Visual Arts & Film Studies Essays

American Independent movie came into origin at the beginning of the twentieth century. An independent film is a film that is made without the support and requirement of Hollywood studios. Independent movies are also called Indie movies. They are called independent because there are not any kinds of studio restrictions on the movie-making.

Avedon commenced his professional career as a photographer when he joined Harper’s Bazaar in 1944 before his twenty-second birthday. It is worth mentioning, that it is after he joined Harper’s Bazaar that he began to achieve his prominence by revolutionizing the fashion photography industry by initiating unique concepts. 

Through similar personal tragedy and upbringing, an equal genius in their field, uncommon ability in translating their visions to images and sculptures and identical cultural background in terms of living in Florence at the height of the Renaissance, it can be seen and traced how Michelangelo Buonarroti and Leonardo da Vinci were very similar in several profound ways that gained expression in their art.

It is essential to state that according to the All Hallows Artroom, the word ‘pieta’ is actually based upon an Italian term that translates to sorrow and compassion.  Therefore, when it’s related to artworks, it describes the image of the Virgin mother cradling the body of her son Jesus and mourning her loss. 

Short films are not very different from feature films; the main difference being the length, and are often created by freelance filmmakers for non-profit. They are a regular first stage for upcoming professional filmmakers; however professional crews and actors also make short films as another way of expression.

In the end, we may conclude by saluting the author for a unique project undertaken in an era where people put money and professional growth above national interest, applaud the efforts taken to present to the world an unimaginable America and sum up the entire award-winning book in just one word: Phenomenal.

That may sound senseless, yet he has concealed characteristics that I might want to have.

Speaking of the Australian film industry today, we could say that though they continue to produce a reasonable number of films each year, yet they are no match for the films produced in the U.S which turn out to be much cheaper than their own films. Moreover, any film industry needs a certain amount of support from its government which it does not receive.

Reporting of life as it happens is the newest fad, and although its creation is not as formal as that of trained filmmakers, the importance of the work is no less valuable.  One must remember that pottery shards are one of the most important types of artefacts from ancient archaeological digs because of the relevance they carry in dating the digs.

The role of the Director as an able storyteller in the medium of film making is that of a ringmaster who trains the lion to perform the antics of a house cat and create a visual metaphor; and that of a ventriloquist who creates the illusion of a lifeless doll coming to life and becoming an animated character. 

The River is frequently the backdrop for scenes. The film is shot in a documentary-like style that functions to draw give the viewer the impression that they are a participant in the drama, and give the film a grittier and more true to life feel. Even with these techniques, the film’s stylistic elements seem to dominate its narrative concern.

Leadership comprises a direction of action through which an individual lays his influence on others to achieve a common objective. Leaders continue their work by apply leadership characteristics such as beliefs and value, personality and ethics, and information and skills. Leadership helps people attain their goals instead of bossing around.

In the book, in Chapter 15, the diner scene involves a character the waitress named Mae and a random man who comes into the diner in search of bread.  Mae sells the man a loaf of bread for ten cents, then, out of the kindness of her heart, allows the two small children in the scene to have candy at the price of two for a penny (Chapter 15).

The Latin American urban regions, namely, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo were mainly dominated by films from mainstream Hollywood tradition. There was a lack of investment factor, which led the Latin American nations to encounter a great deal of difficulty in developing their respective national film industries. 

The repetition of a long note, followed by a note several steps above, and then below, creates the tension throughout the movie. Whenever this sound begins, the viewer is cued to have expectations, that the next few moments will hold within them something they have not seen before, revealed in a way they do not expect.

The film plot involves a seemingly chance meeting of two strangers on a train.  The protagonist, the Guy, plays professional tennis and enjoys some fame.  His home life consists of a messy public divorce and an affair with a US Senator’s daughter.  The antagonist, Bruno, offers a deal in which the two men trade murders.  

‘Like  Crazy' directed by Drake Doremus is the story of Jacob played by Anton Yelchin and Anna played by Felicity Jones. Anna is a British exchange student who studies in a Los Angeles college and is seen giving a treatise on a MySpace webpage shortly before being distracted by a young boy with curly hair called Jacob. 

Shakespeare’s play “Othello” is inspired by Aristotle’s concept of Tragedy and Tragic Hero because the former incorporates all the characteristics of a tragedy explained by Aristotle. Such a comparison between Shakespeare’s Othello and Aristotle’s theory provides the readers with an interesting experience of getting to know the characters of the play more closely.

The film balanced the episodes giving prominence to scenes where Caroline was held by her husband's love for sixty-six years. The other episodes which are important like Alison’s falling in love with Lucas Thomas the grandson of Lt. Thomas and her collision with the employer due to her persistence with one story that took too long are well incorporated.

Traditional literature and stories continue to transform and are now represented on different modern mediums such as social media. For this reason, legends and traditional stories now exist in form of plays based on classic novels, films, comics, cartoons, movies, memes, theatre, painting, statues, and more.

Today, viewers are able to get videos in real-time unlike in the past when the video had to be pre-recorded before being transmitted. Live video streaming involves the conversion of signals into compressed signals that are then transferred by the use of special web servers. Live event streaming technology has various advantages.

For the last couple of years, there is been some interest in the development of video coding technologies which has catapulted the creation and development of video communications. The need to have a well-defined mechanism for evaluating the quality of the video is of paramount importance. This is because it is instrumental in the design of overall design of video communications.

The character of Antoine captures the experiences of youth with its enthusiasm, amorality, confusion and honesty. Truffaut does an impressive job in all aspects of the production of The 400 Blows, be it the strong characterization of the protagonist and other characters, use of innovative camera shots or other cinematic features. 

The individuals that are represented in the film, as well as the approach to the stories that transcend from time and link to 9/11 are done not only to show the human element of grief and sorrow. This is also done to portray the identities of others across the globe and how it relates to the same human elements and concepts used.

The author states that beauty, grace, and melody are also ill-equipped for definition without a cultural or social context to frame the definition. Art, which may be a combination of several senses colliding with the cognitive process, becomes especially problematic as we search for a definition.

As such, the essential problem of identifying whether something is artistic even with the use of an expert under an objective test is that in any event, the decision will hinge on subjectivity. Furthermore, the inherently topic of what constitutes “art” clearly compounds the problem of finding an appropriate test within a legal framework.

The author states that this art form became popular in the 1930s, but at the same time it turned out to be a risky factor affecting the culture. Many modern critics object to this art form as an inferior style and they raise their complaints by commenting that kitsch as resembles a worthless aesthetics.

Renaissance period refers to a time when the mode of thought itself changed as it has been never changed before. New information was being garnered every day by scientists and scholars: theories hitherto held heretically were being pursued in a mood of exhilaration and hope and those held inviolable were cut to smithereens.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers was being shot simultaneously with Brigadoon, “a production led by three of the four members of the highly successful ‘Freed unit,’ which comprised Vincente Minelli, Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen and of course Arthur Freed, and was being touted as MGM’s next big hit” (Northcott 2007). 

The authenticity of the film and its narrative comes from the fact that it was based on a real shantytown in a corner of Rio de Janeiro.   It captures the lives of its inhabitants across three generations in one of the most dangerous places that the civilized world had seen.

Mental illness is often dramatic and people want to know about it. Mentally ill people often have very interesting stories to tell, but they also behave in different and interesting ways. As humans, we usually do not want to be different, but we are curious about those who are.

It is a comedy film that was released in 2012, which is built around the concept of a joke-filler advert that was prepared by an employee of Backwoods Home Magazine, as a classified advert in 1997. The advertiser was seeking for somebody to accompany him in time travel, but warning that the safety of the accompanying individual could not be guaranteed.

The author states that at the beginning of the movie the audience gets the impression that Joan Crawford’s decision to adopt Christina comes out of her genuine desire and need, especially when she reveals her romantic lover, the Hollywood lawyer, Greg Savitt that a child can fill the void in her life.

The author states that in the 70 days that they stayed there, they were exposed to the deaths of their close friends and relatives who did not survive the ordeal. Twenty-nine died in the mountains and a mere sixteen survived. Such life and death situations necessitated leadership in some circumstances.

The author states that by careful observation of her paintings, it could be vividly understood that her works have been influenced by the styles of Caravaggio. As an Italian painter, Caravaggio was noted with the definitive use of shadows in his paintings, giving his subjects with the contrast of shadows and lights to achieve the astonishing effect.

The author and the director joined forces to write the screenplay. The movie captures the ups and downs of Henry Hill and his associates over the better part of the second half of the 20th century. The title of the book had already been in the public domain courtesy of a television series and Wise Guys, a 1986 comedy show by De Palma. 

Image-Configuration Ink-wash Painting, which derived from a unique combination of symbols or signs, was primarily applied to convey the imagery of the inner mind. The imagery appearing in human minds is usually vague, changeable, irrational and fleeting. They are also tremendously complex and in a state of chaos. 

When taking a look at the impact that The Wizard of Oz has made on society, this fairytale was designed to be a children’s movie but there are people of all ages that still watch the movie as it periodically runs on television and has been re-released in several special editions including the most recent 70 year anniversary edition. 

This paper will discuss the cultures of the display through the comparison of two separate exhibitions from selected famous museums. This comparison will be done through the study of predominant artistic theories implied by the exhibited works of art and the relationship it creates with the area of the exhibition.

Due to the increase in psychedelic drugs, films during this time were likely created by new directors trying to break into the industry and marketing on the psychedelic theme.  Of the films that were not created specifically for drug users, many were based on the increasing strife that was occurring in the United States.

The research suggests that the arguments made against the policies and actual motivation of the Bush government regarding the declaration of war were perfectly portrayed in Fahrenheit 9/11. This is because the context of the situation indicates the growing need for economic and political enlargement of the Bush government.

And, in reviewing one of the films compared in this paper, Back to the Future, these themes are present, even though they are presented in a satirical way. On the other hand, sometimes time travel films are aiming strictly for laughs, not for any kind of examination or provocation of thought.  Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure is an example of this second type of satirical time-traveling movie.

Many of these films depend upon well-known literary works, usually novels, for their plotline, and the screenplays reduce the content to a shorter presentation of the main themes and ideas. In a few cases, these films present both mainstream views of the period in question and other, ‘alternative’ heritage material that is set in contrast to the dominant norms of gender, race, class or sexuality.

Bunuel had an uncomfortable relationship with the Catholic Church. The content of the first two shots was considered blasphemous. Bunuel was banished from Spain but he continued to be at loggerheads with the Church and stepped up a virulent campaign against it. Why did he adopt the practice of shock treatment in Un Chien Andalou?

The structure of The Weather Underground is interesting in that the filmmakers were combining the physical body of the film from so many texts. The film is labeled a “docudrama” because there are a few scenes that are staged re-enactments. The filmmakers took much care in matching the film stock and props to recreate the look of the seventies.

The problem with the issue of ethnic identity is that it is a multidimensional issue, but at the same time may look like a personal issue and decision. Some scholars define ethnic identity as a primordial issue. This perspective is, in essence, essentialist, and argues that everyone has a sense of ethnic identity with which one is born; “ethnicity of descent” as some scholars call it.

The roughness of the open city gives a sense of realism to the film. The viewer gets a picture of a recorded document of the tragic history of the nation. “The uneven film stock, salvaged from scrap reels, creates a realistic, documentary appearance, blurring the distinction between the created story and the realized drama of postwar turmoil”.

The scene as it forms the climax of the film is important and a vital link between the vents taking place prior to the scene and is about to take place after this scene. The scene is decked up with symbols and launches its audience into the realm of psychology. The activity of the child, his repeated mistake of seeing the apparition and different people, is actually his fear for his father.

While the Auteur Theory consistently asserts and acclaims the position of the Director to mold and manicure the viewpoint with which the audiences interpret the trace and history of a work of art (in the form of an object, character or event); Benjamin’s Theory on the mechanical reproduction of art discreetly points at the loss of a pristine quality that makes a ‘masterpiece’ irreproducible.

The character of Hanan gives away an important message that there is little acceptance for Middle Eastern women in American society and the people have a stereotypical image of these women. Similarly, they also have a typical image for the Native American women and to be a Latino, there are certain things that one needs to learn.