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Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
933 wordsRosina Gonzalez ENG 35302/08/05 Research Paper For this paper, I chose the Roald Dahl modern fantasy book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Dahl's books are mostly fantasy and full of imagination. They are always a little cruel, but never without humor - a thrilling mixture of the grotesque and comic. A frequent motif is that people are not what they appear to be. Dahl's works for children are usually told from the point of view of a child, a...
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Steven Spielburg Movies
1,077 wordsWhen one reflects on the past two decades of film, many magnificent movies have been put into production. They re has been ground-breaking developments in all of the different genre, not to mention in animation and other aspects of film. If we were to list the greatest films of this era, we would find that many of these films are made by one man, Steven Spielburg. Steven Spielburg has directed some of the most spectacular movies of our time. And after watching enough of his works, we begin to re...
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Steven Spielbergs Films
2,726 wordsRob Martinelle American Literature C Block Research Paper: Final Draft 18 May, 1999 Steven Spielberg: Revolutionary and Visionary Who would have thought that a brilliant career in filmmaking could have originated with a modest jar of Skippy Peanut Butter smeared on a neighbors window in a tiny Cincinnati suburb One might not think that such an average boyhood prank could evolve a boy into a man who would become the most financially successful film director in history. Well, that is exactly where...
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Allen's 1965 Film
804 wordsWoody Allen has proven himself as one of the forefathers of the American film industry and media as a whole. He has helped mold the standard for modern day film through is many movies that cover a wide range of styles, from comedy and drama to romance to tragedy. He has acted in 28 of the 36 movies he has produced while also famous for his writing. Allen is known best as the creator of films containing self-deprecating and intellectual mockery. His films typically parody the neuroses of the soci...
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Steven's First Feature Film
922 wordsHow Steven Spielburg had effect on other directors. He has been writing movies and screenplays since he was 10 years old. Many other directors only start writing when they go into college or many even high schools. However, this is why Steven is so different compared to the other directors of his time. Steven was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on December 18, 1947. He was raised in the suburbs of Haddonfield, New Jersey and Scottsdale, Arizona. He went to California State University in Long Branch. H...
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Horror Film Directors Sleep At Night
1,838 wordsThe Evolution of the Horror Film How on earth do horror film directors sleep at night Don't they ever wake up and say, "Is this what my life is about: making people fear dark rooms, old houses, and things that go bump in the night" How do they stand it all What inspires them to create these vividly outrageous spins on reality These may be the questions often asked by people who don't quite understand the method behind the madness that is the horror film. These questions will be answered in this ...
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Film A Very Negative Review
702 words'The Beach' 'The Beach' has turned out to be a very controversial film, imposing positive and negative views. Harry, in 'The Juice,' gave the film an A 1 rating with all optimistic remarks. Matt Wolf gave the film a very negative review, mocking every aspect of it. I am going to cover audience, tone, content, organization, and the overall effect. Audience- The audience that Harry tried to reach was a younger crowd that would appreciate the smaller keynotes of the film. With phrases like 'Yes I s...
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Its Status As A Science Fiction Film
733 words2001 was released in the tumultuous spring of 1968, at the same time that Americans were reeling from President Lyndon Johnson's announcement that he would not seek reelection and the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. It might seem odd that so many people would get so excited about a science fiction movie in the midst of urban race riots and campus protests against the Vietnam War, but to many, 2001 had far greater importance than its sci-fi trappings. Baffling early audiences with its no...
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Film Producer
1,698 wordsMrs. Grinnell English 121st May 2005 Film and Video Production: Becoming the Future of the Silver Screen Every so often a movie is released with such tense anticipation and glamorous visual art that the public is drawn to this dramatic rendition of life in the theatre. For even just two hours or so, you are put into a different lifestyle. Action, drama or comedy it may be. We are thrust into a different way of thinking. We are forced to learn the characters thoughts and feelings. The hard work a...
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Breakfast Club Theresa Puchta
728 wordsThe Breakfast Club Theresa Puchta is very accurate in her description of the merits and limitations of John Hughes' films. Almost all of the characteristics and themes she has described in the article: suburban setting, vague social concerns, high school cliques, uncaring parents, characters wearing the latest fashions and top 40 soundtrack music have been proven true in The Breakfast Club. The movie has a suburban setting inside a high school, and the characters each belong to one of the high s...
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Film
673 wordsDuring the first few weeks of our FY-X class, the students are required to view the movie "Dead Man Walking. Unfortunately, I was not able to make it to the showing at school, but I rented the DVD from Block Buster Video. I missed an opportunity to gain some bonding time with my classmates, but I could not get off work in the short notice that the class was told about the film viewing. When I viewed film, I had the pleasure of being in my home atmosphere, and I had the opportunity to better conc...
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Spielberg's Entrance Into Film
1,136 wordsSteven Allan Spielberg was born December 18, 1946, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to parents Arnold, an electrical engineer, and Leah, a former concert pianist. Spielberg was raised in Phoenix, Arizona, where his love for film and business savvy were always apparent. At age 12, he used the money he earned from his tree-planting business to fund his first amateur film, for which he also wrote the script. stardom is no science fiction Despite his early experience with filmmaking -- he made Escape to Nowhere...
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Their Movie Courage Under Fire
2,063 wordsCourage Under Fire In 1991, millions of people tuned in to CNN to observe a real life and death drama played out in the cities and deserts of Iraq. For the United States, the war was more or less a display of power and a preservation of economic interest. Nobody was to ever hear of the mishaps and foul-ups of the war. In many eyes the war was seen as a chance to boost American spirit and make the government look empowered. Director Edward Zwick and writer Patrick Shane Duncan snatched onto this ...
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Michael's Transformation In The Film
972 wordsAnalytical Critique of The Godfather I believe the reason that, "The Godfather", is such a great film is because it lets audiences decide whether they like the characters or not. Too many movies made about organized crime begin with some seemingly random act of violence. "The Godfather", however, lets it be known from the start to judge the characters in the film based on what type of person they are instead of the criminal activities they may engage in. The film begins with a wedding, and this ...
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Quentin Tarentino Film
3,184 wordsQuentin Tarentino Throughout the many years the film industry has grown, a certain type of filmmaker immerged, known as an auteur. An auteur, usually a director, has a strong personal style and exercises creative control over his or her works. Quentin Tarentino, for example, has proven himself to be an auteur in various ways. Quentin Tarentino worked for four years as a clerk in a Los Angeles video store, where he made his feature directorial and screenwriting debut of Reservoir Dogs, and where ...
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Money For Japanese Movies
599 wordsIf talking more precisely on Miyazakis business success his objectives are worthy mentioning. One of them is to make money while doing what you like. It seems that he succeeded in this principle well. One more important issue is understanding of movie making specifics form economic stand point. The reason is that it's going to cost you more than for example 700 million in production costs. That is enough only to cover the costs of getting the film ready and printing negative on hand. The next st...
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Coppola's Film The Godfather
1,060 wordsFrancis Ford Coppola was born April 7th, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, but he grew up in New York in a creative, supportive Italian-American family. His father, Carmine Coppola was a composer and musician, and gave Francis a middle name that was after the "Ford Sunday Evening Hour" which was a performance his father played the flute for. His mother also in the entertainment business, was an actress. Growing up in Queens and on Long Island, he suffered through polio at age 9 and grew into a high sch...
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Best Known Classical Science Fiction Films
553 words"Planet of the Apes" is a chilling science fiction set in the year 3978 and is one of the best known classical science fiction films. When astronaut Taylor lands on an apparently distant planet he and his colleagues find it to be deserted or so it seems. Not only is the planet inhabited by humans but the humans have been terrorized by a more advanced species of apes. Taylor's team is shot and he is imprisoned where he meets a chimpanzee scientist called Zira who shows compassion for him. Zira he...
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Film Eisenstein
532 wordsEisenstein's The Battleship: Potemkin is a landmark in film history. The camera work has paved the way for all the movies that are viewed today. In this film Eisenstein introduced many new forms of filming and editing that are still used today. By using these new forms of editing he was able to introduce things such as the montage, jump cuts, and fading. These were the first form of special effects the industry ever saw. The most famous montage in this film is the Odessa steps scene, although th...
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Age Of 24 Spielberg
457 wordsSteven Spielberg. Steven Spielberg was born on December 18 in 1964 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The movie that had the greatest influence on Spielberg was David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia". When Spielberg was 13 he won first prize for a fully scripted 40-minute war movie, which was titled "Escape to Nowhere". At age 16 he made a 2 and a half-hour long movie about scientists investigating mysterious lights in the sky called "Firelight", (the inspiration for close encounters). This movie was considered on...
