Analysis Of The Film 'The Candidate'

“The Candidate” is a prime example to the inside of a campaign and the inside of an election. Elections do not only include the candidate themselves but the campaign manager, the supporters, the nominee’s family and the media crew. During “The Candidate” democratic nominee John McKay uses many strategies in order to “not” win his election for senator of California. Going into this campaign McKay was in hopes that he would not win the election, as time passed his view of the election changed as did his strategies.

The film captures the frenetic energy involved in campaign work and also the stress it can have. On of the things the film highlights is the emotional drain campaigning can have with the effort it requires and its highs and lows. They sit for hours trying to figure out the best strategies, and often just to deliberate which word choices would appeal best to the American people. The volunteers and strategists are seen at emotional stages throughout the film as the story of Clinton 's campaign plays out. Ultimately, however, their hard work pays off as, in the conclusion of the film they get their victory as Bill Clinton is elected President.

The vision Christopher Nolan had for The Prestige (2006) was to add to the outbreak of street magician film, whilst playing a large dramatic subplot equal in grandeur to the magical performances within the film. In the final sequence of the film, I will analyse how the cinematography and sound resolves the plot so that it summarises the themes present in the film, whilst also invoking a response from the audience. Nolan predominantly uses close up shots, non-diegetic sound (music) and dialogue collaboratively to convey the dramatic, personal subplot of the characters and their relationships, whilst appealing to the audience bringing forth an emotional response from the audience. The heavy, slow, dramatic atmosphere of the ending sequence uses various techniques to summarise and uncover the underlying mysteries of the events throughout the film and consolidate themes introduced during the exposition.

SS General Reinhard Heydrich was in charge of the “Reich security” and appointed to lead the infamous Wannsee Conference. This conference featured many established leaders in the Nazi Party, SS, and German government and gets its name from the location of the meeting, a wealthy German suburb. The purpose of this conference was to inform the slightly lower ranking German leaders of the “Final Solution” to the ‘Jewish question.’ The movie Conspiracy focuses on the Wannsee Conference and shows the influence on many of the aforementioned leaders. Kenneth Branagh, the actor that portrays Heydrich, is able to successfully imitate his commanding presence throughout the film with his use of body language and tone. From the opening scene of the

The film Swing Vote is an American political culture film that relies heavily on film subtext to depict the negative attitude many Americans have towards voting, corruption inside a political election, and the spectacle of media frenzy. While the film gives a light hearted impression of a rare political snafu it is still consistent with the main themes of other political films of manipulation, money lust, and power hungry political heads that will stop at nothing for their own personal gain. We also see the political candidates merely as puppets while their campaign managers are the ones truly calling the shots. Swing Vote is a unique political culture film because due to the ordeal in the film’s plot, the politicians are at a disadvantage when they are usually the ones in power. With the tables turned we see how they construct their corrupt schemes and the direct effect it has on the character representing the American perspective. The strong symbols that convey the cultural norms in America’s political system are in need of a deeper analysis.

The names of the authors that wrote an article titled Candidates and Policy in the United States Senate Elections are Gerald C. Wright and Michael B. Berkman. Although the previous literature on the subject suggests, that policy is not a major factor in the decision-making process, the article argued otherwise.

Michael Lewis’s complaint that leading presidential candidates ignore the salient issues of the election, and is based on the ways that Candidates like Bob Doles refused to engage with other candidates, and members of the public. Lewis says that the Dole campaign, “… Would lose no luggage … would take no stands…” (Lewis, p. 110) and this is because Bob Dole was not just a person, he was the face of a team of “rented strangers” (Lewis, p. 110) who are experts at doing running campaigns, setting platforms and making sure that reporters traveling with the campaign team do not have their luggage stolen when the candidate changed his plans last minute. Bob Dole’s refusal to actually take stands, to have ideas, and to move forward, actually ended up being a winning strategy, at

In the following documentary, “Last Man Standing: Politics Texas Style” this film is taken place from a behind-the-scenes point of view that shows a very closely fought race in the Texas, There was an ongoing race for the House District 45. Not only did you see the ongoing race but also got to witness the governor’s race, which is Tony Sanchez against Governor Rick Perry. Also another witness Ron Kirk running for senate in Texas against John Cornyn. Overall numerous comments are proclaimed by local and nation figures in the documentary about discussion’s on politics, which really had a very intuitive background to an in depth side from running campaigns to strategies that some candidates used to attract voter to vote for them. In the documentary it primarily focused on two specific candidates running for The House District 45. First, you had Rick Green, a thirty-one year old incumbent Republican Legislator and a conservative leader that is running for reelection as House District 45. He had served two terms during the republican holder generation. Most people notice right from the beginning that he is well more experience candidate for the election, thus making people more openly trust him that he can manage the position of in which he is running for. This not only makes him more experienced through the people’s perspective but also through his campaign style and debate appearances. Another appealing interest that people see is that he is a Christian which people pick up

Throughout the course of the existence of humanity, there has always been some form of Government which includes all sorts of pros and cons that coincide with the representatives of an office. The Contender, by Rod Lurie, is an example of these points. This novel consists of the competition in Politics and Society from a debating standpoint which is due to the persistence of one trying to claim a spot already or about to be possessed by somebody else in the White House.

Although, 1997 Wag the Dog and 1972 the Candidate share a common sense of political background the films leave a different effect on what the viewers see. Both films give a different perspective on political parties and what they do in certain situations. One film is based upon covering up the mistakes of the president and the other reflects on the governor elections of a young man who is new to the political scene.

The movie Man with a Plan is a satirical film about the campaign of one Vermont man in his quest to become a member of Congress. The movie takes aim at the political process and Congress; the man, Fred Tuttle, does not have any experience with government work, nor does he have a proper education or a plan for what he will do if elected. He makes it clear that he is not motivated by his desire to impact change on Vermont or create policy, but is actually motivated by the money and the fact that he does not need qualifications. Man with a Plan illustrates the absurdity of modern politics and paints a picture of current Congressmen, making it relevant to the political process of today.

The movie The Manchurian Candidate explores the influence of foreign powers on the American government. Based off the book by the same name, the movie follows a soldier named Raymond Shaw, who was brainwashed by Communist powers in order to overthrow American democracy. The movie was selected to be preserved by the Library of Congress due to its significance in American history. The Manchurian Candidate depicts the threats that American democracy faces and the power that actions of foreign agents and ideals have on the United States government, making the movie and its plot still relevant today.

“How Arnold Won the West” is a funny and informing documentary about the California recall of election results in the year 2003. This documentary’s director follows the campaign of Arnold Schwarzenegger running for Governor. In this election he ran against Gary Davis. At this time the state of California was going through some rough financial times so a group of republican activists decided to recall Democrat Gary Davis who was Governor at the time. When this was done a lot of candidates came forward to try and take over the Governor’s office if Davis was officially removed. There were some that used the campaign to promote themselves and their products, like the two men that were just out to promote their beer brand. A couple of the other names I wrote down were Gary Coleman, the actor from the seventies and eighties television series Different Strokes, Mary Carey, a porn star, a lot of jokers in costume, and of course Arnold Schwarzenegger, the movie star and former body builder who won the recall election.

In the movie “The Candidate” I thought that the film was very interesting to me, being a person that has never been interested in politics. I found it interesting even though I am not for sure if this is the way that campaigns are run now. I thought it was nice to see how some candidates may be chosen, especially in this film because he was not expected to win the election. He was not even interested in politics although his father was once governor. The film showed how the campaign was ran and managed by his advisors. Although not expected to win the election, he somehow

The film Recount was a dramatic and intense film about the presidential election between George Bush and Al Gore. It took place on Tuesday, November 7, 2000; first Tuesday of the month. Palm Beach, Florida was where the action was predominantly focused on. Finally the Votes were settled and announced the George Bush successfully won the election. As Gore more was ready to concede and give his concluding speech; and unconventional event occurred with the votes. Turns out an omission occurred with the