Film Studies Essays

Popular Music in Film | Research
Example essay. Last modified: 15th Dec 2017
Introduction: Introduction This study aims to look into pre-existing popular music in film, it’s use and place within modern film making, with express interest in determining whether or not it can fairly be c...

Racial Stereotypes in Disney Films
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Introduction: Henry Giroux, in his essay Animating Youth: The Disnification Of Children’s Culture, refers to Disney films as one of the primary institutions constructing childhood culture in the United States...

Moral Complexity in Kieslowski's the Decalogue (1989)
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Introduction: Although the moral stories that constitute Polish director Krzyszto Kieślowski’s The Decalogue (1989) were inspired by the Ten Commandments (as per the films’ umbrella title), the way the...

Old Spice Advert Analysis
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Introduction: The ‘Old Spice’ advert is a short 33sec advert, which introduces a well toned, sporty and attractive looking man to the viewer (the quintessential dream man). The on-screen protagonist ask...

The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) Summary and Analysis
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Introduction: The Motorcycle Diaries, directed by Walter Salles traces an 8000-mile journey of two close friends, Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, who would become the iconic Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara and his f...

American Beauty (1999) Summary and Analysis
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Introduction: American Beauty tells the story of one man’s search for happiness. The film introduces the audience to Lester Burnham, an ordinary- looking married man and father in his forties. Lester is in a ...

Why Is the Term “World Cinema” Problematic?
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Introduction: Generally the term “World cinema” is used for films produced in different countries of world, especially non-English speaking countries, i.e. why some people tries to explain it as a foreign langu...

Impacts French New Wave Film on Traditional Cinema
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Introduction: How and why did the French New Wave upset traditional film grammar? Firstly we must look at the period before French New Wave came about to understand why this movement upset tradition. The French Ne...

Set It Off (1996): An analysis
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Introduction: “What is the mother fucking procedure when you have a gun to your head” (Set it Ooff- Frankie). Those are the last words Frankie says before she is shot and killed by the LAPD. Set it off Off is a...

History of, and Impact of Cinema
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Introduction: INTRODUCTION Cinema is one of the few mediums which have managed to successfully depict the true reality of society in general and our lives in particular. As like other art forms, it depicts the mult...

The Matrix Analysis Essay
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Introduction: This report is based on Matrix movie. The Matrix movie is a science fiction-action film which was released in America on March 31, 1999. This film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski.it i...

Blade Runner 1982 - Ridley Scott | Analysis of Postmodernism
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Introduction: Research Proposal Commentary ‘Blade Runner 1982 – Ridley Scott’ Postmodernism, after the modernist movement, is a term now almost as ‘ubiquitous, disliked and misunderstood as its pare...

The Whale Rider (2002) Summary and Analysis
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Introduction: “The whale rider” Abstract “Whale Rider” is a drama film of the 2002, based on the novel of Witi Ihimaera, and directed by Niki Caro. The world première was on September 2002, at the Toronto ...

Stanley Kubrick’s Movie ”Full Metal Jacket” Analysis
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Introduction: Table of Contents Section 1: Introduction Section 2: Background Section 3: Main Section 4: Conclusion Section 4: Bibliography Section 1: Introduction There were always a lot of different wars going on...

Analysis of Films about Racial Conflicts and Discrimination
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Introduction: The four texts used in this essay are ‘Crash”, ‘The Help’, ‘American History X’ and ‘Gran Torino’ that are based on the two connections Prejudice and Character Develop...

Collection of Film Review Examples
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Introduction: Shane Meadows is known to make movies about his own experiences. This is England is no exception. The idea for the movie came from the director s childhood, and it is the most personal film Shane Mead...

Research Project: Is Frozen and Inspiring Film?
Example essay. Last modified: 12th Oct 2017
Introduction: Introduction In a kingdom called Arendelle, there lived two princesses, named Elsa and Anna. Elsa is eldest sister and she has magical powers which are a kinetic energy that is able to control cold w...

Character Development Example for Script Writing
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Introduction: Andrew Lötter Ezraette Luthor Sociological characteristics She is a scholar aged 14 during the film, in grade 8 at St. John’s High School, She was born in St. George’s Hospital in Port Elizabe...

Bend it Like Beckham (2002) Review of Multiculturalism
Example essay. Last modified: 10th Oct 2017
Introduction: Student ID 27453219 Module LANG1005 “British Life and Institutions”, Essay No. 1 Essay Question No. 3: Write a review of the film Bend it Like Beckham (2002), reflecting in what way they are repr...

Disney Movie Analysis: Lady and the Tramp
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Introduction: Zeinab Kobeissi Abstract Lady and the Tramp is a Disney cartoon considered one of their classics and based on Disney’s conventional plot which circles around two main protagonists comprised of the ...

Analysis of Structuralism in 47 Ronin
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Introduction: THE ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURALISM IN A WESTERN FILM ENTITLED 47 RONIN DIRECTED BY CARL RINSCH AS THE IMAGING OF AMERICAN DREAM Capritia Dirgantari   ABSTRACT Media or medium in singular form is the ma...

Film Research: Maze Runner
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Introduction: INTRODUCTION The movie we have picked is The Maze Runner. This type of movie is thriller and action. The movie is released in September 11, 2014. The movie is where a boy named Thomas who wakes up in...

Analysis of the Swamp in Psycho
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Introduction: Adrian Secter Murder, Candy and Chains: An Analysis of the Swamp in Psycho “Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.” — Carl Jung Understanding a swamp is to understand what exists...

Schindler’s List: Movie Review Essay
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Introduction: Schindler’s List Set in the most horrific period of world history, Schindler’s List tells the real life story of Oscar Schindler. Set in Kraków ghetto of German occupied Poland, Schindler’s Li...

Distinction Between Realism and Naturalism
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Introduction: 1. Is the distinction between realism and naturalism worth preserving in discussion of film and/or television drama? To argue that the distinction between naturalism and realism is worth preserving th...