World cinema Essays

It is an aesthetic norm that Third World films follow a realist mode. These films use the camera to emphasise the realism aspects endorsed from the everyday lives. Odo Okere (cited in Gugler, 2003:10) references Ousmane Sembene in using the camera to reflect the everyday lives The deliberate slowness and simplicity…characterises all the films, particularly in the use of long takes. The attempt is partly to allow the audience enough time, and with minimum difficulty, to digest information and partly

Laborer’s Love (1922), a silent film made by Chinese cinema pioneers Zhang Shichuan and Zheng Zhengqiu, is said to be “the earliest complete extant Chinese film” (Zhang, 90). Despite the film’s numerous similarities to Harold Lloyd 's Never Weaken (1921), Zhang Zhen argues in her writing that Laborer’s Love was ultimately a product of the “nascent…urban culture” and “confluence of discourses and practices of shadow-play” in Shanghai during the 1910s-1920s (100). Zhang Yingjin reiterates this notion

The film, Cinema Paradiso, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, explores the values of religion and relationships, symbolized by the movie theatre central to the narrative. The symbol of the cinema is used to reflect how the Italian community 's values are shaped and influenced after the fall of fascism, post World War II. The memories of Salvatore focus on his relationship with the projectionist, when the cinema played an important role in Sicilian society. The film highlights the power of religion in

most celebrated French New Wave auteur filmmaker and Cahiers du Cinema critic, Jean-Luc Godard. There are three periods in which Godard’s work fall into. I will be focusing on the early period of his filmmaking career where some of his best films were made before he began his political films. He is recognized for breaking the rules and conventions of the Classical Hollywood cinema and bringing something new and innovative to French cinema. The quote is echoed upon three of his pioneering films, A Bout

"Lillian make sure you tell Mr. Griffith you're on the set!" "Make sure the magic lantern is burning brightly!" "Where is the Tramp?" All of these questions shall be answered in due time, for now we start with the beginning of technology in cinema before cinema. The technology behind the film era in the very beginning was called a thaumatrope which was introduced into society in the 19th century, an object which had two pictures on both sides of the device was twirled to reveal a whole new picture

Cinema Novo & Influences of it on this Film When one looks at this films aesthetic, it showcases itself to be heavily influences by other world cinemas. Although this film came some thirty years or so after the end of the cinema novo movement it does draw certain parallels with it. Such as it’s underlying tone for the want of social equality, a strong characteristic of this cinema, it can be seen many times throughout the films entirety. Case in point, when the character of Benny befriends and gives

Brilliance with a Historical Touch Hugo, Martin Scorsese’s first movie for children is a celebration of cinema and is a deviation from his other films like Mean Streets, Raging Gull and Shutter Island. The movie recreates the magic of age old silent movies of the famous French filmmaker George Melies The movie is a journey though the life of Melies’ and a recollection of the history of world cinema. The role of Melies’ is played by none other than the legendary Ben Kinsley, well known for his portrayal

roll of material which is sensitive to light and which is used in camera fo taking photographs or moving pictures for the cinema, 2) A story, play, etc. recorded on film to be shown in the cinema, on television, etc. b. Genre types of Movie Prince (2004: 243) states “There are the main genre types of movie: 1) Gangster Movie The gangster movie is nearly as old as the cinema, having clear procursors in the early silent era. The genre emerged as a powerful force in U.S. movie, however, at the time

art form. According to Studying German Cinema by Maggie Hoffgen, “from about 1910-1911, film went to a process of experimentation and innovation” (Hoffgen, 2009). Hoffgen also indicates, “the films such as The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, Robert Wiene, 1919 started to employ the recognized artistic style of Expressionism” (Hoffgen, 2009). German expressionism was about inner experience and about emphasizing personal expression. This movement came right after the World War I. At this time, Germany was suffering

qualities of tone, image, intonation. First of all, "Noir", as a "black" film, is defined through the opposition to "gray" and "white" films. Like German expressionism and the French "new wave", the film noir represents a whole period in the history of cinema. In general, the concept of "film noir" refers to those Hollywood paintings of the forties and early fifties,

How these films deploy visual archives reflects the epochal shift in subject formation that I have just described. While classic documentary filmmakers of the “Third Cinema” moment (e.g. Fernando E. Solanas [1936-] and Patricio Guzmán [1941-]) constructed their films using material from the sociohistorical archive, today’s filmmakers construct their documentaries using intimate, everyday archives, particularly those of the family. Specifically in the case of Argentine documentaries, directors often

A Contrast of American and Italian Comedy Films Ari Mont IS 220 - Prof. Bini There is no prototypical film from any part of the world, let alone ones with such illustrious histories as the United States and Italy. Yet, because filmmaking is an art that is so dependent on borrowing cinematographic and writing styles from those nearby, it is inevitable that some patterns will emerge. This essay will take a look at two films from the same time and the same genre, one American and one Italian, to

Establishing and illustrating the concept of uncanny is a challenging endeavour, however music assists encourage the portrayal of this sensation, although as Sigmund Freud introduces that “the uncanny is that class of the frightening which leads back to what is known of old and long familiar.”[] To explain this with further precision, emerging from the homely and familiar there is this greater development towards something unusually disturbing the domestic setting and the feeling of the familiar

accept any world presented to us in films, no matter how ludicrous or incomprehensible that world may be. Certain actions that could be considered crazy in real life, such as singing and dancing down a street, are often justified in film contexts due to hidden codes and conventions. What are these codes and conventions? Why are they present? And how do they go unnoticed to us as an educated audience? Ideology is defined as a body of ideas and beliefs of a group or nation. In cinema everything

Landscapes of Power and Powerlessness in Graziadei and De Sica’s (1948) The Bicycle Thief Name University Landscapes of Power and Powerlessness in Graziadei and De Sica’s (1948) The Bicycle Thief Set in the depression times of post-World War II Italy, Graziadei and De Sica’s (1948) The Bicycle Thief narrates the story of Antonio Ricci (Lamberto Maggiorani), who, after finding a job as a bill poster, loses his bicycle to a young thief. He tries to look for it with his son Bruno (Enzo Staiola);

Baz Luhrmanns contribution to the art of film, brings about a flamboyant and revitalizing side to the industry. Through the use of cinematic language, his story telling techniques and belief in the theatrical cinema come to life. Baz Luhrmann has a very distinctive directing approach with particular techniques that define his style. He presents his films as if he were telling a story, which he invites you into. His stories are simple and he tends to give away the ending at the beginning of the film

Another great year for Korean cinema, with its growth, both financially and artistically, currently being witnessed globally, since Korean films are getting screened and distributed in a large number of festivals and countries around the world, netting a plethora of awards and grossing enormous sums. Three titles included here made the top ten list of the highest-grossing films in the country, earning the second, the third and the seventh position in the table, in a trend that also showed that local

action movie called ‘James Bond’ had big success in 1960s. It introduced many inspirations for the modern-day action film (2) entry and interest in the world of film? The first action movie was ‘The great train robbery’ in 1903, and there was a golden time of action film in 1960s. (3) Major works and contributions to the world of film? An action film called ‘James Bond’ which made in 1960s was the best major work. This film brought the golden time of action movie, and it concludes new

1. Introduction and thesis statement: Please write an enticing introductory paragraph (6-8 lines) in which you identify the title of the film you have watched and provide a discernible thesis statement. (Please see sheet attached for tips on how to write a plausible introduction and thesis statement.) 2. Characters, Plot, Setting: Provide a summary of the film (10 lines maximum) in which you address the following questions: 2.1. What is the story about? 2.2. Where does it take place in Spain?

Racial stereotypes in films has occurred among people of color through characters, especially black. This has made challenges in opportunities, leading to a prevalence of stereotypes and lack of diversity on-screen, and they have also come a long way with many perspectives in the movie industry. The motion industry have had long history and criticism for its racially casting options since it has a significant role in a mass dissemination across the globe to audiences in every generation and have