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    dramatic film filled with love, hope, and a will for change. Mississippi in the 1960’s was no walk in the park for African-Americans and this film shows the struggle of African-American women raising white family’s children and managing their homes. The film uses an unexpected team of black maids and an aspiring white writer trying to make her way to the big leagues. The women along with the help of others set out to show the world the discrimination and unfair ways of life in their town. The film will

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    The film industry is one of the most prevalent industries in today’s society and, as such, produces large numbers of content every year. This content is indicative of larger systems of power and oppression and is filled with many different instances of sexism. Between 19995 and 2005, about 90% of films made were teenages films (Behm-Morawitz and Mastro, pg 134). In this specific genre, female characters were much more likely to engage in socially aggressive behaviors like spreading rumors or using

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    Film: The Renderman Pixar

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    Before any film can be finished, the animation has to go through a process called rendering. Rendering is a process that makes an image high-resolution, which is why 3D animation has become so much more popular today, as it appears to almost never age. “Radiosity and procedural textures, and with the development of the first generation of solid user\-friendly computer-human interfaces for three-dimensional computer animation and imaging software. The RenderMan shading language was released by Pixar

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    1996 and The Stranger 1947 Between 1940 and 1959, Hollywood produced many crime films characterized by low key lighting, night time urban streets and shadowy images. This genre is known noir film which later evolved to neo-noir. The production of noir films was influenced by low budgeting and German Expressionism. Bound and The stranger are both noir film. Bound is a neo-noir film produced in 1996. Neo-noir is a noir film updated in content, style and visual element. Bound is centered on Violet played

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    in deeper to the meaning of animated Pixar are films with her word “Pixarvolt”. She goes back and analyzes common Pixar are films that are meant for children who don’t see past the monsters or fish who can talk. Doing this aloud for her to see deeper into the fact that mot of these Pixar films carries a bad trend that stereotypes what the world is suppose to be like at a very young age for kids who are watching these films. She claims that Pixar films humanize all there

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    Blacks In Film Essay

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    Film is one of the most influential means of communication and a powerful medium of propaganda. Race and representation is central to the study of the black film actor, since the major studios continue to reflect and reinforce the stereotyps of our times. The depiction of blacks in Hollywood movies reinforce many of the misconceptions of the white majority rather than objective reality, limiting black actors to stereotypical roles. The movie "Soul Food" proved to be the inspiration for

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    Film Review : ' Psycho '

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    first film chosen Psycho (1960) Hitchcock used detailed visual and aural compositions to express his characters feelings of paranoia and claustrophobia, along with his experienced editing skills to create suspense. With a fine-tuned sense of irony, Hitchcock examined the abnormal perversions and obsessive desires lurking beneath the surface of ordinary lives and societies, enabling him to become a smart observer of America in the 1950s, the decade during which he directed his greatest films. Psycho

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    Herlihy: Film Analysis

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    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

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    Reflection Of Film Making

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    chose this class due to scheduling, rather than a pre-existing interest in and passion for this field. From the first film assignment to the last, I constantly learned new skills pertaining to filmmaking and storytelling. Before this class I did not know what being a filmmaker truly meant, and what all skills they must obtain and utilize to create a visually appealing and captivating film. My initial goal for the class was to make a B or higher, so my HUM 101 class did not pull down my GPA. My expectations

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    Film Synthesis Essay

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    Making use of posters is an important method of exposing your film to the audience. There are three parts to designing a film poster (E. Gancarz, 2014).The first part deals with style. “When you set out to design your movie poster, you need to first decide what kind of movie your poster is going to represent.” (E. Gancarz, 2014). The genre, and culture you are targeting, is going to influence the style. The second part deals with text and the third with images. The poster will attract a certain audience

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