Halloween Movie Analysis

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.

My initial reaction to the film was of utter shock at the brutally raw reality of the film. Upon reflection and commentary from other sources, the film’s simple yet vastly effective filmmaking techniques of developing the explicit and implicit meaning of the film. The explicit meaning, as

In conclusion, the film She’s the Man shows the audience how gender gets represented in films. It shows the traditional femininity as well as the traditional masculinity. This illustrates that gender has impacts on power and gender relations to contribute gender inequality. Gender norms are enforced in films which maintain the power inequality difference between both genders. These issues confine the way modern films represent gender and gives a direct effect to the

This film paints multiple stereotypes and over exaggerates them to emphasize their relevance in society in hopes of changing the audiences' viewpoint of these stereotypes set before women.

In a world where male gaze is a massive factor in the films of the past and still in present, this film has done a very good job to tackle the issues of today. In comparison, the classical film, SInging in the Rain, also plays a

In my list of movies that always make me cry is the movie “Ghost” which was released on July 13, 1990. This movie made that summer really worth while and gave us romance, comedy and much to think about. The movie starred Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze and Whoopi Goldberg.

With the aid of excellent cinematographic elements constructed in several key scenes, you will gain better understandings of these themes. 2. Body We must study this film because it reminds us of how violent and disconnected

Horror films are movies that aim to elicit a strong physiological reaction in the viewer, such as raised heartbeat and fear. Three horror films by the names of Psycho, Scream and The Messengers will be analysed and compared to an episode of the popular children’s show Shaun the Sheep. Five elements will be addressed in this analysis, those being camera techniques, Mise-en-scene, Editing, Lighting and Sound.

''The power of Christ compels you! The power of Christ compels you! The power of Christ compels you!!! ...'' Father Merrin&Father Damien Karras from the movie -The Exorcist-

Starting off with the easy one, Reader-Response, or Viewer-Response in this case, is apparent throughout the video (DavidVonPeinChannel2) (Mays 1320). Siskel and Ebert describe how the tension and setting shape the atmosphere of the film, and in textbook Reader-Response fashion, they complement John Carpenter’s film for its use of camera angle and music, and the affect that plays on the viewer (DavidVonPeinChannel2)(. An unexpected, but still true addition, was that of Feminist perspective. Siskel and Ebert point out how Jaime Lee Curtis’ character appears strong and

In the films, Even in the Rain by Icíar Bollaín, The Namesake by Mira Nair, and The Great Escape by John Sturges, I will be discussing chapters: One “Looking at Movies”, Two “Principles of Film Form”, and Four “Elements of Narrative”. These three directors employ the techniques of narrative and film form to create movies about morality, identity, and freedom. In chapter one: “Looking at Movies” of Looking at Movies, Richard Barsam and Dave Monahan discuss the effects of expectation on film. “Even the most general knowledge affects how we react to any given film” (page 13).

This theory is used to critically analyze relationship between language, ideologies, and society to reveal the portrayal of women in the film.

The film represents violence of destruction as associated with masculinity, and it shows this as a negative attitude, and

The film can be viewed as a simple coming of age story from the 80’s with a unique structure when it comes to time, but when examined more closely gives a clear example of how the narrative structure works. Narrative structure is how the narrative or story is shown to the audience in its 3 acts. The narrative structure molds the viewing experience, through character development

The cinematography of this film features numerous close-ups of its adolescent protagonists as well as point-of-view shots acquired predominantly from their perspective, thus making the viewers position themselves firmly on the boys’ side of