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I am going to look at two films from the horror genre “The Blair witch” and “Panic room” to what extent do these challenge any of the following women’s roles, conventions of the horror, ideologies before September the 11th? The Blair witch project follows many of the horror conventions despite its originality and I am going…

Pulp Fiction (US, 1994) was directed by Quentin Tarintino, and stared, amongst others; John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman and Bruce Willis. It is a film that has provoked much discussion, ever since it was first released, mostly because of it’s use of violence, but also over many other topics too. As Marjorie Baumgarten…

The sales pitch for the feeding machine is delivered by a mechanical salesman on a phonograph record and this in itself is significant. ‘Modern Times’ is Charlie Chaplin’s “final stance against the synchronised sound film” and it was his last full- length silent film. There is no traditional voice dialogue in the film, but voices…

Within the progressive and often turbulent political and economic frameworks of the 1930’s the Charlie Chaplin film ‘Modern Times’ is an ideological stance against the technological advancements of the time. The film is a silent protest and avid satirical swipe at the ‘mechanized workplace’ and the post-Ford industrialization of everyday life (http://www.guardiancentury.co.uk). In two of his…

This is unusual, as the audience does not know what this reference has got to do with the film and they are intrigued to watch the remainder of the film to see if this is explained. The main irregularity in the film though is that it is shown out of its natural chronological order. Narrative…

A set of windows are to be etched in a silicon dioxide film of thickness 6000 A. As patterned in the photoresist, the size of the windows is 6 um square. The question states that the etching process is ideal and isotropic, with no overetching or underetching. This implies that the time required to complete…

  The future however is what leads the couple to the massive argument . Dan wants a clean slate and to him the future only lies with the past present. At the moment his present past is the truth he received from Larry about Alice. Corrupted memories and wanting to know so much brings upon…

A monologue from the novel by H. G. Wells NOTE: This monologue is reprinted from The War of the Worlds. H.G. Wells. London: Heinemann, 1898. ARTILLERYMAN: This isn’t a war. It never was a war, any more than there’s war between man and ants. There’s the ants builds their cities, live their lives, have wars,…

The film American Beauty adopts many negative attitudes of the American society it depicts. These attitudes explore the nature of imprisonment, true beauty and materialism. Sam Mendes invites the viewer to look closer into the film by reflecting on these attitudes through a variety of techniques, which captivate the audience creating a masterpiece film. A…

Analyse the methods used to make the opening battle sequence of ‘Saving Private Ryan’ both shocking and realistic, and say how effective you find it as an introduction to the film. The film ‘Saving Private Ryan’ was released in September 11th 1998, a joint production from Paramount and DreamWorks pictures as it was directed by…