According to Leonard Maltin your opinion of the movie will have a lot to do with your age and gender. He suggests that the average 16-year-old male might find this the greatest movie ever. Maltin uses comedy to hook the reader in the first paragraph by suggesting how awful the movie is. “Is this merely an extreme teenage version of the hangover, or is it another sign of the end of civilization as we know it.” Maltin is suggesting that movies like Project X are making the next generation of America look reckless and irresponsible of taking care of the world they are inheriting. Maltin references one of the popular topics of 2012, the end of the world, which helps draw the reader in even more.
Unit 051 Outcome 1 Identify the different reasons why people communicate People communicate for different reasons, to portray their feelings, emotions, pain and opinions. The communication could be professional (formal), or personal (informal). The different reasons people communicate are: - To share; opinions, information, thoughts, knowledge, feelings, emotions, needs and wants. - To socialise, build and maintain relationships to satisfy our constant need to relate to others and have them relate to us. - To request or demand something.
While there are some comedic merits to stealing a pair of panties from your hall mates, personally I don’t see it being worth a larceny charge. If you’re a broke college kid stealing something, wouldn’t you want it to be valuable? There has to be something more valuable than a thong covered in sweat, beer stains, and shame from a long night at O’s Lounge. Don’t we all love skidmarks? Perhaps the motive is satisfying a weird fetish.
The events may be arranged chronologically or nonchronologically and may be factual, fictional, or a blend of the two. (262) Together with narrative, form is another technique often used to narrate so as to attract audiences’ attention. Just as William H. Phillips says: Structure, which some scholars and theorists call form, refers to the parts of a text and their arrangement. In a fictional film, the selection and order of events help viewers comprehend the story and strongly influence how they respond…Fictional structure (characters, goals, and conflicts); some functions of beginnings, middles, endings; combination of different brief stories (plotlines) into a larger, more complex story. (264) Classical narrative form is commonly known as linear narrative which refers to stories told in a single line with logical order and ends with an assured conclusion, usually seen in traditional Hollywood films.
Who is beautiful, kind and clever. The perfect wife I hear you say , exactly she is fake! Niccol has ingeniously given the film a much more deep plot, which I would have thought would put Carrey out of his comfort zone, but evidently not. The Truman show, is a satire of modern media. Truman thinks he ives and ordinary life as an ordinary man, but has no idea how his life is being manipulated to suit the viewer.
Nicolas Ray uses sound in ‘Rebel without a cause’, to help set up a theme, and mood. In the beginning of the planetarium scene he has placed non-diegetic sounds, a fast paced yet unsafe sort of sound, with a constant high pitch tone. This portrays an unsettling feeling amongst the audience. The type of sound Nicolas Ray uses in the planetarium is a sci-fi ‘out of space’ kind of sound, which fits the planetariums profile. In a way the sound and scene relates to space and the unknown of what is actually out there, and the unknown that’s in the planetarium and amongst the different characters.
In the original film (Hitchcock) the old dark and colorless film, the creep music provide the viewers an idea that something wicked is about to happen. Therefore again both directors did provide enough action to carry over to each scene. In the remake the casting was truly wrong; For instance the infamous character Norman Bates, the psychopathic motel owner was played by fast talking, macho man Vince Vaughn. In the remake the Norman appears to be more of a sexual predator, whom would actually please himself as he watch Marion through a peephole in the shower scene; which gives the audience a different point of view about this film and van sant character Norman. However in the original version Anthony Perkins plays Norman Bates, who truly fit the character with calmer attitude, and good boy looks as Norman.
This is an example of a ‘technical code’. It could denote that the character likes the track or it could connote that the character identifies with Elvis. Conventions Conventions can be related to Narrative: How a story is told, what format or conventional method is used to tell a story. The opening sequence of a drama will often show the equilibrium state, introduce characters and hint at conflict. Conventions can also be related to Genre: The type of text and the typical textual elements that audiences expect to be in it.
Twenge states, “To many older people, it’s funny. But too many younger people the main consumers of the reality shows on, say, MTV it shapes their views of the world” (pg 7). Narcissism is shown often, and without hesitation on reality TV younger viewers are being conditioned by the depiction of narcissism. Slowly, the excess amount of narcissism seems normal. For instance, on “America’s Next Top Model” young viewers wish to be thin, tall, and overall a model, but go about it in the wrong ways.
Not So SuperBad Sweetly absurd, Crude and awkward, Superbad is almost a typical teen movie, reminding me a bit of the American Pie films because of the simple plot and juvenile humour. However, compared to other teen movies the film is much more intelligently written than others of its genre, and this shines through in the characters. Superbad follows three high school seniors as they go on a long night of self-discovery, ending in drunken declarations of love between best friends with unrealistic yet entertaining events happening in between. The over weight Seth, played by Jonah Hill (Knocked Up) is foul-mouthed and impulsive, Evan, his best friend, played by Michael Cera is a more gentle and shy, almost to the point of being invisible,