Blazing Saddles Analytical Essay

As the audience sees this movie as a comedy, social commentary is exemplified because of the hatred displayed between the two races, even if it is shown in a humorous manner. The next scene begins with Bart being very excited to ride into his town of Rock Ridge and everyone in the town is just as excited to meet the new sheriff. As the people of Rock Ridge see Bart approaching the town, they start to get loud for him and the band starts playing in excitement for the new sheriff. As Bart comes forward, the crowd becomes completely silent and the band stops playing.

Throughout this sequence, Lewis also uses camera movement and composition to highlight Bart’s inner desires and develop characters within the story. Lewis uses camera movement frequently in the opening sequence to exhibit Bart’s motivations. When Bart starts to walk towards the camera, the camera pulls out to reveal the hardware store’s display of guns. The display of guns perfectly frames Bart and fully encompass his surrounding environment. Both the camera movement and composition of this sequence display Bart’s obsession with guns. Guns are Bart’s ultimate goal and always running throughout his mind, which is why he is framed by the entire display of guns. There is a small part of the film when there’s a swift push in on Bart’s head, then an identical zoom onto the gun. This camera movement, again, asserts how Bart is always thinking about guns and how he is indeed gun crazy. Moreover, Lewis uses certain camera

Good afternoon everyone, today I will be addressing the theme of overcoming prejudice and racism through Coach Boone’s Gettysburg Adress scene. I will be talking about the use of high and low key lighting, the importance of the scene, camera angles and why this theme is relevant today.

William Faulkner was born in 1897. Growing up in Mississippi inspired Faulkner to incorporate his southern roots into many of his works. Many of his works intertwined when it came to the setting and even some of the characters of his stories. William Faulkner’s short story “Barn Burning” is no different. In “Barn Burning” Faulkner brings in his native south through the setting, family dynamics, and social class.

This is accomplished with different camera angles as well as the movement of the camera. For example, in many scenes as the camera follows the action it is shaky rather than sturdy, as if you as a viewer are walking around and seeing the action through your own eyes. One may also notice that an escalated level of action or conversation on the screen is mirrored by the pace of the film from frame to frame. In essence, a heated argument would involve a quick paced transition of shots, going from a close-up of one character to another at a rapid pace in tune with the argument.

The world of film has changed dramatically over the last fifty years, both in technology and perceptions on how the industry should work and how it is viewed by the public. The ending of the production code in Hollywood started the cultural change in the industry. With this restrictive institution gone, many directors chose to take advantage of this in many different ways. My favorite of these is Mel Brooks; he chose to break and push boundaries both socially and comedically. Brooks’ style often includes crude humor inlaid with deeper jokes and meaning, many fourth wall breaking moments such as the “We’re in now now” scene of Spaceballs, to stand out in the world of comedy. His masterpiece, Blazing Saddles, is one such film that did just that. Through its new found sense of humor in the post production code era and its twists on common genre tropes of the time, Blazing Saddles was able to find its place into the New Hollywood Cinema.

American western movies were a thing of the 1950’s but they were no longer captivating in the 1970’s. It was apparent that guns, cowboys, and American heroes were no longer seen as a point of interest for the viewing public. Mel Gibson’s film entitled, Blazing Saddles, debuted in 1974 and seemed to fit the bill of the post-1960’s western. Blazing Saddles is a film that is able to take on racism and utilize it as an important reflection of the time. The film goes where no film has gone before in terms of discussing race and Hollywood. Blazing Saddles was able to seemingly integrate elements of Blaxploitation and introduce the film industry’s first interracial buddy comedy.

actions to show that no one will own or control him. He has no regard

At first glance, the story “Barn burning” seems just to be about a tyrannical father and a son who is in the grips of that tyranny. I think Faulkner explores at least one important philosophical question in this story were he asks at what point should a person make a choice between what his parent(s) and / or family believes and his own values?

The novel Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and published in the United States in 1852. The novel depicted slavery as a moral evil and was the cause of much controversy at the time and long after. Uncle Tom's Cabin outraged the South and received praise in the North. The publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin was a major turning point for the United States which helped bring about the Civil War.

There are multiple things that Hansberry could do to improve the quality of Walter and Beneatha’s acting. Mama and Ruth gave the audience a sense that the play was taking place

Uncle Tom's Cabin follows the lives of two slaves that live on a Kentucky plantation. Tom, a black slave, and a young mulatto woman named Eliza are under the ownership of Mr. Shelby. Tom is his most trusted slave, while Eliza is Mrs. Shelby's beloved servant, whom she has raised since she was a young girl. Mr. Shelby is a kind man, but is not very good with his finances. He is indebted to a slave trader by the name of Haley.

There is varying lighting throughout the film. The start of the film is in a dark gym, which is a sign of where the team was. When the team finally gets their grades up, it is all natural lighting, this is telling us that the mood is better, and that good things are coming. But prior to that there are several scenes where the lighting is dark. One particular scene is the one in which Rennie is shot.

The lighting in "The Godfather," is very dim and is often said to be compared with a Rembrant. The lighting suggest many things throughout the film like a painting. The light scenes in the movie are to portray the Corleone family as good people, someone you could relate to not look down upon.

The film that I am choosing for this gender performances on film response is Thelma and Louise starring Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis. Th film came out in 1991 and is about House wife, Thelma, and waitress, Louise when they go on a trip to the mountains that goes wrong when a man tries to rape Thelma. After which Louise shoots and kills him, they then take off and plan to go to Mexico because they are running from the law. This film was the site of controversy when it was released because it made some men a little uncomfortable, but even with that the film was nominated for six Academy Awards and it won one of them. Now it is considered an important and classic film.