Cinematography began in the early 1800s with a simple Phenakistoscope and has evolved into its present day state of computerized generation (DeAngelis, 11). Since the 1500s, people have been trying to transform light into fixed images (8). In the early 1800s, there was a problem that innovators h...

Comedy. Action packed. Great story line. These are some qualities that the best movies of the summer have. Some examples of the best movies of the summer are freaky Friday, Terminator 3,and Freddy vs. Jason. One reason why Freddy vs. Jason is one of the best movies of the summer...

Fritz Lang\'s movie \"Metropolis\" was filmed in Germany in 1926. It is a dystopian film portraying a horribly polarized future society where the working class is made to toil endlessly, in stark contrast to the ruling class, i.e. the upper class, who live the life of luxury, high up in towers, look...

Choking in a thick industrial smoke of confusion, people all around the world are struggling to come to grips with technology. Not unlike any other major issue in today's society, the population is divided on this matter. Like immature children, a small portion of the population is naively optimisti...

When I first saw the movie Frankenstein, I realized that Hollywood was still changing the classic novels. In their usual fashion, they changed the names of the characters to be somewhat pleasing to the audience. I guess Henry Frankenstein was a better wholesome name than Victor Frankenstein. Ins...

Images--they draw us into their sinful lust, invigorate us, suck us in like zombies or candy. I, like most of us, am a media junkie, and gladly process sparkly music videos with no content and horrific movies that I later dislike. Undoubtedly, many times I have paid more attention to the beauty of t...

David De SouzaWorld Cinema12/16/98I have chosen to do my journal entries on films dealing with revolutions. All of the films I have chosen deal with the theme of over throwing the old regime.1.)"Open City" Open City was one of the first films out of post-war Europe; in fact, it was shot right after ...

Special EffectsWhen you see a commercial, and animals are talking to each other and having human expressions you think, "how did they do that"? The answer is special effects. When you look at commercials, movies, cartoons, all of them have some sort of special effect. With the technology becoming ...