Film Analysis Essays

Whiplash Film Analysis
Damien Chazelle's critically acclaimed American drama film Whiplash (2014), presents a
thought–provoking and confronting depiction of volatile and manipulative relationships, in which
Andrew Niemen, a young ambitious jazz drummer is pushed to the brink of his ability and sanity by
his ruthless teacher, Terence Fletcher. Nieman's passion to achieve perfection quickly spirals into an
obsession. Whiplash proving highly popular with audiences utilizes cinematography to explore the
central themes, the battle between being a good person and being remembered and the effects of a
volatile and manipulative student–teacher relationship. Whiplash utilizes conventions and ideas from
the drama genre to communicate these central themes and film...show more content...
However, now Neiman's gradual spiral into an obsession for greatness has driven him to breaking
point. The car crash scene is the turning point in Nieman's character. His pursuit of perfection and
greatness has blinded him. At this point Neiman has lost his old self completely, his dialogue is
arrogant and hostile, he no longer cares for his band members or anything apart from greatness.
His gradual change of behaviour is evident through his dialogue 1:03:28 when Nieman is on the
telephone to one of his band members, he starts cursing and using profane language, similarly to
Fletcher. Drumming has become his life, he is no longer concentrated on being a good person
instead he is focused on being remembered, as demonstrated after the car accident, Nieman is
determined to succeed and please Fletcher, thus continuing to play. As he plays every excruciating
beat, his blood drips onto the drum set; representing the pain that he is willing to go to achieve
success. Neiman's madness is stopped by Fletcher's two words: "You're done". Along with lighting
and dialogue, the volatile and manipulative relationship between Fletcher and Nieman is explored
through Chazelles use of cinematography.
Music, editing, and camera angles are used by Chazelle to explore the effects of a volatile and
manipulative student–teacher relationship. The cinematography and music used throughout the scene
intensify the volatile relationship
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My Life
When I first learned about this assignment I got very excited; it would be so much fun to analyze
a move from a developmental perspective. I knew many movies from the list but never before
look at them from psychological view. Since I could not decide which movie to choose I made a
decision to watch all of them and pick one the most meaningful to me or related the most to my
life experiences. I choose to write about 'My Life'. In the movie Michael Keaton stars as Bob
Jones, who has just been informed that his wife Gail (Nicole Kidman) is pregnant with their first
child. However, he has also been told he has kidney cancer that has spread to his lungs. Doctors are
giving him not long than four month to live in which case Bob would not be...show more content...
Ivanovich doesn't show of anger or resentment toward god or faith beside this one moment when
he shouts at his main doctor after one of the consultations. In the meantime, under the persuasion
of his wife, Bob decides to visit a Chinese healer named Mr. Ho who urges him to listen to his
heart, which is calling him to forgive, and that life is always giving him invitations if he would
but listen. It was probably a turning point which made him rethink his life and initiate searching
for reasons of his inner anger. Mr. Ho's words were especially important and meaningful in the face
of earlier events at Bob's office. Jonson's assistant was asked to videotape a short conversation with
people in the office about their boss and co–worker. Apparently, he faced a lot of problems in
completion of this task since people either did not wanted to do it or were not honest about their
answers. They all seem to see Jonson as a nice person, very cleaver, funny and charming. "Great
men of PR, based on one of the magazines one of the most successful one..... the real wheeler–
dealer..... the best boss ever ." However, during a process of creating the video one of Bob's
coworkers, in the belief he was not recorded, expressed his true opinion about him. He admitted
that he rally does not know him and he doubts that Bob truly knows himself; " Jones is a product of
his own PR." Until the last

Frankenstein Film Analysis
Tiffiany Stewart
English 2122 British Literature
Module 11
11/29/2017
Film Analysis Essay
Mary Shelley "Frankenstein" and Kenneth Branagh Film "Frankenstein"
Film adaptations generally differ from the novel on which they are based. Between Frankenstein, a
novel by Mary Shelley, and the film adaptation by Kenneth Branagh, there are many differences in
detail, however this was done to illuminate major themes of the novel, for example, the dangers of
the constant pursuit of science and Victor Frankenstein's relationships. Nonetheless, there are
similarities in the undertone of both mediums that portray mutual morals. Reading the novel and
watching the film adaption demonstrated that although there are several differences between the
two, the...show more content...
This was a significant scene because it fostered the later the obsession Victor has with the
transference of energy and defeating death (13:01–15:36). Victor then takes his family on a walk and
while a lightning storm approached them, Victor set up an apparatus which then displayed to his
family how he could transfer electricity from the lightning to their bodies (Branagh). Though this
scene never happened in the novel, it was supportive to the understanding of Victor's deep curiosity
in science and proved how electricity is an initial notion of scientific study, which Victor later uses to
create life.
Victor Frankenstein then goes off to the University of Ingolstadt to study and become a medical
doctor (15:39–17:30). While he is in school he points out to everyone that Professor Waldman had
once experimented with reviving the dead. This successfully put Waldman's reputation at serious
risk, which Frankenstein uses as leverage to provoke Waldman's assistance in his own experiments.
Later, Victor's first trail at reviving life was bringing a frog back to life, and cheers his success.
This aspect of Frankenstein's personality, however, is best exemplified by the films chief departure
from the novel.
Branagh shows Victor to be a concentrated man who is incapable of accepting God's natural order
of life and death. For the reason alone, he

Get Out Film Analysis
Get Out is a film by Jordan Peele, which was release on February 24, 2017. Get Out is a social
thriller, which follows an interracial couple, Rose and Chris. Chris and Rose take a weekend to
visit her family, the Armitage family, home in a isolated area surrounded by a forest. The plot spirals
out of control following many disturbing discoveries by Chris and in turn, Chris must get out of the
Armitage household.
Jordan Peele's acclaimed social horror thriller "Get Out" released February 24th, 2017 in the USA
portrayed racial relation in America. The story follows Chris (Daniel Kaluuya), who is a talented,
young African American male photographer who is had been dating Rose Armitage (Allison
Williams) for five months. Rose takes Chris to...show more content...
Following this suggestion, the police officer backs off and wishes them safe travels. Chris then
tells Rose that it was 'hot' the way she stood up for him to the racist policeman as they continue to
drive to her parents' home. The behavior of the police officer fits the narrative as told by role schema.
Role schema, which is the cognitive structure that organizes one's knowledge about appropriate
behaviors, tells the audience that the police officer initial purpose was to help Chris and Rose. The
role and expectations associated with these categories are commonly referred to as stereotypes –
mental representations of social groups and their members that are widely shared. (Hamilton &
Sherman, 1994; Macrae, Stangor & Hewstone, 1996; and Stangor & Lange, 1994). Expectations
from our memory tell us how police officers are to act through real life situations we experience
and from what we are taught. We then make inferences and judge whether the officer is acting
"correct" based upon these experiences and teachings. The term 'correct' is subjective, and define
differently from out group members to stigmatized group members. Police officers' purpose is to
protect and serve civilians; however, social expectation theory challenges the role schema of police.
The social expectation theory applies to audience members who have learned what to expect from
certain groups of people by viewing media and have not learned it through real life

Outline Of An Informative Speech On Film Scores
SPC 2608 INFORMATIVE FULL SPEAKING OUTLINE
SPEECH TITLE: Film Scores 101
SPECIFIC PURPOSE: My purpose is to inform my audience about the history of film scores, how
they are made, and how film scores have changed recently because of technology.
CENTRAL IDEA/THESIS: Film scores are an undoubtedly important part of the movie watching
experience, however you may not know about how they were first introduced, the process it takes to
make them, or how they have changed over time.
INTRODUCTION:
1.GET ATTENTION: {Listen to Jaws Theme} Many people as soon as they hear that ominous and
menacing piece of music, immediately think of the iconic 1975 thriller classic known as Jaws. And
by chance if you did not recognize the Jaws theme, there are plenty of other iconic film scores that
you would recognize.
2.CLEARLY REVEAL TOPIC: I am here today to inform you about some things you many have
not known about how your favorite film scores came to be.
3.LISTENER RELEVANCE: Since film scores are such an important part of movies, it makes sense
to learn a little bit more about them.
4.ESTABLISH CREDIBILITY: I spend a lot of time listening to scores while I study, so one day I
decided to actually learn how my favorites were made. I've spent a considerable amount of time
researching the topic since.
5.PREVIEW MAIN POINTS: Today I would like to share with you some of the history of film
scores, how they are made, and how scores have evolved in more recent times due to advances in

Hollywood Film Analysis
The classic Hollywood movie was dominated by a misogynistic view of sex and gender. The
Hollywood film rose rapidly as one of the highest earning industries in America in the early twentieth
century. As a result of the traditional patriarchal society of the era it was the men who owned the
studios, the men who wrote the scripts, the men who worked behind the scenes, and the men who
held the leading roles that dominated the industry. In this paper, I will discuss in brief my experience
in viewing the short film by Tracy Moffatt (2003). Second, examine the feminist theories of Mulvey
(1975) that provide a psychoanalysis of the 'male gaze' and how these views of sex and gender were
placed in the movie. Finally, I will provide a counter...show more content...
The criteria of this theory examined how women's roles were perceived, were they passive or
active, did they receive adequate screen time and were their roles stereotypical of the female genre,
did the roles 'reinforce sexism'. In addition, in its infancy, this theory examined the meaning of the
text and what affects they had on the audience and the primary focus on the 'male gaze' and
'spectatorship'.
Moreover, Laura Mulvey's essay, 'Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema' (1975), Mulvey applied
the psychoanalysis theories of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan and combined them with
feminist theory to analyse the woman's role in film. Mulvey argues that women play roles that are
passive and women are only used as a 'visual pleasure' to accompany the 'male actor', that is to say,
the woman's role is to highlight the 'patriarchal order' of the male, hence the woman is 'objectified
and exploited'. According to Mulvey, this manifests in the way the male actor perceives the female
actor and the character she plays. The 'male gaze' is defined in three points made by Mulvey, the
man behind the camera, the male representation in the film, and the male spectator. In addition,
Mulvey argues, that the female character has an impact on the audience both male and female.
These passive female roles reinforce the patriarchal view on the male audience and his

Film Analysis
There is always a time and place for everything, no matter where we are in this world. Sometimes,
it takes the smallest and the largest of things to really find yourself in this vast society. One of
those things is filming, otherwise known as film in general. Throughout the world, there are
people who direct films to often give a story that captivates us. In these films, we not only see
what the Director sees in his eyes, but we also see life in its finest detail. Capturing the life that
moves around us is an art and when we fully take the advantage of remembering our past, not only
will we be able to encounter the days of our past, but we will be able to look towards the future as
well.
When we look at the films that countless of Directors...show more content...
The study of sociology has to do with the society as a whole, while the study of psychology has to
do with the human behavior. In film, we look at the psychological reading of characters. In many
films where the setting takes place in a hospital or a dark house, we usually see characters with
abnormal features that often frighten people. Edward Scissor–Hands is a good example. Although
the story of Scissor–Hands was well written and well established, the concept of the character left a
horrifying remark. In many cases, the way a character is developed often leads to a specific genre
being picked. The way we look into the human behavior of a character can differ from each person.
Sometimes you will have one person view the characters development on how they changed, while
another will simply look at how the character is portrayed throughout the film. Either way, both
methods are correct in looking into the human behavior of one specific character. Using this type of
analysis can be an advantage as in international cinema, we are privy to experiencing and learning
about many different characters that are often introduced

Cinematography Essay examples
Today, the movie industry has become a huge moneymaker in the entertainment business. You
cannot turn on the television without seeing advertisements for the next big blockbuster film.
While most of the films these days entertain with amazing special effects or raunchy comedy,
there are still films that thrive because of great acting, directing, and editing. Three films that I
believe would be great examples of the way these aspects can cause a film to excel are ?Any
Given Sunday?, ?The Cell?, and ?Almost Famous?. ?Any Given Sunday? shows how, by using
editing, a movie can portray an intense situation realistically. In ?The Cell?, color is used to
differentiate between how we see things in reality and how...show more content...
Panning shots of cheering fans and screaming coaches along with occasional shots of the game being
broadcast on a television with commentators giving their take on the action send the viewer back to
the reality that they are only watching the action and not participating in it. While watching this
movie you truly feel like you are in the game.
?The Cell?, instead of focusing on accurately portraying reality, takes you to the dream world.
Catherine Deane, played by Jennifer Lopez, is a child psychologist involved in an experimental
project that allows her to travel inside the mind of coma victims to try to draw them away from
their fears and thus out of their coma. This movie portrays the journey inside the mind much like
you would depict a dream. When Deane is inside a young child, whose main concern seems to be
a fear of the ?boogie man?, the world she enters is a beautiful desert scene where the sky is bright
blue with puffy white clouds. She is always dressed in bright white dresses and seems to glow.
This depicts that she has earned the child?s trust. All color is brighter in this dreamlike world.
Even though these experiments had not been successful bringing the child out of the coma, Dean
was able to learn a lot about the child. This caused a couple of detectives to approach her about
entering the mind of a serial killer who had slipped into a coma with the goal of discovering the
location of his most recent captive.

Film Analysis Essay
So, I've decided to start watching films by themes every week. Forcing myself not only to put a
break to the insane amount of TV shows I have been watching (I'm back on the TV binge again, I
don't know how it happens, but I always go back to it) but to also analyse patterns within the film
industry. First week. Gyllenhaal week, Jake Gyllenhaal to be precise. He has always had really
intriguing choices/ or been given interesting characters, trying not to be pinpointed by a single form
of filmmaking. But, there are always patterns, and I can't remember during this week any film that
he didn't have any love interest. Which comes to questions, that he always is an object of romantic
desire, even when he is playing a creepy man recording late night...show more content...
the references to spiders as women come from dreamlike states. the tram lines that surround the city
resembling webs in the sky, the Louise bourgeois Maman spider–like controlling the city. the film
has many interpretations and many different subjects being dealt with, it being the idea of
individual and maybe the lack of it in this society or the fear of the understanding of the female. it
is open for interpretation. although I might say that the spiders aren't referenced in the book. so...
there's that. it has a yellow tone, a desaturation that can characterise the lack of individuality of
the being in a society like that. here's the rundown of films I watched that week, and a bit of a
review to them lol not really. (some were rewatched) (give a star system) Donnie Darko
(overrated tbh) Zodiac ( a true icon ) Demolition ( can't truly remember what happened there, but
Naomi watts was in it, I think?) Jarhead (incredibly fascinating, plus the fact that the editing god,
Walter Murch edited this film and in the film, they were watching apocalypse now, another film
edited by him, was true meta moment The day after tomorrow ( classic !!! this film was 2012 before
2012 was 2012 ) Love and other drugs ( that was strange ) Enemy ( !!! AAAAAAAAAAAA

Film Analysis: Wall-E
At the beginning of the movie shows Wall–E working and traveling through town and all the
skyscrapers are constructed out of garbage.Earth is swamp with garbage and the lacking of plant
and animals are evidentv(except for his pet the cockroach named Hal).This part of the movie while
a little exagerted it has a realistic force. Is the planet is fill with trash it will decay the plants and
affectes greatly the animals.The garbage breaks down if given enough time. The time vary depending
upon the density of the matter, weather conditions and
temperatures.

Macbeth Film Analysis
Macbeth Film Review
In the 2010 film adaptation of the tragedy Macbeth, Robert Gould – the director – takes a spin on the
Shakespearean play and switches up the setting to add character to the film. While changing the
historical setting is bold and risky, it alludes to a bigger theme: history repeating itself. In a sense
there is a comparison of power struggles during the 11th century and early 1940s. It is not hard to
make these connections within the 180 minutes of the film but some scenes tend to be slow and
repetitive of the message being given. Power is one of the biggest sources of conflict in the film, as
Macbeth (played by the talented Patrick Stewart) is continuously trying to protect his claim to the
throne. Macbeth is clearly compared to Stalin when he goes on a hiatus for power.
The opening science presents viewers with the implementation that war is occurring and a traitor
has been caught. The three nurse, who we later find out represent the three witches, went on to give
Macbeth and Banquo (Martin Turner) a prophecy. Macbeth then goes on a quest to fulfill that
prophesy with the help of his wife, Lady Macbeth (Kate Fleetwood). As he double crosses the
people closest to him, he learns that it is not easy to have so much power. Thus, throughout the
course of the movie, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are challenged by others around them – or so they
think. But as you know, this is a tragedy, meaning nothing good can possibly come out of this film.
Before watching this film, you should know that it takes places underground for majority of the
film. Maybe the director meant for this to be symbolic but it is hard to tell. For example, in one
scene there is a sink in the middle of a hallway. Nothing else, just a sink. This is where I
questioned if they had the budget to make this film spectacular. But I would think a PBS
production would have brought more character to the setting. Also, the film clearly makes
connections to World War II but the setting skips pass showing any aspects of war; except for the
montage of war footage. The only thing used to remind viewers that this is supposed to be during
World War II are the props, mainly the picture of Macbeth. However, Gould produced amazing
camera angles by

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