Film Analysis : ' Gang ' # Gone '

The 1946 film The Killers is a renowned film noir based off of Ernest Hemingway’s short story of the same title, focusing on the detailed backstory and investigation for the motive of the murder of Pete Lund/Ole Anderson, commonly known and referred to as “The Swede.” A film noir is a term made originally to describe American mystery and thriller movies produced in the time period from 1944-1954, primarily marked by moods of menace, pessimism, and fatalism. Although the film does not focus on the war itself at all, it still puts forth interesting new ways in how gender relations can be stereotypical as well as divergent proceeding the Second World War.

At the start of the movie, there are two of the many gangs in the five points prepping for a brawl to see who would control the five points. Amsterdam Vallon walks with his father, the leader of the Dead Rabbits Gang, to Paradise square where the brawl would take place. Bill “The Butcher” Cutting, the leader of the Bowery Boys, leads his gang to the square. The fight ensues Bill has eventually killed Priest Vallon which ensured that the Bowery boys would control five points. Amsterdam is sent away, he returns years later from prison. He wants revenge for his father’s death years earlier, he knows he has to defeat Bill from the inside so he joins Bill as his assistant. Amsterdam falls for smart thief Jenny. Amsterdam tries to kill Bill, but fails and is wounded by Bill. Jenny nurses him back to health. Amsterdam publicly announces his return to five points by hanging a dead rabbit in the square, Bill sends a gang member to investigate and is killed by Amsterdam and hung in the square. In vengeance, Bill beats Johnny and puts him on a pike in the square forcing Amsterdam to put down suffering Johnny. Amsterdam challenges Bill to a duel in the square just as a riot breaks out, and the military is sent in to control the rioters, Bill is wounded from cannon shrapnel. Amsterdam kills Bill, Amsterdam then leaves with Jenny and they move together to San Francisco.

The movie begins in New York, in 1843, with a gang fight. Bill "the butcher" Cutting's gang of "nativists" have challenged the "dead rabbits" (a gang of mostly Irish immigrants) to a fight to settle once and for all who is the most powerful gang in the area. After an intense battle the "nativists" win by killing the leader of the "dead rabbits", also Amsterdam's (the main character's) father.

   Throughout There Are No Children Here, a continuous, powerful tension always lurks in the background. The gangs that are rampant in the housing projects of Chicago cause this tension. In the Henry Horner Homes, according to Kotlowitz, one person is beaten, shot, or stabbed due to gangs every three days. In one week during the author's study of the projects, police confiscated 22 guns and 330 grams of cocaine in Horner alone (Kotlowitz 32).

Boyz N the Hood, displays the challenging upbringing of adolescents who have to live with harsh conditions around not only their home but also their surrounding town. The film compares the differences between the lifestyles of Tre Styles and his friends’, Darren and Ricky Baker. Darren and Ricky are half-brothers who are nothing alike. Singleton demonstrates the importance of male leadership in a home in the ghetto of Los Angeles by comparing the difference between the lifestyles of Tre and his friends. While many adolescents in the hood have close friendships, some form close relationships by assembling gangs and create a world of violence due to alcohol abuse, which together ultimately breeds discrimination.

The corporations are predominant power in advanced life, surpassing church as well as state. The biggest are wealthier than whole countries, and courts have given these elements a larger number of rights than the individuals. For numerous Americans, corporate force appears to be crazy. By Business Week/Harris survey which was released in September 2000, 82% of those who studied concurred that "business has a lot of control over an excess of parts of our lives." And the late disclosures of corporate embarrassment and political impact have just added to such concerns. In Gangs of America: The Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of Democracy, creator Ted Nace tests the bases of corporate force, finding answers in astonishing

The Gangster film ‘Scarface’ (De Palma) is about the rise and fall of Cuban refugee turned drug lord, Tony Montana. Throughout the film the viewer witnesses Tony Montana’s narrative arc. The viewer watches as Tony Montana begins his arc as a petty criminal escaping from Cuba and metamorphizes into a drug king pin in America. The average viewer cannot empathize with the narrative arc of Tony Montana. But, the average viewer can empathize with what Tony Montana is yearning for, the American dream. Brain De Palma purposefully opts to have a hyper-masculine, narcissistic, megalomaniac Cuban refugee as the main character of a story about achieving the American dream to prove that the American dream is not just for Americans. Due to choosing

This picture is amazing eye catching picture because of the contrast of the grey background and bright center. Josh had the brightest coat while everyone else was wearing light or dark contrast colors.The fire hydrant has another eye catcher because two feet are resting on the side.

A white officers first day on the job with a black senior trainer. The trainer has hidden sides that are eventually revealed to be a crooked cop.

I started skateboarding when I was eleven years old. In 2010, when I was thirteen years old, I met Tony Alva at Berkeley Skatepark. At the time, I did not really know who he was except that he was a former professional skateboarder. Later that night, I went on my computer and did research about who he was and that is when I found out about the Dogtown skate crew. All of the information that I gathered that night changed my life forever. I had scene both Dogtown films, Lords of Dogtown and Dogtown and Z-Boys. I rarely ever read the opening or closing credits, so I had never known that Stacy Peralta wrote the screenplay for the former and was a co-writer and director for the latter. For my final essay, I chose to explore Stacy Peralta’s

Vivian was a girl who despised Kaila, and Kaila despised her back. Kaila had been in plays with Vivian before, and she always does anything she can to embarrass Kaila. They became like this over a simple boy in the 4th grade. And it turned into an endless war. As she was trying to apologize, she saw something that made her jaw drop. Vivian had an audition sheet for the play.

The film, American Gangster, directed and produced by Ridley Scott is a drama based on the biography of Frank Lucas. In the movie, Frank Lucas constructs his own business of illegal work after his boss, Bumpy Johnson, passes away. Frank builds a heroin business, following in the footsteps of Bumpy, and becomes the most powerful crime boss in Manhattan. Furthermore, because of Frank’s immoral ways, he gets caught by the police and is sentenced to 15 years in prison. As the movie progresses I form a couple assumptions of what could happen in the short term and long term. First off, when Frank Lucas attains his heroin I believe that in the short term he will succeed. Frank has established a vast amount of insights into the drug business from Bumpy, and from what he has learned he will take in and apply it to his situation. However, all immoral acts will have to be put to an end, so in the long term, Frank’s heroin business will be caught. If Frank’s business is the biggest thing in Manhattan then the police are bound to question where are all the illegal drugs coming from, how, why, and who. The police were already hunting him down so it was inevitable for him to get out of his illegal mess.

The new TV show Scream Queens premiered September 22, 2015 on FOX. Scream Queens centers on the Kappa Kappa Tau sorority, who is targeted by several killers dressed in red devil outfits. The show mixes black comedy and the slasher subgenre with the classic whodunit. The series includes violence, gore and the use of sexual language, the show tends to be more satirical than terrifying. In addition, Scream Queens is a unique show because it parodies and pokes fun at the horror genre. An analysis of the pilot episode from Scream Queens (2015- present) illustrates how the TV aesthetics of the show develop and portray the themes of death, revenge and good vs evil. Plus, demonstrates the mood of fear and humor and lastly, the narrative of a comedy and horror/slasher genre. Scream Queens illustrates how post network television uses unique storytelling methods that are distinguishable from classic TV network aesthetics. Ultimately, this essay will explain how each aesthetic element: the narrative, cinematography, production design, sound and editing illustrate how the show’s genre mixing of horror and comedy creates an acceptable representation of the horror genre on TV.

The directing of this movie was great. I thought the story was told in a visually interesting way, because it showed a lot of action and it was not just about gangsters it was also about learning how to survive in the streets. The special effects were very effective, the way characters would get shot looked real, but most of all when they showed characters use the drugs and the way their skin would look after wards. The director did a great job on the location and studio environment because the sound effects and picture was nice a clear. I think American Gangster did not really show, Ridley Scott’s, personal style of movies, because this movie was about someone’s life and they had to make it like Frank Lucas’s life was back in those days. I thought the actor’s performances were guided by the director effectively.

Fight Club is the opposite of Watchmen, the style of David Fincher and his faded green aesthetic fit perfectly in the world of Fight Club and help to give the Film a sense of identity that wouldn 't exist if the film was created by a lesser director. The way this Film is shot, the editing, the score, it all combines to help tell the story in a new way that feels entirely separate from the book. Additionally, Fincher works to bring the concepts of the book to life through adaptation not translation, he knows that many of the themes and ideas of the book will not work if simply ripped out of the page and thrown on screen. He decided early on that the Novel would have to change to fit the screen, he knows that communicating messages across