Analysis Of The Movie ' John Singleton '

Nathanial Ayers portrayed the “textbook” diagnosis of schizophrenia appropriately throughout the movie. During The Soloist, Nathanial experienced hallucinations and delusions. Individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia can experience symptoms. Nathanial would hear voices inside of his mind, telling him he was not talented enough to perform at Julliard. Nathanial also had delusional thoughts about his family trying to poison and kill him. There are positive and negative symptoms related to schizophrenia (Reed, 2014). Nathanial displayed signs of more positive symptoms of schizophrenia rather than negative symptoms. Nathanial would get overly excited about Beethoven and classical music. When Nathanial talked about

Shelton Jackson “Spike” Lee is a controversial film maker known for is powerful films such as She’s Gotta Have It, School Daze, Malcolm X, and 25th Hour. Spike Lee isn’t afraid to talk about the real issues that goes on in the everyday lives of African Americans. Lee has shown a willingness to tackle prickly issues of relevance to the black community- and has savored every ounce of controversy his films invariably produce (biography). Major themes in his movies have a lot to do with police brutality on African Americans, racism, and Spike Lee wasn’t going to define black life in terms of crime and poverty. He wanted to raise awareness or at least let it be known what’s really going on in the black community’s.

Boyz n The Hood is a story that was written and directed by John Singleton. This is notably the first time an African-American filmmaker has attempted to tell a story about how ghetto/hood life is. This film depicts the issues of three young boys who follow very different paths throughout the film. The central theme of this film is to raise awareness of peace among young African-American teens. Singleton uses various techniques.

Spike Lee and John Singleton write their films about inner-city violence and black youth. Although they grew up in different parts of the United States (John Singleton in Los Angeles and Spike Lee in New York) they have something to say to society. They both strive to expose the realities faced by African-Americans, especially those in inner-city ghettos. With Spike Lee starring as Mookie and John Singleton embodying Tre, both directors showcase their perspective on American society via their characters.

Cube started his own solo career as an artist. Later to collaborate with ex group members Dr. Dre and DJ Ren Ice Cube’s first film “Boyz N The Hood” (1991) following his second film “Trespass” (1992). Later releasing songs such as “It was a good day” (1993) off of his #1 debut album “Predator”. Directing his first movie “Friday” (1995) and followed by one of his other most popular films “Players Club” (1998). With his

In the original ending of Black Like Me, John  Howard Griffin reveals that he has conducted an experiment where he changed the color of his skin to see how African Americans lived in the deep South. After news reports got the news of the actions of John Howard Griffin, racists started to threaten his life. That is when he decided to go to Mexico, until the story died down. When he came back to his home, he hired “a Negro Youth” (Griffin 163) to clean up his parents home. This is when he reveals why racism existed.

of the film we see a scene were Furious shoots at a burglar in his

As I just stated, I have spent the majority of this paper discussing women in film; why I think all of this leads well into the analysis of this film is because feminism forgot/didn’t include African American’s. In Lee’s film, set in Brooklyn in 1989, African American’s are still being prejudiced against; in the way that Johnston, Haskell, Rosen, Williams, etc., all discuss what it was to be a woman in Hollywood, omitting the way African American’s were also poorly treated and often vilified, the Caucasian suppressors in this film “forget” about the success of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s. It is 1989 and they are still be oppressed. African American’s are free, to an extent. In the same way women had rights in the 20s on, but weren’t treated well is the same way African American’s were treated — and in some places are still

One thing John Hughes was very good at and why some believe his movies were, and still are, so successful is because of the real connections people can make with his

The Outsiders message is about “Nothing Gold Can Stay.” It explains that nothing good can go on forever and nothing young can last forever. It tells you about how and why we should enjoy what we have and keep and cherish everything we have to its maximum limit. Why shouldn’t we cherish what we have? Why do we need more? Why can't we be equally treated with same amount of things such as money and houses? That is the real question. We have that to this very day. In The Outsiders, their lives are exactly like this. They have their awesome rich people lives and the poor have unhappy lives. Some of each gang just want to be normal, the same, or similar at least. But their money splits them up. All because of a little extra

John Wayne (1907 - 1979), an iconic American actor, director, and producer, known for playing heroes in westerns on the big screen for fifty years. He won an Academy Award for True Grit (1969) and is consider one of the top leading actors during Hollywood’s classic period. In Red River, Wayne stars in the unusual role of Thomas Dunson, who borders on good and bad tendencies throughout the film. “Wayne, often typecast, is given a tortured, conflicted character to play” (Ebert 392), and does remarkably well portraying someone with questionable values. Wayne is sometimes considered more of a natural force than an actor, but here his understated acting is right on the money; the critic Joseph McBride says that John Ford, who had directed Wayne many times, saw Red River and told Hawks, “I never knew the big son of a bitch could act” (Ebert 393).

For nearly the length of time that the film industry has existed, theorists have extensively speculated about the authorship of film and who should receive credit for the creative capital that is created. In the United States, as the executive studios in New York expanded and began to exert more control over Hollywood, speculation emerged about how much control these studios had over the films being produced. It was in the midst of this environment that auteur theory originated—with French theorist Truffaut’s concept of politique de auteurs. Auteur theory argues that films are characterized by the styles of their directors, who are the “authors” of the films. However, there are many other theories about who should be credited as the authors

In Michael Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), the connections between people and memories become the focal point of a very unique romance. Through the use of new technology, the possibility of erasing memories makes painful relationships disappear like they never happened. The tale of Joel and Clementine allows the audience to rethink and question the process they undergo as beneficial or destructive. Though the process might be helpful in eliminating the pain caused from another person, four key scenes show how the lessons learned through relationship experiences are important.

Having majored in Filmmaking (Cinematography and Film Production) as an undergraduate, give me a chance to learned the knowledge of technicalities involved in Film Production. And I have completed my bachelors degree in spring 2017 at New York Film Academy (NYFA) with GPA of 3.40. The filmmaking undergraduate program at NYFA provides me all-English teaching and learning environment, which strengthens my English communication skills and enables me to be well integrated with the American culture and teaching style. And teach me the knowledge of technicalities involved in Film Production. To achieve self-improvement and to realise my potential in filmmaking, is the reason why I am passionate about this program.

In watching John Sayles’ films many aspects of his work show that he is sensitive to reviving a sense of American working- class history in a way, which it is not so preachy. But yet it is still very apparent throughout his most of his films. There are two films where religion and politics are very apparent Men with Guns and Matawan. These two films demonstrate the power of faith most of their characters had to play in each movie.