Film Review : Film Films

There’s no doubt that Star Wars is one of the most impactful films of all time, having changed the movie-making game ever since it premiered in 1977. It quickly became a global phenomenon and has accumulated some of the most passionate fans in the universe. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope is a great example to use in order to illustrate the properties discussed throughout the course. In this paper, I will analyze the entire movie. To begin, I will start by giving some basic information about the motion picture, such as the director and type of film. Next, I will provide a brief summary of the film.

Firstly, it is important to understand how the documentary form is best suited to illustrate the film’s theme. In order to do this, one must have an overview of the documentary style of filmmaking. Documentaries concern themselves with the “exploration of

CRITICALLY DISCUSS ANY OF THE FILMS SCREENED IN THE COURSE IN RELATION TO DISCOURSES SURROUNDING THE “DEATH OF CINEMA”. WHY ARE SUCH IDEAS/DISCOURSES ATTRACTIVE TO PARTICULAR FILMMAKERS AND TYPES OF CINEMA?

1895 was the year where Documentaries first begun when the very first films were invented by the Lumiere Brothers who created a camera that was able to capture the life around them through short, unedited clips. Audience members during this period were blown away and fascinated by seeing the first moving photographs as they were able to watch detailed movement captured by a film camera for the very first time. Then came a film called, “Nanook of the north” made by Robert Flaherty in 1922 and was when the term “documentary” was invented by a man named John Grierson as

“Hollywood usually ends up swallowing people and eating them alive”, are some of the beginning words in the National Geographic docu-series Drugs Inc... The documentary is rightly names “Hollywood high” because of its raw footage. This film is a chilling depiction of drugs and Hollywood. Its uncut material shows the reality of how drugs can affect people of every walk of life. A person doesn’t have to be rich or poor to become drug dependent. The film goes on to say how “fame hungry wannabes” and the “panhandling homeless” are two of the main populations to be affected by Hollywood’s thriving drug trade. Some of the other populations affected by Hollywood’s thriving drug trade are those who want to “stay up” and “be thin”. This film is not only about the populations affected by the thriving Hollywood drug trade but also the drug dealers and doctors who provide the drugs to that population.

Films are also treasures of culture, filled with clues and insights into the attitudes and perceptions of the people of the day. While documentary films obviously present a historical record of people and events, dramatic fictional movies can also reveal the same. Comparing the main characters in Hitchcock's 1934

“The documentary tradition as a continually developing “record” that is made in so many ways, with different voices and vision, intents and concerns, and with each contributor, finally, needing to meet a personal text” (Coles 218). Coles writes “The Tradition: Fact and Fiction” and describes the process of documenting, and what it is to be a documentarian. He clearly explains through many examples and across disciplines that there is no “fact or fiction” but it is intertwined, all in the eye of the maker. The documentarian shows human actuality; they each design their own work to their own standards based on personal opinion, values, interest and whom they want the art to appeal to.

Comedy is also relatively short compared to other genre of movies. These two genres found to be the most popular movie genres than the other categories.

This documentary has a voice which is the most important part of any movie, furthermore, it has it own way of living and breathing and speaking to

During the period of American industrialization from 1940 to 1945, people’s lives experienced huge changes. However, some issues of urban life were exposed at that time, for example, the housing problems, environment problems, as well as healthcare problems, etc. Many directors liked to use documentary to record what they see because of its “reality”. In my annotated filmography, I will mainly analyze shots, sounds, as well as narrative structures.

A movie reviewer for a newspaper has the intriguing job of previewing movies, and even the honor of determining the success of the movie. Today we will discuss more of what this job entails, and even how you could get this job for yourself. First let us start off with the job description.

In this essay, I will explain why a documentary is always more realistic than a fiction film. I will show my thesis by exploring elements that influence how realistic a film is: film editing and format, genre, and transparency. I will use the documentary of Armadillo (2010), by Janus Pedersen, and the fiction film of The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968), by Danièle Huille as examples.

Fatima, you did a great job in analyzing similar themes of Coover and Ruby’s work!! In addition, From Vérité to Virtual: Conversations on the Frontier of Film and Anthropology, is consist of an anthropological panelist that take into account a list questions regarding documentary truthfulness, collaboration, and visual representation. Michel Brault emphasizes the fact that “documentary hides its truth behind the image, a mere reflection of reality. Now we have even better reason to know that social reality camouflaged and dramatized itself for onlookers, and to even greater effect for the camera” (Coover 1933). That is, documentary has always struggled to overcome the tension between the subject and maker. As a result, “people now want to know

For my money, there’s nothing more engrossing than a well-crafted film about a true-to-life tale. The documentary genre is as rich as it is varied, encompassing everything from breathtaking nature docs to soul-searching personal narratives. And it’s all true! (to a point).

Ideal subjects for documentaries according to the direct cinema ethos were: 1) A person who is interesting; 2) A person who is in an interesting situation which s/he cares deeply about; 3) A subject where a conclusion can be arrived at in a limited time; and 4) A subject where there is easy access to events.