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Simpsons-describing how the opening titles add to the Simpsons popularity and why they are so important to the Simpsons package
... of the viewers watching the "The Simpsons" are working class, so it is easier for them to relate to "The Simpsons". It is also very original to change the titles and a new viewer is introduced straight away and can understand what is happening away. "The Simpsons" was created by Matt ...
Two Critical Documentaries-- Comparing the films "Sonic Outlaws" and "Manufacturing Consent"
... of the pieces embracing a kind of global pool of imagery and information and drawing from it. However Achbar and Wintecore's documentary might speak to a broader audience than Baldwin's because of its cleaner production. It appeals to a more thoughtful viewer as it primarily focuses on Noam Chomsky ...
Examples of Efficient Use of Music in Film.
... imperialistic and overly nationalistic, as the bravado and hubris is truly overblown by Wagner's piece. Antonin Dvorak's "Symphony from a New World" would fit very well Edwark Zwick's film "The Last Samurai." Captain Nathan Algren, an American, is sent to Japan to train troops, but it later captured ...
The Horse Soldiers with a brilliant star in John Wayne playing a Union Col.
... does a good job of pointing out the more noble reasons why the war was necessary. It gave the film an accurate historical viewpoint. It also showed some violent battle scenes, especially when the Union forces take Newton Station and the out manned Confederate ragtag soldiers ...
A look at "The Island of Lost Souls" from a genre perspective.
... the rock overlooking the crowd of creatures, the camera looks over Moreau's shoulder, giving viewers a POV shot of Moreau looking down on the crowd. The camera then cuts down to a POV shot of the creatures looking up at Moreau as he cries, "What is the law?" The ...
How do Frank Capra's "Prelude to War" and John Huston's "Let There Be Light" differing purposes/points-of-view/approaches to the subject shape each film's form and production method?
... Japan, Germany, and Italy as nations taken over by evil political leadership. 2) To depict Americans as a people leading the world to justice and infuse a sense of patriotism. 3) To drum up war effort support. Through stirring music, forceful editing, and scenes of the ...
How does the way in which time is structured in a film affect the narrative. With references to High Noon, and Ned Kelly
... the viewer that a night has passed, without actually showing the transition from night to day. A more subtle technique uses Ned and the Gang's growing beards to mark the passage of time. Both techniques shorten the overall length of the film for reasonable viewing and also keep the audience ...
Discuss the relationship between film form and meaning in 'The Shining'. Give examples of how genres utilize formal and narrative conventions to create meaning.
... away. Kubrick is also deliberate in his selection of music in his films, from the bold, sweeping "On The Beautiful Blue Danube", which he used so adroitly in 2001: A Space Odyssey, to the mischief of "The Thieving Magpie" in A Clockwork Orange, right up to Bartok's "Music ...
Comparing the Shojo character of Chihiro (Sen) from Miyazaki's Spirited Away with the character Alice from Disney's Alice in Wonderland
... of signalling a negative social tendency and finding a positive challenge is what puts Spirited Away in its central position within Miyazaki's composition as stated above. The problem of child rearing is broached here not only in the relationship between Chihiro and her parents at the start of the ...
This is my response to the video, Tibet: The End of Time, that I viewed as part of my art history class.
... the ultimate wisdom of the Kalachakra deity (1). The citizens of Tibet will wait in line for days in order to view the Kalachakra Mandala, as viewing the Mandala is considered to be a culmination of their religious lives, which is comparable to an audience with the pope. The video was highly ...