Sci-Fi Crimes

The key concept to be explored is genre and my investigation will revolve around focused research on the expansive genre of cult film, as I look to not only elaborate on it, but also try to clarify it. Utilising the work of theorists Sconce, Fiske, Austin and many others, I will base my research around two contrasting texts that are both connected by cult film – Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive and David Fincher’s Fight Club, analysing not only how their technical and visual codes help to give them cult

Censorship is monitoring or withholding information. The information can come from a book, drama, media, or any other form of entertainment; but it is usually considered a threat to the consumer. Yet the consumer is not always the audience. Sometimes the threat is to a politician or government official. The debate over topics in the realm of what is acceptable and what should be banned only continues to rise as more taboo topics become acceptable. Some argue that keeping certain things behind closed

A Comparison of the Establishment of Genre and Narrative in Two Crime Films In this essay I will compare how genre and narrative are established in 2 crime films. The main iconography of this genre is fairly easy to identify; props such as guns, latex gloves, sirens, rain are used frequently in Hollywood crime films such as Se7en (1995). The conventions of this genre are also fairly easy to recognise: detectives with long trench coats, the killer being the least likely

Act I; Please Indulge me in my Narcissism Olivia: Hello everyone, and thank you for attending my first comedy special (even though you didn’t have much of a choice)! Now, you all may be thinking, “Olivia, how are you even qualified to be making a comedy special; you’re just a plucky eighth grader who has no experience or expertise in writing comedy whatsoever.” To that I say, “I may be ‘just a plucky, adorable, charismatic, intelligent and quirky eighth grader with no previous experience or expertise

Every week numerous Hollywood movies and rereleases open in theaters, video stores, and online movie distributors nationwide: heartwarming films such as The Blind Side; laughter inducing and children captivating classics like Aladdin; movies about overcoming struggles such as, Gattaca. All these new movies and classics alike hold a particular place in our hearts and in our lives. Maybe because of a similarity to our own lives or the main character embraces characteristics we hold dear. Whatever

that Gangsta rap and Heroic Poems cover (Hampstead 77). Overall, these trends we see in Gangsta rap become habits of the everyday person, and become ritualistically a way of life for some. Lyrics, commonly, speak about sex with women, use of drugs, crimes and money. For example, in Nas’s “NY State of Mind” he says “I’m like Scarface sniffin’ cocaine/ Holding an M16, see with the pen I’m extreme, now/ bullet holes left in my peep holes/ I’m suited up in street clothes, hand me a nine and I’ll defeat

Act I; Please Indulge me in my Narcissism Olivia: Hello everyone, and thank you for attending my first comedy special (even though you didn’t have much of a choice)! Now, you all may be thinking, “Olivia, how are you even qualified to be making a comedy special; you’re just a plucky eighth grader who has no experience or expertise in writing comedy whatsoever.” To that I say, “I may be ‘just a plucky, adorable, charismatic, intelligent and quirky eighth grader with no previous experience or expertise

does it quickly! This film manages to disturb you without the benefit of over-the-top special effects in a very understated way, which is refreshing. It will make you feel dirty and be glad you 're not on your honeymoon, which makes this horror, sci-fi thriller one of the best horror movies of 2014! 7. The Canal - The Canal is a bone-chilling, dread invoking Irish horror thriller, which is reminiscent of Sinister, but still manages to hold it 's own as a uniquely terrifying cinematic creation

believes compose the journey of a hero. Campbell defines these steps as the “Heroic monomyth” which chronicles the specific events undertaken by a hero in their quest. Campbell’s monomyth appears not only in myths, but even in modern films. In the sci-fi film Donnie Darko, directed and written by Richard Kelly, a teenage boy named Donnie follows the same steps defined in Campbell’s monomyth as he becomes his hero self in order to save his family and the world from destruction. Throughout this journey

Literary analysis of “Brave New World.” In the Sci-fi futuristic novel “Brave New World”, published in 1932, Aldous Huxley introduces the idea of the utopian society, achieved through technological advancement in biology and chemistry, such as cloning and the use of controlled substances. In his novel, the government succeeds in attaining stability using extreme forms of control, such as sleep teaching, known as conditioning, antidepressant drugs – soma and a strict social caste system. This paper