Personal statement
Happiness, fear, confusion, love, hate, a strange feeling in the pit of my stomach, these are the emotions I feel when I watch a movie that I really like. Since the first film I can remember to watch I was mesmerized by the details, the imagines, the soundtrack and by the characters. They made me realize that this is what I want to do all my life, to create a form of art with sound and images. I want to be a part of this world, a world full of emotions, as I can not imagine my life without movies because I had a lot to learn from them, films made me live another life, be a different person with every story I had watched and felt.
First of all, when I was just a little girl I used to write short stories and turn them into a play with my friends. Also, I liked watching movies with my dad and I used to ask him a lot of questions about what was happening and how the film was made to make me feel all kinds of emotions. I want to know what a movie goes through to be what the rest of us see. Every time I read a book I would use to imagine how a film based on the book would look like and how I could make this movie a must-see in order to make people feel what I felt reading the book, to transmit the feelings I had with images, not only words.
When it comes to my personality, I can say that I am a sensitive person, I care about every single little thing and I use to empathize with everyone. I also like to work on group projects, as it makes me feel good about
This specific, Thinking About Movies by Peter Lehman and William Luhr was very relatable to me. Many of the points that they talked about, in the article I had previously wondered about. To start off, they talk about in how many Hollywood films they have an Invisible class norm. This invisible norm is that the middle class is the class most people relate too, and want to be in. Although this is true for most people it is not true for all people.
Children laughing showing the happiness that is supposed to occur in youth. Even the lack of sound in the movie theatre gives you the impression of contentedness as the crowd watches a film. All these sounds add emotional depth to the scene that cinematography
4. Describe a moment in the film that touched your heart or that hit close to
The strengths of my personality type is that i'm decisive and see what needs to be done. Not many have the ability to remain resolute in conflict, leading the charge and being argumentative. These pretty much describes who I am as a person. I try to be a leader and see what needs to be done. I learn from experience and hands on actions.
“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” is a short story detailing the coming of age of a teenage girl named Connie and the predatory advances made on her by a man named Arnold Friend. It was adapted into a film titled Smooth Talk which expands upon the short story by providing more characterization to both Connie and the various people around her. “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” is told in a third-person limited omniscient perspective. Connie acts as the story’s protagonist, and Arnold Friend acts as the story’s antagonist. Given several context clues such as drive-in diners and handheld transistor radios being commonplace, it can be inferred that the story takes place in 1960s America.
In the articles of “Why Do We Crave Horror Movies” by Stephen King and “My Zombie, Myself: Why Modern Life Feels Rather Undead by Chuck Klosterman, both author argues have similar ideas to why the human being crave horror movies because of the emotions we get from them. In the articles of “Why Do We Crave Horror Movies” by King and “My Zombie, Myself: Why Modern Life Feels Rather Undead by Klosterman, both argue that horror in life is in need to bring the sense of humanity. Both King and Klosterman agree that horror is there to test people’s fear and their emotions.
INTRODUCTION Everyone needs entertainment to take their minds away from the boring life style of everyday life. This entertainment can be in many form, for example music, movies, games and so on. However, the most common forms of entertainment that people will choose are movies. However, watching a movie could bring many effects to people like change a person’s thinking way or mind.
There are multiple people who are intrigue and love horror movies without knowing the reason. In Stephan Kings essay, “Why We Crave Horror Movies” he does his best to find an answer to the question “why do people crave horror movies?” Throughout his essay he came up with certain key points to answer the question. At the beginning of his essay, he makes a bold statement that “we are all mentally ill.” He motions that people just watch horror movies to portray their fearlessness while suppressing their true emotions.
I have always viewed movies as mood boosters. Whenever I watch a movie, I judge how good it is according to how well I understand the story. This is why I never truly understand how critics rate movies. However, upon reading John Berger’s “Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye”, I start to understand how paying attention to the different components of a film helps in understanding the essence of a story. As Berger once said, “There is no film that does not partake of dream.
To begin my reflection of my of my journey as an English major here at the department I should first say that any work I completed in my freshman and sophomore year will not be included as I do not have access to them. I have chosen to use pieces that were written in my film studies course and Native American Studies. There are four pieces total that will be looked into three of the four will be pieces will be work from my two film studies courses Film Theory and Criticism and Japanese Film Directors, the remaining one piece as stated above will be from Native American Studies. Initially when signing up for the course in Film Theory and Criticism, I did not know what to expect as we all know how to watch a film, summarize it, and give an
In the movie titled “The Pursuit of Happyness”, there was a problematic family living in San Francisco in 1981. The main character, Chris Gardner worked as a salesman invested his entire life savings in portable bone density scanner to support his family including his wife Linda and a five years old son Christopher. However, Chris’ business is not doing well and his wife was forced to work. Day after day, Linda was suffering and she always quarrelled with Chris and blamed him didn’t play the role as a responsible father and a good husband. Luckily, this was not the end for Chris.
The media has long been recognized as important source of gender related information, television and cinema specifically influences its audience in a considerable way. (Denmark and Paludi 2008). With regards to the concept of gender cinema can offer a space where ambiguities of identities are played out; understanding the play of the categories of femininity and masculinity is very important in evaluating our own understandings of gender and how we react to different representations of it (Tasker 2002).If a film can show different individuals and we can recognize how social forces shape and constrain the individual according to classifications of gender it narrates an experience where we experience the film as gendered viewers. Film reflects and generates out own experience of gender over and above out own recognition and observation of it. (Pomerance 2001).
Movies are often said to be an experience to broaden knowledge. When one watches a movie, they are usually focused on the characters and special effects instead of the plot due
These personality trates make me who I am. Another thing about personalities are the qualities that you possess. For example, my qualities are very close to my personality type. I have a kindness in me along with the forgiveness
Movies can be used in various ways to create different moods and emotions in both a person’s growth and well being. People of all ages, use movies as a form of entertainment or even an activity to learn, which aids in the growth of brain activity. The different genres of movies, create different inclines and declines in an individual 's mood, depending on the program they are viewing. Specific films can have different effects on people depending on their background, interest, and personality. Movies have a significant impact on people’s physical and psychological states; negative effects include more aggressive and destructive behaviors, whereas positive effects include making viewers more lighthearted and enhancing productivity within their thought process.