Film Analysis

“Without my wounds who was I? My scars were my face, my past was my life.” In White Oleander by Janet Fitch,the above quote perfectly describes the confusion of the main character who is desperately trying to figure out who she is in a world that has seemingly forgotten her. The main theme of this…

“Buckle your seat belt Dorothy, because Kansas is going bye-bye.” -Cypher (Hugo Weaving) “Through all the action we’re trying to tell a story and there is a lesson to be learned. The movie has a meaning and a positive message. It’s a story for the fight for individuality and compassion and coming to terms with…

Have you ever felt like you were alone in the world against a bully? Not knowing what to do, feeling scared? How were you going to take up the fight? In the short “Serrasalmus” written by Lesley Glaister, we’re introduced to Marjorie and how she deals with her everyday bully Mick. How she overcomes the…

Ola Bola, a widely praised and a generally welcomed film by the entire Malaysian was created by one of the biggest movie organizations in Malaysia, Astro Shaw and coordinated by the multi-grant winning chief, Chiu Keng Guan. Chiu, a Chinese Batu Pahat, who had already coordinated three component films under his discography; Wooho! (2010), The…

Orphan trains and Carlisle and the ways people from the past undermined the minorities and children of America. The film “The orphan Trains” tells us the story of children who were taken from the streets of New York City and put on trains to rural America. A traffic in immigrant children were developed and droves…

The Hardy Boys’ series of books was my choice of reading material. The books chosen were Rigged for Revenge (Hardy Boys Casefiles) and Hunting for Hidden Gold (Hardy Boys revised a hardback book). These books are very similar because they are both mysteries, have a lot of the same characters, and plot Developments of investigative…

The Help” is a 2011 American period drama film directed and written by Tate Taylor. The film stars Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Octavia Spencer and Emma Stone. “The Help” is an American story about three women who take risk in writing a novel based on the stories from the view…

Tom Hooper’s film “The King’s Speech” demonstrates the vital importance of the human voice in establishing and maintaining power. If you can’t get the words out then you will never assert authority. This moving film is about King George VI and his attempts to deal with a stammer. This charmingly modest film explores an entirely…

Recently in class we watched a film called Run Lola Run by Tom Tykwer.  The film turned out to be a highly diverse film which incorporated a wide range of distinctively visual elements and themes throughout the film. The film in itself is a fast paced, intense action packed with many implications along the way….

It was hard to find symbolism in this film since their culture was very colonialized. It seemed as though the culture was so European/American that the culture was gone. Even though it was hard, I was still able to find some cultural symbolisms. The different groups of friends were completely different from each other. There…