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There are many athletes and celebrities today who have suffered from substance abuse and/or addiction. An example is an amazing actor called Heath Ledger. Heath Ledger was born as Heathcliff Andrew Ledger in April 4, 1979. His place of birth was Perth, Western Australia, Australia and started his career playing supporting roles and recurring roles in Australian TV shows like Sweat, while also starring in the 1997 drama thriller movie called Blackrock, which was inspired by the real-life event that

154.101 Introduction to Media Studies – Assignment One: Media Analysis 
The Film The Dark Knight directed by Christopher Nolan tells the story of Batman attempting to rid gotham city of the criminals that infest it. A new criminal mastermind known as the Joker emerges and attempts to make Batman question his morals and beliefs. The interrogation scene (01:22:06 and finishes 01:27:00) is the scene which I have chosen to analyse due to its effective use of mise-en-scène, cinematography and soundtrack

I am going to write a film analysis essay for the film The Dark Knight. My chosen essay topic is: Analyse how visual or sound effects were used to emphasise a theme in the visual or oral text(s). I need to show how the main themes of showing morality when making decisions and the power held by the villain are presented in the film through the use of dialogue, camerawork, sound, and editing. I will refer to the scene when The Joker announces his social experiment and he and Batman have their final

Brokeback Mountain, both as a short story (Proulx, 1999), and film (Lee, 2005) explores the notion that the use of various settings to develop issues and themes allow the audience to gain a grater understanding of the characters. Just like the nature that controls the ranch and mountain lifestyle, the force of desire that comes so naturally guides every significant action Ennis and Jack experience in Brokeback Mountain, even when they know the specific actions are against their better judgment and

In Ang Lee’s film Brokeback Mountain, two men, Ennis and Jack, cross paths and develop a complex, taboo relationship that neither of them can explain. They lose their wives, children, and ultimately feel as if they lose their own grasp of who they are as men while exploring their feelings for each other. Nature and the surroundings of Ennis and Jack play a vital role in understanding the mood of the situation and their feelings throughout the story. The story is primarily expressed through its surroundings;

I chose the film “A Beautiful Mind” produced in 2001. The main character is John Forbes Nash, Jr. portrayed by Russell Crowe. The heart, not the mind is where the true meaning of life is found. A mathematical genius who is fixated on finding an original idea to ensure his legacy embarks on a mission with the belief that mathematics will lead him to a higher truth. “I cannot waste time with these classes and these books, memorizing the weak assumptions of lesser mortals. I need to look through to

Even to this day, many have failed to replicate what has been known to be the most successful superhero trilogy of all time. With awards totaling south of over seventy total wins and over 100 nominations, the Dark Knight Rises remains to be everything a film needs to be to always remain a timeless classic. The method the team used to overwhelm the world with this immaculate trilogy was to create the last installment as more than just a film, but as a piece of art as well. Many methods were used to

The symbolism of ‘looks can be deceiving’, is a connection I found in the two films, The Dark Knight, directed by Christopher Nolan, and Little Tombstone, directed by Fredric Azais et al, as well as finding a connection with the novel, Montana 1948 written by Larry Watson. Through my aspects of colour, sound, symbolism and character, it has become the foundation of my ideas that convey my developed concept, between these three subjects. The short film, Little Tombstone has a significant use of

There are many successful directors who have produced at least one blockbuster film that is critically acclaimed, and Christopher Nolan has been able to do this several times. Christopher Nolan began directing movies in 1998 and has directed fourteen movies since 1998. The film critic Alissa Wilkinson notes in her article The films of Christopher Nolan, explained, “Nolan has shown himself to be interested in both entertaining audiences and making them think, in pushing the boundaries of what they

A literary convention is a specific pattern like a repetition of a word, phrase, character, or setting. They are recurring patterns in particular literary genres and are present in many novels, short stories, plays, and sonnets. There are many different literary conventions or tropes in the stories that we have read, but I am choosing to write about the film The Dark Knight by Christopher Nolan. There are also many within the film, but the one that stuck out most to me was Jokers famous saying, “why