Movie Analysis : ' A Young Basketball Star '

In the movie Love and Basketball, the main character Monica has a love for basketball that runs so deep it is expressed through her physical appearance. Monica is what people would describe as a tomboy; she is a little rough around the edges and pays no mind to her physical appearance. All of the clothing she wears must have some relation to basketball as it is either loose-fitting or has an image of a basketball. Her hair is usually unkempt, in a ponytail, or in braids so it is out-of-the-way and does not interfere with her ability to play basketball. The movie follows Monica from childhood to adulthood, but focuses on her teenage/college experience, therefore in many scenes she like many teenagers, dresses comfortably in jeans and a t-shirt.

It all began on November 3, 2015 during my first middle school basketball tournament. The grey brick walls of the gymnasium looking more like a prison than a school. The school’s “Lincoln Park Elementary School” sign had graffiti and missed a couple letters from the name. The court was terribly small, but we began by playing the superb team of Jam on It. We were blown out and I headed back up to my mom and dad in the parent filled stands. The game wasn’t even fun to play and we looked like third graders playing them. I looked up to my parents as sad as could be.

Hoop Dreams, directed by Steve James, is an outstanding documentary that gives the viewer a perspective on several different elements on the life of a teen basketball player. The film follows Arthur Agee and William Gates, two basketball stars, who live in the rough Chicago area. The inner-city boys get noticed for their skills, and they are recruited to play for dominant team. The audience follows the boy’s journey with basketball, school, and general life matters. The film dives into the reality of living in the hood and chasing a dream of playing professional basketball. The corruption of the school system and sports are examined throughout the film. The audience follows Agee and Gates through their triumphs and failures in their chase to the top. The director, Steve James, uses the film genre of documentary for the story of Arther Agee and William Gates because it highlights the raw moments of their lives.

Life is hard when you're losing the people you love and that you are very important in your life. Life by NBA Youngboy it talks about what he lost and how he lost people that were very important to him. NBA Youngboy music is a rap genre, it's showing how he was growing up. Try to move on when you lose someone very important to you. In his music it talk about how life is hard and how they still push through.

In this paper we are looking at the poem “Ex-Basketball Player” by John Updike and; looking at these questions relating to the poem does the poem's speaker pity or admire Flick? Are readers meant to pity or admire Flick?

a film. It is what the viewers sees, hears and experiences while watching a film. A film’s Mise en Scene subtly influences viewer’s mood as they watch a film, much like decor, lighting, smells and sounds can influence our emotional response to an actual place. In Film Art: An Introduction, Bordwell (2001), explained that in Mise en Scene, realism can be achieved by giving the settings an accurate and convincing look or letting actors express their emotions through performance as naturally as possible. This paper will discuss and analyse the significance of Mise en Scene in Wong Kar Wai’s In The Mood For Love

“There's no crying in baseball!” Jimmy Dugan yells at one of his players in the iconic movie A League of Their Own (Columbia TriStar Home Video, Marshall, Hanks, Davis, & Madonna, 1997). A washed up major leaguer, Dugan played by Tom Hanks was maliciously addressing one of his players over a botched play. These types of situations reflect the aspirations, realities, and possibilities of our culture through competition. A League of their Own chronicles the beginnings of the Rockford Peaches All-American Girls Baseball league, which existed for three years during World War II when men's professional baseball was discontinued. The movie follows two sisters from Willamette, Oregon: Dottie Henson played by Geena Davis, and Dottie's

Love and Basketball was a great movie. The film Love and Basketball is a romantic film that was released in 2000. The leading characters are Monica Wright and Quincy McCall. Quincy McCall has one dream in life and that is to play professional basketball in the NBA just like his father Zeke, a Los Angeles Clipper. Monica Wright is the tomboy who moved in next door. She has aspirations to play in the NBA also, despite her gender. In 1981, Monica moves to L.A. next door to Quincy. They were 11 at the time they met and both of them live for basketball. As the two grow up together in the 1980s, a mutual fascination for basketball draws them together on and off the court. Their love-hate relationship lasts into high school, with Monica 's edge and Quincy 's top-dog attitude separating them, except when Quincy 's parents argue and he climbs through Monica 's window to sleep on the floor. As high school ends, they come together as a couple, but within a year, with both of them playing ball at USC, Quincy 's

There are many high school basketball phenoms that are scouted by pro teams even when they are in high school. A select few in the past have gone straight to the NBA out of high school and had a lot of success, while some players go to college all four years to develop their skills at the next level. However, there are athletes that will waste one year at the college level just so they could get to the NBA. Why would you waste one year of your life when you could have already been in the NBA a year earlier? Basketball players should either go to college all four years and enhance their skills and get a solid education. If not, skip college and go straight to the NBA, rather than wasting a year of your life, and possibly a classroom seat for a person who wanted to get an education.

One of the most subtle methods of manipulation used in Hoop Dreams was the music in scenes that they wanted to resonate with you. For example, when Arthur is at Saint Joseph’s at basketball practice, his basketball hero, Isiah Thomas, shows up to give a speech. There is a slow motion shot of Isiah playing with Arthur on the court, who has a huge smile on his face, and in the background there is what you could call “inspirational” music. This was used most likely to show how much Arthur idolized Isiah, therefore, showing how badly Arthur wanted to play basketball. It gives the audience hope that Arthur will make his dream a reality, which will make it that much more exciting when he eventually does.

Remember that boy in high school that was the star of the basketball team? He still holds most of the records for the team. He scored more points than anyone else in the school’s history. He never studied much because he was an athlete. His basketball skills were going to take him places. But high school ended and there are no more games to be played. Where is that former all-star now? In his poem “Ex-Basketball Player,” John Updike examines the life of a former high school basketball star. Flick Webb was a local hero, and he loved basketball. He never studied much in school or learned a trade because he was a talented athlete. Now years later, the only job Flick can find is working at the local gas station. He used to be a star, but now

One of the most important components in the movie is aesthetic. The reason is aesthetic that can create atmosphere and mood. Especially, one of the most famous Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai, who direct In the mood for Love (2000) put many elements in Aesthetic such as mise en scene, sounds, editing and the cinematography. Aesthetic is an essential factor to construct a character, and create mood. Especially Wong Kar Wai has unique aesthetic to elicit emotion. “” Those components can bring audiences into the movie. In this essay, I will argue that the subject of heartrending but romantic narrative has been depicted through the four components which are mise en scene, cinematography, editing and sound. This will be done by analyzing every scene, followed by analyzing each element of the film aesthetic.

Boyz N the Hood, displays the challenging upbringing of adolescents who have to live with harsh conditions around not only their home but also their surrounding town. The film compares the differences between the lifestyles of Tre Styles and his friends’, Darren and Ricky Baker. Darren and Ricky are half-brothers who are nothing alike. Singleton demonstrates the importance of male leadership in a home in the ghetto of Los Angeles by comparing the difference between the lifestyles of Tre and his friends. While many adolescents in the hood have close friendships, some form close relationships by assembling gangs and create a world of violence due to alcohol abuse, which together ultimately breeds discrimination.

Most romantic comedy movies fulfil the viewers’ expectations of the perfect love story whilst incorporating comedic elements. Typically there is always a pretty girl who falls deeply in love with a male character, often less popular and less attractive, who makes multiple comedic attempts in winning her heart until eventually they both fall madly in love and live happily ever after, in this case a genre movie is expressed as “those commercial feature films which through repetition and variation, tell familiar stories with familiar characters in

Within Hollywood’s movies depiction of drug addiction, many have failed to represent all true aspects that come along with such lifestyles. The movie, The Basketball Diaries, is based off a novel Jim Carroll wrote from his own diary entries. As a teenager growing up in the sixties, Carroll reveals his progression of drug abuse which eventually leads him addicted to heroin.Heroin is a white powder derived from morphine found in opium. It is commonly prescribed as a painkiller, but is also a popular street drug.The director casted Leonardo DiCaprio as Jimmy, and concentrates on creating the character as a stereotypical drug abuser. DiCaprio’s most captivating scene is when he is going through heroin