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Visual Arts & Film Studies Essays

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My Best Friend's Wedding Directed by P J Hogan Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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Critics found the movie refreshing and funny. They found Julianne to be oddly charming in spite of being clever and dishonest and George’s humor as the gay friend added spontaneity and energy. On the other hand, many critics found Julianne to be selfish and self-absorbed. Her actions were found to be highly disagreeable and many viewers were rooting for her to fail.
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Robot by Jeff Vintar and Akiva Goldsman Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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I, Robot is a movie that was created by Jeff Vintar and Akiva Goldsman while it was directed by Alex Proyas featuring the essence of robots. This is a science fiction action kind of movie that features Will Smith as Del Spooner the aggressive Chicago Police detective. I, Robot is set in the future, 2035 where robots are the basic assistants to humans and cannot harm people in any way.
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Film Analysis: The Shining by Stanley Kubrick Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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Jack Torrance's family relationship starts to deteriorate upon staying in the hotel. Jack's health starts to deteriorate. Jack Torrance encounters ghosts of dead people. One such ghost is that of Charles Grady, the former Overlook hotel caretaker mentioned to Jack Torrance by Stuart Ullman.
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The Usual Suspects by Bryan Singer Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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The audience is only slowly let into the story that is told in two different time frames, layering itself with flashbacks, stories within stories, and murky clues. It is like a game of life-and-death chess, with quick double-crosses and wild gambits. The reader must follow its demanding convolutions with total concentration or risk being lost abysmally. 
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Romanticism in History of Art Visual Arts & Film Studies Essay
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“A painting was no longer to be the mere portrayal of an event but was to translate and interpret its subject-matter in its composition.  The body's movement was now understood as an analogy for the animation of the spirit or the emotions; the external structure of a scene proclaimed its inner content.
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War Situations in Control Room by Jehane Noujaim Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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In any war, the first casualty is the truth. Through the various TV channels, newspapers, and periodicals you get not exactly news but views. The objective of the parties fighting the war is to win the war, no matter how one wins. The worst human tendencies come to the fore. In war, there are two strongly opposing points of view those of parties directly involved in the war.
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The City of God Film: Life in Suburbs Ruled by Gangs Visual Arts & Film Studies Essay
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The life of Rocket, the film showcases the goings-on of gang crimes in the suburbs. His zeal not to indulge in gang life portrays the resilience of visionary youth in gang-prone areas. These visionary individuals resist the enticement of money and power provided by gang life, opting to indulge in fruitful activities such as photography.
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Realistic Representation of Psychological Concepts in the Film A Beautiful Mind Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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And although being probably secondary to the artistic and humane qualities of the picture, this academic merit of the film testifies to the ultimate involvement of every one of us into the intricate web of personal, interpersonal, and social relations that in the end define who we are and what we do with lives that are given to us.
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The Most Significant Message of The Battle of Algiers Visual Arts & Film Studies Essay
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The Battle of Algiers, for American audiences nowadays, has a certain value. The movie’s depictions of terrorism that bring about fear, pain, misery, and death among civilians or innocent people remind one of the 9/11 attacks. The disgraceful images of US combatants mistreating Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib jail flood back twice.
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Encounter Point Film and Positive Messages to the Society Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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Nonviolence is a weapon that can be used effectively in any struggle. Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela implemented this theory successfully in their struggles in India and Africa respectively. Many people have the opinion that it is possible to liberate a country from colonial rules only with the help of weapons or bloody wars.
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Film Adaptations of Hamlet Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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However, the Zeffirelli version remains closer to the original in comparison both in its treatment and setting, while Almereyda has entirely modernized the play, experimenting with plot reconstruction and fully altered setting. Zeffirelli sticks to the claustrophobic
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Classical Mythology: O Brother, Where Art Thou Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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However, to help make the storyline easier for the current generation to understand, the movie was filmed to take place in Mississippi in the late 1930s and with a plot to match; the plot of the film has only a few similarities to the original story, but there are scenes that emulate those from The Odyssey.
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Different Artists and their Works Visual Arts & Film Studies Essay
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Akerman resolved to be a filmmaker at the age of 15 after watching Pierrot le fou, a 1965 Jean-Luc Godard film. She enrolled at a Belgian film school, Institut National Superieur des Arts du Spectacle et des Techniques de Diffusion when she was only 18. However, she left the institute during the first term to make the 13-minute, black and white ‘Saute ma Ville’.
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British Cinema in the 1980s Visual Arts & Film Studies Report
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I think that it is an inevitably more permissive path that British cinema has followed throughout history. The film has progressively become a far more accessible, and daring, medium as technological advances have allowed increased distribution channels for film and with a greater use οf more fantastic special effects, this has released the imaginations οf scriptwriters, producers, and directors.
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Osama by Sadiq Barmak Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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The story takes place in Afghanistan when the country was ruled by the fundamentalist Taliban forces. The imposition of strict Islamic law and observance meant that a family of women, left without the social benefit of a male in the home to escort them in public and to work and to provide for them; meant isolation. 
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Lucy Aubrac as a Historical Drama Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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Using the life story of Lucy Aubrac is the exact model of how to make the film an embodiment of war, human rights violations, political struggle, death, cruelty, freedom, and legacy. Lucie Aubrac’s life story is the most fitting story to depict all these in a single film, alongside her love story with Raymond.
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The Rez Sisters by Tomson Highway Dialogue Influencing the Plot Visual Arts & Film Studies Report
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 Plays, with their wide-ranging plots and themes, bring forth the various aspects of human lives. An assortment of emotions is captured by the plot of the plays. Along with the characters, dialogues in the play are significant in revealing the message the author wants to convey through his/her play.  Dialogues also aid in comprehending the thoughts and feelings of the characters.
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Artwork Analysis of Different Artists Visual Arts & Film Studies Thesis
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A lot of works including paintings, prints, glazed ceramic pottery, and illuminated manuscripts with calligraphy are unique to the culture of each period, and to the distinctive creative style of the artists themselves. Five different pieces of artwork have been selected from different artists to interpret their own time and culture through their work.
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Wall Street: Movie Analyis Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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Does history repeat itself? The age-old adage may ring true, especially when it comes to an analysis of the Great Depression and the parallels with the economic crisis of today. Financial instability over the past forty years is a result of free markets run wild, unscrupulous investors, greed and the universal entrenchment of capitalism.  
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Hiroshi Sugimoto Visual Arts & Film Studies Research Paper
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This research demonstrates that according to Russell, Sugimoto has highlighted the ‘natural’ and integral role of emulation in the development of artistic and cultural traditions in Japan. Bruno tries to explain Sugimoto’s different fields and their interrelation. Bruno establishes a relationship between movie theaters, dioramas, wax museums, and seascapes.
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The Womans Film of the 1940s Visual Arts & Film Studies Research Paper
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The author explains that “The label “woman’s film” refers to a genre of Hollywood films produced from the silent era through the 1950s and early ‘60s but most heavily concentrated and most popular in the 1930s and ‘40s. The films deal with a female protagonist and often appear to allow her significant access to point of view structures.
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Social Role of an Artist Visual Arts & Film Studies Report
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Artistic and philosophical discourses from different times of human civilization have provided evidence in support of the observation that there is a strong connection between art and society. An artist is considered as such an individual, who sorts out different layers of interpretation and perception from society.
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Analysis of 12 Angry Men and Boyz N The Hood Films Visual Arts & Film Studies Research Paper
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In contrast to Malcolm X, who believed in using ‘any means necessary’ to achieve results, Gandhi held onto the strict belief of peace and love overcoming all forms of tyranny and violence. The entire film emphasizes this, and although he is welcomed as a leader, Gandhi does not place himself above the rest of his people 
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Leonardo Da Vinci's The Last Supper Visual Arts & Film Studies Research Paper
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Works of art and creation have been recorded in the history of art for their respective reasons. Some works have become renowned owing to controversies centered on them. Leonardo Da Vinci’s painting ‘The Last Supper’ raised a controversy with respect to its style and process of painting especially after Dan Brown mentioned this art.
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Fifty Years of American Cinema Visual Arts & Film Studies Report
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It was an invention that was stylistically innovated according to a different era and now converted into a complete science. None of the older techniques are being used by contemporary filmmakers, however, no one can deny the fact that due to those initial steps and inventions film industry is using stylistic devices and making the world’s most influential and astonishing films.
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Analysis of the Chinese film Platform Visual Arts & Film Studies Research Paper
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This experimentation and increase in theatrical dimensions have resulted in the recreation of cinema as a critical discourse. Similar to the Fifth Generation of pioneers, the Sixth Generation directors are confronted with the same challenges from a global cultural environment dominated by political and economic power 
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Pointillist Art Timeline Visual Arts & Film Studies Speech or Presentation
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After much examination of our various collections, I decided to go with painting as a medium and to focus in particular on pointillist artwork. Before I go further with the timeline and present the ten significant paintings I have selected, I would like to provide a bit of text that can go on the online exhibit on the main page.
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Analysis of Witches In Exile Movie Visual Arts & Film Studies Term Paper
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In the nineteenth century American social scientists formed a modernization theory that was to explain all of the reasons why there were such huge gaps between the developed and the underdeveloped countries. This theory proposed that the lack of development is the fault of the third world because of an internal condition called traditionalism 
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Analysis of Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man Film Visual Arts & Film Studies Term Paper
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It was in 1987 that Sankara was murdered along with twelve of his colleagues when he was in his office one day. The murderers cut down his body and buried him. What happened the next day was that Blaise Compaoré, who was Sankara’s deputy, confirmed himself as the President of Burkina. Since that time, Blaise Compaoré has been ruling that region
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War and Japan - the Image Narrative Visual Arts & Film Studies Research Paper
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“Manga artist Mizuki Shigeru, a creator of the famous supernatural series GeGeGe no Kitaro, is one individual who could not be blamed for feeling like a victim.”  In fact, Shigeru lost his left arm in the war but sees himself, it seems, reflected through his art in the way that the war was torturous and terrible.
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The Influenced of James Cameron on the Movie Industry and Culture Visual Arts & Film Studies Research Paper
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Ringing in a 3D revolution with Avatar, shot with Fusion High definition video cameras, Cameron has raised the bar for Hollywood sci-fi, and more is yet to come. Owing to his skill and prowess, and his influence on the movie industry and Hollywood culture, he deserves worldwide recognition and respect forever. 
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Big Featuring Tom Hanks Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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The top-grossing movie "Big" is a story of a twelve-year-old boy, Josh Baskin, who makes a wish to a fortune-telling machine called Zoltar Speaks, and wishes that he were "big." He wanted to become an adult after a humiliating incident in the carnival ride that he was not allowed to take because he was too short.
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Compare the Plays Antigone, Oedipus and Othello and Discussion of Their Big Roles Visual Arts & Film Studies Research Paper
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This paper intends to present an in-depth study of the plays that have evolved from different ages in the literature through the manifestation of a comparative study. Along with that, the comparative analysis of the themes present in the plays culminates a perspective quintessential for the understanding of the role of these plays.
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Lives and Artwork of the Artists Leonardo da Vinci and Vincent Van Gogh Visual Arts & Film Studies Report
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Without the severe modes of depression and violence in Van Gogh’s life, would he have become half as famous as he is today? If da Vinci hadn’t been exposed to the teachings of his predecessor, especially in regards to human realism, would Mona Lisa ever be painted? The elements that separate them from each other are what make them most notable and distinguished in the eyes of fans everywhere.
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Stereotyping the Australian Aboriginals in Film Representation Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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With regard to cinematography, representations were established based on realities contained in preceding shared ideas as well as meanings. Racial discrimination is significantly sustained through stereotypes. Stereotyping disintegrates individuals into specific simple and fundamental characteristics with representations considered fixed by nature.
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The Concepts of Morality and Humanity in the Maltese Falcon and Blade Runner Visual Arts & Film Studies Thesis
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Morality is addressed in a very different manner in The Maltese Falcon. The protagonist is Sam Spade a private detective. Like Deckard, Spade appears detached and indifferent to the emotions of those around him. Also, Spade has an exceptional ability to spot detail and is determined to see justice no matter what effort is required on his part. 
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Teenage Love in The Notebook Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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The movie had an implication on the measure that may limit the union between individuals and explains that, at the teenage age, there may be limiting factors to end the bond created. Allie and Noah were in love, and despite the social differences and outward pressure in their parents, they did not abandon the feelings that they shared.
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Analysis of Maria Full of Grace Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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In the film Maria Full of Grace, the film is made to look real by the setting from which it got acted. Columbia is a poor country and got high rates of teenagers involved in selling drugs. Having Maria falling into that temptation when she lacked finances to cater for her family and herself totally contributed to making the film real.
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Using a Short Sequence from the Film Brokeback Mountain Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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Generally, Lee has ensured that the issue of gay closets is addressed in the film ‘Brokeback Mountain’. There are many people who are afraid to explore their sexuality because they fear that they will be condemned by society. The Mise en Scene has helped explain why gay closets are reluctant to be known.
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A Picture Says a Thousand Words Visual Arts & Film Studies Report
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They symbolize moments in history when people held their ground in the face of violence and great danger. They are images that affected people all over the world deeply and made them rally together to prevent such happenings in the future. They are images that inspired people in the past and continue to do so up to now.
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Art History and Film Studies Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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Though the film is tonally complex, it incorporates comedic sketches that help to bring out the underlying emotions and messages in a subtle but at times blatant manner. ‘Modern Times’ has Chaplin as its central character who depicts the plight of a simple man, who struggles for survival in a poverty-stricken economy.
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Art and Photography: Erwin Olaf Visual Arts & Film Studies Report
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Some analysts argue that he constantly averts the conventional perception of what is wrong and ugly, confounding individuals who equate beauty with purity (Perring, 2008). The narrow mindedness of the society towards crucial topics irritates Olaf, as he tends to think outside the box of everyday conventional beauty.
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The Thematic Paradigm Visual Arts & Film Studies Report
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“Sometimes, there’s a man, well, he’s the man for his time and place. He fits right in there. And that’s the Dude” (Coen & Coen, 1998). The Dude was a complete “imperfect individual”. He was content with whatever he was, to him being in peace is good and it is what makes him “Dude”. He was very confident in his capabilities as well as limitations.
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Research on Five Artists Visual Arts & Film Studies Report
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His mother's tailoring mother's early influence on his work since many of his previous collages and painting techniques borrowed elements from tailoring like flat irons, needles, pins and threads. However, Ray was fully able to explore his artistic talents only after he enrolled at the Ferrer School in 1912.
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The comparing two Different Paintings Created by Giovanni Baldini and Gustave Courbet Visual Arts & Film Studies Report
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The compositions of the relevant results will also be scrutinized, along with the techniques used to create these pieces. This will decipher the meaning(s) portrayed by the work by looking at its style, iconography, and function. The artistic movements that influenced these works will also be examined briefly and related to the results to decipher any special meaning or styles.
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Truth in Documentary Drama Visual Arts & Film Studies Report
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There have also been arguments on the fact that documentary and drama can not be mutualized. A documentary is factual and drama is fiction, mixing both the forms is abrupt and debatable (Caughie, 2000, 4). Though there are many arguments against this which suggest that bringing drama into a documentary s a justified approach and is valid.
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The Gaze in Freudian Terms Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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There is no sugar coating the events and turning it into some sort of fairytale. based on the cinematic and Freudian concepts mentioned previously, the film now becomes a dark study in contrasts without the isolation that glossy Hollywood films present. The narrative is clear in its message, the concepts chosen for use in the film were spot on.
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Acting Tools in Stand and Deliver Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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We all know that what he all did was to show his students the true value of education and life. He did not just explain the concepts of his lessons matter-of-factly, but he elaborated it on a note where the students could realize that, “Hey. This is something I wanted to learn!” True enough, he was not just an ordinary instructor, but a very special motivator.
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The Wire: Episodes 1, 2, and 3 Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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Mise-en-scene refers to the representation of space and how it affects the reading of a film. Depth, proximity, size, and proportions of the places and objects in a film can be manipulated through camera placement and lenses, lighting, decor, effectively determining mood or relationships between elements in the diegetic world.
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Interpretations of David Lynch's film Blue Velvet Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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It starts when Jeffrey (Kyle MacLachlan) returns home to the city of Lumberton after his father, Mr. Beaumont, suffers a near-fatal stroke. While walking home from the hospital he takes a short cut across a field and stumbles upon a moldy human ear, which he takes to the police.
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