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‘DNA’ is a play written in 2008 by Dennis Kelly. The play is basically about a group of teenagers do something bad, really bad, then panic and cover the whole thing up.   An important character named Phil is presented as a powerful, quiet, confident and intelligent person in the first section of the play. Phil has a friend who is always near him called Leah, but seems to ignore and not answer back to her how much ever she talks. Leah always talks continuously and tries to get Phil’s attention but

Sacks, M.D. (original memoir) Steven Zallian (Screenplay) Directed by: Penny Marshall The 1990 film production Awakenings was based on the non-fiction book by Oliver Sacks, M.D. which was published in 1973. The motion picture was directed by Penny Marshall with the screenplay written by Steven Zallian. Robert De Niro and the late Robin Williams starred as the main characters of the story. The film was budgeted at thirty-one million dollars and earned an estimated fifty-two million dollars. Awakenings

I will be using the Written Essay format when it comes down to my final project. For this project I will be examining the classic firefighter film Backdraft (Ron Howard, 1991). This is a fun big budgeted film made in the 90’s that still happens to have the feel of a drama from the 1980’s. The film itself covers many of the topics that help associate the film itself with the tropes of 80’s melodrama. The tropes it does follow include the ensemble cast (this time with a nearly all male cast), family

but he still ends up being a part of criminal activity. While watching this film in an academic setting it is easy to see the social and political reform messages that are being communicated to the audience. On the political side it is easy to see the race and ethnicity of the film maker while on the social side the audience can tell the filmmaker is spreading a message. All together “Boyz N’ the Hood” is a very good film that depicts the type of stuff that happens in the poorer parts of Los Angeles

Tyler Perry. Do you know what these names represent? These are the six top-grossing black directors in Hollywood, in order. While F. Gary Grey is at the bottom of the list in all-time gross, he is at the top when it comes to the success of a single film. F. Gary Gray made his mark with "Friday" and again with "Set It Off." He showed his versatility in TLC 's "Waterfalls" video. He made history with "Straight Outta Compton." The good news for Gray is that while "Compton" has already made him the

For my essay I have chosen to examine Alex Garland's 2015 sci-fi film, Ex Machina. I decided to focus my research on the portrayal of sexuality and morality in the film, focusing closely on how the characters represent these themes. Is Ex Machina a feminist emancipation story, or a cautionary tale about the future of technology? Caleb is the first character we encounter. He is a programmer for a company called Blue Book and believes he has won a competition to spend a week with the company's CEO

Italian Neorealism film captures the hardships of daily life in Italy after World War II, the fall of the Mussolini’s Fascist regime 1943 with the difficult economic and moral conditions of World War II Italy. Italian Neorealism film is being known a documentary visual style-grainy photography (Cardullo B ,1991) based both category film use of actual locations, reveals the real situation of the reality and avoidance of unnatural lighting. Those elements made this category films extremely alike, but

course of cinematic history, countless films have been released about the Italian mafia. Two films in particular have had a significant impact on the way the mafia is perceived through the eyes of American audiences. Those films are Goodfellas and The Godfather (the trilogy). Both movies are widely considered two of the greatest of all time, garnering many Academy Award nominations and wins. Although there is no denying the popularity of both of these films, we have speculated that they may not

Beauty and the Beast is an American fantasy, romance, and musical film.  It is a remake of the 1991 animated film of the same name. The film is directed by Bill Condon and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It is re-written by Stephen Chbosky in 2014 September. On May 2015 filming began and ended in August 2015. Nearly one week later it was reported that the film had officially completed production. Beauty and the Beast released on May 17, 2017. Also, the main characters are Emma Watson, Dan Stevens

Film makers continue to misrepresent African-Americans in movies depicting them as characters, such as the brash women, domestic workers, thugs, and the “magical negro”. The brash African American women is depicted as being rude and having an attitude towards people in her immediate surrounding. The brash women in depicted as being loud mouth and not caring for what other people might think of her. These images are bad since people who do not live in close to the African-American community could

Scholars like Bill Nichols, Michael Chanan, and Jane Chapman argue that the filmmaker’s subjectivity inevitably corrupts any possibility for the attainment of objectivity and that no absolute truth or reality can be captured in documentary film; while scholars like Stephen Mamber and filmmakers who ascribed to the schools of cinema verite and direct cinema suggest that objectivity is attainable through filming real people in uncontrolled situations. “Documentary presents first-hand experience and

Kierra Jordan February 23, 2017 Patricia Sue Head Summit left her mark on Earth as one greatest coaches to ever coach the game of basketball. In her 64 years of living, she created a legacy, dynasty, and was the epitome of success in women’s basketball. I would say Summitt was the chosen one since she was hired as the head coach of the University of Tennessee women’s basketball organization in 1974, the same year graduated college with her bachelor’s degree. She remained as the head coach for the

towards learning to be a stand-up comedian when he spontaneously got the level at a Boston humor team. He found he was an all natural comic. He nurtured his ability while at NY College or university (graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts level in 1991) by accomplishing regularly in night clubs and at colleges. During his freshman calendar year, he snagged a repeating role as the Huxtable family's good friend Smitty within the Cosby Show (1984). While working at a humor team in L.A., he was "discovered"

traditions and times evolve, movies accordingly grow with them. From Casablanca to Terminator 2, many things outside of filmmaking have changed. In one final scene of 1942 film Casablanca when Richard and llsa are on an airport landing strip saying goodbye, there are no green screens present. The actual scene is on location. In the 1991 film Terminator 2, on the other hand, many scenes were edited through technology and green screens. As years go by this technology would have been transcended by newer technology

Driessen, among others and more. Norman McLaren who was referred to as ‘animation poet’ because he spent his life experimenting with sound, music and movement. He created on film directly and shows animation came out how beyond the camera. At the same time, he also created the effectual and produce

announced all of its films to be released through 2017 at its three-day D23 fan convention. But now, Disney has gone even further and published their film lineup all the way through 2019. Working with Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm, this diverse lineup includes some sequels, superheroes, kid-friendly animations and of course - Star Wars. Here is everything you can expect to see from Disney, from November 2015 to November 2019: The Good Dinosaur - November 22, 2015 This film imagines a world where

however, for each the main message is the same: America has become infiltrated by yuppies, and they don’t appear to be leaving anytime soon. Before the movie was released, American Psycho was a novel written by Bret Easton Ellis and published in 1991. The book, much like the movie, struck a cord within the American society. With attacks against the book for being too violent and others dismissing the satirical message, Ellis defended his novel in an interview by saying “‘I was writing about a society

Inside Out is an annual Queer film festival based in Toronto that showcases current 2SLGBTQ+ cinema from around the world. The festival, which was founded in 1990 (Anderson 41), has become a major cultural event, attracting thousands of film enthusiasts, activists, and community members year-round. The Queer festival circuit offers a unique perspective on the intersection of contemporary media and activism, as well as the evolution of 2SLGBTQ+ media representation. Furthermore, Inside Out provides

Is there more sex, violence, and profanity in today 's movies? It seems today That all you see Is violence in movies And sex on T.V. Theme Song from Family Guy Every deep conversation about the current state of cinema will inevitably lead to the consensus that movies nowadays feel more, well, inappropriate. Explosions and shootouts left and right, loads of sex scenes, f-bombs every other sentence. It just seems the good old times of cinema are gone. Our job here at wonderif is to be curious, and

The movie “Awakenings” was based on a true life story written by Oliver Sacks, MD. The movie’s screenplay was written by Steve Zaillian, and directed by Penny Marshall. Awakenings was been out in cinemas in the year 1991. It is about the Encephalitis epidemic that spread in the summer of 1920s. Oliver Sacks is a neurologist fictionally portrayed as Malcolm Sayer by the actor Robin Williams. Dr. Sacks was the one who discovered the drug L-DOPA, in the year 1969, as a treatment for Parkinson’s Disease