Mad Max Fury Road : Film Directed By George Miller And Stars Tom Hardy

Throughout the term I have begun experiencing movies in a different way. The class has taken ideas of cinematography, theory, and film history and practically applied it to physically watching movies. By breaking down scenes and movies as a whole, the way I look at films in general has developed. A reflection on two of the films from this term, Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) and North by Northwest (Hitchcock, 1959) will carry the bulk of the essay. Though, I will also be discussing how this class changed the way I saw a movie just a few weeks ago. Casablanca’s script and acting are of particular caliber, and North by Northwest unfortunately does not deliver with the dialogue and casting of lead actor Cary Grant. Though, overall, they both

The setting of the film is one of the many central characteristics in filming, as it creates, provides and heavily influences the theme, mood and sense of the movie. The Scandinavian region comprises the kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden which offers a scenery such as deep dark forest, silent landscapes, freezing and challenging waters, long and chilly winters and midnight sun. These create a perfect setting for the three Scandinavian films: Insomnia (1997), Let the Right One In (2008), and King of Devil’s Island (2010). The use of Scandinavian scenery which creates a sense of madness, isolation, loneliness, and danger that hides such moral and social issues in their inner worlds. This paper will examine the settings of the movies mentioned

I have always enjoyed movies. But at some point I started to think of movies as more than just entertainment. I began to view them as a movie critic would, rather than just a casual viewer. Because of this perspective, I think of "Apocalypse Now" as one of the best American made movies I have ever seen. As a student of and an active participant in the late twentieth century media age, I feel justified in making this statement. In my lifetime of observation of American media, including fourteen months of intense movie watching in conjunction with my employment at a local video store, I have had an opportunity to observe a broad sampling of the films, and feel more than qualified to make this statement. By referring to

This film’s mise-en-scène shapes my feelings by visually being straightforward and realistic. Visually the film makes me feel like I am a part of the character’s different paths in life, including the citizens of the small towns that are equally being affected financially. This is evident in the visual decay of each town. This film, despite the tense and criminal scenes, has the power to make me pause my scrambled thoughts as the camera pans to a West Texas inspired sunset that expands across the bleak earth. This ultimately makes me feel warm and experienced as if I was one of the citizens that face such harsh economic conditions during the day yet an alluring scenery at night. Another aspect of the mise-en-scène in Hell or High Water is the use raw lighting. Through the use of hard lighting, such as the bold shadows and sunlight beating down, the movie truly captures a sense of

This in-depth film analysis will identify and deliberate the heterogeneous elements of film and how they are utilised to develop and elaborate empathy for Katniss Everdeen, the main protagonist in Gary Ross’s critically acclaimed film The Hunger Games (2012). Modern day films generally use a variety of technical elements that are specifically designed to intrigue, captivate and convey emotion to the audience. These elements are known as camera, acting, mise-en-scene, editing, lighting and sound (C.A.M.E.L.S.). In particular, this film analysis will delineate how these components are employed in Ross’s The Hunger Games to develop empathy for Katniss Everdeen, during the scene of the annual ‘reaping’

There's way too many things I want to say about the movie, Sound and Fury. Let me just start by saying that it's fascinating how every time I watch the movie, I learn something new or I have a new point of view on certain topics in the movie! That's only because I've learned many things or the way I view the world changed over time. So naturally what my beliefs and opinions were like 5 years ago are obviously not going to be similiar today.

The words “veni, vidi, vici,” or otherwise roughly translated as “I came, I saw, I conquered”, were spoken by the man who could be considered as ancient Rome’s most famous persona, Julius Caesar. These three words have become iconic and synonymous with what can readily be labeled as ancient Roman “philosophy”. It was an outlook that, in certain contexts, marginalized groups of people through slavery while glorifying the image of honour and warfare. The Forgotten Legion, written by Ben Kane, ideally follows the story of three men, two ex-gladiators and an Etruscan prophesier, as they travel to the far reaches of the Roman Republic’s hold on Asia in a legion of soldiers to face the dangers of an unknown enemy. The film Gladiator, directed by

Movies can be dark. They can be devastating. They can be tragically sad, painfully colorful. Bright, burning, scarring. Yet, despite all that a movie can illustrate, movies made for the masses have boundaries on tragedy. They cannot show child rape; they cannot show a girl’s limbs being hacked off by a young boy. These images, while understood as descriptive writing in books, mark the edge of what viewers can subject themselves to in film. Film images can be ingrained in minds forever, while our imagination of similar scenes often remains a hazy, shifting, jumble of movements and face. As director of Beasts of No Nation, Cary Joji Fukunaga chose to make changes to the book through the inclusion of small additional scenes before the war, the added character of a big brother, and an additional final scene, to illustrate a version of Agu unseen in the book and in turn make the story more palatable to the average moviegoer. These changes, while they do not alter the general plot, give the story a more appealing trajectory.

Martin Scorsese’s film “Raging Bull” is considered by many to be one of the greatest “sports” films of all time. The plot focuses on the professional and personal life of boxer Jake LaMotta. In the opening sequence, the film uses narrative, mise en scene, cinematography, editing, and sound to provide a framework for the rest of the picture. These elements also help to establish the film’s themes of nostalgia, isolation, loneliness, and suffering. In addition to setting up the film’s themes, these elements also help to create two distinct personas of the main character Jake LaMotta.

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.

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) takes place in a post-apocalyptic wasteland as a result of multiple man-made events described in the opening scenes as narrated by the main character, Max. By including a myriad of factors that caused the apocalypse - including human greed over oil, the fight for water availability and

The good thing about films is that we not only have the opportunity to choose from a wide selection of different genres, but also compare them and understand their purpose in the world. The Horror genre has used the basic principles throughout time, and as a result, films of this type have not proven to be as timeless as another genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy. At first, these two genres might at times seem similar as they have at several occasions been blended together, but their basic, common theme serves different meanings about humans. I shall compare and contrast these two genres and focus on both classic films and modern films. From the Horror genre perspective I shall discuss Psycho (1960) and The Mist (2007), while in the Science Fiction/Fantasy genre I will examine 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), and Serenity (2005). Although the Science Fiction/Fantasy genre and the Horror Genre share some similarities, the differences lie in their focus on human progress.

The apocalypse is a common subject addressed in films and such Doomsday scenarios have become increasingly popular since the beginning of the Cold War. These films provide a different cause for the downfall of human kind and approach the subject with various degrees of despair and hope. Despite the obvious differences in approach that different directors take, these films all serve to highlight not only the negative qualities of human kind that led to and are represented by the agent of destruction but also to highlight the strength of the survivors who keep the will to fight for their lives despite the bleak circumstances. For the most part, The Mist, adapted from a Stephen King novella, sticks closely to the archetype. The Mist, a

V for Vendetta is a movie that immediately grasps the viewers attention. It has a tendency to seem twisted and dark. However, after examining the film more closely the themes began to emerge and started to make sense. V for Vendetta seems to align with Plato’s ideals making V’s actions seems less terroristic and begin to shape up to be that of a vigilante.

The film I picked for my critique is Red Tails, a historical World War II drama. The movie starred Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard and Gerald Mcraney, was written by John Ridley and Aaron McGruder, better known as the creator of the comic strip “the boondocks”, from a book by John B. Holway, directed by Anthony Hemingway and produced by George Lucas . In this paper the author will show how all elements of filmmaking