Essays Tagged: "feature films"

the media displaying stereotypes inaccurately....especially the jewish religion

hnic group inaccurately? Do they feel this type of entertainment will sell? In television shows and feature films people are mocked, made fun of, and stereotyped depending on how people visualize them ...

(3 pages) 87 1 4.3 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

Cna feature films such as stalingrad and enemy at the gates be used to illustrate the past or is it more dangerous than useful?

Can feature films such as Stalingrad and Enemy at the Gates, be used to illustrate the past, or is it mo ... y at the Gates, be used to illustrate the past, or is it more dangerous than useful?'Like drama and feature films, movies inspire and entertain. They often teach important truths about the human condi ... Nazi philosophy. This grimly surreal film is filled with disturbing scenes of human destruction. It features the small German platoon slowly fighting its way through catacomb-like settings of industri ...

(10 pages) 34 0 3.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

In what ways and to what effect did the British cinema of the second world war mobilize support for the war effort?

er, 'it was calculated, everybody in Britain under the age of 40 (sic) went to at least fifty three feature films a year'1. This shows the widespread access and the potential influence cinema had on t ... oderating the amount of information they were exposed to whether it be on the weekly newsreels or a feature film. The general spirit of each film had to be one of strength and unity, portraying positi ...

(11 pages) 61 0 3.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film History

New Hollywood Cinema

successful in using these film making devices in order to attract and appeal to audiences.Both feature films Terminator 2 and Star Wars have broken the box office, with Star Wars set in the futur ... e the visual effects needed for the movie (George Lucas Biography). In order to produce the effects featured in Star Wars Lucas had to devise his own method of effects to make the artificial world of ...

(9 pages) 97 1 4.5 May/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Genre Study

Film Analysis on Patch Adams based on the Question "A documentary is any film that is based on fact." Discuss with reference to at least one documentary you have viewed.

ms are based on a fact, but explore the ideas and values of the fact in a mostly expository manner. Feature films can also be based on a fact but tend to use the fact for entertainment value as oppose ... ts in his life that are of interest and have the most entertainment value. By showing the text is a feature film through film codes and exclusion of documentary film techniques, Patch Adams is a featu ...

(3 pages) 37 1 3.0 Jun/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

To what extent does Spanish cinema subvert traditional values such as family, sex, religion and machismo?

cinema, among the oldest in Europe, a cinema that never lost its drive - even during the Civil War feature films continued to be made - and which even from its beginnings reached reasonably high leve ...

(6 pages) 39 0 3.0 Aug/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

A Feature Film Analysis of Values presented by the Central Characters in "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Hurricane"

r to represent the values an audience would share or admire. Show how this occurred in at least one feature film that you have viewed.Feature films, like any other text, aim to influence or challenge ... nfluence or challenge an audience on the basis of their attitudes and values. To achieve this, most feature films use central characters who share the basic values of a particular target audience. For ...

(7 pages) 37 0 4.7 Sep/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Roshomon

Roshomon has been hailed as, "arguably the classic, enduring, and most influential of all courtroom feature films."� The film presents one afternoon's events as told by four different parties. ...

(6 pages) 1250 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

American Media In Canada

ing is produced with Canadian blood, sweat and tears. For example, Canadians who invest in Canadian feature films are able to deduct practically all of their investment from their taxes. Additionally, ...

(2 pages) 1500 0 3.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Analysis of two films: "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Hurricane"

Feature films, like any other text, aim to influence or challenge an audience on the basis of their ... nfluence or challenge an audience on the basis of their attitudes and values. To achieve this, most feature films use central characters who share the basic values of a particular target audience. For ... gly convicted of murder. The film traces his unjust and unequal treatment throughout his life. Both feature films use characterisation and film language in presenting the central characters either neg ...

(7 pages) 27 0 3.0 Aug/2007

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Customary Types

lity. It makes them feel superior if they are the first to see the new garbage that Hollywood calls feature films. The voice of one of these individuals is monotone and a smile is seldom seen from the ...

(3 pages) 1010 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Seventh Seal: A Cinematic Masterpiece What could make up

years between 1938-1940, and set out to be in the theater business, and ended up directing over 40 feature films, and directing over 70 major theater productions such as Macbeth, Who's Afraid of Virg ...

(3 pages) 2163 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Were the 1927 and 1938 British Film Acts Successful?

s that just filled the quota. Historian B. Wright wrote in The Long View that "The basic content of feature films in Britain, at least during the first eight or nine years of the talkie era, was trivi ...

(6 pages) 17 1 5.0 Apr/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film History

Truffaut and the New Cinema

through many changes. What started out as short exhibitionist films and scenics grew into the full feature films that today's population is accustomed to. This, however, was not a fluid progression. ... not appeal to all filmmakers and directors. Since the creation of the cinema, and the classic full feature there have been many movements that have rebelled against the classic style of Hollywood and ...

(5 pages) 0 0 0.0 Mar/2013

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film History