Matthew Jaskot English 102-7 9:30 A.M Avodian September 20, 2012 War from the Beginning War films have been around for quite some time. They have many different aspects to them. Each film has a little bit different view, depending on what the director wants the audience to get out of the movie. Some target the importance of how horrific and heart breaking war was, while others were used to inspire their country to support their troops. There are films though that go straight to the point of war and show all of the intense combat, the pain and suffering the soldiers did for their country, and the brutality of what countries did to prisoners in concentration camps. War films never get dull, they will keep the audience interested and Shortly after war films came back, films about aviation came about. They showed intense dog fights and how nerve racking it was to be a fighter pilot. One of the first films to show this type of combat for the first time was Wings. Not only was this a great deal to show this type of war fare, it was the first film ever to have a separate reel of film for sound effects. This movie showed how dramatizing aviation was, also it was about two pilots who were in love with the same woman, and again love was a secondary plot of this movie like other war films. This was the start of an era for talkies. This really made the film industry take off, people loved hearing the sound effects, and this got the audience more involved with what was going on. When Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese, this really made Hollywood prosper in war films. Nineteen thirty three was not only the annus mirablis of adolf hitler and Franklin Roosevelt, it was also the year of Hollywood’s awakening to fascism (Bernard 41) They again started making movies to try and get the U.S. to enter World War two, when America has been neutral for so long, trying to avoid war. Though films were not needed to America to join the war, the destruction that had been caused to Pearl Harbor should have been enough to rally the people, to get them angry and wait to fight back. Films about World War two were not only made during that time period, but some of the best films created were made later on
Classical Noir 1941- 1958 Film noir began to gain popularity during the 1930’s. However, many refer to the years between 1941 and 1958 as the classical era of the noir film genre. During this period the United States and furthermore the world was experiencing a dramatic change on a level previously unseen. With the onset of WWII, came along a shift in the global landscape. The presence of war brought about numerous changes in regards to industry, urbanization, globalization, and modernization and…
Investigate how genre conventions are used in zombie films In this investigation, I will analyse how genre conventions are used zombie apocalyptic films. I will be contrasting and comparing Shaun of the dead, an apocalyptic comedy with World War Z, an apocalyptic action thriller. I will be evaluating its narrative structure, settings, characters, themes, sounds, mise-en-scene, hybridity and intertextuality through the dissection of the media text. The film Shaun of the dead follows Todorov’s narrative…
original scores during the silent film era and cites specific examples from The Birth of a Nation. (10 points) Music is an important form of art; it has always been utilized by each and every culture for entertainment purpose. Earlier in the silent film era, music was generally not included in the films but played in the beginning or at the end to entertain the audience. Later music was used in the form of background score to provide strength to the scenes of the film. There were three types of original…
Part 1: The Classical Period: 1929-1945 A) Definition of Genre- distinct type of category that a certain group of films are related and share common characteristics a. Myth – subject of movie, character, plot, setting, character, theme, type of actor, mood, atmosphere, type of music b. Content/form distinction i. Difference between content and form is that content is what is being said and form is how it is said…
The paper will also discuss the different genre films, and how actors affected the world today by idolization. Hollywood Introduction Hollywood, California was not always perceived as it is today. It had very significant beginnings starting with Thomas Edison and how the movie studios originated from California. Hollywood developed gradually, leading into today’s entertainment industry from the beginning of film making to the development of stars that dominate…
Analyse the way in which the Cold War affected any two parts of American popular culture When studying the Cold War in conjunction with American popular culture there are two main areas that are directly affected, film productions and the contemporary literature. With the rise of spy and espionage material into the mainstream of American culture it is clearly evident how the Cold War affected the national psyche. As well as this the emergence of the great Hollywood productions with their government…
History of Action Films In the 1920’s/1930’s there were many sub-genre films (action adventure) which have a distressed and romantic element such as Swashbuckling, most of these types of films typically hold sword fighting and a heroic protagonist/protagonists which is normal set in Western Europe. Well-known actors of the 1920’s/1930’s are Douglas Fairbanks (who is an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. Douglas is well known from his Swashbuckling; however at the beginning of his…
whom dated his mother. Consequently, Tarantino spent much of his youth during the 1970s going to movie theaters in African American communities, which were the exclusive venues for blaxploitation film. Additionally, Tarantino was exposed to other exploitation films, b-movies, Spaghetti Westerns and other genre-driven movies essential to the era that utilized violence, sexuality, African American, and female characters that were uncommon to mainstream, Hollywood cinema. Quentin Tarantino has…
related to narrative of the film iconography - icons of the genre, regardless of relevance to story 20‘s-30‘s - Douglas Fairbanks 60‘s - Present - James Bond 70‘s - Martial Arts - Bruce Lee, Jean Claude Van Damme, Jet Li, Jackie Chan 80’s - Hong Kong, The Killer, Hard Boiled 90’s Women in Action without action, there is no film. people have to DO things its not a dirty word motion pictures The type, degree, the extravagance, the amount of action splits films into genres Not only have I never seen it…
continue to remake Horror films with reference to Nightmare on Elm Street 2010? This essay links to my coursework because I have produced two print articles for Media Magazine and Heat magazine. This relates to the key issues around Horror in my essay because I have produced a review for a newly released Horror film written by a break through female writer Lena Dunham and an interview with writer. In this essay I will be exploring the key issues around Horror as a genre and how horror has engaged…
