Sherlock Holmes : A Game Of Shadows Essay

I found this story very exciting but most of all I like the part when

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

For my critical feminist lens, I will be answering the question ‘How are men and women (masculinity and femininity) portrayed differently in the text?’. I intend to explore the portrayal of both men and women in the film ‘The Imitation Game’ directed by Morten Tyldum. Furthermore, I believe that the film portrays the patriarchal structure that is the basis of the portrayal of men and women.

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Everyone creates their own movie adaptation of any novel they’re reading in their heads, whether it’s how the characters sound like to what their living room furniture looks like. Sometimes our favorite novels’ movie adaptation is just not sufficient in the way that it doesn’t stay true to the book and ruins your fantasy version of how the movie should have been. Whether if the plot was too drastically changed or your beloved characters are forever tainted by their non-worthy movie counterparts. In one's opinion, the movie adaptation of the book "Watsons go to Birmingham-1963" could have marred people’s opinion of the novel's story. The book “The Watsons go to Birmingham-1963” is centered on the Watson family as they take a trip to, you guessed it, Birmingham

Whenever books are adapted for film, changes inevitably have to be made. The medium of film offers several advantages and disadvantages over the book: it is not as adept at exploring the inner workings of people - it cannot explore their minds so easily; however, the added visual and audio capabilities of film open whole new areas of the imagination which, in the hands of a competent writer-director, can more than compensate.

     Many time in our lives, we have seen the transformation of novels into movies. Some of them are equal to the novel, few are superior, and most are inferior. Why is this? Why is it that a story that was surely to be one of the best written stories ever, could turn out to be Hollywood flops? One reason is that in many transformations, the main characters are changed, some the way they look, others the way they act. On top of this, scenes are cut out and plot is even changed. In this essay, I will discuss some of the changes made to the characters of the Maltese Falcon as they make their transformation to the ?big screen.?

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

Turning a plot from a book into the plot of a movie can be either a cataclysm or a box office sellout. One of the major tribulations of adapting a novel plot into a movie plot is that of omitting and implanting events into the storyline. In the case of the film adapted version of John Steinbeck’s novella, Of Mice and Men, the plot is well-maintained; however there are some key omissions and additions to the plot of the motion picture. It is the maintaining of the plot with appealing alterations to it that marks the movie, Of Mice and Men, a five star film.

The movie, The Imitation Game, follows the story of a remarkable and brilliant English mathematician, named Alan Turing, who helped win World War II, all the while hiding aspects of his life to succeed. In 1939, during World War II, Germany used a machine called Enigma which sent encrypted radio messages with military instructions, it was primarily used to sink English convoy and passenger ships. During this time, Turing is hired by the commander of the Royal Navy with the task of decoding the encrypted messages. This mission is deemed impossible, however with his strong determination, Alan devises a plan to construct a machine to beat the “crooked hand of death”. After two long, hard years, Alan, with the assistance of five other brilliant

The Speckled Band by Sherlock Holmes Detective stories first became popular in the Victorian era following the emergence of organized police forces in the 1830's. Fascination with the criminal heros accompanied a corresponding interest in the methodical uncovering of crime. Public hangings were frequent and Victorian people feared crime greatly. This meant that when the detective stories came about they felt the fictional character that cracked every case became the perfect detective i.e. Arthur Conan Doyle's character, Sherlock Holmes. SherlockHolmes was actually an amateur detective not a member of the London plaice force and the Victorians had a deep resentment against the police, as they were

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.

Today, there are a lot of movies shot in the spy genre. The special effects amaze with its inimitability and with each film are becoming brighter and more exciting. In this paper I want to analyze one of the most impressive and most of the first films about spies "Casino Royale" filmed by Martin Campbell and compare it with the eponymous book written by Ian Fleming, which soon served as the plot for the film. In such way it will be seen how the spy genre have been changed for decades. “Casino Royale” is one of the first Fleming’s novels and it was released with the absence of big success in 1953.

This paper will explore the relationship between Sherlock Holmes and his companion and friend Dr. John Watson. What is the relationship between Holmes and Watson? Are they compatible or are their differences to great for them to overcome. Looking at how they work together will also be a key factor in how well the relationship works between the two of them. Do their own interests and abilities get in the way? Does the time period in which they live factor into the environment of their communication styles?

In the excerp from the novel The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, Nicholas Meyer’s reveals the true nature of the characters detective Sherlock Holmes and the psychologist Sigmund Freud. Although, both of the characters shared similarities and differences in their professional methods that they used in their career, the two characters were both monumental figures that changed the human history through their brilliance in work.