Different Approaches to Screen Violence Essays

The same applies to a dramatic scene where the music may be deep and frantic to convey to the audience the feeling of anticipation. A scene i would like to focus on is the scene in which Garry and his father have a final ‘showdown’, if you will, at the front of the house. The scene consists of the father imposing himself on Garry and proceeding to continually beat him down time after time only for Garry to rise up and face his father on each occasion. This scene evoked a feeling of pride and admiration from the audience as to Garry’s courage and determination to convey the message to his father that he is ready to stand on his own two feet and defy him. This is a very powerful scene within the movie which initiated powerful emotions within the audience. All of this was accomplished with the notable absence of music of any form. The omission of music in this scene created an atmosphere in which the dramatic affect was amplified due to the silence.

Quentin Tarantino is well known and often criticized for his depiction of violence in his films. Although at times graphic, Tarantino’s violence holds a purpose. This paper will look at two films, Jackie Brown and Pulp Fiction, and their depiction of violence and the aesthetics used. It will also look at classic film conventions and ultraviolence aesthetics used by Tarantino.

Fight Club is one of the most critical and controversial movies of all time, but no one can deny its fame in American popular culture. The audience remembers the thrill and the exciting pleasure while watching it, so much that they want to start their own illegal real-life fight clubs. The impressions about these “fight clubs” and the movie somewhat resemble each other; they are violent, bloody, and promise a twisted end. However, these fight club “founders” may have always been misunderstanding the real meanings of Fight Club all along when attempting to make one. The interpretations of Fight Club introduced by several experts suggest its true message, in which the social and cultural context impact the nature of gender roles and violence. Consequently, some serious social and psychological problems emerged among men, and examining these issues will reveal the truthful meanings and functions of the fight club. In like manner, a real-life fight club in the modern world can adopt these ideas to

The audio although normally overpowered by the visual aspect played a key role in defining and empowering the movie. The music was fast and uplifting during celebration and on

Later on in the day, after a field trip to the local planetarium, Jim meets a group of kids that are troublemakers and want to fight with him. As a conversation begins, music also begins in the background, yet quickly changes when the gang wants trouble. The music becomes fast, louder, and more suspenseful. The style of mickeymousing, "type of score [that] uses music as a literal equivalent to the image" (Giannetti, 231), was also used in this same scene. Jim and the character of Buzz are fighting each other with knives, and at every jab of the knife the music changes and becomes more dramatic and even more suspenseful. It is said that, "music can serve as a kind of overture to suggest the mood or spirit of the film as a whole" (Giannetti, 233). Later on, James Dean's character is asking his father for advice, and the music becomes quiet, slow and mysterious. Another scene where the score plays a vital role in the atmosphere is during an argument with Jim and his parents. Jim and his father are yelling, and when Jim grabs his father as if to hit him, the music turns scary and very intense.

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The movie “Fight Club” is an American based film that was produced in 1999. The production was done after the release of a novel in 1996 by Chuck Palahniuk. The movie involved stars such as Edward Norton, Brad Pitt and Helena Bonham Carter and David Fincher is the director. An overall analysis of the video shows that it is a very disturbing film in that it questions our conscience, our phobias, obsessions, reality as well as habits. Many individuals up to date presume that it is visually stimulating, insightful and at the same time provoking.

(Forney and Machlis, 639) An example of this is in the climactic scene of The Godfather. While the audience hears Bach organ music during a baptism, they see the brutal murders of Michael Corleone’s enemies. In addition to setting moods, music can play an important role in establishing character. The appearance of a dashing romantic hero might be accompanied by a passionate melody, or the image of a soldier could be supported with a strong march.

The soundtrack helped with giving more emotion to the movie, and more suspense as well. Throughout the movie, we heard slow, delicate, and classical sounds, often merging into fast paced music. This started the action with a “bang”, and made our hearts beat faster as we listened into the action and suspense. OMAM has a topic of dreams. The sadness when one works hard toward their dream, yet something still stands in their way.

"The evidence is overwhelming. To argue against it, the link between media violence and teen violence is like arguing against gravity," said Jeffrey McIntyre, legislative and federal affairs officer for the American Psychological Association. As children are exposed to acts of violence in the media through television, video games, music, movies, etc. alarming results are occurring. The main negative effect being an increase in aggression among youth who are regularly exposed to the media and an increase in violent patterns as they mature into adulthood. If not resolved this problem of violence in the media will continue to push children, youth and adults to acts of aggression such as verbal and physical abuse and other more serious

When it comes to the film industry, entertainment is the tool used to acquire what is desired, money. The main goal for filmmakers when they create a film is to attain money in addition to the money spent to make the movie. Therefore, in some films that they like to base off of true accounts, it is somewhat necessary to dramatize or embellish the story to really tug at the heartstrings of the films audience. They achieve this goal by the use of dramatic music, ambient lighting, and a small amount of tweaked diction. The Fighter is an excellent example of this dramatization in action because throughout the film the characters are faced with a multitude of decisions that must be made. The choices they make require the characters to choose

In the film The Hunger Games directed by Gary Ross an important event is when Peeta tells Katniss to run after she gets stung by the tracker jackers and the Career tributes come after her. Peeta doesn't take the chance to kill Katniss but instead he helps her get away. This shows that he doesn't want to hurt her and that violence should not be used as entertainment, that the families of the victims/tributes could be watching and could tear them apart and set their futures to be dark and grim completely changing their perspectives on the Games and the Capitol. Another reason violence should not be used as entertainment is because the tributes are driven to do things that change them completely, driven to kill for survival and victory. Lastly violence should not be used as entertainment because of the

Violence depends on the personality and character traits of young adults and children. A child or teenager who has been brought up in an abusive family and has been hit as a child will be more likely to act out against other people especially if they have just seen a violent film. The character’s of the movie will eventually get a huge number of fan followers and the attitude’s portrayed by the heroes in the film will be followed by someone since they feel identify in there real life situation’s. The worst part is when a fan will copy the act performed, although they will risk their own lives.

Violence has become commonplace within films and other forms of media so much so that many viewers may not find these scenes to be overly disturbing. However, violence is more than just explosions across the screen. It can take on several forms such as violent acts that are witnessed everyday, or even battling thoughts that are within the mind. Two films, which examine these less distinct methods of violence, are Fight Club and Do The Right Thing. As indicated by the titles, the methods within the films are juxtaposed in several ways. However, both Fight Club and Do The Right Thing offer a glimpse into how violence is used to assert one’s presence in order to fight against dehumanization. In her novel Precarious Life, Judith Butler writes,

The movie “Fight Club” is an American based film that was produced in 1999. The production was done after the release of a novel in 1996 by Chuck Palahniuk. The movie involved stars such as Edward Norton, Brad Pitt and Helena Bonham Carter and David Fincher is the director. An overall analysis of the video shows that it is a very disturbing film in that it questions our conscience, our phobias, obsessions, reality as well as habits. Many individuals up to date presume that it is visually stimulating, insightful and at the same time provoking.