Film Analysis Essay

Black Fish In the documentary Blackfish, many different types of film techniques are used throughout the film. As the film begins within the first minute or so the viewer is presented with haunting music and a pitch black screen white while audio of numerous calls that are being made to the police about an orca who has eaten a trainer at SeaWorld. The film puts viewers on edge by using the dark background and music and the call between the dispatcher and a SeaWorld trainer. While an underwater video

Till Death Do Us Apart The film, Armageddon, causes the viewer to go through an emotional roller coaster mixed with a blend of entertainment. Firstly, the explicit meaning, or gist, on the surface of the film focused on a team of roughnecks who drilled holes in search of oil as their occupation. The boss of the oil ridge was brought to the government space agency, NASA, to help save the world from the complete loss of the precious human life in the world because of his consistent and reliable

The Comparisons and Contrasts of the films of The Thing and The Thing From another world In respects to the Film of The Thing of both the 1951 and the 1982 versions of the film. They both share a same Sci-Fi theme in which they both had social fears of society. Depending on which version of the film, they both contrast in their social fears and themes. They also contrast in The alien itself from being a super intelligent carrot to an actual sinister like creature that both can manipulate or perfectly

In 1972, one of the world’s biggest movies came to theaters, The Godfather. The movie was nominated for 11 Oscars but won only three. The Godfather’s complexity circle’s around the mobs. There were five mob families in this film with crazy names there were important to remember such as Don Vito and Clemenza. The names of the characters were important to remember because they all had significance at some point in the story. A very complex scene was when Michael was at the restaurant meeting with Capt

According to Herlihy, films “leaves room for visual portrayals of historic situations but does so in a distinctive way” (Herlihy, 1191). Although, a film may not capture everything a historian deems to be the “correct” way of portraying history, it allows for a visual reconstruction of the past. Even though some films contain a fictional story, its surroundings such as society and customs reflect the time period of the story. For example, Cathedral, was “filmed on the sites of several of the great

Throughout the films I have watched this semester, American Indians have been constructed and represented in many different ways. Throughout this semester, different films in different eras have led to stereotyping American Indians and poorly portraying the construction of Native life. At the beginning of this semester, films portrayed Indians as savages who couldn't kill a cowboy, but at the end of the semester, that stereotype changed into American Indians represented as helpless people who cannot

History The Dish is an Australian film directed by Rob Sitch in the Australian town of Forbes. It is set during the 1969 moon landing which involves a group of scientists trying to ensure it gets broadcasted on television. Power-outages, prime-minister visit and working with NASA enthral the viewer in this 101 minute historical comedy. Many aspects of this film a genuinely accurate, however parts are of the main plot are completely made up and some are a bit of both. Even though this “historically

conditions. These influenced or even directed its characteristics and its intended meaning. After a devastating blow to the film industry in the 1960’s, filmmakers of Australia had stopped creating and making quality Australian films. However, the Australian New Wave brought a revival of the Australian film industry during the 70's, 80's and 90’s. It introduced Australian qualities into film, including larrikinism, mateship and a classless social hierarchy. The Castle and Gallipoli confirm, promote and explore

Ramapo College Salameno School of Humanities & Global Studies Dr. Michael A. Riff The Holocaust & the Media (AMER309) Film Critique Name of Student: Karissa Mata Title of Film: The Search Plot Summary: The 1948 production, The Search, shows a glimpse of a Displaced Person’s life after the Holocaust, specifically orphaned Jewish Children, while depicting the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration’s role in post-war Germany. The director, Fred Zinnemann, displays the

An Analysis of Film Babies within Different Cultures Thomas Balmes’s documentary Babies focuses on four babies born within four different countries. The babies are from Japan, United States, Mongolia and Namibia and each of the countries have a different culture. Japan and United States are developed countries; while Mongolia and Namibia are developing countries. Developed countries have advanced economy and the people have access to good education and technology. On the other hand, in developing