Film Analysis: Save The Last Dance

    “Tonight I gotta cut loose, footloose, kick off my sunday shoes. Jack, get back, come on before we crack.” (Footloose, Kenny Loggins) For this essay, I chose to watch Footloose made in 1984 and directed by Herbert Ross and Footloose made in 2011 directed by Craig Brewer. Both movies centered around the town of Bomont, a secluded town with out of the ordinary beliefs. In this town, dancing and partying of any sort was strictly against the law and teenagers were seemingly miserable. There was little to no self expression and even listening to provocative music or any music too loud, could get you a ticket with a hefty fine. The reason behind the strict rules is that several years back, five teens from Bomont High School died in a car wreck after they were drinking and dancing too much. Each of these movies have some things in common, but have more differences than anything. Some of the main differences are the opening credits of each movie, how and who Ren arrives to Bomont at the beginning of the movie, the “chicken” races between Ren and Jeff, and the book burning in town square.

Throughout the history of the world, societies have always tried to imagine a utopian way of life and/or society. But in other cases, the use of raunchy apparel and countless bottles of alcohol are used to deny the idea of an uprising of a totalitaristic government. This is a brief summary of the two-hours and four minutes of the musical drama Cabaret, directed by Bob Fosse.

In "Dance in America" by Lorrie Moore, Eugene, a 7 year old boy living with cystic fibrosis lives in an old run down old fraternity house who exuberantly dances with his parents until he collapses every night before bed. Freedom is living as one wants to live. Throughout life, one tends to live just as they please; they live freely. As one chooses to live freely, they create their own essence-the reason that they exist. Throughout the story, many themes of existentialism are present. The narrator has to choose whether or not to stay at her hotel. She also makes the commitment to teach others about dance. Many would say her good friend, Cal, should feel dread in his life. He lives in an old run down fraternity house, with chipped paint and cracked plaster. And to top it all off, his son is dying of cystic fibrosis (Moore). Many would believe that Eugene, Cal’s son, would feel alienation, but he does not; he enjoys doing what all other children his age do—go to school, have fun, and dance. Although Eugene does not feel alienation, one might say that the narrator does. The narrator might feel alienation because she has not seen her friend Cal in twelve years, and he seemed different to her during the current visit. In "Dance in America" by Lorrie Moore, Eugene’s spirit fly’s freely despite his physical disability and his imminent demise.

In ESPN’S film, A Fighting Chance, wrestler Kyle Maynard uses regulation of his arousal levels to conquer the tasks of everyday life but also to fulfill his passion of wrestling with no arms or legs. Kyle Maynard became one of the most inspirational people to others who are affected with a disability. Kyle was able to overcome situations such as name-calling, starring, and limitations on activities of daily living to fulfill all of his desires such as driving a car or fighting in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) matches in the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu categories. Kyle was able to overcome these by using social coping with people such as his best friend and trainer who had absolute faith in him while encouraging and supporting him in whatever he desired. Kyle’s parents also distilled this trait of overcoming barriers from a young age by not introducing prosthetics into his life and showing him that he could do anything he set his mind to.

Run Lola Run presents the idea that although events that occur in life seem random and inconsequential, the choices we make have significant effects on ourselves and our surroundings in the future. Tykwer successfully intertwines chance in each run, prompting Lola to face various outcomes. Chance is reinforced through still photographs of the characters Lola encounters on her journey to get 100,000 marks. The photographs provide the audience a glimpse of what their future could become as a result of their interaction with Lola. Fast non-diegetic sound of the camera clicks, enables the audience to feel a sense of urgency, reflecting the idea of chance and that our choices and actions are all linked with the people we encounter.

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.

On April 20th, 21st at 7 p.m. and the 22nd at 2 and 7 p.m. Oswego East High school present Footloose the Musical. It starred Ren McCormack as Mitchell Crispi and Ariel Moore as McKenna Kreiling. It starred my other characters including, Willard as Alec Ludacka, Rusty as Ally Filicicchia, Urleen as Vera Mehnert, Ethel as Miranda Johanson, Reverend Shaw as Christian Mack. The musical was based in the small town of Bomont in 1988. Ren McCormack and his mother Ethel move from Chicago to Bomont after his father left them. Ren expecting a nice family community but, experience something way different. Ren finds himself constantly in trouble with other teens, the school, a new job and even the law. Although, through a battle of Ren trying to convince

The dancers run out onto the stage and form two straight lines consisting of three girls in the front and three girls in the back. As the piece progresses this formation does not vary other than to switch lines. Once on stage, the music finishes the introduction and the happy, lively, carnival type music begins. The dancers throw confetti onto the audience members and begin their variations of shimmying, hip thrusting, being overly dramatic and movements that were highly sexualized. Each movement seems as though it was choreographed in order to make the dancer’s body shake specifically within the bosom and the buttock. The dancers’ facings were both front and back displaying the entirety of the female body. Within the clip at 28 seconds the camera focuses only on the female’s buttock as it its shaking from side to side in time with the music. By 37 seconds colored streamers fly down from the stage as the dancers walked dramatically in unison

When becoming a young adult you have a lot of pressure on yourself due to figuring out your future, and it’s not easy when you’re parents are breathing down your neck. You feel lost, confused, and even terrified. In the film, The Graduate by Mike Nichols, the protagonist Ben Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) is in this type of situation. Throughout the movie he looks for a meaning to his life and Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft) in a way shows him a path to it through love and sex. He wasn’t just going through life like most did, he wanted to be free and do what he wanted not what his parents wanted.

One of my favorite movies of all time is Sweet Home Alabama. This movie came out in the early 2000s starring two of my favorite actors, Reese Witherspoon and Patrick Dempsey. Reese Witherspoon plays an up and rising fashion designer in New York, Melanie Carmichael. Melanie has the perfect life in New York with her career, friends, and boyfriend, Andrew, who happens to be the son of the mayor of New York. But when Andrew proposes to her, Melanie has to face the skeletons in her closet and her past that is awaiting her back down South.

Personality is made up of the characteristic patterns of thoughts, feeling and behaviours that make a person unique (Cherry, 2015). Although no single definition is acceptable to all personality theorists, it is agreed that personality is a pattern of relative permanent traits and unique characteristics that give both consistency and individuality to a person’s behaviour (Feist and Feist, 2009).

You know you are getting old when Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan are becoming dated references but that is where we are on the brink of 2018. Arguably the biggest scandal in the history of ice skating happened in the early 1990s and here to tell the story from Tonya’s point of view is the film I, Tonya. I, Tonya is a documentary-style film about the life of controversial figure skater Tonya Harding, born in the boonies of Portland, Oregon Tonya dealt with an abusive mother raising her to be a child prodigy in the figure skating world. However, her attitude leads to many fights with judges who never gave her the recognition she deserves being the first US female skater to land a triple-double.

Share the most meaningful/remarkable findings from your Ethnic Market Visit as related to items included in your Ethnic Market Report.

Produced by Ken Burns and co-produced by PBS and BBC, Jazz features hundreds of rare and classic moments, recordings and live performances taken from a whole century of jazz music, plus exclusive interviews, rare footage and previously unpublished photographs. With over 12 hours, the acclaimed Jazz tells the story of jazz music, from its roots in the nineteenth century to the present day. A musical journey started in blues and ragtime, passing through swing, bebop and fusion. In 12 episodes, the documentary relates music to the life of the American people and the United States history over the past 120 years. Some of the characters you'll find in various mini-biographies: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles

The two main scenes in the Piano Man are the mansion where Phil Lieberman lives and the telephone booth where the main character, Tobey Wentz, is calling Mr. Tonino. The mansion is very well furnished with a grand piano, a bar and many paintings. The painting as well as some statues are of naked men. The phone booth is in a rural area with trees and concrete in the background. Tobey’s car is also in the background of the phone booth because he drove there to talk to Mr. Tonino before going over to the mansion. One object that stood out was the old style of telephone with a dial, ear and mouth piece. This would cause me to assume that the film takes place a long time ago, however, the car that Tobey Wentz is from the mid-90s so it must be more