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Mise-En Scene in Three Films

Thompson 115). The number of possible angles is infinite since there are an infinite number of points in space that the camera can...

A Citizen Kane Cinematic Analysis

lost prior to being sent from his home (1995). The camera is suddenly outside focusing on smoke rising form the chimney and then ...

Tennessee Williams' Cat On a Hot Tin Roof Play and Film Versions

severity of the Bricks grief at Skippers death causes his relatives to speculate, but this is dispelled in the crucial scene that...

Steven Spielberg and David Lean Cinematic Comparison

easy to see how Leans grasp of cinematography and his ability to create and drive plots throughout the directing and filming proce...

Religion and Racism Themes in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

the boy some cookies. Marlow meets one of the men from his company, on the street and joins him in his hut office, but after a sh...

Searches in 2 Films by Orson Welles

series of flashback scenes, it becomes apparent that Kane, though quite wealthy, does not know who he is anymore. Having risen fro...

Quentin Tarantino's Controversial Film Pulp Fiction

In 5 pages this paper examines the cinematic style of director Quentin Tarantino in this thematic analysis of the controversial fi...

Film Noir and McCarthyism

and the even larger political responses of the Truman administration created a realm in which the primary purpose was to protect t...

Stanley Kubrick's Auteur Film Style in A Clockwork Orange and 2001 A Space Odyssey

In eight pages this paper examines Kubrick's definitive auteur film styles as they are represented in these films and compares the...

Realism in Martin Scorsese's Film Raging Bull

In five pages cinematic realism is compared and contrasted with film noir and surrealism with the focus being how in the film Ragi...

Film Analysis of Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons

In five pages this paper presents an analysis of the 1942 motion picture The Magnificent Ambersons in an examination of director O...

Analyzing the Film Deliverance

In six pages critical cinematic theory is applied to director John Boorman's film released in 1972 and discusses how theme is depi...

Comparing Fictional and Documentary Films

then put it in a corner and make it a documentary--not my life, not possibly my life " (qtd. in Lim, 1999, p.184). Roth makes a go...

Novel and Film Comparisons of Jurassic Park

wind up running for their lives from the dinosaurs that escape due to the computer programmer Dennis Nedrys treachery. Grant ensur...

Comparative Analysis of Othello Play and Film

In five pages William Shakespeare's original play is contrasted and compared with Oliver Parker's 1995 cinematic interpretation. ...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet in Film

stunning performance as Ophelia and at the time she was not as well known as she is today. However, when Charlton Heston appears o...

Jane Campion's Film The Piano from a Psychological Perspective

In five pages a cinematic analysis of The Piano is presented from the psychological perspectives of Lawrence Kohlberg, Abraham Mas...

Reviewing A Long Kiss Goodnight Film

In six pages the 1996 film directed by Renny Harlin, written by Shane Black and costarring Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson is di...

Artistic Expression in Film

This paper examines how artistic expression can be conveyed through cinematic expression. The author also addresses censorship, c...

French Cinema's 'New Wave'

In 5 pages this paper discusses the Nouvelle Vague or New Wave French cinematic movement of the Fifties and Sixties in a considera...

Apocolypse Now

Coppola also uses the aspect of theater, which acknowledges that each member of the audience will bring with them, to the theater,...

Female Characters as Spectators in Early Cinema

This paper examines the heavily male-influenced film industry as it related to the roles played by female characters. The author ...

Worldwide Environment and American Film Performers

is particularly evident in the spread of American culture seemingly to the far corners of the globe (Eslake 61). On practically e...

Cinema and the Depiction of African Americans III

In eight pages this paper discusses the cinematic portrayal of African Americans with stereotype reliance a primary emphasis. Ele...

Cinematic Classification of Documentaries, Comedies, and Dramas

expectations of the movies plot. The believability of characters is directly proportionate to the credibility of the plot. If a ...

Twentieth Century Art of Cinema

In eight pages this report presents examines of twentieth century cinematic artistry. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Charlie Chaplin's Life and Cinematic Contributions

In thirty pages this paper discusses the controversial actor and director's life, cinematic contributions, politics, and the legac...

Alfred Hitchcock, the Cinematic Suspense Master

In six pages this paper examines the cinematic mastery of film director Alfred Hitchcock and some of the techniques he employed th...

Comparative Analysis of The Wizard of Oz Text and 1939 Film

not intend for the work to provide the surreal aura that Emerald City became in the filmed classic. The film was a musical and thi...

Filmmaker Tim Burton

In seven pages this eccentric and innovative film director is examined in terms of craft, cinematic output, and human insights. Si...