MAC 170: INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES ASSIGNMENT ONE – FILM ANALYSIS FILM CHOSEN: Blade Runner (1982) EXTRACT: INT – Sebastian’s Building‚ starting with the shot of Deckard climbing up the wall. Duration: 9 minutes (Chapter 30‚ Blade Runner: The Final Cut‚ 2007) The following essay will be a close analysis of an extract from the 1982 film Blade Runner‚ which was directed by Ridley Scott. Blade Runner is a science-fiction film based on the book ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep’ which
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Is a second consecutive Best Actor Oscar in the cards for Eddie Redmayne? According to Deadline‚ His latest film - the period transgender biopic The Danish Girl - wowed audiences during its premiere at the 72nd Venice Film Festival‚ earning a 10 minute standing ovation from the crowd at the Sala Grande. The film stars Redmayne - who bagged an Oscar last year for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything - as Lili Elbe‚ one of the first known recipients of gender reassignment surgery
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Film Analysis of Black Swan The movie Black Swan revolves around Nina Sayers‚ an aspiring ballerina. Although talented‚ she is very reserved and others would describe her as “shy‚ frigid little girl”. She longs for the lead role in a theatre production of “Swan Lake”‚ and as fate would have it‚ she gets cast to dance both the white and black swan. These are two immensely different characters. Her innocent‚ almost child-like personality makes her a perfect white swan. However‚ she has trouble
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especially in women. The film showed how women are subjected in the media‚ in particular the mass media‚ and how the development of young women is altered by the media. This film was entered in the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and achieved praise from many viewers and critics. This is why I selected to review Miss Representation. Television‚ newspapers‚ books‚ and social media platforms are all forms of media. The most influential form‚ in my opinion‚ is the television. Most homes in the US have more
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Black Robe takes place in New France‚ which will eventually become Quebec‚ in the 1600s. The film starts with a Jesuit priest by the name of Father LeForgue and a non-Jesuit assistant Daniel assigned to go to Huron. Huron is a village where the Catholic mission to convert the Indians has already begun. Father LeForgue and Daniel are accompanied by Algonquin Indians who show them how to get to the Huron village. After many obstacles Father LeForgue finally reaches Huron only to find many of the Indians
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them into taking the first steps. This can be seen through the entirety of The Story of Tom Brennan‚ in the first few lines of the novel Tom says ‘I wanted to be back home having a barbie. Having our normal Australia day. Our Brennan Australia Day‚ the way we always did.” The colloquialism of the statement and the three words ‘home’‚ ‘Brennan’‚ and ‘always’ all used together show that all Tom wants is to have the positive family environment and traditions of the past that because of his brother’s
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instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/vsoc20 The Capacity to Be Alone as a Stress Buffer Reed Larson & Meery Lee a a a Department of Human and Community Development‚ University of Illinois‚ Urbana/Champaign‚ USA Version of record first published: 01 Jul 2010. To cite this article: Reed Larson & Meery Lee (1996): The Capacity to Be Alone as a Stress Buffer‚ The Journal of Social Psychology‚ 136:1‚ 5-16 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10
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Media Analysis Readings and films provided throughout the course have featured an array of ideas‚ topics‚ and subtopics. Each film and reading served to guide towards overall themes. Readings and films from modules also worked in an interconnected way. Although each module uncovered a different topic‚ modules could still be connected to each other in many ways. Dreams Deported: Immigrant Youth and Families Resist Deportation by UCLA Student Publication and The Sleep Dealer directed by Alex Rivera
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is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for the cinematic excellence that is clearly displayed in the cinematography of his movie adaptation of the novel The Grapes of Wrath written by John Steinbeck. In the “Tom‚ Floyd‚ and Casy” scene alone‚ Ford showcases his talents in the composition of various camera angles/shots. Some of the more significant shots include the “low angle/reaction” shot in which Casy makes a lower background appearance and the “medium close-up” shot which highlights
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Victor Mardikian Mr. Garner ELA 8A May 6‚ 2011 The Matrix Dystopian Film Analysis The film‚ The Matrix took place in both a virtual reality and the real world. The hero‚ Neo‚ tried to understand how he was chosen to be “the one.” His goal was to fight off the agents who were not only computer programs but also the gatekeepers of the Matrix; therefore‚ Neo and Morpheus had to fight off the agents so that the human race would cease to be manipulated and used for energy. Since Neo
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