Essays on black-and-white films

The reporter states that written and directed by a creative director Nikolai Ekk, Road to Life (1931) serves as a remarkable movie of early Russian cinema, which reflects upon the problems faced by the newly established Union of Soviet Socialist of Republics (USSR).... ... ... ... Contrary to most of the pictures of the era, including Volga Volga, Jolly Fellows, Happiness and others, which used to discuss comparatively light and simple issues and topics, the Road to Life concentrates upon a very sensitive subject, the Soviet society had undergone during the initial years of its coming into existence....

ince it was the age of black and white films, the director has sought support from shades, shadows and dark colors.... The writer of this paper aims to summarize the movie titled "Road to Life" (1931) , written and directed by a creative director Nikolai Ekk.... he movie reflects upon the problems faced by the newly established Union of Soviet Socialist of Republics (USSR)....

Likewise, the discourse would present relevant information on her films and shooting style as manifested in her various films.... The tenacious pace of technological advancement profoundly influenced the growth of filmmaking from its crude origins of silent and black and white films to the intricately three-dimensional movies of the contemporary times.... The tenacious pace of technological advancement profoundly influenced the growth of filmmaking from its crude origins of silent and black and white films to the intricately three dimensional movies of contemporary times....

Still, some photographers consider that nothing can withstand the scope of Black-And-White Films within photography.... Similarly, the change in the use of films to digital technology did not affect photography because photographers were ready to accept digital technology.... "The Growth of Photography in Graphic Arts: from black-and-white Photography to Modern Photography" paper states that the growth and development of Photography from black-and-white Photography to digital photography is related to the human passion to attain immortality through solid visualization....

This is because according to her, the idea of Black-And-White Films had been with the people for long and was considered superior and natural in state than the earliest forms of colour films.... istory of colour films in Britain ... However, with time, film makers and the audience saw colour films as a way of developing the unique British aesthetic (Jamilla, 2008).... It is not surprising that by 1930, there had been several innovators and inventors who had produced films that demonstrated remarkable experimentation and quality through the use of colour (Street, 2012). ...

It is still considered to be one of the best films in history as it manages to keep spectators engaged even though it is not rich in special effects or posh things.... It is still considered to be one of the best films in history as it manages to keep spectators engaged even though it is not rich in special effects or posh things.... Modern films are more likely to capture attention of spectators by visual effects and computer graphics; To Kill a Mockingbird is not the case....

The evolution of movies started from the initial black and white films to the colored productions that people enjoy today.... Similarly, if a person has a negative attitude towards films, always criticizing works of film production negatively yet not presenting their own original interpretation of the film, then such an attitude will not make a film director successful.... I will create films with exquisite characters, telling stories to completion with a definite touch of entertainment, thrill and satisfaction for the pleasure of watching by the audience....

It was until the later part of the last century that black and white films and photographs could be drawn out of the cameras.... The essay "A World of Art Discussion" focuses on the major issues in the various forms of arts, handicrafts, and fine arts, with special reference to the invention of the camera and its impact on human life....

The paper "Analysis of Michelangelo Antonionis films" discusses that the landscape in Deserto Rosso is sick, being destroyed by the industrialization that underpins modernity: petrochemicals, pollution and huge factories that dwarf all the people who work there.... Film Analysis: Antonioni The Italian film director Michelangelo Antonioni is renowned for the visual impact of his films, both the black and white trilogy of the early 1960s consisting of L'Avventura (1960), La Notte (1961) and l'Eclisse (1962) and his works in color which began with Deserto Rosso (1964)....

Sound and Music in films Filmmaking has transcended a challenging and colorful artistic journey.... The fast pace of technological advancement profoundly influenced the growth of filmmaking from its crude origins of silent and black and white films to the intricately three dimensional movies of contemporary times.... Kay, Ghent, Chumney & Lutkins presented the history of sound in films and traced its origins before the 1920s when Thomas Edison was quoted to say in 1925 that “"My plan was to synchronize the camera and the phonograph so as to record sounds when the pictures were made, and reproduce the two in harmony....

In addition, p-aminophenol and some of its derivatives such as glycine and metol are in photo development particularly as a concurrent developer in Black-And-White Films marketed broadly under the name Rodinal.... The report "Production of P-Amino Phenol" focuses on the critical analysis of the production of p-Amino phenol....

These two qualities of Cinema led to the division of it into documentaries and feature films or fantasy films .... Reviewing Hitchcock's Rear Window (1954), François Truffault, the French film critic and film maker, wrote: “There are two kinds of directors: those who have the public in mind when they conceive and make their films and those who don't consider the public at all.... For the former cinema is an art of the spectacle; and for the latter, it is an individual adventure” (The films in My life, PP77) Truffault considers Hitchcock belonging to the former category for whom “a film has not succeeded unless it is a success, that is, unless it touches the public that one has had in mind right from the moment of choosing the subject matter to the end of production....

lassical Hollywood and Art Film cinema are two most important aspects of Hollywood cinema that have developed over past few years leading Hollywood up to the ladder of success in diversified forms of films.... The word Hollywood has been famous since its creation to present status, as each year hundreds of successful and most entertaining films are produced there.... Classical Hollywood and Art Film cinema are two most important aspects of Hollywood cinema that have developed over past few years leading Hollywood up to the ladder of success in diversified forms of films....

?A comparative analysis of the contemporary documentary films Ryan and Waltz with Bashir as animated representations of autobiographical reality.... As the scenes in the films are according to the story, the colors too are chosen for specific reasons.... There are also other examples of color which are story telling devices in films ranging from tints and filters, transitions and symbolism, specific objects, costumes and everything in between....

Having made three short black and white films while attending school, “Last Year in Vietnam,” “Madman of Martinique” and “Michael and Marie”, Stone met with the business side of film immediately upon his first commercial film Seizure in Canada when the film company he was working with declared bankruptcy (Maliga, 2002).... Following these films, Stone went on to write the screenplay for Year of the Dragon and direct The Hand, Scarface, Salvador and Platoon, which was finally produced in 1986 and won four Oscar awards, including Best Picture and Best Director – Stone's biggest achievement to date....

This paper ''The African American Experience in Film by Black and White Directors'' tells that The film industry in Among other parts of the globe where the effects of prejudice against skin color were well pronounced, it was in the US where the whites were perceived a relatively superior to their black counterparts....

Interestingly, this film as do many other films such as Heart of Darkness whose stories run at the backdrop of Africa have many post-colonial underpinnings and racial references.... To accomplish this, the paper will discuss how contemporary cinema, with examples from Blood Diamond and other popular feature films, offers a critical analysis of an aspect of the present.... t is thus vital to critically analyze what is presented by the media and how, because the line between fiction and reality is blurred as audiences tend to take fictional representations in films to be real....

The paper 'The Process of Examining films' states that to the American public cinema has become one of the primary pastimes.... Indeed, when many people read lists of the 100 best movies they are often dumbfounded at the inclusion of many films they deem boring or plain bad.... In these regards, films can be read similar to the means by which one would analyze a work of literature.... Another feature that is notable when examining films are the varying stylistic devices that the filmmaker has at their disposal....

In an interview by Donna Britt of the Washington Post, when asked about the possibility of his work inciting riots or making people angry, Lee replied, 'My films are designed to provoke thought and discussion about the number one issue in my eyes: racism.... In the recent decades, however, more and more independent films have been making their way into the mainstream and earning accolades on their film's own respective merits.... However, it was only during the 1980s (and onwards) that independent films were able to gain that window of opportunity to make their presence being felt in the industry....

America had finally come to term with its black population and several films were made to portray the real life of Blacks, and the bridge that still existed between them, especially when viewed under the concept of interracial marriage.... Love and Basketball, produced by Spike Lee and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, is one of these films.... However, the black film media is not only important because it creates films representing black society, but also because it encompasses all facets of the African Diaspora, which survived by maintaining and retaining their traditions and identities....

The movie was also the last of the films which carried integrationist messages.... The movie was also the last of the films which carried integrationist messages.... These films may or may not reflect the true temper and sensibilities of the periods when they were filmed.... Oftentimes, interracial relationships in films toe the line on what is socially acceptable.... t is important to study films dealing with interracial relationships so that we can fully understand how social perceptions and attitudes have evolved through the years....

The paper "Schindlers List - Background and Analysis" highlights that Schindler's List altered the career and reputation of its director and producer Steven Spielberg from a Hollywood director known for fantasy blockbusters into an Academy-Award-winning director capable of making profound films.... Schindler's List: Its Background and Analysis Schindler‘s List altered the career and reputation of its director and producer Steven Spielberg from a Hollywood director known for fantasy blockbusters into an Academy-Award winning director capable of making profound films....

In Hollywood, the black people continually bare the social racist condition of the perpetual slave in films.... American films have a long stained history of depicting the blacks negatively in films.... In fact, this has only kept the media and the people blind with the thinking that there is no more racism since more blacks have roles in the films.... The films are even more stereotypical and racist blinding people with giving the actors awards for supporting actor....

Paris is BurningShot List Analysis EssayShot #Mise-en-sceneCinematographyEditingSoundComments00:00-00:39voguing paraphernalia Trophy mounted tablesDrag ball décor arrangementSewing machinesWide angle camera shotsLow angle camera shotsTelescopic shotsClose up shotsDrag ball music00:45-01:20Dressing roomsBedroomsClose up shotsIntroductory ClaimRelatively few documentary films have sparked as much controversy as Jenni Livingston's Paris is Burning (1991) has done throughout the years....

From this work, it is clear about the entertaining aspects of the films, the use of editing techniques, the portray of the scene of a robbery.... Filmography, just like any other art of entertainment, depended on the existing infrastructure to sustain the production processes thus result in high quality and relevant films and motion pictures.... Issues in Film History Introduction Motion picture as well as the production of films have had a commendable development especially in the nineteenth century prior to which the entertainment industry barely existed....

Before the film Birth of a Nation, the making of films was under the assumption that if the members of the audience paid to watch a star, there expectation would probably be to see the complete person.... The goal of Griffith was to narrate a story in a manner that drew viewers to a cinema experience, almost an originator of the current big-budget action films that seek out to entertain their viewers first and foremost (Frost, 2009).... This was among the very first companies for black films, and it created and released two films, Trooper of Troop (1916) and The Realization of a Negro's Ambition (1916)....

This work called "Equality, Race, and Disability in films" describes Irigaray and Levina's philosophical context in the films The Help and The Intouchables.... Equality, Race and Disability in films: Irigaray and Levinas Philosophical Context of Equality, Race and Disability in films: Irigaray and Levinas Philosophical Context ... thical grounds in the filmmaking have been adhered over the years to influence the society because films are considerably one of the most effective medium for communication....

This is an important process, as film analysis can be implemented in examining issues of sociological importance within films, as well as examining a film for its artistic merit, and contribution to the evolution of film.... Even as films don't share with novels the luxury of being able to analyze in their frozen capacity, they do function in great part similar to novels in terms of the application of literary elements within the narrative.... Caligari, one of the critically most important films of the 20th century for its implementation of the German Expressionist mise-en-scene (Bordwell & Thompson 2009)....

This paper examines each of these factors in turn with reference to a range of musical films from the 1920s and 1930s and shows how and why the settings relate to the characters' lifestyles and personalities.... This presented new possibilities for the musical, and set in train a fashion for musical films in America which continues to this day.... The Broadway Melody (1929), Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) and 42nd Street (1933) fall into this category too, and these films glamorize the image of Broadway, and its connection with talking pictures....

This film is actually voted as being one of the top one hundred films in America, taking its place at number forty-four, in 1998.... This paper "The Birth of a Nation by D.... .... Griffith" discusses film that is directed by D.... W.... Griffith in the year 1915, which is based on when America went through a civil war, as well as the aftermath that occurred thereafter....

The paper "Adaptations of Pocahontas and Avatar films in Story of Pocahontas by Warner" argues in a well-organized manner that the story of the famous Pocahontas, well remembered for spearheading interracial marriages, has been adapted by several films including 'The Pocahontas' and the 'Avatar'.... Adaptations of ‘The Pocahontas' (1995) and ‘Avatar' films in ‘The Story of Pocahontas' (2009) by Charles Dudley Warner The film industry has experienced massive revolution in the 20th and 21st Centuries....

The paper "European films in the Genre of Horror" is an excellent example of a term paper on visual arts and film studies.... films that provoke our shrouded fears in a scary climax while also entertaining us in a liberating experience actually depend on the barred, weird and sinister aspects of life, gripping our most primitive emotions like nightmares.... The paper "European films in the Genre of Horror" is an excellent example of a term paper on visual arts and film studies....

The author of this essay "White New Brutality films" touches upon the peculiar features of the modern films.... Paul Gormley used several films in order to express the developments associated with the American cinemas during the 1990s.... According to Gormley, the new-brutality films had established connections between white cultural dependence on American-African and African-American culture.... White New Brutality films ...

Although, the full-length version of the film produced in 1970 was a flop at the box office, but THX 1138 is one of the most fascinating science fiction films that have been forgotten over the years.... Critical Review: THX 1138 Introduction THX 1138 is a short film that was produced in 1976, which won several awards and first prize at the National film festival....

The paper "Women's Roles In Ghanaian And Nigerian films" discusses the issue of negatively portraying African women in films.... The African films fail to depict women in their true light in contemporary African society.... Women's Roles In Ghanaian And Nigerian films ... igerian movies are popular not just in Nigeria but also in other African countries where the viewers identify with the culture and are at home with the social and religious environments in which most Nollywood video films are immersed....

Thus, this caused the emergence of a flock of commercial stereoscopic films during the decade, but eventually died down because of the discomfort it gives the audience.... The 1980s was again bombarded with stereoscopic films, but was not successful as well, not until technology needed to produce quality stereoscopic films, both for shooting and viewing, arrived.... Modern types of 3D glasses are polarized glasses, nowadays used in films as well as in theme parks and rides....

The researcher effectively used logical, emotional appeals in conjunction with the credibility of citing George Lucas, the producer of the film “Red Tails” as the focal point of discussion through the use of examples of famous celebrities and films.... This paper focuses upon the article entitled “Hollywood's irrational allergy to 'black' films” written by Roland Martin and published in the CNN International Edition on January 14, 2012 proffered pertinent issues relative to Hollywood's alleged barring of selecting and showing films with predominantly black casts....

Similarly to forms of any other artworks that are artistically designed with the purpose of enabling the spectator to get the structured experience and create meanings, the form comes to be of primary importance in films.... Indeed, as Dale observes, “sound invasion in the cinema brought about many crises”, so that the techniques used to produce silent films were subject to complete revision (Dale 637).... The coincidence of these fighting voices results in violation of aesthetic laws by films with sound, as Arnheim posits it (Arnheim 164)....

Buster Keaton's 1927 film the General is today considered one of the greatest films of all time.... While Lang had made a number of silent films, including the seminal Metropolis, he would later say that this film constituted his greatest work.... Such stylistic devices are a direct result of devices used by Fritz Lang in films such as M. ... In addition to being one of the most fantastical films of the silent film era, Georges Melies' 1902 film A Trip to the Moon also constitutes one of the 20th century's seminal films because of its groundbreaking stylistic innovations....

Film Noir was a style of black and white American films that became prominent in the post-war era.... Film Noir was a style of black and white American films that became prominent in the post-war era.... His films presented the audience the flaws of the characters.... nother of Hitchcock's most powerful films is the film Vertigo.... These films were made decades apart.... Movies are shaped or influenced by the cultures of the time, but somehow films also shape or influence culture....

The chemistry of the two leads, combined with the comedy of their cultural differences, and the action of the films, made these two films huge box office successes in the late 1990s.... The chemistry of the two leads, combined with the comedy of their cultural differences, and the action of the films, made these two films huge box office successes in the late 1990s, and the early 2000s.... However, the two films also portrayed negative aspects of films, including the fact that they both perpetuate stereotypes of the two characters – Tucker's character is the stereotypical black man, and Chan's character is the stereotypical clueless foreigner....

This literature review "Representations of Asians/Africans in Hollywood films" discusses Asians/Africans representations in Hollywood films in the Context of Edward Said's thesis on 'Orientalism', Stuart Hall's re-representation approach, and western hegemony in general.... epresentations of Asians/Africans In Hollywood films in the Context Of Edward Said's Thesis on 'Orientalism', Stuart Hall's Re-Representation Approach, and Western Hegemony in general ...

Courageous statements and analysis of crucial aspects of our life have become quite common for the plot of books, articles and films.... Despite the fact demonstration of colonised nations contains a high level of distortion and it hardly can be compared to the real events, Stam and Spence (2009) consider that the biggest mistake of all critics is that they tend to forget that films in most cases are invention, fable and fiction.... The depiction of racism in the films that more often occurred in the beginning of twentieth century showed colonised nations from negative sides, which was not an unpredicted action of European film-makers....

The paper "Leonard Shelby as films Protagonist - Memento" states that in film literature, the story is different from the plot.... In the final black-and-white sequence, still in reverse, Leonard learns about another man, Jimmy Grantz, and is told that he is a 'John G' (memento, n.... They present the film in two parts: the black-and-white section and the color section.... The black-and-white segment chronologically depicts Leonard as he hunts down his wife's killer and ends when he kills Jimmy Grantz....

This is an important process, as film analysis can be implemented in examining issues within films.... This is an important process, as film analysis can be implemented in examining issues of sociological importance within films, as well as examining a film for its artistic merit and contribution to the evolution of film.... Even as films don't share with novels the luxury of being able to analyze in their frozen capacity, they do function in great part similar to novels in terms of the application of literary elements within the narrative....

This movie review "D W Griffith's The Birth of a Nation" presents two films that have been discussed are not easy to compare, due to their extremely different themes and historical contexts.... Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas (1990) is on its part famous for being among the best gangster films ever made, considering the insights and unique approach it gives to the understanding of the workings of the Mafia underworld (Linfield 1990).... The two films are from different historical eras, so that while The Birth of a Nation brings out social issues in a racially tense America, Goodfellas is about the underground world of crime, its operations and motivations in a later 20th century societal context....

The paper "The Concept of Film Remaking" tells that as society becomes progressively more comfortable with the immediacy and ready availability of commoditized visual entertainment, contemporary filmmakers are becoming inclined towards recycling source material for their films to meet the demand.... 84), contemporary filmmakers are becoming inclined towards recycling source material for their films to meet the demand.... For instance, some of the questions that have seldom been asked in film studies concern what film remaking really is, which films that are remakes of other films, how film remaking differs from other types of repetition such a quotation allusion, and adaptation, in addition to, the relationship between remakes and other commercial forms such as sequels, cycles, and series....

In the early 20th century, besides theatre, motion pictures or films gained immense popularity in the world of entertainment.... The films produced at that time were devoid of sound and were made in Black and White.... To make the audience understand about the theme of the films, slapstick comedy was introduced.... In the early 20th century, besides theatre, motion pictures or films gained immense popularity in the world of entertainment....

The writer of the paper 'Adaptations of The Pocahontas and Avatar films in The Story of Pocahontas by Charles Dudley Warner' states it is clearly evident that much information is lost from the recounted incidences by Werner in his book.... Adaptations of ‘The Pocahontas' (1995) and ‘Avatar' films in ‘The Story of Pocahontas' (2009) by Charles Dudley Warner ... The story of the famous Pocahontas, well remembered for spearheading interracial marriages, has been adapted by several films including the ‘The Pocahontas' and the ‘Avatar'....

The focus of the paper "Lindsay Anderson's View of British Class and Society" is on examining the view of British Class and society that Lindsay Anderson provides in the films, pioneer of the British New Wave and Free Cinema movement, the use of the word new wave to describe cultural phenomena.... This paper seeks to examine three of Anderson's films: “If.... These films challenged the old norms and were driven by an amalgam of social-democratic and liberal sentiments, which can ironically be viewed as a portion of the success of the economic boom in Britain that allowed the era's youth to dream, in relatively secure economic mind-frames, about futures other than those that had been held as the norm....