Film Studies Essays

Comparison between Porter and Orson Welles
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Edwin S. Porter and Orson Welles    More and more Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and other recent movies been well made nowadays, we must see that there are incalcu...

The Effect of Globalisation on Non-Hollywood Cinema
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Introduction: Introduction Globalisation is considered as a modern developing movement that created and significantly changed concepts and trends in the global film industry. The term “globalisa...

Messages in Roman Polanski's Chinatown
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Introduction:  Roman Polanski’s film, Chinatown, is best known by society as a timeless masterpiece in the film noir genre. It is then with great interest that we look at the deep undertones surrounding...

Why Does Michael Moor's Documentaries Appeal So Strongly?
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Introduction: Roger & Me (1989) attracted positive reviews and a major distribution deal, but also a critical backlash against Michael Moore’s approach to documentary film-making. Why does Moore’s appr...

Semiotics in Cinema and Its Application In Chinese Film: Chunking Express.
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Introduction: Postmodernism is a late 20th-century movement characterized by broad skepticism. It holds that there are infinite explanatory possibilities for a given text, representation and symbol. One strand...

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Analysis
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Introduction: A Fresh Take on an Overdone Hero Have you ever wanted to be Spider-Man? Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is a stunning take on the Marvel superhero that knows you can — that everyone ...

Born into Brothels: Poverty and Postcolonial Ethics
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Introduction: I want to examine how poverty and PostColonial ethics (development as discourse) are portrayed in Born into Brothels. I will do this by analyzing how the characters are presented, how the film is...

Arguments About the Neccessity of Detainment
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Did we really need a film about the James Bulger murder? The film about the toddler’s killers has reopened the debate about punishment versus rehabilitation Film reviews usu...

Television Show Analysis: Breaking Bad
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Introduction: ROAD PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS Television Show Analysis: Breaking Bad  I want to tell you about one of my favorite TV shows, Breaking Bad. It premiered on AMC network tele...

Analysis of V for Vendetta
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Introduction: Set in the futuristic England government, James McTeigue directs a movie that expresses the rise of rebellion against a government that has been oppressive to her subjects. The movie, at a wider ...

Factors Impacting Films in History
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: The Rise of Film — Motion Pictures from the Magic Lantern to Movies In 2007, Apple released the first iPhone, forever changing technology by proving that millions of electronic fun...

Political Message in Wall-E
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Introduction: Implicit Politics Surrounds Wall-E The Disney Pixar film, “Wall-E” provides a futuristic outlook on the possible outcome of human life and the earth in which they inhabit. Wall-E inf...

Halloween: An Example of Horror as a Genre
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Horror has always been a fascinating genre. One of the many reasons people are fascinated with horror films is because it leaves them with feelings of excitement, terror and being thrilled. The a...

Film Analysis Essay of Crash
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Introduction: The movie Crash was directed by Paul Haggis. It was filmed in California the year 2004. The film is not about few characters but many at once.  Don Cheadle, Terrence Howard, Ludacris, Larenz...

Directors Response to Post World War II Shift in American Society, Politics and Economy
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Introduction: Introduction Post World War II (WWII) is the period defined by the recession in the European colonial empire and the simultaneous rise in the two superpowers which included the United St...

The Importance of Color Grading in Film Studies
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Introduction: To what extent does color grading in film interpret mood and overall meaning of the movie? The arts are a form of application that allow the expression of creative skill, vision, imagina...

Characteristics of Marxism in The Matrix and The Hunger Games
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Introduction: Q3 Analyse two films of your choice through the prism of the Marxist theory. “Marxism is anything but simple, in fact, it is highly complex, controversial and in virtue of its protean ...

Evaluation of Female Roles in the Horror Genre
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Introduction: Long live the Teen Queen: A victim and monster to socio-political constructions of womanhood The alienated female youth of the late 1960’s challenged society’s constructions of woman...

Fetishism shown in Blue Velvet and Dirty Pretty Things
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Introduction: Fetishism has been researched for decades to create some understanding of the logic behind this obsession. The concept of fetishism is shown in the films Blue Velvet and Dirty Pretty Things. Both...

Relationship between 9/11 and Cloverfield Film
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Introduction: Camera documentation on the tropes and images of September 11 helps us perceive and understand the trauma unfolding that day. Numerous horror films following the post 9/11 decades have resulted i...

Film Concepts of Germany Year Zero
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Introduction: Germany Year Zero Germany Year Zero was made in 1947 by Rossellini and was the third film of his War Trilogy. It takes place two years after World War II ended with Hitler’s defeat and...

Twelve Years a Slave as an African American Classic
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Introduction: When one raises the question ‘What does classic mean?’ or ‘What belongs in the canon?’, many debates are sparked. Twelve Years a Slave should be read by all, young people included simply ...

Ethnicity Representation in Black Panther
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Introduction: Introduction  Ethnicity representation is an important yet controversial issue in the United States. For many years, the images of people from ethnicities other than white have ...

Karl Marx’s Ideas in Modern Times (1936)
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Introduction:  Through art, whether it be paintings, music, or movies, is a way to portray the socio-economic struggles of the society is facing. The life and experiences of the characters in Charlie Chap...

Shawshank Redemption: An Analysis
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Introduction: Introduction The Shawshank Redemption is a movie about one of its prisoners, Andy Dufresene and his experiences at the prison (Darabont, Marvin, Robbins, Freeman, Gunton, Sadler, & B...