How does the visual design of "EL laberinto del fauno" (pans labyrinth) enhance and add different levels of understanding to the story and characters? Define parallel story structure. In "Lost in Translation" how does parallel story structure influence the theme of the film?

1) Why does the UK seem to be drawn to crime thrillers more than any other genre and how do such films hold special relevance to the nation? 2) Why does the notion of circumstances and choices available to characters hold a special interest for UK audiences? 3) Based on the two examples you g...

1) What is a specific element (plot point, stylistic elements, character type, setting, etc.) commonly found in UK films that holds special relevance for the domestic audience? (This might be an element like the song and dance sequences of Indian cinema, or the significance of urban vs. rural settin...

1) What are any of the pertinent forms of regulation of film in the UK, including self regulation, government oversight, and regulation of content? 2) What are the names of these regulatory bodies, chief concerns with regard to content, and what aer their specific guidelines in place? Thank yo...

Analyze the movie, The Life of Pi. How well has the film captured the essence of the novel. Of course there are missing scenes, a two hour film is far too short to present every important detail from a novel. That being said, how well does the film capture the theme and the magic of the novel?

Question 1. Develop a social scientific research question regarding mass media representations of families. Your research question should also incorporate issues of gender and/or class as it pertains to your topic. Your research question will also indicate which television show you will focus on: "T...

1. What is Andy Dufresne's calling in the film? How do we know when it occurs and what his response is to it? 2) What are the three main trials he encounters and endures? How do we know these are the main three? 3) When is his saving experience and what is it that saves him? 4) What evidenc...

I need your help with the movie "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975). Based on the movie please provide a brief description of how each component was used in the film. The components are: a. Setting b. Acting c. Lighting d. Costumes e. Makeup f. Music g. Sound h. Editing Did the ...

Describe the most memorable costumes and makeup you have seen in film. What effect did this have on characterization and the film as a whole? Is there ever not an effect, intended or otherwise? To what extent is authenticity important? Always? Or are there exceptions, and if so, why so? Explain and ...

Discuss with examples the fundamental elements of setting (including but not limited to location, time, era, weather, and buildings). Sometimes setting is essential to a story, such as in The Perfect Storm, in which the setting is so integral that it could be considered a character unto itself. Are ...

Hitchcock's infamous reference to actors as cattle was the inspiration for an online article which modestly proposes that, in order to improve critical judgment of their performances, actors be categorized as "Good and Bad Cattle...the article actually deals with some important issues about film act...

This posting names three movies in which the setting is essential to telling the story. For example how could you tell the "star wars' sagas were not set in the future and in completely non-Earth world?

This solution illustrates wordplay within several modern films and television shows.

This posting identifies examples of the following characteristics of comedy in various plays' films, or television shows: suspension of natural laws, contrast between the social order and the individual, puns, malapropisms, comedy of character, and plot complications.

Identify the melodramatic stock characters present in The Indian Princess.

This posting compares the Octaroon and The Indian Princess to today's Hollywood movies.

Have you been asked to review a film as a part of of an English, Mass Communications, or fiction and film course? Do you not have the time to let an OTA review the essay for you, or have you already had someone review your paper and now just need to give it one last going over before turning it in?...