Example-2001: A Space Odyssey

What goes through your mind as you are observing a film? Do you notice the way the camera angles play with your mind and make you wonder? Or do you spot the way the lighting techniques help to communicate the story? Maybe you hear the score or the dialogue and witness the sense-tingling notes and words that make you guess what is going to happen next. Whatever it may be, films are amazing works of art that stimulate emotions and help you experience the story in a deeper way. I had the opportunity to view the movie Tombstone and pay closer attention to the details that make the film what it is.

The novel 2001: A Space Odyssey written by Arthur C. Clarke applies many literary devices and stylistic features to humanise one of the main characters, Hal. Some examples of the literary devices and stylistic features used in the novel are the atmosphere and mood, characterisation, dialogue and diction, repetition, analogy, the point of view and the overall plot of the story. 2001: A Space Odyssey is a story of evolution, the future of mankind, space exploration and the thirst for knowledge, technology and Utopian society. The novel was originally written as a film script, however in the 1960s it was adapted into a novel.

Movies have the ability to transport people to different times and places and distract them from ordinary everyday reality. They allow for a range of emotions to be experienced. At their core, movies examine the human condition. There are plenty of deeper truths woven into screenplays and plenty of lessons to be learned, even when an individual is solely seeking entertainment.

Book to movie adaptations have been an increasingly popular style of film. Many believe that the integrity of book to movie adaptations are lost when films are not exact replicas of the book. However, adaptations are a form of interpretation that involve some means of redesigning and reconstruction to convert them into a different art form. In this paper I will argue the reasons why I agree with the claim that O, Brother Where Art Thou is based on the epic The Odyssey.

“2001: A space Odyssey” opens in the African Rift Valley, where a tribe of hominids encounter a stone monument which has obstructed on their domain. This stone monument transmits radio waves that end up expanding their IQ 's, teaching them weaponry and other tool uses to help them live, as they proceed to defeat a rival tribe. Four million years later, we see the luxurious space travel that the vintage science fiction of the 1960’s, with space stations for air terminals and such. Dr. Heywood Floyd is heading to Clavius Base, a United States lunar station. Along the way, he finds out about gossipy tidbits about an unidentifiable disease going around on the Clavius Base and his responsibility to study a four-million-year-old structure. Floyd

Every now and then comes a film that sticks to its viewer in such a way that it consumes their brain for the next hour, day, or even week following its conclusion. A movie so powerful that it has the ability to make people forget about the horrors and daunting responsibilities of reality for a couple hours. A recent example of this is La La Land, a completely original musical with intoxicating charisma, directed by young filmmaker Damien Chazelle.

2001: A Space Odyssey is a film based on Arthur Clarke's short story, "The Sentinel." The purpose of this paper is to explain the similarities and differences between “The Sentinel” and 2001: A Space Odyssey. There are many similarities and differences between “The Sentinel” and 2001: A Space Odyssey. The obvious similarity is the crystal pyramid in the story and the monolith in the film. According to Dictionary.com a sentinel is described as a) a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching and, b) a character used to indicate

better. For example, I watched the “romantic” film ‘Remember me’ with my cousins. The main character was the twilight heartthrob, and it bothered them and they said the movie sucked the first 5 minutes. The ending was unexpected, the main character died on the tragedy 9/11. They said comments like “How can they use that for their ending?” and were confused. But I understood why that scene was the ending. The point of the movie was to show the life of New Yorkers because they show both upper and middle class living and jobs. They show the troubles they go through on daily basis from killings to neglections. But unfortunately most viewers just focus on the “romance” and therefore find the ending odd. But like I told my cousins, ‘Remember me’ simply tried to show the life of a New Yorker and how they lived their regular lives and how one day New York became one no matter what your status was. This shows that what I learned, I am applying in my

I believe that the movie Dead Man Walking impacted my life greatly. It was a very emotional and moving movie. This was an excellent movie because it portrayed the feelings of both the families of the victims and the murder himself. It shows how much pain and suffering the families had to go through with all the sadness and hatred against Matthew Poncelant. The movie also showed how that the families' hatred did not go away after Matthew was executed. The greatest emotional part of the movie was when Matthew confessed that he did kill the teenagers and that he was truly sorry. From there, he was able to at least die with dignity and also he asked the parents of the teenagers for their forgiveness for him. This movie also showed how the

I agree with people who say movies aren’t based on real life experience, but I am pretty sure producers have specific messages to tell their audience. Movies might be long and time taking, but when there is free time to spend why not lay back and watch a good movie? Today I will be reviewing one of my favorite movies of all time, Tokyo Drift.

The science-fiction film genre serves as an excellent medium for examining shifting power structures, social paranoia and Cold War politics during the 1950s. A number of films released during this period, including: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), Them (1954) and Attack of the 50ft Woman (1958), are particularly symptomatic of the social and political atmosphere of the time. These films navigate not only narrative based issues such as the threat of aliens and science experiments gone wrong; but also wider issues of the time, such as the Cold War, changes in the US film industry, urbanisation, politics, the growing power of women and most significantly, social concern about nuclear energy.

There have been many films and books in today’s world that are worth seeing and reading more than once. Films and books have been changing the world since the early 1900s. They change the way people think, feel, and see the world. There are many films and books worth the read and the watch; the assassination of JFK, To kill a Mockingbird, and The Bible are three of the most impactful and insightful books/movies, because they bring up powerful meanings that helped the world.

Most people are not going to be able to experience wizard magic, space, or getting stuck on a sinking ship. A lesson can be learned from any situation, whether it’s what to do, or not to do. Another positive is that movies teach diversity. These popular commercial films are full of different ideas, people, and elements. When people watch diverse movies, it allows them to become more open and accepting in our everyday lives.

There are many ways that one can analyze a work of art. To say that something as complex as artistic expression can only be looked at or defined in one dimension is nothing short of a lie. In realizing this, we must also realize that film is like any work of art, the many messages and ideas behind a well thought-out film are nearly uncountable. With that in mind, perhaps one of the best ways to analyze film is through a method known as "Cognitive Psychology". Cognitive psychology deals greatly with practical perception, emotional, and conscious responses of viewers. By using cognitive psychology, we seek to explain how we recognize objects, fit disparate elements into orderly patterns, experience joy and sadness through art, and simultaneously understand multiple meanings and so forth. When we apply this theory in practice, it revolutionizes the way in which we can see the meaning behind movies, instead of relying on traditional concepts and roles to determine the ideas behind a work of film; we can shift the critical emphasis on a film to the viewer. In effect then, the viewer becomes an active participant in the creation of a film's effects and meanings. While there are a wide variety of movies that can be looked at using this method, perhaps one of those that come easiest to mind is Memento, a thriller in which the main character is afflicted with antro-grade amnesia, or the inability to create new

For this assignment, I have chosen to pick one of my favorite movies called “Star Wars episode 3 Revenge of the Sith.” Because I am a huge fan of the whole Star Wars series, but this specific movie, I have seen several times and it is my favorite out of all the movies included in the franchise. Before I took this class, I thought this movie was phenomenal, I loved the way it was put together, the whole story was interesting, it stood out from different movies because of its creative and unique concept of the science fiction, adventure, action, romance, and fantasy genres. When I first saw this movie, I was truly intrigued and didn’t lose interest in any part throughout the film, it fascinated me. After I had took this theater class though, and after analyzing several different movies, I looked back at the movie, I realized that all the terminology and content that I have learned throughout the course wasn’t put to mind because I didn’t pay attention to it really because I didn’t even know the names of the terms that I learned in class and the insights of how this film was put together, I was more focused on what was happening in the story. After I took this class, I have changed my response to this film because when I analyze this movie, I now have a deeper understanding of what goes on in this movie, I know this because I think of how different scenes in the movie add to the story/narrative, and how some characters are affected and how it adds to the story, I know what kind