Movie Analysis : ' Lavender Sky '

The film Moonlight was released October 21, 2016. Moonlight is all African American cast, and was awarded over 25 awards including the Academy Award for best picture. This film is a coming of age story that follows the dramatic ups and downs of the life of Chiron, a young Africa American man growing up in Miami. The plot begins from the time he is in elementary school to the time he reaches adulthood. The plot is structured in three stages of the life of Chiron and touches on the topics of the struggle of dysfunctional households via socialization, sexuality and sexual identity, physical and emotion abuse, and the process of accepting ones self.

This is a criticism of Moonlight, a film directed by Barry Jenkins. It is a coming-of-age story, telling the journey of a young gay black man named Chiron. Through linear character development the film follows a young Chiron from adolescence into adulthood while growing up with alpha males in Miamis black ghettos. The Story is told in three parts, with a different actor playing the lead role in each section: a young Chiron named “Little”, as a teen named “Chiron”, and an adult named “Black”. Despite a compelling lead performance by Mahershala Ali and Naomie Harris, and its great soundtrack, Moonlight falls flat and never gets out of the shadow of its typical cliche plot, all the while, the film continued to never overcome the obstacle of

What is National Cinema ? A Question proposed by Tom O’Reagan in Australian National Cinema (2005). The question leads to the sociological understanding that national cinema is constructed by both national and international film industries, the national film text and also by the various cultural, social and political contexts. National Cinema is a vehicle for social processes, emerging social identity and movements. A film may categorised as a ‘national cinema’ based on a number of factors: the language spoken in the film, the nationalities or dress of the characters, the country that supports the film financially, the setting, music or cultural elements present in the film.

“At some point, you've got to decide for yourself who you gonna be. Can't let nobody make that decision for you.” philosophically uttered by Mahershala Ali’s drug dealer character Juan to Alex Hibbert’s character Chiron as they looked onto the oceanview. Whenever I reflect on the film Moonlight, I profoundly reminisce about that particular scene and that particular line. This ocean view scene involving Juan and Chiron will always be embedded in my memory due to the effect it had in regard to my future life decisions. Moonlight is a coming of age film that covers three prominent chapters of the life of a gay black man named Chiron from the ages 6 (Little), 16 (Chiron) and 26 (Black).

Barry Jenkins’s 2016 film, Moonlight, is a work that is characterized by its silences, both in what is unsaid, as well as the unresolved nature of many of its central tensions. In the film, silence functions to emphasize the interiority of the film’s subject, and to make the audience aware of itself. Such strategic use of absence recalls John Cage's groundbreaking composition, 4'33; a work that is distinguished by its lack of any audible musical accompaniment. For many, the piece is reflective of Cage's sexual identity as a gay man; the silence functioning as a metaphor for the “closet” (Katz 241). The scholar Jonathan Katz has pushed against such a totalizing reading of Cage's oeuvre, by noting that silence was part of his larger aesthetic and religious practices, and thusly cannot be considered as simply an aural manifestation of the closet (242). Katz argues that, "Silence was much more than conventionally unmusical; it provided a route toward an active challenge of the assumptions and prejudices that gave rise to homophobic oppression in the first place. For Cage, silence was an ideal form of resistance, carefully attuned to the requirements of the cold war consensus, at least in its originary social-historical context." (241).

“The most exciting moment is the moment when I add the sound… At this moment, I tremble.” (Akira Kurosawa) Sound is arguably the most important concept in cinema studies, being there ever since the beginnings. It can radically change the way a motion picture is looked at and it can render what the director may sometimes find hard to depict using only his camera. Looking upon silent cinema one discovers an era which wasn’t at all silent, but rich in sound of different forms, from the simple narration of the images shown on screen, accompanied by a piano, to the complex score later composed specifically for that film. An example of that complex score is shown in Sunrise, a film by F.W. Murnau, which lies at the border between silent cinema and sound cinema. Considered to be one of the first films with an actual score, Sunrise is a great example of the multitude of dimensions and effects sound can have.

Moonlight is a coming-of-age film released in October 21st, 2016, in the United States. It was written and directed by Barry Jenkins, and based on Tarell Alvin McCraney’s unpublished semi-autobiographical play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue. The movie won Best Motion Picture in the 74th Golden Globe Awards as well as Best Picture in the 2017 Academy Awards. It became the first film with an all Black cast, and the first LGBTQ film to win Best Picture. The film divides in three parts, “Little”, “Chiron”, and “Black”. It follows the infant, teenager, and adult life of Chiron, a gay Black boy in Liberty City, Miami, Florida.

Pretty in Pink is teen cult film that was penned by the late John Hughes that came out in 1986. It stars the teen queen of 1980’s films Molly Ringwald, as Andie, an underprivileged high school senior who has a very distinct sense of style and a fiercely loyal sidekick known as Duckie (played by Jon Cryer). This film is a modern for its era take on the classic tale of Cinderella. Andie, quickly starts to fall for the wealthy and handsome Blaine, much to the heartbreak of Duckie, who while loyal as a friend is head over heels in love with Andie. After the initial courtship of Andie and Blaine drama ensues as the classist high school they all attend creates a rift between the star couple.

The 2017 Academy Award for Best Picture went to the movie Moonlight. This win was historic in many different ways. Moonlight became the first film that focused around the lives of black individuals without being about racism. It was also the first film to win the Best Picture award with the movie’s protagonist being an LGBTQ individual. Moonlight, a film with a $4 million-dollar budget, was capable of captivating audiences with its unique theme not often seen in films. The film is based off of a screenplay named In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue written by Tarell Alvin McCrane, whom adapted much of his life and struggles into the script. Excelling in acting, dialogue, and cinematography, the film does a great job at telling a story of a

“Little is left to the imagination, and little is left up to the viewer.” Neisha Ulrey, a high school English professor, mentions this quotation in her article, “Do not look at the paper: imagine it”. It defines a glimpse that correlates between the story and the movie and keeping us as “readers” to envision beyond the aiming in both. Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s 1892 Story, illustrates the story of an unnamed narrator and her husband “john” who were on a vacation, for the narrator to relax, because she was suffering from psychological issues. However, the movie has a different approach. On 2012, Logan Thomas has adapted the story of “the yellow wallpaper” manipulating the central idea which focuses on the existence of a supernatural force that

Show girls, Bet and Ernie from Sesame street, Thor, the guy from the Hangover complete with baby in snuggie, and of course what's vegas without at least 2000 Elvis impersonators running around. While the sounds of slot machines filled the inside of the hotels, outside you might just literally run into anything. My wife loved the Bellagio water fountain show, we arrived just in time to here Pink Panther theme song playing with water flowing in rhythm. Watching the fountains reminded me of watching the Rockets, the water spirts curved and swayed with the beat of the music, leaving on lookers amazed and in awe, of how such a show was created. So many things were going on until my camera became a permenant fixture to my hand, the very moment I put it away, I was sureto miss something. All of the hotels/ casinos while one was shaped like a pyramid another looked like a pirate ship or Venice Italy complete with a gondala both inside and outside. A replica of the Effiel tower stood tall. And high roller which is the name of this large ferris wheel reminded us of "The Eye" in

My group, the Black Roses, will cover the topic of generational horror through a live presentation that will give a general overview of what generational horror is and how it has influence different mediums, specifically film.

Moonlight is an American drama film that chronicles the life of African-American male Chiron, who is being raised by a careless mother in a harsh Miami neighbourhood. Its most prominent themes are love, stereotypes and identity. The filmmakers create meaning from these through combining different elements of aesthetics (the style or look of a motion picture). Aesthetic effect refers to the practise of using different elements of a film (mise-en-scene, sound, cinematography and editing) to generate film form.

The film “The Prestige” is one of many masterful Nolan films that walks the line between being a meta film about the film industry, and being focused on immersing the audience in the actual content of the film. At a close inspection, comparisons to the film industry can be seen, but they are not so obvious to distract the audience from the central conflicts that are at the forefront of the film. The subject of the film could most easily be defined as surrounding the topics of obsession or fame. More specifically, the obsession of fame, and the illusion of happiness that fame projects. The main characters of the movie both urn for the fame of being the world’s most successful entertainer, even if for different reasons.

From the rooms on the first and second floor, the views of the city can be seen as there is a small balcony for each room that open onto this narrow airwell, water feature and the old party wall where the guests can have a cup of tea or coffee enjoying the beauty of the city. With the design which has lots of open and exposed spaces as well as the floor-to-ceiling glass windows and the modern comforts and fittings, plenty of natural light can penetrate into the room although they are compact and minimalist. Each light-filled guest room has a glass-enclosed compact bathroom with the privacy is protected as those glass walls are facing the mouldy walls of the adjoining shophouse. Moreover, guests can also relax themselves and mingle on the small roof terrace upstairs with the lovely views of the historical