I choose these because they all revolve around a similar idea: Racism. Although these films obviously contained physical conflict, it is the internal and external conflict that Lee is attempting to display. Whether this is the conflict of morals seen in School Daze or the struggle to retain sanity in She’s Gotta Have It, Spike Lee is suggesting to society that racism is destructive, both physically and more importantly, emotionally. Here is a graph showing from which aspect I choose the films. As you can see, most come under this aspect.
A critical film review on the movie: Crash Screenplay/writer: Paul Haggis Director: Paul Haggis The undercurrent of racism The drama called Crash which is also knows as L.A. Crash was written and directed by Paul Haggis. Since Crash was filmed in an alarmingly realistic way, carrying interesting and unique techniques within its film structure, it will be critically reviewed and discussed in this essay. The novel Crash is a socio critical drama, mainly presenting the several-different lives of inter-related characters that have never met each other before, but indeed have various aspects in common. Within the 24 hours of the plot’s duration, Paul Haggis has decided upon presenting thrilling-reality based themes such as oppression, crime, racism, corruption, obligation, indignation.
Distinguishing Documentary Film Directors: Contrasting and Comparing Throughout the last century, filmmaking has expanded as an art form. New ideas about the way something should be captured, pieced together and tweaked were forming and filmmakers were constantly testing and pushing the boundaries of what was considered the norm. Peter Watkins was among many filmmakers of this era who brought a new style and creativity to the filmmaking world, debuting a whole new genre of film in ‘The War Game’. ‘The War Game’ is a highly commended docudrama based on what could have been the worst case scenario during WWII. Watkins’ work went on to inspire and influence many other films, and is reflected in Michael Moores’ documentary ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’, a social docudrama looking at the actions taken by George Bush during his presidency.
In the sci-fi film Avatar, directed by James Cameron, Jake Sully is a character that changed his views of his race, Pandora and its indigenous population. This idea is shown through two major events in the film, using a variety of both visual and verbal film techniques. One is Quarich telling Jake to spy on the Na’vi and the other is during the final battle when Jake and Quarich fight one-on-one. The first event that allows the audience to become aware of Jake’s intentions on Pandora is at the beginning of the film. This is shown through camera shots, dialogue and music.
Alisha Williams Prof. Engler Cause and Effect Essay 22 March 2011 What is the cause of Officer Ryans Prejudice Crash, a film directed by Paul Haggis in 2005, is a film that follows a range of characters whose lives intertwine over the course of 24 hours. These characters all have different cultures, ethnicities and backgrounds, but are each facing the same issues of racial prejudice and stereotyping because of their differences. This makes the idea that "films are primarily concerned with the issues of everyday people" a highly accurate statement in regards to Crash. Crash provides an in-depth look into these issues of prejudice and stereotyping and shows how they affect everyone's lives. Crash is the perfect analogy of how we as a human race deal with life, people and our own experiences.
Many composers represent conflict, even though you may not recognize it. Whether it’s a song about a breakup, a kid’s movie about princesses or a news article about last nights footy game.Conflict in the film freedom writers and the song pumped up kicks is shown by different techniques like camera shots, flashback, repetition and point of view. Freedom writers is heavily reliant on conflict as a theme, but to help put it into perspective uses a lot of techniques. One of these techniques is camera shots.In the film, camera shots are used to help the audience to understand the film better and make it interesting. You have to admit, a movie would be pretty boring if it only used one type of camera shot or angle the whole movie, right?One of the shots used in the film was the panning shot, used to show the conflict during the school fight, in one of Mrs. Gruwell’s first days.
HIS212 – History and Film Compare any two films which are produced in Hollywood, and which represent warfare or conflict in the Third World. Comment on the political and cultural messages in these films, and explain how they reflect the politics of the time when they were made. Film as a media has always managed to be one of the most easily accessible, both for the public and also producers as a means for conveying messages and entertainment. Many different aspects of human nature and history is detailed and documented in this fashion across many different fields, such as politics, religion, love and, with often the most poignant and obvious imagery, war. War itself has been an ever-present around the world across thousands of years and has, as the years progressed, evolved and shaped the world in many ways.
In the film Tron: Legacy, directed by Joseph Kosinski, many different film techniques are used to create the relationship and sense of separation between CLU and Flynn. We first witness the start of the separation during the flashback that Flynn has when explaining what happened to the ISOS to his son Sam. During the flashback Kosinski uses many different film techniques, these include; Different shot types, like very long and rule of thirds, and close two shots of the two. He also creates the flashback feeling with different filters, and faded out of focus shots. Also use of good dialogue is used to create the isolation feeling.
In the film, Iron Jawed Angels, there are many historical accuracies, and a few discrepancies. Some of the historical accuracies present in the film were, the parade, and the women’s imprisonments. The historical timeline of the movie was also accurately depicted. Some of the discrepancies in the movie were the hunger strike, nineteenth amendment, and Alice Paul’s romance. To go more in depth about the accuracies, the parade was accurately depicted.
Disability has been portrayed in many popular films in the recent years. As such, the media has the ability to influence much of what one views on television, the news, and in popular film. The media acts as a plethora of knowledge for most people in society. The media is able to shape and mold most peoples’ perceptions and views about people with physical and mental disabilities. It has been a very popular way of introducing some people to how a person with a disability lives.