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1. Unfortunately, many individuals in our society are considered at "great risk" for psychological problems. Identify the psychosocial issues in the movie that should cause individuals to seek professional counseling help (even if some individuals could not afford to pay).
The film is a romance-comedy-drama written and directed by David O. Russell and based from the novel of the same title by Matthew Quick. It tells the story of a former History teacher, Patrizio "Pat" Solitano, Jr. (Bradley Cooper), who wants to reunite with his wife, Nikki (Brea Bee), after spending eight months of therapy for bipolar ...

Any person can acknowledge that sex sells, particularly Carl Jr. Considering the commercials done by Mr. Carl Jr., it is clear that he uses models that are extremely sexualized for more than ten years. There is no exception to the advert where Charlotte McKinney, a model was the center of everybody’s attention for the approximately 50 second commercial. After a closer look at the advert, this essay is to give its presentation more into what goes in the commercial rather than just boobs and burgers. Consideration is given to the distribution of characters (femininity versus masculinity), text and ...

The kids TV analysis is based on the cartoon programme “adventure time” which was aired on April 16th 2016. The code title for this episode thirty of season seven is “Lady Rainicorn of the Crystal Dimension”. The episode is set on T.V finding a hidden box which draws attention from Rainicorn. The episode is set in a green environment, showing the importance of conserving the nature. Children are made to realize the beauty that is created by the green environment. The plot is continuous and changes as the episode progresses. As the episode proceeds it is evident that the ...

The business world today depends on building their businesses to meet the expected targets. One sure way of achieving this is through advertisements. Advertisements can be in the form of television commercials. Many people at times do not subscribe to the commercials on the television. Billboards on the streets are sometimes not preferred, yet people would take longer to view those that have funny elements.
The movie “Art & Copy” gives a different view about advertisements. The movie indicates that people have no problem with the advertisements. However, they have a problem with those advertisements that do not meet their expectations. ...

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Patient safety, ethical stand and patient centered care is more concerned with healthcare givers providing patients which they deem harmless and also takes into account their wellbeing both emotionally and physically. Effective communication is the key tool that can be used to address the problem of undesirable patient outcomes since it has been established that a reduction in stress and anxiety is usually brought about by patients complying with their medication and also being involved in a proactive form of effective communication. In addition to reduced stress levels, it is also crucial to note that effective communication boosts the ...

The following analysis of Persona and Solaris reveals how movies from unlike countries and of different genres portray the development of opposite human personalities while losing or gaining humanity under the external influences and internal self-recognition. The attempts to create a fine movie about internal and external of human life do not often impress much, especially nowadays when we experience an endless flow of visual images. Probably, it inspires people to look back at the classic works that not only represent the unusual transformations in the forms of self but also produce extraordinary rhythms in the scenes (Tarkovsky 113). ...

David Redmon directed the film Mardi Gras: Made in China in 2005. In this film he wanted to show the problem of exploitative manufacturing caused by the outsourcing of production from the developed countries to China and other developing countries. The film is very unusual, because it focuses not on the production of cars or other technically complicated products and instead the director shows the life-cycle of the beads that are produced in China and shipped to New Orleans where they are usually sold in large numbers during the Mardi Gras festival. Those people who watch the film can ...

Cinematic Techniques Analysis

Generally, The Conversation (1974), directed by Francis Coppola, tells the story of Harry Caul, a surveillance expert, hired by the Director of an anonymous corporation to track a couple. His mission involves recording the couple’s conversation outdoors. He refines the technology to enhance his eavesdropping into the couple’s conversations and overhears of a possible murder. He does nothing to warn the couples and witnesses their killings. It haunts him to know that, through his work, he played a part in the murder of the couple by the corporation. In the end, his apartment is also bugged.

The implicit argument, here, is ...

The Coal Country documentary is a masterpiece. It entails a fascinating investigation of the environmental, societal, and political effects concerning coal mining in Appalachia. As a matter of fact, the film pays attention to the removal of the mountaintop (Boelte, 2015). It is well documented that mountaintop removal is a procedure where mountains are razed by explosives so that extractors and other agencies can reveal the coal exposed in mountain tops.
The film director has perfected his art as the documentary sends a strong environmental message vis-à-vis the damage caused by this type of exploration. The Coal Country ...

The movie “Birdman”, filmed by the Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu in 2014, created a furor in the cinematography. This film uses a lot of unusual cinematic techniques, which we are going to analyze in our paper.
     Let us start with the camera work done by Emmanuel Lubezki, who used quite interesting techniques when shooting. First of all, you need to say about the angles of the shots. Emmanuel Lubezki filmed shots from low angles. These pictures give the impression that the subject is of great importance, and has certain strength. These shots make the viewers feel ...

Broculture and The Hangover

Abstract
The concept of broculture and bromance in the movie, The Hangover provides a new understanding into the changing conception of masculinity in the modern man as depicted in popular culture. It is both a celebration of uber-masculinity and the liberation of the individual, in particular, the male from traditional conventions through the experimentation with drugs and alcohol.This paper seeks to examine the treatment of broculture in by Phillips in The Hangover. The first part provides a short synopsis of the movie and explores the choice and treatment of the setting of Las Vegas. The second part looks at ...

The documentary film Mardi Gras: Made in China was directed by David Redmon and won a large number of awards. There are many films about the pros and cons of globalization for the USA and China, but this film is in many ways unique. The director shows how difficult the production process of the beads is and at the same time how meaninglessly the beads are used in New Orleans during the Mardi Grass celebrations. By means of the contrast scenes and focus on the beads, which are useless products, the film makes the viewers sympathize with the Chinese ...

Movie Review

“Laputa: The Castle in the Sky” became the first animation film produced on Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata’s “Studio Ghibli”. Maybe it is because of the success of the given movie “Ghibli” became a synonym of a high-quality feature animation for many years ahead. Produced in distant 1986 the movie has not been forgotten until today. Is it because of the bright plot of genius writer and director Hayao Miyazaki or memorable music theme of a wonderful composer Joe Hisaishi, but “The Castle in the Sky” even nowadays continues to amaze the audience with its romantic kindness, taking ...

The Chinese film “Red Cliff” presents the epic war story of the battle between the Kingdom of Wei and “rebels” – the Kingdoms of Chu and Wu. It was directed by John Woo, who tried to pass the atmosphere of ancient China - the time when the Han dynasty came to its end. The film is separated into two parts, as the story takes in total over four hours. The heroes of the film are presented greatly – they all have different characters and life positions, their hobbies differ too (“Red Cliff”).

How do the characters make reference to Confucianism and personify its value?

Confucianism considered morality, ethics and governance issues, so the ...

“The Moped Diaries” is one of those short films that can be appreciated loved by many different audiences. However, it is difficult for the audiences to say what they like about this film. To explain why this film is so popular is an even more difficult task as a description may not do it justice.
While there are many elements about this film that make it so interesting, the fact that it is a bit on the quirky side. There is slight humor when there should not be such as when the entire family is looking at their motor ...

A short film “Ghost Recon: Alpha” is the background to the game “Ghost Recon: Future Soldier”, released in 2012 (Alaux et al.). The French company, engaged in the video games production, Ubisoft performed the adaptation of the given film. After a bad start of the game Prince of Persia on the big screen, Ubisoft came to a more serious approach to this issue. Ubisoft decided to perform shootings of the acclaimed video game series “Assassin's Sreed” through its own efforts and at its own expense, thereby fully preserving copyright movies. Such a move is quite expected, as this will ...

Life is one journey that causes the people living it to feel entrapped in different situations. It is then left upon the individuals to figure out ways out of this entrapment. To start with, the main actor is trapped. A famous photographer called Jeff is the main hero of the movie. He is trapped physically to a wheel chair. The cause of this is a broken leg that is accompanied by a heavy cast. The cast covers his body to the hip restricting his movements. Jeff cannot leave his apartment no matter how much he would like to. There ...

My reaction to the video is that am amazed by the people who can memorize hundreds of numbers by looking at them at a glance. From my previous understanding I would say that these kinds of people are talented to some extent. This is contrary to what Joshua Foer says in the video. The ability to memorize something depends on how we pay attention to the situation at hand and how we engage our minds to enable you create images of what you want to memorize and determining their meaning (Foer, 2012). I think it ...

Vertigo is a brilliant piece of work that presents psychoanalytic issue in an efficient manner. Vertigo is a psychological thriller directed by A. Hitchcock. The movie was premiered during sixties and praised by the audience. The director utilized all film elements in a manner to create an impression on the minds of audience. All filmic elements such as sound, color, music makes the movie very remarkable. This paper presents a detailed analysis of movie Vertigo, and how director illustrated psychoanalytical issue in an impressive manner.
Vertigo has great influence of 1920’s art and movies that emphasize on imagination and experiments. Vertigo ...

World War II was a time in which many people experienced destruction and depression. Throughout the world there was killing and the unforgettable deeds done by a man named Adolf Hitler. Schindler’s List is a movie in which portrays one man’s influence on the war and his actually influence on saving the lives of so many Jews. This paper looks to discuss World War II briefly so there is a better understanding of the war but also a detailed look at the movie of Schindler’s List. Oscar Schindler is the main character in the movie that was mainly pursuing the work ...

Stuart Rosenberg, the director of the film, Cool Hand Luke (1967), is one of the most noted filmmakers in the history of world cinema. Born in 1927, Rosenberg completed his graduation and started hi training as an editor on television programs. At the age of thirty, he graduated from being an editor to a director. After directing close to as many as 50 episodes, he moved to making movies. Thus, he went on to make memorable films like movies Cool Hand Luke, The Amityville Horror, Voyage of the Damned and The Pope of Greenwich Village that immortalized him as a stalwart ...

Film Journal: The Breathless (1960) and Blow up (1966)
The camera style (shots and movement) of the film Breathless can be described as a bold visual style that attracts much attention for motion pictures. The police shooting Michel in the streets after an evasive and long death run signifies the motion picturesque that utilizes camaflex camera techniques. Such camera style, As a result, makes Godard wants to draw a picture of unsuited illusions not so best framed for my existentially challenging times in relationships.
The Editing style of the film builds on the hyperactive style that use abrupt jump cuts ...

Film Analyzing: Step Brothers (2008)
The director of the film uses variety of methods to draw viewer’s attention on characters. It is notable, that practically in every scene with both of step brothers they appear on the screen together. Thus the director aims to show their emotions underneath their childish masks, point out how deeply interconnected they are and how alike they are.
The background music conveys an atmosphere of the film, which is not dramatic mostly and can be referred to as an “adolescent fun”. The art of sound effects contribute a lot to building general ...

Great works of literature are usually attempted to be adapted to the movie screens, as they are a wonderful source for a captivating plot, and the 1925 novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is not an exception. The novel is widely recognized as one of the best novels not only of its time, but also of the 20th century. No wonder that there are at least 5 known film adaptations of the work, but two of them, namely The Great Gatsby of 1974 shot by Jack Clayton and The Great Gatsby of 2013 by Baz Luhrmann are the ...

Abstract

"Good Will Hunting" is an American movie, which was directed by Gus Van Sant, and was finished in 1997. The film is dedicated to the memory of Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs. The film is included in the list of 250 best films according to IMDB.
The film is devoted to the problem of attachment disorder, that is considered to be a mental disorder resulting from the absence of close emotional contact with parents in early childhood. And how this disorder can be expressed in illegible friendly behavior, aimed at attracting attention.
This film shows how it is ...

“Casablanca” by Michael Curtiz is an anti-Nazi film based on the play. The romantic drama of 1942 starring Ingrid Bergman represents an outstanding example of interesting methods in cinematography. “Casablanca” is a black and white film with high-key lighting and mostly deep focus (except for the close-up scenes with the main characters where shallow focus is used). To make the eyes of the main female character sparkle, the director used softening gauze filter and catch lights. This method gave the effect of the nostalgic and sad glance. The director uses normal lens, so the perspective is normal and the focal ...

It is an evident fact that the term integrity is used in a different context that changes its meanings pertaining to the subject where it applies. For instance, integrity of the written content may be questioning its originality. The same concept being applied to the situation of the building would interrogate its ability to withstand the load. The purpose of this paper is to formulate a personal definition of integrity and then apply it to the scenarios taken from the episode of Malcolm in the Middle entitled, “Water Parks”. In such a manner, it will be easier to understand the contextual meanings ...

Ireneo Funes develops skills that should be beneficial for the entire human race. He is a savant. However, his skills turn out to be a disaster to him. He is a miracle wasted. Funes demonstrates that the ability of the brain is yet to be understood. He has a memory that even the experts of the time such as Borges cannot comprehend. Had there been an appreciation of his skills, Funes should have been recognized globally and may be used as the best global diary or world clock thus giving him proper care and utilizing his capabilities.
Funes fell off his horse, ...

The animated film Rio 2 that appeared on screens in spring 2014 is a sequel to the infamous and highly successful Rio introduced to the wide public in 2011. The movie’s target audience is the children, although the ratings and reviews showed that the story was greatly appreciated by other age groups, as well. The main characters of the movies stayed the same, while the new plot was supported by the new protagonists and antagonists. The mood of the movie is just as kind and spiritual as the one of the first film. The creators of the movie shared a ...

This is a 2003 South Korean film in form of a psychological horror. It was written and directed by Kim Ji-woon. This movie was as a result of a folktale entitled ‘Janghwa Hongryeon’ which was done by Joseon Dynasty. This folktale by Joseon has been adapted to several films, including that of ‘a tale of two sisters’. It is basically on two sisters who faced a lot of problems and challenges. This is because after returning from the hospital, they experience several disturbing events which involve them and their step mother. The superb acting of this movie has seen it win a price of the best ...

The Personals

The movie was shot in 1998 by Chen Kou-Fu. The next year the movie was presented at the Cannes Festival. The story described in the movie, in my opinion, is rather banal. There is a woman who is rather busy and does not have time for her personal life. However, she is at that very age when everybody around her has a family. She decided to solve the problem with a partner by simply posting an ad in a newspaper. Soon she gets more than a hundred calls. The “potential” partners are rather strange: beginning with a restaurant manager who adores shoes and ending with a ...

Movie making began long time ago. However, radical cinema came up in the early 1960s. Within the time given, there have been distinct ways to determine the creation of a movie. Most people who came to radical film making had little knowledge. Due to their poor level of knowledge, the film makers developed the already existing cinematic techniques. The cinematic techniques include; first, the shots, improvisation, close-ups, camera location and type of lighting. Among other cinematic techniques include the use of jump cuts. They are the edits made in a continuous scene of footage, without having to transit hence gives the ...

Introduction

The movie is about the murders committed by Mrs. Bates because her jealousy of seeing Norman with a beautiful woman. Marion made a mistake of running with her employee client’s money and become the first victim. On her way to her lover's place she decides to spend a night in the Bate Motel where she was stub to death by an old jealous woman (Norman’s mother) after being seen with Norman. Marion disappearance also leads to the death of a detective who was also stub while trying to investigate the where about of Marion.
The shareholder of the movie includes ...

The movie talks about a young girl named Dorothy who is lostin the land of OZ. The girl had been swept by cyclones from her original home within Kansas. The only help the girl can acquire in returning back home is looking for a wizard. Dorothy lived with her uncle and auntie who did not give her enough attention. The lack of attention from the relatives made the girl wish to get to a land where she would find peace. The arrival of Dorothy in the land of OZ is marked with tragedy because of the killing of the witch of the ...

1. Describe the main character and determine what psychological disorder he is suffering from? Substantiate your answers with information from your textbook.
John Nash, the main character in the 2002 movie A Beautiful Mind is a gifted scholar at Princeton University (Howard & Grazer, 2002). Nash is a genius in the field of mathematics seeking to stand out from other gifted mathematicians at the institution through individual contribution to the field. Unfortunately, he is fazed by a serious challenge of dealing with a mental illness that Nevid (2012) referred to as schizophrenia . Dr Rosen, the psychiatrist in the film, diagnoses him with the ...

Robert Zemeckis' 1994 dramatic epic Forrest Gump tells the tale of the eponymous character, a mentally challenged man who recounts his life experiencing some of the most interesting times in American history - the Vietnam war, the Red Scare, the hippie movement, Reagan-era America - blithely unaware of the importance of the events that he experienced. In this way, Forrest's lack of awareness or incuriousness is reflected in the attitudes of the film; in many ways, Forrest Gump feels like a pastiche of the 'greatest hits' in American history, without really exploring them in depth. In this way, Forrest Gump is ...

1. What is the title of the film, what (brief summary) is it about (subject, topic)?
The film that I chose to watch is Disney’s Oceans, which was released in 2010. This film is a documentary put out by the Disney Company that demonstrates ocean life. The filmmaker, Jaques Perrin, wanted to depict the mysterious life of the ocean and educate people about what happens beneath the water.2. Why did you choose this documentary to view? What did you expect to learn or experience from this film?I chose this documentary because I have always loved all Disney ...

1. What is the title of the film, what (brief summary) is it about (subject, topic)?

The title of the film is “Super Size Me”. This film is a documentary by Morgan Spurlock in which he wants to investigate the way that McDonald’s food affects the body. He does so by eating only McDonald’s food for 30 days and documenting the negative effects that it has on his body. The film is called “Super Size Me” because, as part of the experiment, Spurlock was required to “Super Size” his meal whenever he was asked by a McDonald’s ...

In Ridley Scott’s 1982 science-fiction film Blade Runner, the detailed world that provides the film with its setting is created and filmed in a unique and interesting way. The setting is Los Angeles in the far-flung future of 2019, where corporations rule the world and synthetic humans called replicants have been outlawed. The film follows bounty hunter Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) as he is ordered to hunt down several replicants who have escaped to Earth. The care taken in the creation of the world of Blade Runner, in combination with the abstract, breathtaking story, creates a visual and cultural futurist’ ...

Film studies: The Drifters

The twentieth century opened the new era of development and led to collision of the modern industrialized world and pure untouched nature.
John Grierson was extremely fond of tendencies of the modern art. He would consider them to reflect the coming changes in their full extent. The other peculiarity was his interest in Soviet films, especially those of Sergei Eisenstein. All these things rolled into one were expressed in the brand-new technique of representing the reality.

After Lumier brothers John Grierson made another breakthrough which became the turning point in the history of the whole cinematography. He appeared ...

This movie employs an intensely defective character that makes him remain seriously popular among action movie lovers. Despite all the faults, he remains largely rational and combines faultless logic with enthusiastic scrutiny, accompanied with impressive attention to details. This is the core of the movie; finding resolutions to situations by relying on instincts and scrutiny.This article looks at the movie plot with regarding to adoption of the source materials and science in the 19th century.The movie regards Holmes’ face to face with monsters that would otherwise invade London.
The plot in the movie revolves around the advent of ...

Movie Review-Hamlet, with Mel Gibson

Juliet, Othello, Taming of the Shrew), the authenticity of the setting is most crucial for

capturing and engaging the audience’s attention for the entirety of the play. Zeffirelli has

chosen a twelfth-century Welsh castle to be the setting of the Royal Castle of Elsinor in

Denmark. Its ramparts, round towers, dark hallways and twisting stairs are the imagery

needed to uncover King Hamlet’s murder and to weave Hamlet’s elaborate plan to exact

his full revenge upon those responsible.

Shakespeare plays are not meant to be read silently but to be performed, with the

flow of the language, ...

When Lives Collide

Paul Haggis’s 2004 film Crash is a powerful view of the intersecting lives of many people and families of different races, classes, economic status, and careers in modern day Los Angeles. It is difficult to summarize the movie because there are so many important characters and intertwining storylines. There is Graham (Don Cheadle), a police officer whose mother is a junkie and brother is a criminal. Daniel (Michael Pena) is a locksmith and a kind-hearted family man not trusted by some of his customers because of his tattoos and tough looks. Farhad (Shaun Toub), a Persian shopkeeper, buys a gun to protect his family. Rick (Brendan ...

Scene 14: June: A Dance Party at the Colony (Start: 1h 33m 37s - End: 1h 38m 49s)

In the 2004 film The Motorcycle Diaries, a young Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Gael Garcia Bernal) goes on a cross-continent trip on a beaten-down motorcycle with his friend Alberto Granado (Rodrigo de la Serna) to see the sights and be one with the land before settling down. Over the course of the film, Ernesto and Granado learn a great deal about themselves and the rest of South America, including some of the economic and social inequalities that would eventually spur Ernesto into action as one of ...

Oliver Parker’s version of ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ is a witty horror movie that captures subtlety of Oscar Wilde’s writing. The movie is somewhat different from previous attempts of screening the story about a young and handsome Dorian Gray.

The setting of the movie takes place in 19th century London. Dorian Gray (Ben Barnes), an extraordinarily beautiful and pleasant man, moves to this big city after the death of his grandfather. Dorian starts to enjoy a life of wealthy London Victorian society, as he inherited great deal of money from his relative. Soon he meets two of the people, ...

Bird like me is a film that displays the historical devastation of Mississippi City. The devastation is not just about human activities but also the negligence that the state has been exposed to. Compared to other cities of United States, Mississippi had not been given the attention that it required to make it environmentally safe. The issue that has been raised and is responsible for negligence is racism, which is widespread in the city. There were no measures to minimize on illegal dumping of waste products as well as land grabbing by private developers. The people in the city have ...

Feminism in Movies: Just Wright

Introduction

Decades after Mary Wollstonecraft began the suffrage movement, women’s liberation is in its third wave and has changed its style with feminists shedding the image of bra-burning activists to one of “the woman on the top” (Britannica Encyclopedia). According to prolific feminist studies writer Susan J. Douglas, as advocated by the British female pop group, Spice Girls, feminism has become a dirty word, and girl power has become the acceptable way to think and speak of strong women (2010). Feminists are no longer women clad in baggy clothes striving for better recognition and respect for their gender. In the ...

In revising this piece, one of the main aspects that needs to be addressed is the choice of language used. In a piece of academic writing, it is essential to use formal language. In this piece the student has, at times, used colloquial language. An example of this is the line, “The cinematography followed the look established in Batman Begins by using subdued colours, lots of darkness and a more restrained visual style than the one seen in the late 80s and 90s”. Instead of the words ‘lots of,’ the student should have used something more formal, for example ‘many’. This ...

INTRODUCTION

In the 1982 science-fiction film Blade Runner, director Ridley Scott takes great care to fashion a detailed, unique dystopian world for the characters to inhabit. The setting is Los Angeles in the (at the time of production) dystopian future of 2019, where corporations rule the world and synthetic humans called replicants have been outlawed. The film follows bounty hunter Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) as he is tasked to hunt down several replicants who have escaped to Earth. The care taken in the creation of the world of Blade Runner, in combination with the dreamlike, meandering story, creates a visual and cultural ...

Stories about journalists investigating scandals have always been popular topics for films. First and foremost it can be explained by a desire of a human being to rummage in the staff of other people, to take the skeleton out of a cupboard and learn all the ins and outs of another person. Journalists are similar to sleuthhounds, which are poking their nose into affairs of others, making a sensation out of it. And when it comes to political scandals, their interest is boosted even more.

The film, directed by Alan J. Pakula All the President’s Men, is a paragon of a film, where journalists ...