A comedy about growing up... and the bumps along the way. Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child. She embarks on a search to find the "perfect couple" to take on parenting responsibilities only to find life isn't quite so simple. Fresh, original, and ceaselessly entertaining Jason Reitman's Juno is one of the brightest and funniest comedies of the decade. With scathingly sharp dialogue and intangible character chemistry, Junois a coming-of-age film that is consistently funny and effortlessly cool.
Ashton Watkins Professor Murphy English 450 29 October 2012 Alexander Supertramp and Ron Franz In 2007, Sean Penn took Jon Krakauer’s Into The Wild to the big screen. Both the book and the movie are highly praised by critics and viewers. In the story, Alex had a special relationship with an old man named Ron Franz. They grew incredibly close in the time they spent together. Penn and Krakauer both do an excellent job in portraying the relationship between Alex and Ron.
“What was the last thing she saw?...Hatred. Just Hatred. Blind Hatred” Good afternoon students and teachers,the purpose of my speech today is to help and inform you, on how characterization has been used to enhance the meaning of the play, “The Property of the Clan” by Nick Enright and the movie “Mean Girls” directed by Mark Waters. It is through techniques that have helped me understand the relationships, personalities and the alienation of young women and men. Now, in these 4 minutes I will briefly, yet, thoroughly explain how these techniques can give you a greater understanding of the texts and hopefully help you on your upcoming exam.
You can count on film schools using 300 as a means to teach film students for many years to come. The movie will be cheered by special effects fans for its innovative visuals. After doing some research on the movie 300, I found out that there are 1500 cuts in the film, 1300 of which involved some sort of visual effect. The film crew used blue screen 90% of the time, since they felt it improved the red Spartan colors more than green screen. The cinematography 300 is just
CINDY SHERMAN, rise to fame By Jadyn Burt, 12mlc "The still must tease with the promise of a story the viewer of it itches to be told." – Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Still # 3 1977 Untitled Film Still # 3 1977 Cindy Sherman (born January 19, 1954 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey) is an American photographer with something to say. Sherman became well known with her "Untitled Film Series" made between 1977 and 1980 and has since been compelling audiences with her uniquely unusual bodies of work. Sherman photographs herself in the majority of her work, using herself as a vehicle for commenting on a variety of issues of the modern world. Cindy Sherman's exploration into the arts began at the State University of Buffalo, where she switched majors from painting to photography.
Disney’s film process during the early years was largely representative of the values of America in the 1930s era. During this time folk tales were extremely popular and therefore Walt Disney was able to adapt this in the reinvention of folk tales, where the stories go through a process of ‘Disneyfication’. This means the tale will go through a process of Americanisation and sanitation to ensure it is presented as Disney’s own, Zipes states, “Of all the early animators, Disney was the one who truly revolutionised the fairy tale as an institution through the cinema.” (Zipes 1995:343) After Disney has adapted a folk tale it
Jose Munguia Professor Hartmann English 152-03 1 December 2013 Success of the Wizard of Oz through Television The Wizard of Oz was a spectacular movie. The decade around Oz paved the way for many other amazing movies, which created new genres and set new standards for what a movie should be like. Some of the amazing movies that also came out during 1939 were: Gone with the Wind, Stagecoach, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Of Mice and Men, Love Affair, The Hunchback to Notre Dame, and many other great award winning movies (Films101). Each of these movies have been awarded for their amazing directors, story, actors and visual effects. However, out of all of these movies there has only been one that has been called the most popular movie
On her journey she discovers first love, and is able to learn through her parents mistakes and translates this into her relationship. While watching the movie you watch Suzy’s feelings grow as well as her outlook on life. Her adventure was successful, answering all her questions about herself and the world around
Orenstein began with an anecdote expressing her frustration with the princess theme, then talked about different product lines with the princess theme. From there she jumped from criticizing mothers that fell for the princess trend to how Disney’s princess product line started and finally finishes with references to studies about change in different aspects of a girl’s life. Along with their differences in approach, there also was a major difference in effectiveness. Poniewozik’s article was much more structured going from movie to movie explaining its impact on a girl’s life and stuck to one point which came across very effective. Orenstein, on the other hand, jumped from topic to topic without much of a connection and supported her claims with very little evidence, so it failed to be effective in getting her point
Daddy-O and Because They're Young brought his original music to the big theatres, but he was soon typecast doing comedies. His efforts in the genre helped guarantee his work on William Wyler's How to Steal a Million, however, a major picture that immediately led to larger projects. Of course, his arrangements continued to get him a lot of attention and he won his first Oscar for adapting Fiddler on the Roof. During the 1970s, John Williams was King of Disaster Scores with The Poseidon Adventure, Earthquake and The Towering Inferno. His psychological score for Images remains one of the most innovative works in soundtrack history.