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Comedy films come in such a wide variety these days. They go from comedy movies making fun of other movies to dark comedy movies. Comedy has been around for years and can come in many different forms. Kids movies now days even show a lot of comedy in them. Americans love comedy for the fact…

In the movie “Easy Rider”, there were two main characters, Wyatt and Billy. They traveled from Los Angeles to New Orleans in hopes of discovering America. During their trip, the different use of camera angles and distances provided details of the scenes, as well as the overall movie. One scene that this is evident in…

Censorship in American animation dates back to the Motion Picture Production Code of 1934, during an effort that preceded the Motion Picture Association of America’s film ratings system. The code was defined as the set of moral guidelines to be followed within the film industry; it ultimately became the only institution governing the production and…

The concept of “superhero” has permeated American culture for more than a century. Graphic novels depicting heroes like Superman, Green Lantern, and The Flash grab the imagination, tapping into both the reader’s deep seated longing for the ideal and his fantasies of titanic power. The exception to the god-in-tights trope that otherwise defines the genre…

Since the turn of the 21st Century, the Hollywood film industry has produced a vast number of motion pictures that can be classified as “genre films. ” Each of these genre films follow a similar method of narrative elements that is specific to a particular theme and setting in which the story’s plot is built…

For my art project the main theme, idea and focus I want to explore is Animation and imaginary fantasy. Being heavily interested in it, I want to explore more concepts of animation, fantasy and any possibilities of what I can do within animation and fantasy. This area of art is something I’m mainly focused on…

How many times have you heard an audience marvel over the amount of detail and scrutiny involved in making an animated masterpiece? How smooth the movements are, how realistic the rendering? The value of animation nowadays does seem to lie so often in its ability to capture as much reality as possible. Another contention argues…

Jacob Kassay is a painter, sculptor, and filmmaker, born in Lewistown, NY. He is currently living and working in Los Angeles, CA. He received a BFA in photography in 2005 from The State University of New York, Buffalo. Kassay has had numerous solo exhibitions, including the MoMA PS1 in New York and the ICA in…

Some people have the misconception that comedy is the actual opposite of drama. However under closer examination it is apparent that Comedy is that of a dramatic work. Dramatic work that is light and often humorous or satirical in tone and that usually contains a happy resolution of a conflict. Comedy keeps the world in…

The original use of the term `Gothic” was applied to a group of novels, including Mary Shelley”s `Frankenstein”, written between the 1760s and 1820s. These novels usually employed some or all of the following characteristics, which seem demonstrative of the original use of the term `Gothic”: An emphasis on portraying the terrifying, a common insistence…