English-language films Essays

imagination and fright in a lions eye. When it comes to a child's imagination and fairy tale daydream, In my opinion, the film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe captures the essence of a fairy tale land and their duty in that land which is to be either a king, queen or another type of authority figure. A child's imagination is once again brought up and seen in the film where imaginary and multi-cultural animations and animals are used which emphasizes the genre of fantasy and adventure

is directed by Terrence Malick, starring Collin Farrell, Christopher Plummer and Christian Bale. The film is inspired by the historical characters such as Captain Smith, Pocahontas of the Indian American Tribe and John Rolfe, Englishman and also all white characters are English male soldiers The film follows a common premise of two unknown nation and cultures when they encounter each other. The film opens from a Native American point of view when they run to the shore to witness the three ships arriving

us a variety of films. There is one that sticks with me. In my year 11, we worked with dystopian novels. One of them was “The Hunger Games“ by Suzanne Collins. First, we read the book and for each chapter, we had to write a summary at home. After finishing the book we watched the complete film in sections, which was released that time. Before watching the film our pre-watching task was to reread the summaries we had written. Our while-watching task was to compare the book to the film content chapter

labels, which made a bit difficult to succeed in the United States and in the Tex-Mex music; The first one, she was Mexican American and the second one, she was a woman. In spite that labels she knew how to break them and nowadays she is a legend. This film basically, is about the very short life of Selena (Jennifer Lopez); it tells her personal life, her career as an artist and her tragic death. Selena’s talent was discovered accidentally by her own father, Abraham Quintanilla (Edward James Olmos), at

“The New World” is directed by Terrence Malick, starring Collin Farrell, Christopher Plummer and Christian Bale. The film is based on the inspiration of historical characters such as Captian Smith, Pocahontas of the Native American Tribe and John Rolfe, Englishman. The film follows the basic story, two unknown nation and cultures meet. John smith is freed by Christopher Plummer when they land in Virginia. He begins to roam around the forests, covered in beads and feathers. He realizes that Powhatan

Selena is a biographical drama film that tells the life of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. Selena was a Tejano singer who was starting to rise to the top of her career before she was killed by her fan club president, the manager of her boutiques, and friend Yolanda Saldívar. The film takes the audience through the singer’s life from the time her father (Abraham Quintanilla) first heard her sing when she was a young girl to her death in 1995, showing her performances, her relationships with her family as

Unhooking the Hookworm was a film released by the International Health Division of the Rockefeller foundation in the hopes of reducing the burden of Hookworm disease in the United States and abroad. It is a silent film about 10 minutes long, with intermittent slides containing english text. The goal of these slides is to explain how to recognize, prevent and treat hookworm disease. It follows the story of a young boy in the American South who runs barefooted around his outhouse and picks up hookworm

Selena Quintanilla-Perez, was a talented Mexican-American singer who was on the top of her career when it was cut-short by an untimely death. The movie started showing Selena the child, whose talent in singing was discovered by the father himself in the Texas setting. That became the starting event in the story. Selena became the soloist in the band named “Selena y Los Dinos”. The succeeding events are that of the family’s struggle to pursue the goal or the dream of making it in the music industry

College doesn’t just limit itself to an unparalleled academic education. King’s College London symbolises a well balanced contrast between the modern and the archaic, the creative and the pedagogical. It symbolises a melange of myriad cultures, art, languages, stories, and institutions.I’m looking forward to the global experience that King’s is known for. I will be able to know and understand different social, political, economic, and religious institutions through my interactions with the student body

MEDI604 Part One Careers statement /aspiration template Personal Profile: I am a motivated and confident media arts practitioner, my passion is to create work that visualises ideas and makes them a reality. My main interests within media are special effects makeup, animation, and filmmaking, I am currently improving and developing each of these further. Work/project history: Oct 2016-Dec 2016 I worked with Neil Pengilley for Dust n’ Bones Tattoo shop to create a promotional video. My role within

Silence. Defined by Dictionary.com as absence of any sound or noise; stillness. Silence. See, it drives us crazy, just the word makes me think a little harder and my mind runs wild to find a way to avoid it. Silence, often times preceded by the word awkward, we scramble to find ways around it, usually by listening to music or maybe by the sound of our own voices. Silence is something that drags out the time, makes the clock click a little slower, because we simply do not like it. We want something

Most of the reviews praised the inventiveness of the language, while at the same time stressing unease at the violent subject matter (IABF, n.d.). The American and British editions were essentially different with the omission of the 21st chapter in the American edition and thus Alex 's moral transformation

Shakespeare impacted not just the theatre in the Elizabethan era and during the civil war, while there is no direct evidence provided in the two sources, who is to say that he had no effect on the King Louis. For years Shakespeare could perform for the Kings Court, being so bold as to write plays that might have been attempts to teach the King humility. While doing so, he could bring theatre to newer, less affluent crowds. King Louis XIV took the Crown while the subjects were hoping for more religious

between the two men spawned two great Norwegian dramas in the past, cases of “Reprise” in 2006 and “Oslo, August 31st” in 2011. Now they move settings from Oslo to New York and the language changes from Norwegian to English, but despite well established in terms of place and time, and the marvelous international cast, the film isn’t such a loud ‘bomb’ as suggested. The family drama is depicted with a certain mystery, which never really bites hard, and revolves around the death of the acclaimed war photographer

longing, and return for his or her home. As we relive the culture that shaped us, we become conflicted with the ups and downs which come with the joy and distaste of experiencing pride and nostalgia. Gloria Anzaldua explores her passion for the language and region that shaped her yet struggles with the pressure to fit into Anglicized culture. In her essay “How To Tame A Wild Tongue,” Anzaldua explores how speaking Chicano Spanish made her aware of the strength and trouble she bears as she identifies

The Hockey Sweater is both a short story and animated film written by Roch Carrier. Over the years, the story has only risen in popularity and has engrained itself in Canadian culture and history. The story is about a young boy who is growing up in Quebec and is a huge fan of Maurice Richard and the Montreal Canadiens. One winter, his coveted Canadians sweater is too small and his mother orders him a new one. However, when the new jersey arrives it is that of a rival team: the Toronto Maple Leaves

Lila, Elio 's sister and narrator of the film, joins at the last minute because she does not want to be separated from her twin. Lila is the pragmatic voice of reason amongst the three and is not completely sold on the perfect life that Raul proclaims they will find in Miami. Elio is not as enthusiastic about the American dream as Raul and is primarily travelling with Raul to Miami due to his suppressed romantic feelings for the other young man. The film was directed by Lucy Mulloy, a first time

No matter how independent an individual may seem, at sometime in his life he will need to rely on the help of others.In the film the power of one ,directed by John G. Avildsen, the main character, PK would not have been as confident or successful if he had not the help of his mentors. Michael in the film lost boys directed, by Joel Schumacher, was in grave danger of becoming a vampire,when,with the help of his brother Sam,and frog brothers, he was able to defeat the forces of evil. The directors

of the film, joins at the last minute because she does not want to be separated from her twin. Lila is the pragmatic voice of reason amongst the three and is not completely sold on the perfect life that Raul proclaims they will find in Miami. Elio is not as enthusiastic about the American dream and is primarily travelling with Raul to Miami due to his suppressed romantic feelings for the other young man. Una Noche was directed by Lucy Mulloy, a first time director who decided to make the film after

Aiden Domski M. Mowder English 12- British Literature Research Paper Date due Monsters and Heroes in Beowulf as Reflected in Modern Literature and Film Beowulf is the longest epic poem in Old English. It is written in the language spoken in Anglo-Saxon England before the Norman Conquest. The poem is more than 3,000 lines long and relates stories of heroes, monsters, battles and revenge. Beowulf has all the makings of a great film of today. IN fact, the heroe, monsters and