Analysis Of The Film Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone

The scene that I have chosen to apply my learning in this term to, as well as specifically analyze, is the 2012 Universal and Working Title Films production of the movie-musical Les Misérables, directed by Tom Hooper. This musical focuses on the lives of several characters in France during the early 1800’s; Jean Valjean is an ex-convict who breaks parole to start a new life, Javert is the chief of police dedicated to upholding the law, Fantine is a single mother who turns to prostitution as a way to provide for her child Cosette, and more. The scene I am fixated on details Fantine in the wake of losing her job and realizing she needs to make money to support her child. This scene is impactful and striking because of its dealing with the topic of prostitution and unemployment, as well as being a pivotal part of the film dramatically with live singing and superb acting. The scene is also a pristine example of multiple film techniques such as close up camera shots, setting, lighting, actors, singing, and sounds in general.

In class, we watched the movie “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”. This movie is set in the time of the middle ages (roughly 476-1453). It follows King Arthur and his knights as they search for the Holy Grail. They look for the Holy Grail after they are told to by God. The movie at first may seem like nonsense and a silly parody, but in reality,“Monty Python and the Holy Grail” demonstrates the truth of the Middle Ages, feudal hierarchy, and other topics we have discussed in class.

“The Fountain” by Darren Aronofsky is a film that depicts Tommy’s Denial towards death. This film is the journey of one man in his past, present, and future. In the film, Tommy has a very stubborn mindset; he believes that death is a disease and that there is a cure for every disease. On the other hand, Izzi, Tommy’s wife is very accepting towards the thought of death and her intentions are to prove to Tommy that death is not as bad as it may seem. As the film progresses, Tommy’s acceptance towards death begins to gradually increase.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth book in the Harry Potter series written by J.K Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany. More accurately, it is the script for the play that is currently playing in London's West End and is set to open on Broadway in April. The story follows Harry Potter nineteen years later after the end of the 7th book. The story focuses on Albus Potter, the middle child of the Potter Family, who are often bullied and made an outcast for being the only Potter to be sorted into Slytherin. The main plot of the cursed child is about Albus and Scorpius (the son of Draco Malfoy) using a time-turner to go back and bring back Cedric Diggory, a student who died in Harry’s fourth year during the Triwizard tournament. While the action in this story takes up most of the book, another recurring theme of the story is Albus’ broken and almost nonexistent relationship with his father. Harry throughout the majority of the book is emotionally and verbally abusive towards his son. (PG)

Could prophecies occur in reality? Consider the following possibilities, a prophecy is a prediction about the future. In Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief, Percy receives a prophecy because he is the son of Poseidon. This prophecy has 4 parts and there is multiple pieces of evidence that prove them to be true.

     “The Omen” is a 1972 American classic horror movie directed by Richard Donner. The movie stars Gregory Peck (Robert Thorn), Lee Remick (Katherine Thorn), David Warner (Jennings),Billie Whitelaw (Mrs. Baylock), Harvey Stephens (Damien), patrick troughton (Father Brennan).  In the bigen of the movie, the Pope priests in Vatican rush completion signals advent a demon to Earth to destroy religion.And repeat the mysterious mishaps and frightening emotional begins to doubt this eccentric child says scary incidents appear in an emotional place goes. For the film he took horror formula except that the Director wanted to deliver a message deeper than that which is Politician.

Not being much of a movie buff because; first and foremost, I usually cannot sit long enough to watch a movie, and second, with my preference being to read, I find it hard to recall a movie I have seen in its entirety. Nor do I wish to watch any movies out at this time, but I recall a few movies I have actually watched and bought, so will choose one of those. In looking through my small stack of movies, I discover I had to get out the old VHS tape player to re-watch the one that instantly came to my mind when reading the requirements for this assignment. Yes, I have seen the old classics movies with dueling couples; for example, When Harry Met Sally, or You’ve Got Mail, and did not buy them, but the comical duet that kept coming to mind

Through unexpected revelation or gradual realization over time, future possibilities may be revealed through the journey of an individual. This is evident in the play, “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare and the film “Miss Potter” by Chris Noonan, as each main character is shown involved with a fantasy world, exploring the values of love, freedom vs isolation, and finally revenge vs forgiveness. After exploring these aspects, one may be transformed to change their perspectives and ideals of themselves and the world.

The film Embrace the Serpent by Ciro Guerra showed the conflict of how change affects outsiders and the indigenous people of that land. The Shaman (Nilbio Torres, Antonio Bolivar) in the movie, Karamakate, found that change is a hard thing to comprehend. The film was captivating and the visuals were amazing. I have seen other movies on the Amazon and also documentary films on the environment. This one, however, was the best by far that I have seen.

Harry Potter is an action filled movie about a boy who becomes a wizard and has the time of his life with his new friends and a lot of action. Some of the action can be a little funny some comedy is in with laughs and jokes. Sometimes the action can be a little scary to give watchers

The Book Thief is a film directed by Brian Percival, narrated by death, the film is about a nine year old girl called Liesel who is the protagonist of the story she went from being a character that’s angry to a character that deeply loves her family and friends. Hans Hubermann which is Liesel’s foster father he is described as being patient and gentle with Liesel and he was the first person to win her trust, Liesel’s foster known as Rosa Hubermann came across as cold and impatient after she fostered Liesel and Max she became kind and caring. Max Vandenberg went to hide in the Hubermann’s house he was cautious and introverted; when he grew stronger, he had a rage for Hitler which motivated him to stay alive. He understood Liesel’s experience

Through Disney animations Walt Disney has cultivated a society driven by stereotypes on gender roles that have restricted the liberties of young girls and boys alike to explore their own individuality. Disney 's brilliance transcended beyond his ability to captivate an audience, his true talent resided within his ability to leave a direct impact on his viewers. As the prominent academic Jack Zipes puts it, "The power of Disney 's fairytale films does not reside in the uniqueness or novelty of the productions, but in Disney 's great talent for holding antiquated views of society still through animation..." (Zipes 433). I agree with Zipes in that Disney had an undeniable talent to create great relatable content. However, I also believe that

In the following film, The Hunger Games directed by Gary Ross, it focuses primarily on the protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, who volunteers to partake the Hunger games tribute that occurs once a year. Every year in each district, each of the two members of each gender is selected to fight the annual Hunger Games. Katniss intends to be the center of attention of this film, which gives the audiences a better insight of the movie, also revealing additional themes that the author is trying to convey.

Percy Jackson is a twelve year old boy that lives in New York, in modern time. He has attended a few private schools for troubled students (Riordan 1). In fact, he describes himself as a “troubled kid” with dyslexia and ADHD (Riordan 7). Percy is used to being the loner of the group, after attending six schools in the past six years which probably means he doesn’t make many friends. (Schmoop). His classmates do not have a need to scramble for money.

The movie stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter a seventeen-year-old wizard. The Deathly Hallows concentrates on the final battle with a dark wizard named Lord Voldemort (Richard Bremmer) or “he who should not be named”. Harry Potter and his two best friends Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) and Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) are on the run attempting to find and destroy the seven pieces of Lord Voldemort’s soul without his knowledge. Throughout the movie Harry Potter and his friends overcome obstacle after obstacle in a seemingly impossible to complete task, creating suspense and adventure that will keep the viewer on the edge of their seat throughout the entire movie.