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Film semiotics should be regarded as a certain application of general semiotics to the specific object of cinematographic language with its signs and meanings. The first question, which immediately arises in film semiotics is rightly voiced by Metz... read more
After several friends recommended the movie, “My Blueberry Night,” I finally had the opportunity to watch it during the weekend. The story is basically about Elizabeth (Norah Jones) and her journeys. After spends nights chatting with Jeremy, a ... read more
Despite many and all scientific and technical definitions and functions, the human mind is still indeed a complex instrument of vast proportions. Within its depth and inner-workings, the human mind is truly an enigma of sorts, specifically when it ... read more
The media plays a significant role in the society. More often than not, they set the agenda which the public follows. The media, in whatever form, has a great impact to the society. They have the power to make and unmake things and to even change t... read more
A society’s importance is often measured by a number of contemporaries. The notion of power, importance and rights are most of the time, if not always, given to the majority. However, there is a rule about wise and/or personal preference wherein ... read more
The paper is about two movies which portray how the disable people can be successful in sports. The name of these movies is “The Murderball” and “The Ringer”. Murderball is a story about a rugby team which tends to win the game on their whe... read more
The movie Magnolia that has been released in the year 1999 is regarded to be one of the films that employ the vaguest plot and theme in its story. As the movie depicts various characters and personalities in its story line, it can be said that the ... read more
When man loses his sense of sight his hearing and sense of touch become heightened. So how does a man react when he is about to lose his life? An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is a commentary on a man’s final moments and how he gains a hyper awa... read more
The movie, Gardens of the Night was directed by Damian Harris. He was also the writer and the producer of the film. The movie was released in 2007 and is considered to be a drama. The full cast includes a large group of actors and actresses. The ca... read more
This paper shall examine the accuracy and inaccuracies between the events portrayed in the film The Missiles of October (1974) and the historical events of the Cuban Missile Crisis as they have been documented from our text book, transcripts and re... read more
I don't really have a preference in the type of movies that I watch. I see any movie that I think are worth watching. There are just certain types of movies that I do not particularly adore. Like romance films, and all of its varieties—romantic c... read more
Alfred Hitchcock is known throughout the world as a great director and producer. He is thought of as the “Master of Suspense” who created such films as Psycho, Dial M for Murder, and The Man Who Knew Too Much. However, Hitchcock hosted a hit te... read more
There are so many ways to critique a film. One method is to look at style and the best way to proceed is to analyze if the film falls under realism or formalism. Another way to do it is to determine the tone of the movie, if it tells of doom, hope,... read more
Music in film can be as important as the cinematography. Depending on the “heard” or “unheard” music, the scenes can changes indegree of detail, mood, ability to bring in viewers (active watching), and genre. The score from the Taxi Driver ... read more
“Is Slumdog Millionaire Poverty Porn? ” asks David Chen in his blog post last January 25, 2009 on /Film, apparently as a sort of answer to Alice Miles’s commentary (“Shocked by Slumdog’s poverty porn”) at The Times last January 14. But ... read more
Battle of Algiers is a war film that depicts the series of events that transpired between 1954 and 1962 during the antagonism to the colonial rule of the French in Northern Africa. The film directed by Gillo Pontecorvo was released in 1966 and it f... read more
Several scholars in clinical psychology attribute man as a complicated organism because many systems have thought of to conceptualize his personality. Personality involves varying characteristics, like physical, mental, emotional, social and moral ... read more
The Indian society, by and large is a society, which has very strong emotional and sentimental bonds, in every sphere of life and in every relationship. In the later half of the 20th century, the Indian masses witnessed a huge flow of films which w... read more
The movie “Forrest Gump” is a comedy-drama film released in the year 1994 that is based on the famous novel with the same name; written by a great poet named Winston Groom and published in the year 1986. The production and release of the movie ... read more
Casablanca and What Women Want, although filmed five decades apart, have some notable similarities and obvious differences. The use of color and lighting is central to both films, and each use these elements in different ways. In comparing film asp... read more
A well-made film can encapsulate a wealth of socio-cultural dimensions of the producing nation. The way in which characters talk, the progress of the narrative and plot development unfold the vision of the director in terms of what he/she is trying... read more
Making a film is not something done randomly, but rather it follows a particular, general process. There are particular people, whom play certain roles in the making of a film, and then there are actors, who portray the ideas of the directors, and ... read more
John Ford’s movie The Quiet Man is regarded to be one of the films of Irish culture and romanticism genre that is well-known among the masses even in the current period of time. There are some of the most important elements that make a movie succ... read more
The movie The Piano, directed and produced by Jane Campion and released in 1993, is a compelling story of suppressed passions. It is a nineteenth century love story of a woman, who turns mute at six and comes to New Zealand along with her little da... read more
In ancient times, the societal structure of servants obeying a leader or king was interpreted slightly different in each culture in which it was put into place. Cultures employed the structure of common people, soldiers, or slaves serving under a k... read more
In 2004, the film Mean Girls which starred Lindsay Lohan took the world into a college-girl-frenzy phenomenon. The film which basically delved on the tale of a young American girl from Africa- who transferred to an American School- has been conside... read more
Edgar Allan Poe and DH Lawrence were both known for the genre of their stories – the latter being an expert in the gothic genre, and the former being a master of the eerie short story. Both writers, although, very different in style, have very un... read more
We require passion, every day in our lives, to work, “to strive, to succeed” and “never to yield” (Alfred Lord Tennyson's Poem: ‘Ulysses’). Passion denotatively means enthusiasm, zest and a drive for doing something, and as such is of c... read more
There is no doubt that Binghamton ranks among the best schools in the United States of America, and has a pool of teachers who deliver the excellent results. While this is one of the many reasons why I desire to be a student at Binghamton, my curre... read more
Dyslexia, dysgraphia and dyscalculia are types of disorders among primary school children and collectively classified as specific learning disabilities or SpLD. This group of disorder manifest its symptoms by the existence of specific, persistent a... read more