Essays Tagged: "Spielberg"

Steven Spielberg

Steven SpielbergAs a kid in Phoenix, Steven Spielberg charged admission to his home movies while his sister ... enix, Steven Spielberg charged admission to his home movies while his sister sold popcorn. Although Spielberg excelled at making movies he was not a good student. He hated school and was one of the mo ... here. His movie making career began at the age of twelve when his father bought a movie camera that Spielberg used all the time. Instead of doing his school work he was using the camera. While he was ...

(3 pages) 93 0 4.7 Jan/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Directors

Steven Spielberg

Steven SpielbergAs a kid in Phoenix, Steven Spielberg charged admission to his home movies while his sister ... enix, Steven Spielberg charged admission to his home movies while his sister sold popcorn. Although Spielberg excelled at making movies he was not a good student. He hated school and was one of the mo ... here. His movie making career began at the age of twelve when his father bought a movie camera that Spielberg used all the time. Instead of doing his school work he was using the camera. While he was ...

(3 pages) 77 2 3.4 Jan/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Directors

Biography of Stephen Spielberg

i on December 18, 1946, and raised in the suburbs of Haddonfield New Jersey and Scottsdale Arizona, Spielberg always had a love and fascination for the movie industry.There is no doubt that Steven Spi ... father was an electrical engineer and computer specialist; his mother, a concert pianist. The young Spielberg grew up in front of the television set.As a pre-teen, he charged admission to his home mov ...

(9 pages) 110 0 4.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Directors

Analysis of the cinematography of Jurassic Park

resting. This film plays with the question What if dinosaurs were alive today? The director, Steven Spielberg, uses sound, lighting, camera angles, comic relief, and even combines some of these differ ... It sounded like the rain was just dripping down from branch to branch. I think that this is because Spielberg was trying to create the point of view from inside the tree. The footsteps of basically an ...

(4 pages) 95 1 3.7 Dec/2003

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

Spielberg as a contemporary director

ke the series Indian Jones with Harrison Ford (1981-1989), there is no doubt in my mind that Steven Spielberg is one of the most influential persons of today, and in Hollywood one of the most wealthie ... wood one of the most wealthiest and best know filmmakers in the world.(St. James Press)Steven Allan Spielberg was born in Cincinnati to a Jewish family on December 18, 1946. Arnold his father and Leah ...

(6 pages) 41 0 3.4 May/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Directors

Biography on Steven Spielberg (1038 Words)

Steven Spielberg at this day and age is known throughout the world for his award-winning, spectacular movie ... the world for his award-winning, spectacular movies of all time. Nevertheless, there was a day when Spielberg was nothing more than a small, depressed child. In the following biography Spielberg's lif ... g he often charged admission for home movies, while his sister Annie sold popcorn. At the age of 12 Spielberg finished his first script. At the age of 13 he won a prize for his 40-minute war movie, Es ...

(4 pages) 80 2 4.9 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Movie review (The Poltergeist)

a critique of suburbia, or aging hippies, or anything that it brings up. That's not scripter Steven Spielberg's point. Poltergeist is a horror film, and where other writers would either forgo the dram ... ic and character development or focus on it in a postmodern derailment (like American Beauty, say), Spielberg is just laying out pizza dough so the meat and toppings have something to rest on.Tobe Hoo ...

(4 pages) 18 0 0.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Saving Private Rvan:

ew second's of the carnage the viewer is shown many soilder's dying in a variety of different ways. Spielberg uses viqorsus camera work to portary this and coupled with the sound track it proves a dra ... hat the 'soldiers' going to war were once childern and some of them still are as they are so young. Spielberg did this to stir up the emotions of the audience, by usng creative sound effects so the cr ...

(3 pages) 14 0 1.0 Jun/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"Saving Private Ryan" Essay

oduction to the film."Saving Private Ryan" is a film set in the genre of war and directed by Steven Spielberg, it was made in September, 1998. the film is set in set in June 1944, intended to reflect ... lm is set in set in June 1944, intended to reflect the chaos and horror of Second World War. Steven Spielberg directed the film and gained 5 Oscars because of it. Other films such as: ET, Jaws, Jurass ...

(3 pages) 65 0 4.3 Sep/2006

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

Steven Spielburg as a Genius

Steven Spielberg is known as one of the most successful and legendary figures of the film industry. He is b ... capable of extraordinary intellectual power, especially as manifested in creative activity. Steven Spielberg, then, is a genius because of his creative pioneering of the film industry and his strong ... ing of the film industry and his strong influence on others by covering controversial topics.Steven Spielberg is a great film director who has covered a wide variety of topics and genres through his w ...

(2 pages) 13 0 4.3 Nov/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Directors

Schindler’s List- Movie Review

ore this movie, I knew little of Oskar Schindler's story. This was such a powerful and moving plot. Spielberg did a commendable job bringing Thomas Keneally's 1982 novel to the screen. This film has e ...

(3 pages) 72 1 5.0 Oct/2001

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

Steven Speilberg

A Mini-paper on Steven Spielberg Stephen Spielberg has directed some of the most popular, and highest grossing, movies of a ... t grossing movies of all time, and is clearly one of the most notable directors of our day. Stephen Spielberg was born on December 18th, 1947 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Stephen's family moved around a lot, ... mode of expression however, through an old eight-millimeter camera that he had found in his garage. Spielberg focused all of his time and effort into this new form of expression he had found, even at ...

(3 pages) 11 0 5.0 Feb/2008

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

Steven Spielberg and Alfred Hitchcock - influences

Steven Spielberg and Alfred Hitchcock are two directors who have been influenced by their time. Hitchcock w ... directors who have been influenced by their time. Hitchcock was influenced from early 19th century. Spielberg was influenced from the middle of 19th century. Spielberg has been influenced by technolog ... a movies in French for the British Ministry of Information, Bon Voyage and Aventure Malgache.It was Spielberg's movie "Jaws" that marked the beginning of the Hollywood blockbuster movie genre. The mov ...

(5 pages) 28 0 5.0 May/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Stephen Spielberg biography/study guide

Steven Allan Spielberg was born on December 18, 1946, in Cincinnati, Ohio. (According to http://us.imdb.com/name/ ... s.imdb.com/name/nm0000229/) He was born in a Jewish Hospital because of his parent’s religion. Spielberg had three younger sisters that he constantly terrorized by playing very original practical ... ractical jokes on. His mother, Leah Posner, was a concert pianist; but quit when she married Arnold Spielberg. Mr. Spielberg, Steven’s father, was a radio operator and served in World War 2. Afte ...

(3 pages) 3165 0 0.0 Jan/2009

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies