Rosemary's Baby

This film is a black and white film and the lighting is more towards dim effect which terrified the audience. Music plays the biggest effect in the film. Bernard Hermann’s theme is used for this film because it uses mostly high-pitched string instrument notes so the suspense and horror mood can be formed to the audience.

Quite honestly the entire movie itself scared me to death, the only reason I even went to see it in the first place was because I lost in rock-paper-scissors to my cousin, who loves horror films. Though when I wasn’t covering my eyes, I did catch a glimpse of the asylum flashback scene, which I have to say was truly frightening. However, it had to be the scene of the lady jumping off a cliff and killing her baby after escaping the asylum

All in all, I liked the movie for a number of reasons. For instance, the movie clearly brings out the plight of young children who are burdened with parental responsibilities at a very tender age. While the case in the movie is as a result of crime and medical incapacitation, there are so many other vices in society that have turned young children into parents even before they internalize the true definition of who a parent is. Vices such as civil wars, the HIV/AIDS menace and even sporadic wars between warring nations have left so many young children with the responsibility of bringing up their siblings. Ree is thus portrayed as an example to be emulated by all other children of her age who unfortunately finds themselves in similar circumstances (Paludi, 2011). Rather than sit around crying the whole day, it’s always advisable to pick up the left pieces and move on with life since at times, those you expect to offer a helping hand might turn out to scorn you

The pace is slow, and the imagery very graphic at times, but it's a beautiful movie full of sorrow and triumph.

     Hitchcock uses misery, tragedy, and death to show the emotions of his characters. At no point is this more obvious than the end of the movie. Hitchcock spends the entire movie building up to this point and in the end he makes it extremely clear how tragedy has changed the relationship of everyone. After the nagging husbands murder of his wife has been confessed you see

Previously, before the excerpt a drunk man got shot by Sherburn, thus resulting in a lynch mob going after Sherburn and marching to his house. Subsequently, the mob create chaos and knocks down the fence to confront Sherburn however, they rapidly retreat and keep a safe distance from his house, being Sherburn appears with a rifle on his hand standing on the porch. Lastly, leading to the excerpt Sherburn delivers a speech regarding the mob mentality of the people and attacking their cowardice by doing a lynch in a mob.

Although some special effects are limited, overall they did not distract too greatly from the message of the movie. I would encourage my family and friends to watch this film, simply because it is filled with themes of truth that often are ignored in modern society. It does not leave one dreading death and the ensueing aftermath, but rather gives a perspective resounding with the Catholic's faith central message of hope without being “preachy”. Self-sacrifice and forgiveness are displayed as necessary and fruitful virtues for the human condition. Ultimately, the movie left me excited for heaven, but not a shallow heaven full of earthly comforts, but one where I will know and be known purely and wholly by God and

“Edgar Allen Poe is the most morbid out of all American authors.” In Poe’s stories Black Cat, Cask of Amontillado, and Tell-Tale Heart he shows a certain structure, detail and diction. Edgar Allen Poe’s unique style is seen by his use of structure, detail and diction, and repetition.

Rosemary was against men who abused and took advantage of any female from her experience with Derek. Killing Derek was her main goal to stop being tortured and living in hell. However, Derek already had a plan and would carry a pocket knife if Rosemary tried to back out. It then backfired her and she ended up getting her arm cut off and a huge scar on her face for not getting along with him and for trying to end his life. That scar and missing arm impacted a dark and scary image and terrified her own mother even herself.

Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho Psycho, by Alfred Hitchcock, was shocking for its time. Made in the 1960's when film censorship was very tight to today's standards, Hitchcock pushed the limits of what could be shown and did with psycho things that had never been done before. The cinematic art, symbolism and sub-conscious images in this film were brilliant for the time and still are now. Realised for this, psycho has been copied in many ways and the things that made it great have become very clichéd.

When Rosemary presented herself to start her training, she was happy, excited, and nervous. Her training began, and she felt enthusiastic. For five weeks, The Giver gave her pleasant memories; a ride on a merry-go-round and a kitten to play with. However, she wanted to experience everything because she knew that it was her responsibility. Thus, The Giver gave her memories of loneliness and loss, causing her to be stunned.

Before the Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock made its way into theaters across the world, film was produced in a completely different way. Some of the elements that were in Psycho were things that nobody saw in movies before. According to Entertainment Weekly’s Owen Gleiberman, when the movie came out, it took place in “an atmosphere of dark and stifling ‘50s conformity” and that the elements of the film “tore through the repressive ‘50s blandness just a potently as Elvis had.” (Hudson). Alfred Hitchcock changed the way that cinema was made by breaking away from the old, “safe” way of creating a movie and decided to throw all of the unwritten rules of film making out the window. The main ways he accomplished this task was by adding graphic violence, sexuality, and different ways to view the film differently than any other movie before its time.

It’s no secret that almost every major news station is at least a little biased, whether is to the left or the right. For example during the election of 2016, eight of ten people said the news media is bias. According to Alex Swoyer a writer for Breitbart "the 2016 presidential election was biased, with 59 percent saying the press favored Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump” (Swoyer). This could have hurt Trump’s election votes because people could have only watched specific news channels. Often times certain facts can be withheld or exaggerated or even made up. Causing false opinions and leading people to believe deceitful facts. If media bias continues to be allowed, then more and more people won’t know full stories, vote without know all the outcomes, and they might spread fake or “tweaked” facts.

In the movie Parenthood (1989), many developmental stages can be observed. With that being said, one character that can be observed is Gil who is middle-aged adult. Gil has a beautiful wife and 3 children. In Santrock (2016, pp. 362-363) security, love, loyalty, and emotional interests are important during middle adulthood. Both Gil and his wife (Karen) believe that they have raised their children the correct way, but it can be seen that some people in his family think otherwise. He also has 2 sisters and 1 brother. In addition, he has a mother, father, nieces/nephews, and a brother-in-law. According to Santrock (2016, p. 342), during middle-aged adulthood adults normally reach peak position at their jobs, but in this case the promotion that Gil wanted was given to someone else, so Gil struggled with this concept of not moving up. Also, his household seems to be hectic and not perfect, but somehow he pushes through (Parenthood, 1989). According to Santrock (2016, p. 354), Erickson’s developmental stage that pertains to Gil is generativity vs. stagnation. In this stage, adults feel a sense of wanting to leave their legacy when they are gone (generativity), but at the same time feel as though they have not done anything for the next generation (stagnation). In the movie Parenthood (1989), Gil can be seen exhibiting this developmental stage in various scenes, but there is one seen in particular that stands out. Him and his wife are called to school for a meeting with the

There is definitely something in this film for everyone. Even if you can't bear to watch the violence, which is so predominant throughout the movie, there is a lot of emotion, action and even horror that will keep any audience gripped. In this film Gibson uses the devil in the form of a person and he shows us how man is tempted by evil which results in jumps and frights better than most horror films out these days.