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Mise- En- Scene is a very significant factor in film making since it conveys a thousand of meaning. Basically Mise- En- Scene describes the design aspects of production from the arrangement of sets, props, costumes and lighting to the positioning of actors on the set. Those visual elements are put together to create a scene. In the film 3-Iron, mise-en-scene is very important especially that the film is notable for the lack of dialogue between two main characters. However, the mise-en-scene with...

The 1942 romantic movie Casablanca is considered one of the all-time greatest movies produced by Hollywood. The movie starred screen legends Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman as estranged lovers caught up in the tense and dangerous times of the Second World War.  In the midst of the rekindled romance between Rick Blaine (Bogart) and Ilsa Lund (Bergman) and the things happening around them, a critical thinker can find a sense of parallelism in the film to the realities of the ongoing war, thereby...

The analysis of this film and the character of Citizen Kane was broadly divided into shots within shots that showed the emphasis in great detail to the viewer of this picture. The variables of viewing this picture is shown with the variation of many scenes over time.  One might expect  a dynamic focus only to be led to a closer imitation of a natural vision of this man Citizen Kane. This film shows spatial techniques that subsequently has been expunged from the mainstream filmmaking. If...

In several respects, Modern Times is a general critique of capitalism. It is a critique because it expresses reservation and disapproval. For example, the vivid image of a factory dominating the city landscape is an expression of a historic age. Capitalism has become the dominant economic system in the country. Inside the factory, there is the assembly line. This is a symbol of efficiency and alienation. Marx argues that the assembly line is a source of alienation alienation in the sense that workers...

Double Indemnity (1944), an early example of the film noir genre, is one of the greatest movies ever made and is always a pleasure to watch and write about.  Other films in this category include The Maltese Falcon (1941), Murder, My Sweet (1944) and The Big Sleep (1946), which called noir (black) not only because of the grim, gritty, hardboiled plots and settings in the urban jungle of mid-20th Century America, but also because of the liberal use of shadow, shading and contrast that set the...

The world suffers.  It experiences pain, anguish, grief, disappointment, anger, fear and hatred. Why  Is there a way to get out of this trap  Is it a spider web that traps its prey, to be eaten alive later  This is a question that Wachowskis The Matrix asks its viewers.  It proposes the Buddhist view of sunyatathat the world is simply virtual reality.  It is fakean unreal simulation of the world that controls peoples lives.  However, through bodhisatvas or Enlightened...

King Kong, Dracula, Frankenstein  2001 The fear namely before a wild animal  this fear has been bred the longest in man, including the animal he hides inside himself and fear Zarathustra calls it the inner beast. - Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra From the 1931classics Dracula and Frankenstein to the 2010 remake of Wolf Man, vampires, werewolves, savage alien beings, fearsome creatures from the deep, monster bugs, mutants, all kinds of animals and animal-like entities have...

Write a clear and detailed description of your studyresearch objectives, and give your reasons for wanting to pursue them. Be specific about your major field and your specialized interests within this field. Describe the kind of program you expect to undertake, and explain how your study plan fits in with your previous training and your future objectives. My major field of study is Cinema and the reason I am pursuing a course within the American higher education system is the fact that, for over...

The films Syriana, The Last King of Scotland and Babel are all recent releases that have received critical acclaim. While each film addresses serious and dramatic issues, the stories take place in different countries, focus on different central themes and involve a wide range of very different characters. There are, however, common themes that connect each film to each other and also connect all three films to the films viewed at FilmAid.org. In viewing each film and seeing the film and pictures...

War always has its basic components  guns, bullets, and more firepower. This is so because conflict has accompanied man in his journey through history. The evolution of motion pictures provided for a medium of expression of thoughts and feelings, and of course, the circumstances about a war. Apocalypse Now and Platoon are two films of the same genre, but they do have distinct stories. They tell of the same war yet they present the realities of that time in different ways. With the advent of...

Nearly eighty years ago, in 1931, the film entitled M was released in Germany.  The said film was about a serial murdererpedophile being hunted not only by the police, but by mobsters as well, as the murderers criminal acts on young girls had resulted in a more extensive patrolling by the authorities, hindering the illegal businesses perpetuated by the gangs.  Set during the 1930s in downtown Berlin, the film had likewise depicted an accurate portrayal of the citys street life from the...

The movie  Groundhog Day  is a comedy movie with a spiritual lesson.  The story centers on a news weatherman named Phil Connors (played by Bill Murray).  Connors is by nature a very sarcastic curmudgeon who tends to have a very bleak outlook in life.  It does not help either that he has a self-centered, egotistic personality that tends to antagonize all but the closest of his friends. By some unusual twist of fate, he appears to be fated to relive the same day each day  ...

Plot Bugcrush is a short film directed by Carter Smith based on Scott Treleavens story of the same title. It is about a high school boy named Ben (Josh Caras) who is infatuated with a mysterious guy named Grant (Donald Cumming). Grant is one of the new kids in school, and he gets to accomplish what the other  goths and freaks  (Treleavean 23) were trying to do become an outcast. Ben is largely interested in Grant for his personality is very intriguing that he even stalks Grant in order...