Introduction Game of Thrones is one of the most popular tv series of this century and has been highly praised by the mass viewers as well as the critics for depicting the medieval era with a touch of fantasy inculcated. The show has been based…
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The literary aspect of the fantasy genre was absolutely not there in my mind when I at the of eight watched the “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” movie adaptation which was the first installment directed by Peter Jackson based on…
There’s literally no excuse for anyone not to know what Game of Thrones is in this day and age. Social media, commercials, ad campaigns, TV shows, and movies have referenced the Emmy award-winning shows numerous times in the last eight years since it premiered on…
Game of Thrones (GOT) is the most watched, most pirated series with the most awards in the history of television. Television fiction is based on the still unfinished literary work of George R.R. Martin. Directed for David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, GOT is considered the…
In the NFL, there has been a continuously growing crisis of under reported concussions affecting athletes. Many team doctors, managers, coaches, and owners have forced their players to continue playing with concussions, in order to improve the team’s chances of winning. In sport, especially national…
The fast food sector is one of the largest sectors of the US economy. Companies like Burger King, Wendy’s, Taco Bell, McDonald’s and KFC have become well-known names. Each of these companies has a similar mission statement: it serves a quick meal at very low…
Concussions in Sports Throughout the years, concussions have become much more prevalent and very life threatening because of the evolution of sports and the limit on how far equipment can be advanced. Each year athletes are finding ways to become bigger, faster and stronger and…
Throughout time, cinema has always had the fascinating ability of connecting viewers to a story, while purposely obscuring the means by which it does so. This imperceptiveness of cinematic language has gradually evolved over time, as filmmakers are creating methods to showcase this art in…
Through a detailed film analysis of Peter Weir’s The Truman Show, I will explore Camus’ concept of the Absurd, then demonstrate and examine his prescription for dealing with it. This paper will consist of two parts, the first will address the turn of events in…
Contact sports are one of the many things that defines America. Many students throughout America start playing contact sports at very young ages. With the playing of these contact sports, there is a high risk for concussion. Concussions are mild traumatic brain injuries that can…
The film The Truman Show, makes audiences more aware of modern problems surrounding mass media relating to mental illness by using a variety of film techniques. This is a parody film that touches on many aspects self-reflexivity, product placement, and the seemingly perfect suburban lifestyle,…
In today’s society, fast food has become a large part of many American’s lives. The rising range of obese individuals makes us need to draw a correlation between the rise in fast food and obesity. In the film Super Size Me, most obese individuals don’t…
Looking back on watching Disney movies, the media make us imagine what it feels like to have a happily ever after. Growing up, Disney movies portray “happily ever after” as an achievement, how we need to fight for the ones we love in order to…
Throughout history, humankind all over the world at one time or another has looked up at the stars and wondered, “What’s out there? Is God real? What is the true purpose of life?” And more importantly, “How much of what they see are real or…
Concussions have been a hot topic for the past few years, with more evidence coming to light all the time of the damaging and long term consequences that come from them. The most popular definition of a concussion is “any disturbance in brain function caused…
The Four Risks of Health The four risks that Mc Diet can contribute to fatty liver, obesity, heart diseases, high level of cholesterol. Fatty liver is the stage when liver is not able to process fat anymore. If the liver can not process fat anymore,…
Introduction For this literature review, I will be analyzing the Netflix series “When They See Us,” and with support from research, I will discuss how the series depicted juvenile false confessions along with race as a secondary factor in effect. I will be also discussing…
Passion is the wind blowing in the sails, without sails, the boat can not run; Passion is the fuel of the rocket, without fuel, the rocket cannot fly to the blue sky. Life has taught us that inspiration can create immortal art and passion can…
Building family after such a life is difficult and it is tough to find a person who can accept them and love them despite everything and each of the ‘exonerated five’, except Wise, has accomplished it. Wise is still the only one who is not…
In the first episode of when they see us, we can see Korey Wise, Kevin Richardson, Antron Mcray, Yusef Salaam and Raymond Santana as everyday ordinary teenagers. It is a sad case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time when they each join a…
Stand and Deliver is a film based on real-life which from my understanding show us the reality that many immigrant students from the lower class must suffer, it also touches on how the community reject them and had played a significant role in forcing them…
In ‘Crazy Rich Asians,’ Rachel Chu faces many adventures when she decides to accompany her longtime boyfriend, Nick Young, to a wedding in Singapore. She experiences a culture shock of her own upon discovering that Nick’s family is extremely wealthy. Due to his wealth, Nick…
What is the key to an all-around immense movie? All movies are immense in their own way, but some movies go beyond immense. Through its well-played dramatics, Characters craziness, and cultural diversity the producers of Crazy Rich Asians create a well-rounded movie that has all…
It has been 25 years since audiences from around the world have mainly seen an all Asian cast in a big film. With limited exposure to the big screen, Hollywood would typically “whitewash” the Asian characters by casting white actors in their roles. In certain…
Asian characters throughout cinema have been habitually stereotyped as meek, corner-dwelling folks with little to say. However, In several important ways, the 2018 film Crazy Rich Asians represents a breakthrough in popular culture. Most significantly, it is the first successful Hollywood film since The Joy…
In the movie Crazy Rich Asians, the theme is revealed through the use of mise-en-scene and editing. The major theme I was able to identify through the use of aesthetics is that no matter the situation one should always stand up for themselves and not…
What is necessary, essential to survive these awful situations? Well, there are lots and lots of examples out there of things people have done to make it out of unfortunate circumstances and overcome obstacles to make their way back home. Whether it’s a film, or…
Editors for films and editors for television programmes jobs differ however, the basic concept for both is for them to accumulate the footage of the film or scenes for the episode in a show and create the final cut. Their job entails altering plots, audio…
Casablanca, by Michael Curtiz 1942, Shows the sides of love and sacrifice in the context of World War Two. These themes are propagated by the selfless actions of Rick, a cynical night club owner, and Ilsa, who must suppress her love for Rick in order…
As Picasso once said, ‘Good artists borrow, great artists steal,’ and pop culture has been built on the foundation of inspiration from the past. In a sense, just about any song imaginable is a collection of ideas that preceded it. In 2013 the music industry…
The impact of personalized gaming characters in aggressive video games on aggressive behavior has been affecting the teens. Ongoing improvement in computer games is that players can plan and customize their very own in-diversion characters. It was anticipated that this development could prompt rises in…
In the Japanese anime series Naruto- Naruto Shippuden are two characters that are both similar to each other, yet different as well. Naruto and Sasuke are both talented ninja that have their own background, features, appearances, and personalities. While they were only children, Naruto and…
Mainstream ideas and attitudes set trends. As individuals and as a society, we respond to the ideas put forth by the many facets of entertainment deemed mainstream. But ultimately, as individuals, we need to think about how our values become affected and how the misalignment…
Naruto was the second anime I’ve ever watched from beginning to end. And from it, I started to look at anime with a new appreciation. Before I even started watching anime, my life was pretty simple. To the point where I just sort of drifted…
The question of whether or not rap music should be embraced in a society has sparked a debate for the last two decades. Rap music started as an Afro-American culture, which hitherto has taken roots to hip-hop with both black and white artists. There before,…
“Naruto” fans not only passively appreciating, but also actively researching and analyzing related issues on “Naruto” in China. When the “Naruto” works can’t satisfy the audience endless curiosity, they will seek answers on their own on “Naruto” works and related subject fields in order to…
Music is everywhere, it is all around us.. We listen to it in the car, or in the background of office, the stores where we shop, in the elevators , during the commercial breaks of our favorite television show, and many more places we go….
Ever since the beginning of humankind, people have been evolving. Societies have been built, torn down, and built once more. Attitudes towards certain topics, the ways that we act, and the way humans communicate have all changed. One of the key methods of communication has…
From a rookie boy group struggling to have a spot in broadcasts and variety shows, to international superstars selling millions of copies of their albums worldwide, BTS (also known as Beyond the Scene) captured the world’s attention with their heart wrenching struggles to achieve their…
David Bowie’s 1971 album Hunky Dory is chock-full of symbolic meaning, from the opening track, Changes, where Bowie distances himself from the rock mainstream (“Look out, you rock ‘n’ rollers”), to the closing Bewlay Brothers, where Bowie sings of his struggles with his schizophrenic brother…
BTS, an abbreviation for ‘Bangtan Sonyeondan’, also known as Bangtan Boys, is a seven-member Korean boy-band that debuted in 2013. BTS is highly known to be very versatile in the sense that they are capable of indulging in many different genres of music, ranging from…
The Documentary Before the Flood go through this issue of climate change and global warming issue and how this climate change is affecting the Nature. They focus on ice, the sweeping views of earth, seeing the rushing waterfalls in the glaciers, and, massive land mines…
The documentary begins with a reflection about “The Garden of Earthly Delights” painted, by Bosch, which shows “a paradise that has been degraded an destroyed”. Climate change is a danger that has the potential to do that to our Earth. In the documentary, newly appointed…
It is 1985. It will be on weird summer of for the town of Hawkins, Indiana. On Wednesday, Netflix dropped the primary full-length trailer for this current summer’s exceptionally foreseen third season of Stranger Things. Furthermore, it appears our most loved gathering of bicycle riding,…
No matter how old you may be or what time of day it is, a movie will always sounds appealing. The beauty of a movie is that it can be ambiguous towards an individual’s emotions. A movie can make you shed tears, put the biggest…
Race and religion are two views in the world that can really tie people together, or terribly separate them apart. The movie “Crash” by Writer-director Paul Haggis links several connected stories about class, gender, family and race in Los Angeles. In the Ted Talk, a…
Stranger Things set in 1983 and focused on a group of children in the little Indiana town of Hawkins. Their quest for their companion ‘Will’ who disappears as he cycles home one night. The group of kid discovers Eleven, a nearly quiet young lady with…
In this essay, I will be discussing how my Vertigo and Rear Window represents the overall divide of masculine and feminine within the films and portrayal of female desire and sexual objectification. The films I have chosen to discuss in this essay are Vertigo and…
Saving Private Ryan is an American War movie written by Robert Rodat and directed by Steven Spielberg. The movie sets on Omaha Beach as a part of the Normandy Invasion in World War II. Starring Tom Hanks as John H. Miller, captain of U.S. Army…
I must concede, this is the most incredibly vicious film I have ever observed. The film’s overly sensible depiction of men in fight left me and other individuals from the theater audience paralyzed. This is completely the best American war motion picture at any point…
The films Pulp Fiction and Vertigo, are very similar in the way in which they use homogeneous film techniques in order to communicate to their audience their messages. The use of these formal choices are what help develop their unique cinematic style which in turn…
The world you know today may not be the world your children and grandchildren will get to live and experience. Through out time color and life, itself begins to fade just by the simple fact that we don’t know how to take care of Earth….
The documentary, Deadly Deception, is based on the true story about the Tuskegee Study which was carried out in Macon County, Alabama over a forty year period. Sanctioned by the United States Public Health Service and the Tuskegee Institute, and paid for with taxpayer dollars,…
Created by Matt and Ross Duffer, the science fiction Netflix Original Series, Stranger Things, is one of the most talked-about shows within the last three years. The first season began in July of 2016 and its current third season in July of 2019, Stranger Things…
It is often said that “The Godfather” is an ironic interpretation of the American Dream. The film is an obvious reflection of the immigrant experience in America. The film focuses on one of the darker aspects of this experience. Throughout history, there have been many…
Saving Private Ryan was first released September 11th 1998. It was directed by Steven Spielberg whose other famous films include Jaws Jurassic Park and Schindler’s List. The main stars of the film are Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper and Matt Damon. The film won…
Hacksaw Ridge is an American war movie, directed by Mel Gibson and released in 2016. It is based on the life of the military medic Desmond Doss. Desmond grew up in a small village in Virginia. His father had fought in the first world war…
Some events, like losing a friend or a child, need little translation. Others, like what happens to Will Byers in Stranger Things, stand as analogies. Events like those should not happen, but they do, sometimes more often than any would like to admit. Though people…
Alfred Hitchock is a director with high attention on his movies. Many story lines and techniques within cinematography of Hitch are common standards for films today. Hitch films are known for being mysterious, cynical, as well as suspenseful and they are all similar, but different…
On a Saturday evening of October 2019. I’ve gone to an outdoor movie at Miller park in Chattanooga, TN. This was quite an experience because I’ve never been to one in the past. Hence, I was super excited also because of the free admission. The…
This premier episode of Stranger Things, “The Vanishing of Will Byers”, begins in the small town of Hawkins, Indiana. Taking place on November 6th, 1983, a running guy is trying to escape an unknown creature which winds up attacking him. At the same time, Will…
Shortly after D-Day, a squad of soldiers is sent into occupied France to locate Private James Francis Ryan, and bring him home. There have been plenty of films made about such specific missions set during World War II, but they tend to seem cartoonish, with…
The world as we experience it ourselves is constrained in its extension to the solitary viewpoint. In film, in any case, utilizing a similar setting with the utilization of a wide range of camera points and positions, creating shots that are arranged with fresh stable…
The plot of the movie Saving Private Ryan is soldiers are assigned to find Pvt. Ryan and bring him home. The Army Chief of search and rescue has ordered them on the mission for search and rescue, Ryan’s return will boost morale on the home…
For the movie The Birds I chose to look at it through a feminist lens. In the movie unlike Hitchcock’s other movies, there is a lot of female representation throughout the film. The main character Melanie is a very important role in the movie. Not…
Another example of amour fou can be observed in Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo. While Plath’s “In Plaster” and Hitchcock’s Vertigo both trace the singular notion of amour fou in their works, the difference in the nature of their artistic media make the manifestations of amour fou…
Witness Identification is one of the most important pivotal issues when it comes to the criminal justice system as they help solve serious crime cases. Any slight mistake or error can cause wrongful analysis and conviction as the issues is a leading matter during the…
Disney’s Zootopia has many undertones that mirror the United States’ society that the casual viewer may miss. After taking a closer look, we are able to see a social hierarchy with the predators usually occupying positions of power, such as a lion as the mayor….
There are numerous reasons to why this movie is my all time favorite. I’m not usually the type of person to categorize things i enjoy by having a “favorite”, but this movie was different to me. As many times as I have watched and re-watched…
Regardless of how one feels regarding the ending of Game of Thrones, it will forever be remembered as one of the most successful shows ever written. This last season of the show is worthy of its scrutiny mainly because the characters that we fell in…
National name of Morocco or Maghrib is known as al-Mamlaka al-Maghrebia (المملكة المغربية) which means ‘Western Kingdom’’. The land area of Morocco was 172,317 square mile equal to 446,301 square kilometres and the total area of this country was 172,413 square mile equal to 446,550…
The term of zombie is a concept that remains in our minds as living dead from horror movies. In recent times, this term has often been used to describe standing firms while it should have been closed a long time ago. Zombie firms are seemingly…
Mise-en-scene is a term used to indicate the director’s command over what shows up in the film outline. Mise-en-scene incorporates those parts of the film that overlap with the craft of a theater: setting, lighting, outfit, and the conduct of the figures. Realism is likewise…
In the beginning there was an orca named Tilikum. He and his family were swimming near Iceland but on November of 1983 he was taken from his family pod with a couple of his brother and sisters. He was only 2 years old and was…
“I just hope my death makes more cents than my life…” This widely popular movie line unfortunately became a sad reality for one of the greatest comedians, actors and artists of all time, Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin. His “little tramp” character greatly delighted the audiences…
According to the book A Short Guide To Writing About Film: Ninth Edition, author Timothy Corrigan discusses that themes in film “become the foundation for analysis because they point to the main ideas in a movie.” This statement serves to be very true. The theme…
When most people think of early films, they may think of traditional popular films from the ‘40s like Casablanca or It’s a Wonderful Life. Although these films are early, they did not set the standard for films today. These films do have a special place…
Forrest Gump is a movie displays a man (Forrest) facing many tribulations throughout his life; those tribulations were wearing braces on his legs, being shot and having a very low IQ level. Forrest never let these tribulations affect his happiness, he was one to follow…
I am expounding on the utilization of lighting in the opening scene of The Godfather. The Shots of The Godfather as a whole film is arranged and utilized explicitly to create states of mind, and have extraordinary mental effect. This is similarly as valid for the absolute…
The movie I watched was “Troy” and it depicts the Greek culture. The setting of “Troy” was placed around 3,200 years ago in Sparta, Mycenae, Ithaca, Phita, and Troy Greece, also can be known as the Bronze Age. The main characters of the movie are…
