Film Studies Essays

Histroy and Structure of the SAG-AFTRA Union
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Introduction: The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) is the consolidated union formed in 2012, when the Screen Actors Guild and the Television and Radio Artists...

Ethics in Movies: A Look at “Never Let Me Go”
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Introduction: Never Let Me Go The ethical dilemma in the movie called Never Let Me Go (Romanek, 2010) is that children are brought up without the knowledge that they will end up being organ donors. Ag...

Biography of Mary Pickford
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Introduction: The enormous, white Hollywood sign which stands atop Mount Lee, looking down the Los Angeles area represents the film industry’s obsession with glamour, profit, and dominance. The film industry...

Constructions of Racism in Get Out
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Introduction: Introduction   Racial stereotypes have been affecting people of colour for generations and continue to have an impact to this day. With many headlines in the news of BLM (Black ...

Analysis of Moulin Rouge
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Introduction: A Night at the Moulin Rouge Baz Luhrmann’s “Moulin Rouge” is a classic story of about love and star-crossed lovers who cannot be together because of a love triangle and a nasty cou...

Triumph of the Will, More Than Just Propaganda
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Introduction: History is meant to change the way we think about our past, give us an understanding of what has happened and allow for change to be made to better everyday life. After the havoc of the first wor...

Technicolor and Technological Advances in in Film Making
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Introduction: The history of the film industry is marred with advances that have revolutionized the art of movie making since time immemorial. Notably, the development and complexity of motion picture have bee...

Application of Auteur Theory to Christopher Nolan
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Introduction: The term Auteur embraces the thought that the director, who oversees all elements of the film, is to be considered more of the ‘author’ of the movie than is the screenplay writer. That is mov...

Critical Analysis of Cabinet of Dr.Caligari
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Introduction: European art cinema can be understood as a form of cinema in which was popular through the 1960’s and is based on a rejection of techniques seen in classical Hollywood cinema today. Having many...

Masculinity of Hollywood as Represented in Fight Club and its Role in the Cultivation Theory
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Introduction: Abstract This study utilizes the cultivation theory to explore the hegemonic message of masculinity in the film Fight Club and how this message negatively influences young adult males. M...

Analysis of American Pie
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Introduction: American Pie franchise has been the cultural phenomenon since the first film was released. The American Pie franchise perpetuates the teen movie model and the masculine model. Using cultivation t...

Movie Reflection on Interrupters
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Introduction: Introduction The film Interrupters as directed by Steve James illustrates the stubborn and persistent violence that is seen in most American cities such as Chicago. Interrupters demonstr...

Film Analysis of A Quiet Place
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Introduction:  In the film A Quiet Place, a family is faced with learning how to survive in a post-apocalyptic world where any noise they make will result in death by an unknown creature. This film became...

Asian Americans in the Film Industry
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Introduction: When I was in high school, I loved being part of the drama department. I have auditioned and played many roles in musicals and plays since freshman year. Every time each cast list went up, I woul...

“The Model Minority” in Better Luck Tomorrow
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Introduction:  “Better Luck Tomorrow” turns the idea that Asians are the “model minority” upside down by depicting Asian characters in roles of great depth and dimension that are typically reserve...

Forms of Independent Filmmaking in the Studio Era
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Introduction: Discuss the different forms of independent filmmaking that existed during the studio era and with specific reference to one film, examine the extent to which they were stylistically different fro...

Agonistic Pluralism Model and Evaluation fo Welcome to Leith
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Introduction: Introduction For a community to effectively function, everyone must be tolerant of others to a very large degree. Intolerance must be tolerated but only to an extent. Karl Popper refers ...

Depiction of Culture in Tokyo Sonata
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Introduction: “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see”. [1] This quotation perfectly explains the life in contemporary Japan which is a lot more baffling than what the non-native...

Application of Theory of Realism to My Summer of Love
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Introduction: Most films tend to relate to reality on some sort of level as filmmakers use their own experiences in order to create a film that audiences will believe. The theory of Realism looks at how cinema...

Cultural Analysis of the Road to El Dorado
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Introduction: The Road to El Dorado   Introduction:  In this paper, we will be discussing cultural divide and the spin put on a story like this is portrayed in a film. Sinc...

Nausicaä and the Subversion of Humanism
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Introduction: Nausicaä and the Subversion of Humanism Are We Still Just Human? Introduction Humanism has served as a leghold trap for humanity since its conceptual advent — ensnar...

Race for the Double Helix: DNA Controversy in the 50s
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Introduction: The DNA Controversy of the 1950s The movie The Race for the Double Helix is based on the experiences that Rosalind Franklin underwent as she worked on unveiling mysteries behind the huma...

Discuss the Significance of ‘duality’ and ‘the Double’ in Gothic Character
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Introduction: It can be argued that gothic at its core is a deviation from the usual. This can be seen across a variety of gothic expressions such as; architecture, film, fashion, and literature. To name a sel...

The Hunger Games Film Theory Analysis
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Introduction: The film I chose to analyze for this paper is The Hunger Games. Based on the popular novel by Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games is a sci-fi adventure film directed by Gary Ross that takes place i...

Gandhi 1982 Film Reaction Paper
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Introduction: Gandhi is a 1982 heroic historical film centered on the life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Mohandas Gandhi was the leader of India non-violent movement against the United Kin...