In The Heat Of The Night Analysis

The book “A Night Divided,” is a great book. It is about a girl named Gerta and her family. She has an older brother Fritz, a brother Dominic, her father (papa) and her mother Frau Lowe. The Berlin Wall had just gone up after the Second World War separating East and West Germany, and her and her family live in the West. One night her brother Dominic and her father decide they need to get through the wall for work without guards noticing because the consequences could be deadly. Her brother and Father make it across but they cannot find a way to come back because the wall has been added on and is even more dangerous now. Gerta ends up not being able to talk to her father or brother for at least 4 years. One day Gerta was walking to school with her best friend Anna when she see’s her brother, Dominic on the other side of the wall and waves. She eventually ended up seeing her dad to but then she got caught by an officer by the name of Officer Muller. She ended up getting away from the Officer but she knew he would be watching her every move from now on. But everyday when she goes to school she see’s them on the platform and her dad is doing a dance that he always did for her as a kid when they were little. But, he continues doing the digging scene from the dance trying to give her a signal that he wants her to do something or he is going to do something. But if Gerta tries to cross that wall it could be deadly and we don’t know what would happen.

Brandon Bocanegra Mrs. Leeman English 1 (Period 3) March 4, 2015 Night: Theme Analysis The theme I had decided to analyse in the book “Night” by Ellie Wiesel is the theme of “Faith.” The reason for me deciding to choose this theme is solely for the purpose of how expressed it is shown in the writing of the entire book not to mention this theme is dynamic enough to be applied upon nearly every character that is mentioned and described in the book “Night” by Ellie Wiesel. I will now first start drafting out onto detail on what I currently mean by “Faith.” Before I start I would also like to mention that this type of faith in the theme also reaches out to more than just the religious spectrum to a wide variety of instances such as families

The debate over Casablanca and Citizen Kane has been a classic argument between film critics and historians alike because both of these pieces contain great cinematographic value, and are timeless pictures that have managed to captivate audiences well beyond their era. However, the real question at hand is which film is the greatest? Which film transformed the future of American film making? It is these questions that I as many others have, will attempt to answer in the following essay as I explain why I believe Citizen Kane has achieved the status of greatest film ever made.

The movie I was assigned was, In the Heat of the Night starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. This film took place during the late 1960’s in Mississippi where Virgil Tibbs, a black Philadelphia homicide detective, is traveling. Upon his travel, he unintentionally gets involved with a murder investigation of a business man. He was first accused of committing this murder when a police officer was suspicious of him. After they determined his innocence’s, he was then asked to help solve the case because of his vast knowledge and experience dealing with homicide crimes. The process for only finding the killer was determined to be difficult, but even more so when Tibbs’s efforts are obstructed by the sheriff of the town, Gillespie. However, both

Christopher EronClass: Form and Idea9/29/2017We’ve all seen or at least heard of black and white films which made their decline to colored films in the late 1940’s. But what would it be like if the blind eye couldn't see more than shades of gray alone? In Jude Stewart’s interview, based on her book Roy G Biv, she focuses on synesthesia, and compares the relationship of language to colors. Synesthesia is a phenomenon that occurs when experiencing one's cognitive pathway results in the experience of another one.

This essay is based on films of the same story, told in different ways, with emphasis, themes, meaning and interpretation shaped or shaded by the situation of the storyteller; the cinematic mise-en-scene. Based on the same story, the films reveal and reflect the film-maker’s social norms and views, emerging from their different national contexts. While exploring the two films, this essay will examine elements of film language or semiotics: color saturation (or black and white), sound, setting, type of camera angles used; repetition of visual motifs (Metz, 1985). The two films explored were made in the 1960s. Neither film is American, yet both reveal influences and reflections on American cinema and American power; the Western film, adherence or detracting from Hollywood Classical cinema tropes, i.e. close-ups, shot-reverse-shot, POV, depth of field (Bazin, 1985: 128-9). The two films are Kurasawa’s Yojimbo (1961) and Leone’s Fistful of Dollars (1964), from Japan and Italy, respectively. How are they different; how similar? Why do they use the same plot,

     The film Sunset Boulevard directed by Billy Wilder and staring the main characters of Norma Desmond, Joe Gillis, and Max Von Mayerling is ideal example of how important film making techniques help depict a movie’s core theme intentions with vivid clarity. Classic Hollywood is the first thing that comes to mind when one speaks about this film’s style. This signature category combined with the visual style of realism and it’s continuity editing; detailed mise-en-scene and all of its characteristics; and lastly the use of reoccurring motifs with formalistic qualities make the audience grasp the central theme of just how vicious the actual motion industry can be to the

Before Night Falls tells the story of Reinaldo Arenas, a Cuban writer who suffered for many years and dealt with tragic circumstances all throughout his life. Living during Fidel Castro’s harsh regime as a homosexual male led to several years of torture, for he was imprisoned, but ultimately set free. Additionally, his writing was bold and went against everything that Castro represented, and he took extreme risks to get his work published in other countries. The world heard the prolific voice of Arenas, while the Cuban government, his fellow writers, and even his lovers tried to silence him. Arenas was an extremely important figure in Latin culture. This is not simply because his work was profound; his life gives us a deeper look at the difficulties of struggling with homosexuality, masculinity, and finding freedom. He embodies resilience, charisma, determination, and at the same time fragility, weakness and pain.

In the Heat of the Night focuses on the racial tensions that come to light when a Northern black detective decides to stay in a Southern town to help local police enforcement find a murderer. In Emma Hamilton and Troy Saxby’s article,”Draggin’ the Chain”: Linking Civil Rights and African American Representation in The Defiant Ones and In the Heat of the Night, the authors utilize historical context as well as mis-en-scene to explain how “racialized representations evolved over time in a historically contingent manner that reflects directly upon, and is informed by, the changing nature of the civil rights movement” (75). Also it is argued that the films discussed in the article use stereotypes “not necessarily ahistorical or of homogenized meaning;

Being one of the world’s most popular art forms, it was inevitable that these archetypes would find their way into film as well. In this essay I will argue that the

In the early turn of the 21st century, infant stages of media were brought to audiences all over. Small motion pictures were a new invention, enticing its viewers and creating a medium open to innovation. Since the development of silent films, stereotypes and racial discrimination have been the central overtones of cinema. The midst of the century entailed a dominant white society, with racial tensions at the forefront. Post-slavery morale and ideologies still existed in the states, recognizing the African American populations as blatant minorities. These attitudes on race were distinctively acknowledged on the big screen,

What makes for a classic Hollywood film? Increasingly, films have evolved to the point where the standard by which one calls a “classic Hollywood film” has evolved over time. What one calls a classic film by yesterday’s standards is not the same as that of today’s standards. The film Casablanca is no exception to this. Although David Bordwell’s article, “Classical Hollywood Cinema” defines what the classical Hollywood film does, the film Casablanca does not exactly conform to the very definition that Bordwell provides the audience with in his article. It is true that the film capers closely to Bordwell’s definition, but in more ways than not, the film diverges from Bordwell’s definition of the typical Hollywood film.

Some black and white movies, like Charlie Chaplin movies or The Miracle Worker, are really marvelous but some are pretty terrible. An example of a terrible one is Olivier's version of Hamlet. The camera literally will go through his head to witness what he is thinking about. The words do not even match his moving lips. The setting was on a cliff, which is another perfect place to be at since the topic is about death and committing suicide. The graphics were garbage and the ground looks the top of a tower and I know that cliffs are not that fancy. Olivier had a bunch of pauses though, which he was trying to create suspense and anticipation into what he was going to say next.The music was fast and created a spooky feeling which makes sense for a scene like this. Even though this had music, I still think the movie was terrible but I would still watch

Understanding movies comes from describing and analyzing the cinematic, theatrical, and literary elements that combine to create meaning. These steps create a basic understanding of the artistic and technical elements found in moviemaking. In addition, the major characteristics of different film genres and classic movies will be analyzed. The purpose of this paper is analyzing the Academy Award winning film Chicago. This paper will describe the six steps that a person should think about when watching a movie. These steps include, (1) analysis of the narrative: story, plot and meaning; (2) theatrical elements, (3) cinematography, (4) editing, (5) sound and the (6) complete package.

Colour, especially by today’s audiences, is considered to be a staple in a film’s mise-en-scene. It is generally thought to be an attraction today if a film does not have colour, and it influences many different readings of films. However, it was not always considered to be such an essential part of cinema. In the early days of Technicolor, specifically in the mid-30s to early 40s, colour added to the aesthetic of film. Specifically, the colour aesthetics of animated film and live-action film created different readings of their respective films. For example, colour in Bambi (1942) was used to compliment and indicate the setting and the tone and/or mood at specific points in the narrative, as well as to indicate when important events were occurring in the film. These elements of the narrative are shown through the colours of certain scenes themselves and the vibrancy of the colours. So with the help of the colours in the film, the film itself can be read as a “growing-up tale”. In comparison, a live-action film, Becky Sharp (1935), colour is used in a contrasting way to emphasize certain parts of the narrative, such as specific characters or themes in the film. In this case, the help of the colours can help emphasize the main character of the film, Becky Sharp, in her journey to climb the social ranks of the nineteenth century. In animated film, especially in terms of Walt Disney’s animated