Visual Arts & Film Studies Essays

The author states that based on the film “The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing”, there are several things that have to be considered to make a film a good cut. One thing is that it should be realistic. The scene should show the audience that what they are seeing is real, and the expected response is that they have to believe that it is real.

She writes about the problems faced by these people when adapting to the new world, new traditions, new culture, so completely opposite of what they were used to being in their homeland. Keeping along with this pattern, The Namesake has similar issues even though it has its own share of twists and turns. 

The author states that a physical description of this painting shows that it is a gold and tapestry on wood painting. The painting has been framed on a rectangular frame whose ends are also golden. The paintings charred ends show that it is quite old and also shows that its condition can easily be worsened if not taken care of in a proper way.

Black book is a Dutch World War II film of 2006, which is co-written and directed by Paul Verhoeven. The film is based on a few true events and characters, which involve a young Jewish lady from the Netherlands who becomes a spy in resistance in the period of the World War II after a tragedy, befell her during an encounter with the Nazis.

The term “reality” associated with a TV program itself suggests that the events transpiring on the television screen may be true and based on actual life events. This may be one of the prime reasons society is fascinated by such programs because they appear to offer glimpses of reality and truth.

By examining each of the films and seeking to draw a level of inference with respect to the way in which fashion is utilized as a mechanism for separating the lead characters and their actions from those of others, the analysis seeks to represent a further level of understanding concerning a much overlooked aspect of Wong Kar Wai’s work and artistry

The author of the essay states that in respect of the copyright laws, the general public should keep in mind to ask permission from the owner of the photos before using these online available photos or taking photos of another person. Doing so will protect journalists from preventable court cases.

This relationship is cut short when Adam appears with a gun made of licorices less known to them its fake. The couple is scared and Amanda justifies her situation that results in Adam being the winner of the scenario of the just concluded case had the same situation. Thus female notion is highly mocked in this case.

The author states that the first novel which raises some interesting questions about gender and the idea of masculinity is also the novel which deals directly with the idea of androgyny. While we know that stories about titans, giants, and dragons can easily be considered as fiction, we also know that legends are often based on facts.

The author states that there are certain elements of the art and at the same time principles of design that shows this art is one. A strong interpretation of mine on this art has a lot to do with the use of object Salvador Dali used as a focal point to his art and to its artwork using different elements of art and design.

No matter what the medium or the genre of Film Art; people almost always relate something to the content of the film. But what the general public doesn’t realize is the fact that there is so much that goes into the making of a film. People only see the end result which is merely the projection, the essence of a mammoth work.  

Ansel’s mother’s family was from Baltimore and there they had a business that was very successful. His family was from New England after they moved from North Ireland. Adam’s paternal grandfather made a prosperous business which later his father ran although his father’s interest was more in science rather than business.

These were the women responsible for the education of the girls about marriage in the Ekoi community. The headdress represents an ideal girl ready for marriage and it depicted the ideal hairstyle that the girls wore during their coming out ceremony after a period of seclusion (Fagg, pg44). 

Mondrian’s family members were involved in the arts and required Mondrian to go through a disciplined Protestant education, after which he entered the Academy for Fine Art in Amsterdam. His art would evolve throughout his life through a number forms. One constant theme throughout Mondrian’s work is his insistence on primary colours.  

At that time, I knew that there are two routes in photography - commercial or fine art; but I did not really know the difference between them. Moreover, my instinct guided me towards the fact that fine art was not easy to start with. Therefore, I chose to follow the commercial lead and studied accordingly.

The author states that the sense of change was obviously imparting a festive mood to the people, as they came and inhabited this new and inviting space in huge crowds. People usually go to a park to be with nature but the park was transformed into a mall-like space for a while by the artistic installation

This discussion talks that Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon was titled in the context of a Chinese proverb which refers to the hidden mysteries or hidden and undiscovered talents that lie under the shell of a normal person. This shows that the movie has throughout impacted and referred to the characters which have influential roles.

The film shows people living in hopes, ambitions, and frustrations engraved in a culture of crime, prostitution, and uncannily no respect for humanity. Norindr believes that the violence, capitalism, and misrepresentation of women in Tran Anh Hung Film is a manifestation of emerging modernity that has taken the shape of Western colonialism.

Matte removal procedure classically comprises attempting to decide which sites on each image stand for the foreground and which site stand for the background. The difficult task in the procedure is to determine the boundary between the images of foreground and background. Foreground and background pictures are mixed to make a composite image.

As per the novel the story of the film is set against the time of backdrop of the American Civil War, and the reconstruction era. The narration of the story is based on the white Southerners. Undoubtedly, the film received good reviews on behalf of its story line and the actors associated with it. The film was also rewarded with ten Academy Awards.

Although they don't really understand what it means. In the film, the migrant worker is aligned with the theme park employee in a way that both are limited in their skills and in their rights and that both are equally exploited by the Chinese society, while the whole event emphasizes the dark secrets and limitations of Chinese modernization.  

The paper will argue that despite its lukewarm critical reception, Ghost succeeds as a film on the basis of its simple plot, emotion-filled performances, and supernatural sentimentality. It will consider the basis for the critical reception and will argue that the audience had a different standard for judging the movie.

It is important to note that the movie reveals shocking facts about the 20th-century society. Further, the movies depict how minority cultures had to resist domination in order to survive. In the Rabbit-proof fence, during 20th century Australia, the country panicked and feared about the issue of unwanted third race of the Aborigine women. 

The themes of loyalty and betrayal in the movie are as relevant today as they were during the revolt against the French as conspiracies affect the mood of the nation and the film industry that reflects the outcome. In 1999 it was acknowledged at the nation-wide cinematic conference that the movie business was in crisis. 

The researcher states that art has always been priceless, an immeasurable entity. Art has never been or perhaps never will be defined satisfactorily. There is always that cloudy, mysterious air about art.  It’s connected with impregnated words like creativity, inspiration, wonder, imagination and the kind of feelings that are intangible but are very a part of everyday life.

According to the paper, when the classic stylist creates an abstraction of cultural reality, heroism, the nature of representation, tastes or historical causation, the conception and perception are independent of the writer. Writing is more of just writing but is a connection between the concept of writing and the concept of the mind.

The book titled The Animalinside is a combination of art and literary works and defines a cultural event on its own. The book has 39 pages, which comprises of 14 outstanding images with accompanying texts. The book is a representation of the expertise of a German painter named Max Neumann and Hungarian novelist named László Krasznahorkai.

Social realism became a major factor in artists’ work. This movement was a group of individuals that were unhappy with the turn capitalism took after World War I. These artists produced real art illustrating the Depression Era. For the African America community, the events portrayed in their art could be anything from poverty to lynching.  

Slavery by Another Name is better compared to other documentaries on the similar subject since it discusses historical expedition of African-American populace. Sam Pollard uses re-enactments to showcase the plight of black Americans using interviews with well-informed individuals on historical events, slaves’ children and the southern whites.

Hauntology has inspired various field of investigation. These are visual arts, politics fiction, philosophy and literature. Discussing the ontological status of photography is considering what kind of particular thing is in a photograph. André Bazin in his essay stated that photography was the most important invention in the history of the art. 

The author explains that Gilbert was the one who used to write the words and who created fanciful and fantastic worlds for those operas where logical conclusions were deduced out of even absurdity. There were fairies which were taken into account by the British lords and which were flirting with the capital offense along with gondoliers.

According to the study, Lewis Carroll took his famous photographs in this era and, in order to market his literary works, sought to identify misconceptions long held by adults concerning children. Discovering that most literary artists did not consider real children he set out to discern the characteristics that defined “children” in the 19th century. 

The artwork has a dimension of 131.5 cm in length and 281cm by width(National Museum, 2014). The painting is now put for exhibition at the State Russian Museum at St Petersburg. The painting shows eleven labouring strong men pulling a barge on the Volga River. The painting depicts the men to be fully exhausted as they seem to almost collapse.  

One of the major systems of fashion has been its intrinsic link with theater and the arts.  Beginning with Modern Art and extending in the Postmodern period, fashion has been seen to reflect and feed the artistic movements of the day as ideas passed from framed canvasses to worn textiles and back again. 

The author describes that Vijay Verma (Amitabh Bachan) and Ravi Verma (Shashi Kapoor) are two sons of a factory worker who also is the leader of the trade union. When the needs of the factory workers are not met he goes against his employers and in the process gets humiliated and abused.

Obesity and overweightness have been an enormous obstacle for so many people all around the globe. It has caused low self-esteem, health problems and sicknesses, and even difficulty in performing daily activities. This path to health involves a diet lasting sixty days that involves only fruit and vegetables.

According to Murch, in the field of film and film editing, one needs to take into consideration six essential criteria to evaluate a cut. Moreover, these criteria in order of their relative importance are emotion. That is the most important criteria that pertain to the emotive impact of a cut on the audience.

As such, The Wire is a movie series shown on the US cable network, HBO from 2002 to 2008 depicting the criminal activities in Baltimore, Maryland. The series delves into the lives of Black students who from earliest childhood have seen the difficulties of life and learned to live and survive in similar ways to that of their parents.

The author states that the level of empathy that was instilled throughout the documentary set out the emotional flow that enabled to send its message across. Near the end of the film, the audience sees Muniz in a pensive mood contemplating how his life could easily have been in the same direction as the garbage-pickers.

In the paper, the artwork from Paula and Leonard Granoff Galleries is described, the author considers that it symbolizes modern fashion styles that are widely used in the twentieth century. The artwork also symbolizes change that has seen old fashion dressed being wiped out with trendy ones like the one portrayed. The art work has a theme of religious meaning; in this context, it has touched on fashion styles that are widely used by Christians

The provided documentary film is noted to be directly reflecting on the needs of ‘nonfictional-motion-pictures’, which projected to documents some features of realism. The documentary is one of the most important reflections of historical records in film’s mode of conversion

He is transferred to a state mental hospital, where he is under evaluation for his “insanity.” During this time, McMurphy makes friends with several “inmates,” especially Billy Bibbit (Brad Dourif) and the “deaf and dumb” “Chief” Bromden, also called “Broom” (Will Sampson).

There is no doubt that the film has many aspects of a noir genre but many critics argue that the film rises above any categorization. It is a combination of diverse components such as dark comedy and drama. There is a reason behind the debate over the correct genre of the movie. And that is because there is no unanimous decision among critics.

The author states that Augustus of Prima Porta is a combination of two forms of art with contrasting symbols. The first is a depiction of the male being as having a perfect physique; this is the same style used in making Doryphoros. The second style is a portrayal of actual Roman attributes with full body adornment and symbolizing authority.

Although there are several characters in the movie showing symptoms of different types of mental disorders, this paper will only focus its discussion only to one mental illness, the “borderline personality disorder (BPD)”. Primarily, this paper intends to compare this movie against the real manifestations of BPD if these were properly presented.

Surrealist works are prone to reflect elements of surprise and unexpected juxtapositions- they focus on psychological aspects rather than elements of rational thought. Surrealism depicts the real functioning of thought, or the absence of control exercised by reason- as in the manner of pure psychic automatism.

This essay tells that the style can be viewed in a historical context and represents a time period and culture from America’s past. The structure, layout, and height of the building also make it very impressive. The courthouse was built out of stone, metal, wood, terra cotta, stucco, glass, and ceramic tile.

One of the core element witnessed in the revolution of timepieces centers on art, which is a fundamental component of the design. This emanates from the fact almost all aspects of human life are tied to art in one way or the other right from the mode of dressing to the posture of individuals.

 The author says that seeing such a gigantic, popular, and one of the kindships of its time sink in the ocean like it did make his heart cry. It opened his eyes and made him realize that we cannot trust our strength as humans and claim that we have made a ship that is unsinkable. It is only the plan of God that matters.

The film Shiri which was a hit in 1999 was about a North Korean spy who was preparing a coup in Seoul and it sold more than two million tickets. It also recorded more than 5 million viewers catapulting to the top of the South Korean box office and took the place previously held by the film ‘Titanic’.