Film Studies Essays

European Film Movements
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jun 2020
Introduction: European film movements are most clearly understood as part of the cinema of periphery in relation to popular Hollywood productions. In consideration of examples from one European country, to what ext...

A Critical Analysis of the Documentary 'Supersize Me'
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jun 2020
Introduction: In 2004, the American film-maker Morgan Spurlock made a documentary film “Supersize Me”. Produced in response to the unsuccessful legal suits against McDonald’s fast food, the film b...

Comparative Analysis of Citizen Kane and Chungking Express
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Feedback Please Revised and Supplemented Comparative Analysis   The two chosen sequences are the opening scene of the film Citizen Kane and Chungking Express. The first seq...

Effect of 9/11 on Processes in the Film Industry
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: In the aftermath of 9/11, Wheeler Winston Dixon asked, ‘What effect will the events of 9/11 have on filmic genres?’ (2004: 2). Evaluate how far 9/11 has affected the processes at play in the ...

Issues, Codes and Conventions of Factual Programmes
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Introduction In this assignment I will be creating a report that identifies and investigates the issues, codes and conventions of factual programmes as well as that I will be identifying...

Historical Accuracy Evaluation of Flyboys
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction:  The movie I chose to watch was “Flyboys”. The movie talks about a group of Americans traveling to France to enlist in the air force during World War I before the U.S had joine...

Is Annalise Keating a Walking Stereotype?
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Many have heard of the increasingly popular primetime show How to Get Away with Murder which has aired on ABC since September 2014. The show was created by Peter Nowalk and produced by Shondaland...

Easy Rider and Vertigo: Analysis and Comparison
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction:  Easy Rider and Vertigo are two very iconic films. Easy Rider was directed by Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda in the 1960s and was a huge hit. Peter Fonda wrote, directed, produced and starred...

Introduction to the Documentary: From Documentation to Non-fiction Film
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: During the late 1950s, the technology of camera and sound recording developed and it affected the existence of observational mode which is Nichols’ second mode of documentary (Nichols, 2017). C...

Themes and Structures in Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Rear Window Hitchcock There are a vast number of angles to appreciate Rear window on, and one of them is the impeccable use of sounds and well as the score courtesy of lead characters. A...

This Gun for Hire, 1942 | Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction:  This Gun for Hire, directed in 1942 by Frank Tuttle, is a film rendition of Graham Greene’s novel, “A Gun for Sale”. This Gun for Hire, shares Greene’s dark and disturbing vision of...

North by Northwest: Camera Techniques
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: North by Northwest by director Alfred Hitchcock is a 1959 thriller film starring Cary Grant (Roger Thornhill). One of the most noticeable aspects in North by Northwest was the camera work and tec...

Auteur Essay on Alfred Hitchcock
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction:  What is an auteur? A basic way to put it is “a director that is also an author.”  Sadly, it is much more complicated than that. An auteur is someone who oversees everything. From a...

Rear Window and It had to be Murder
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: “It had to be Murder” is a short story written by Cornell Woolrich, and “Rear Window” is its adaptation film by Alfred Hitchcock.  Both the short story and the film are explaining th...

Portrayal of Gender in Superman (1978)
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: In the late 20th century and early 21st century there was a rise in the production of superhero films and comics and this created hype in mass media. The most significant parts of the films were ...

Film Censorship and the Iranian Revolution
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Film making is an art of expressing a certain theme or lesson through storytelling the lives of the characters in the movie. Movies have been a way of expressing the ideas and opinions for a long...

Portrayal of Psychological Disorder in Shutter Island
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Abstract Shutter Island is a mind twisting roller coaster that was written by Dennis Lehane and then put on the silver screen. This movie interpretation does me no justice for putting it...

Social Inequalities in British Documentary Film Production
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Social inequalities in cultural work in British documentary film production Introduction The research seeks to explore social inequalities in British documentary film produ...

Lighting and Visual Effect in Alien (1979)
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Alien is a science fiction film released in 1979 and directed by Ridley Scott. It is widely considered to be one of the greatest science fiction films of all time due to its excellent story and v...

Society Reflected in X-Men First Class
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: X-men: First Class is an action-filled sci-fi movie that tells a story of a group of mutants trying to survive in a world where humans consider them a serious threat to the society. The movie is ...

Grief and The Descendants
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: In the film The Descendants, Matthew King’s wife Elizabeth falls into a coma after a boat-racing accident and leaves him with their two daughters Alexandra (17), who is a recovering drug addict...

The Shining: King vs Kubrick
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Renowned director Stanley Kubrick was an excellent filmmaker of his time who drew his inspiration from various literary works which he transformed into his own. Due to Kubrick’s distinctive sty...

Analysis of Generation Like Documentary
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: The documentary film, Generation Like, Douglas Rushkoff, introduces the issue of how social media has influenced the life of the teens in todays society. The documentary is a representation of ho...

Film Review of Kung Fu Panda
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Introduction Kung Fu Panda (2008) Cast: Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, Jackie Chan Director: John Stevenson and Mark Osb...

Critical Analysis of Monster Theory in E.T.
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Growth is a universal element of all living things.  Amid the cycle of human growth is environmental evolution, improved awareness to surroundings, and self-realization.  Throughout the...