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Does watching romantic films affect the viewer’s interpretation of romance, love and relationships? Watching romantic films creates an enormous amount of negative influence on the viewer’s interpretation of what love and relationships should be like. These films give a false sense of reality in terms of marriage, dating, having children and how to manage a…

  The credits of the film show that it is directed by Quentin Tarantino, who is famous for directing films such as Reservoir Dogs, Natural Born Killers and Jackie Brown. These films are well known for their brutally violent scenes, their portrayal of gangsters, their twisted humour and their originality. We can therefore expect something…

In this study I will make specific references to Ken Loach’s 2002 film ‘Sweet Sixteen’, which holds significance in relation to the censorship debate and especially the Censors attitudes towards strong language. Film censorship in any country or context is a multifaceted debate, which when looked at in detail, is as much to do with…

Total Film described ‘The Matrix’ as the ‘sci-fi film of the millennium’. How can you account for its success? The sci-fi, or science fiction, genre is one that has been popular among authors, directors and their audiences alike for many years. The genre first started to gain mainstream popularity in the nineteen forties. There were great…

Alien invasion films are a sub genre of science fiction. The conventions of a typical alien invasion film are habitually set in a large commonly known city in America. We normally see efficacious leaders and famous landmarks moreover the audience is commonly omniscient. However in War of the Worlds the conventions are that it is…

Today most people would rather watch a film than read a book. A film is a much more relaxing and, for some, enjoyable way of knowing a story, event, novel or play. Unlike a book, where you have to interpret the story and characters yourself, a film portrays the characters and scenery for you. The…

Classifying films according to genre was one of the earliest methods of organising the production and marketing of films by Hollywood. It allows for standardisation and product differentiation in a market flooded by competitors. However genre is more than an industry device. It is a fluid and changing state of film conventions. It is virtually…

What technique does Robert Wise use, particularly in the opening sequence to make ‘The Haunting’ (1963) a chilling film? What other features strike you as important to the film’s success? There have been two major versions of ‘The Haunting’: one in 1963 (the original) and another in 1999. The first version was an amazing hit and claimed…

‘Genres’ are the categorisation of different films depending on their type. Generally, there are several core genres such as horror, comedy, western, sci-fi, and so on. ‘Sub-genres’ are developments of the main genres, often combining more than one, for example a romantic comedy combines the genres of romance and comedy. It is increasingly difficult for…

The film clip starts with a scene taking place in a victorian opera theater. It is probably set in the late 18th century as we can see from the setting. The setting plays highly important role in most of films as it tells us, in this film, what kind of people in the society they…