well as in other areas
their first films, thus establishing the French New Wave. In Italy, Fellini created the elegant La Dolce Vita, and Antonioni gave us L’avventura. Most importantly, though, in America, famed British director Alfred Hitchcock gave us the classic thriller North by Northwest, the father of the modern action film. Throughout the history of filmmaking, many different genres have thrived such as the romantic comedy, giving us such classics as Bringing up Baby and His Girl Friday. The war film gave us All
course, each depict a type of love many of us might go through. The first two films, Water for Elephants and How Do You Know, explore the concept of finding love. Whereas, the film Groundhog Day emphasizes the notion one has to become a loving person before one can love. Lastly, The Painted Veil and Stuck Between Stations explores the idea of creating love and seeing goodness in one another. Therefore, all of these films have a specific structure leading us to the notion that love seems to be the
Godard, has an important in the history of modern cinema. The new sense of realism that came out of his works would change film as an art form for the rest of time. A group of trailblazing directors who formed there own critical school called Cahiers du Cinema, set a new form of filmmaking in motion in the mid 1950’s. André Bazin is one of the most well known of these critics. The new style of the “Nouvelle Vague” rejected the linear tropes of the hollywood films that preceded, bring about complex narratives
Pyscho: A Film for the Modern Audience Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 “Psycho is one of the most successful films ever made, even to this very day. Part of its success is due to the fact that it was one of the first films shown on screen that did not follow the ordinary and almost bland sequence that so many films used to portray. It was made to completely terrify and hold the audience firmly in their seats, as well as to capture people all over the world with its remarkably thrilling music, making
Countless quest narratives – ranging from modern texts all the way back to ancient texts – have all conformed to a certain archetypal structure. Christopher Vogler writes: All stories consist of a few common structural elements found universally in myths, fairy tales, dreams, and movies. They are known collectively as The Hero’s Journey. Understanding these elements and their use in modern writing is the object of our quest. Used wisely, these ancient tools of the storytellers craft still have tremendous
Representation of Race, Sexuality, Gender and Class in Media: “Modern Family Series Analysis” Through history and till our contemporary days, we still have many different representations of race, class, sexuality and gender. An individual’s skin shade, their ethnic and folk practices, religion, language, bodily forms and even their personalities are enough to give an image or views to what group or groups a person belongs to. These representations are often erected and formed by different people
Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary on Film The figure of Emma Bovary, the central character of Gustave Flaubert's novel, Madame Bovary, caused both cheers of approval and howls of outrage upon its publication, and continues to fascinate modern literary critics and film makers. Is she a romantic idealist, striving for perfect love and beauty in dull bourgeois society? Is she a willful and selfish woman whose pursuit of the good life brings about her own destruction and that of her family
Romeo and Juliet as Christ Figures Introduction and Modern Interpretations Modern audiences have been reintroduced to William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet largely through modern film reinterpretations of the play. Many of these films, most notably Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 version of Romeo and Juliet and John Madden’s 1998 Shakespeare in Love, have focused on the tragic destiny of these "two star-crossed lovers". Seemingly, it is the destiny of Romeo and Juliet to commit suicide because they
The Humanization of Modern-Day Film Vampires His thirsts have not changed. He craves the taste of blood, the warm, life-sustaining liquid that flows so gently from the necks of his victims into his own foul mouth. He continues to hunt in the night, cursed forever from the purity of sunlight, and his immortal body still remains ageless, untouched by the rugged sands of time and trauma. Yet somehow the vampire is different than he once was. He is richer, more human in color. His clothes are no longer