Film Critique Paper: and the Band Played on

To start, the film seems like your basic run-on-the mill coming of age tale with a group of teenagers growing up to desire more after they graduate high school. However, there are various more themes discreetly displayed throughout the runtime of the film. For example, one central sociological overtone of this film is Marxism. With this overtone, it becomes possible to view this light-hearted and comedic movie in a

What were Edwin S. Porter's significant contributions to the development of early narrative film? In what sense did Porter build upon the innovations of contemporaneous filmmakers, and for what purposes?

The dramatic and uplifting movie “Radio” starring Cuba Gooding JR. and Ed Harris, is based on the true life story of James Robert Kennedy, a k a Radio; a mentally retarded young African-American who spends his days pushing a shopping cart around the streets of Anderson, a small South Carolina town, collecting junk and old radios.

From my perspective it’s the judgement of homosexuality that is portrayed in the movie. Riddled throughout the movie is drugs, other deities and violence. Even the main character Che is an alcoholic bully who’s been to prison. How they wrap their heads around these

The rest of the film is about the obstacles that main character has to face because of racist remarks against black people and stereotypes. I like the way the director exposed common stereotypes, represented in the movie as the

Throughout the Age of AIDS film many topics that were related to AIDS were brought up that I did not know anything about before. I did not know that there could so many strings attached to a disease and have such an influence in people’s lives whether it was negative or positive.

The HBO movie “And the Band Played On” was created to supply knowledge on how the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) epidemic started in the 1980s. It used the Ebola outbreak that occurred in Central Africa during 1976, to show significance that a fatal disease was coming. Many patients around the world were being misdiagnosed by doctors who assumed they just had a case of pneumocystis pneumonia. This movie touches on how researchers discover AIDS, the consequences that the homosexuals suffered and the panic that was stimulated in the community. Throughout this movie there were many examples of theories of persuasion that caught my attention.

The movie, Philadelphia, was an excellent example of the severe discrimination many people with Aids are exposed to. In this instance the main character, Andy, was also gay. Unfortunately, in our society, he was faced with a double whammy. The gay issue is controversial enough, but to compound that in the work force with having Aids would be almost unbearable for any person to cope with. Tom Hanks played Andy with a serious need to communicate to the viewers how everyday life, work, emotions and mental well being are affected by this kind of situation. The movie was well cast and thoughtfully portrayed Andy's serious predicament. The theme was very interesting. It made me realize how lucky I am to not have to deal with those kinds of

This discrimination is present throughout multiple points in How to Survive a Plague where Jesse Helms — a government official — and the Cardinal O’Conner are seen discounting the seriousness of the epidemic while also throwing blame on the gay community. This belief that viruses discriminate in the same manner as humans led to further deaths caused by the AIDS crisis and little action in response from the government and some members of the gay community.

The length of the work will be eight to ten minutes, depending on how much footage I decide to use in the film. The format is footage recorded in 1080p, a HDTV high-definition video mode. The intended audience is young adults (members of Generation Y, Generation Z, and Gen Alpha. The purpose of the film is to address the misconceptions of feminism. There has been no previous media work already been produced on this specific subject. However, there are several media works regarding the notion of feminism as a whole, the most prominent example being the 2014 documentary titled "Miss Representation". The one hour and 25 minute piece, directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom and Kimberlee Acquaro, "explores the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America, and challenges the media 's limited portrayal of what it means to be a powerful woman" ("Miss"). The film received several awards. My approach will be different that theirs given that their intended audience was the entirety of society and focuses primarily on "how mainstream media and culture contribute to the under-representation of women" ("About"), while my target audience is a concentration of theirs and focuses on one facet of feminism, its misconceptions. My film will parallel theirs in that I also intend to employ infographics to deliver statistics in an efficient manner.

In the world of film-making, female directors are rather scarce. It’s easy to find a great actress, but all too often, men fill the role of director, and women get overlooked. In the world of independent or indie films, there are often more opportunities for women to get involved, and it just so happens that is where we find Crystal Faith Scott. Recently, I happened upon her work, and I realized that she was just the kind of person to not only shed light on her crowdfunded feature for which she is actively raising support, but she was the ideal person to highlight the importance of indie films as well as women’s role in this dynamic industry.

To me this movie deals mainly with bullying and its consequences, it reminds me a lot of the school shootings that you hear about on the news today where the person that does the shooting everyone says they were

Now the conflict of the story is pretty self explanatory--cut to wife falling-- but seriously, the conflict introduced in the first act is about a viral outbreak that leads to a global pandemic. The movie describes the virus as a disease spread through fomites, which refers to uhh…--cut to scene where Kate Winslet explains fomites-- thanks Kate Winslet. [a disease that spreads through touch.]

"This is not a political issue. This is a health issue. This is not a gay issue. This is a human issue. And I do not intend to be defeated by it. I came here today in the hope that my epitaph would not read that I died of red tape."

The message of the movie is that Christianity has a voice and it is a unique one because initially it is counter cultural and looks offensive and it is never adequately understood until bears its fruit, many who reject