Babel Film Analysis

With Film Analysis comes the analyzation of films and movies that depict narrative structure, cultural context, the evaluation of discourse, and many other approaches. The film, “Friday” (1995), is a comedy and drama that displays the relationship between two childhood friends growing up in an impoverished neighborhood. These two friends became affiliated with a neighborhoods drug dealer, and were startled and clueless as to how they were going to come up with the money they owed him by the end of the night! The characterization, setting, and conflicts are the three main elements, in which are portrayed can indicate the analyzation of contributing a larger meaning of this particular film.

Based off Charles Webb’s 1963 novel by the same name, The Graduate is an American romantic comedy/drama released in the United States on December 21, 1967 starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, and William Daniels. The film was directed by Mike Nichols, produced by Lawrence Turman and the screenplay written by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham. The film was produced by Lawrence Turman/Mike Nichols productions starting in March of 1967. Mike Nichols has also directed other well known films such as Catch-22 (1970), Working Girl (1988), and more recently Closer (2004). The film was distributed by AVCO Embassy Pictures nationally and United Artists internationally. AVCO Embassy Pictures studio, founded by Joseph E. Levine, the films executive producer, also claims production/distribution for other hit films such as Godzilla, King of Monsters! (1956), The Fog (1980), and Prom Night (1980). The movie was well received due to its $104 million dollar box office opening tab. The score was produced by Dave Grusin and the songs written by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.

Film- Precious Knowledge Precious Knowledge is a documentary that takes place in Tucson, Arizona and focuses on how the Unified School district wants to completely ban the Mexican American Studies Program. In the film there were many scenes with examples of rhetorical appeal. I believe that the way the film was set up since the beginning had an impactful and direct emotional appeal on the audience. For instance, in the first scenes of the film we have the opportunity to get to know the main characters in a more intimate level.

The camera follows the elders of the block, Da’ Mayor and Mother Sister, as they talk in her bedroom. For a rare moment in the film Da’ Mayor’s and Mother Sister’s eyes are at exactly the same level, showing that as different as the two may have seemed, they are very much the same. Then the camera slowly pulls out as the two stand and sluggishly walk down a hallway toward a window. Now, where a director would typically have to cut and setup a new shot, Lee pulls the camera straight out of the window as Mother Sister and Da’ Mayor survey the block. The audience would expect to see next exactly what Da’ Mayor and Mother Sister are looking at, but instead Lee quickly pans over in the opposite direction to reveal Mookie standing in the street bellow. By doing this Lee makes a connection that both the elders and Mookie are, in the words of Mother Sister, “still standing.” The shot is not particularly tight but still has a cramped feel due to the clutter of things in the background, the heavy shadowing, and the red tint on the lighting. The red lighting gives sense of volatility to the shot, which is contrasted by the slow camera and character movements. These slow movements are analogous to the block as, regardless of how slowly, it too will go on and life will continue. This shot is in the tradition of mise en scene advocates like Bazin in that,

Dope is a film written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa, which depicts the struggles and achievements of Malcom Adekanbi. Malcom, a teenager who is growing up in the Darby-Dixson neighborhood commonly known as “the bottoms” in Inglewood, California, understands who he isn’t, but struggles throughout the movie to figure out who he is. This film brilliantly explains a few reasons for delinquent behavior, including societal need to label and/or define people, which is often decided based on race, gender, socioeconomic status and social standing, as well as how to overcome obstacles that have been placed in front of us, thereby changing the trajectory of our lives. The following quote from the movie given by Malcom explains how labels have made it hard for him to figure out who he is: “For most of my life I’ve been caught in between who I really am and how I’m perceived. In between categories and definitions…. But when you don’t fit in you’re forced to see the world from many different angles and points of view” (Famuyiwa, 2015). Malcom wonders if he’s a geek, a poor black child who doesn’t know his father and is being raised by a single mom, a menace, a drug dealer or is actually Harvard material.

South of the Border is a 2009 American documentary film about Oliver Stone’s trip to Venezuela to meet president, Hugo Chávez. Oliver Stone himself directed it. The documentary examines how United States free-market policies have affected Latin America’s income. It also displayed how Chávez took a turn towards left wing governments in Latin America’s democracy. And due to such financial catastrophes, it has lead to a socialist uprising. In addition, the documentary included critical interviews with the president of Venezuela Hugo Chávez and Tariq Ali. Ali, who is also the screenplay writer of the project, seems to finds this documentary film to be a political pathway for power. When Ali was interviewed, he explained the importance and

The Frontline film Separate and Unequal discussed about creating a new school system; however, there are opposition by others who wants to maintain the current school system. If we look at the perspectives of the two groups, it is understandable in why there is support and opposition from the people of the city. The supporters of the new system wants a system that can provide better opportunities for their children without any violence. As the film claimed “the school was not teaching and were only babysitting the children”, which was likely a reason why there was a need for a new school system. With the chaotic and uncontrollable situation in the current system, many supporters have push forward the idea of a new system in a new city. From

Language plays an essential role in the development and unification of a culture or nation. American Sign Language (ASL) is a combination of expressions, movements, and gestures that enable the Deaf Community to communicate with one another. ASL is a visual language and without having any words spoken, thousands of ideas and emotions could be expressed. Two films that help convey the significance of ASL are Beyond Silence and Love is Never Silent. These works revolve around the lives of Children of Deaf Adults (CODAs) and the struggles that they have encountered by being born into deaf families.

The use of various camera techniques such as canted frames, low-angled, high-angled and close up shots, as well as camera distance, enhances the struggle between the characters. The use of such techniques not only allows the audience to get an extensive insight into the many different characters, but also helps us understand the relationships between them and how all of these factors contribute to the overarching theme of racism in the film. The use of these camera rapid movements

Mid upper third close-up of Ida pans outward to a full long wide shot of the two characters. Cuts to close-ups of Ida’s Face and shoulders Focusing on the Beauty of her face and smile which is accentuated through the blurred background and soft illumination of the sun.

The camera moves backwards to show the crowds in the background, throughout this scene the non-diegetic music and the diegetic chanting continues to build tension.

Likewise, the short film ‘This is Normal’ depicts how unexpected experiences can lead to challenging beliefs. Gwen is the protagonist who is deaf in the film, she has been selected as one of the candidates for the cohearing campaign. When she undertook the surgery, a scene was displayed where she was submerged into the bath captured by use of medium angle shots and hyper saturated cinematography. This sustained symbolism signifies the redemption of her life. Where her past has been washed away and refreshed. From the audiences’ perspective, we attempt to parallel ourselves against her recovery in expecting everything

2Angela McRobbie is a feminist theorist who accepted the fact that some women in media are shown as undesirable, sexual and at a ‘weaker’ role. She believed that this representation empowers women and utilises them as sexually powerful, dominating and clearly better than a lot of men. This links to the movie Halloween were Judith is shown as weak and exposed.ii However, there are only few individuals who firmly believe it creates power and dominance. 3Furthermore, Carol Clover has a different view.

I think Spanglish was a very good movie and had a good point to it. The Spanglish movie had a lot points in it that we need to pay attention to and get to learn. The movie keeps you attentive and gets you pay attention to it. I think that the movie should’ve been a five-star movie in my opinion. I would recommended this to family and friends. Spanglish is a good movie and is very nice. Now let’s get down to the questions.

Analyze This is a hilarious, feel good movie about two men from different backgrounds living completely opposite lifestyles. Through a series of very funny, random and bizarre moments they form a memorable friendship together. The movie came to theatres in 1999, was directed by Harold Ramis and included a cast full of some of Hollywood’s brightest stars. It begins with two gangsters leaving a café, discussing their plans to attend a meeting involving the countries major crime bosses. One gangster goes back in the café to get a toothpick and at the same time the other gangster is killed from a drive-by shooting. The movie’s plot is based upon the surviving gangster seeking out a psychiatrist to help with his emotional