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The Scopophilic narrative of ‘Blue Velvet’

Blue Velvet is about a student named Jefferey who comes back to his home town to work at his fathers hardware store while he is in hospital. He stumbles upon a ear the police officer who’s called John tells him not to talk to anyone about it. The detective daughter who knows Jeffrey tells himContinue reading “The Scopophilic narrative of ‘Blue Velvet’”

Ideology in Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse now is about a Captain called Benjamin L.Willard who is sent on a mission that technically doesn’t exist. The mission is to seek out a Colonel Walter Kurtz army which crossed the border to Cambodia and it was a hit and run mission. They are said to believe that Kurtz went completely insane andContinue reading “Ideology in Apocalypse Now”

Blade Runner

Blade Runner is a film about the future which is ironic since it is based on the time 2019 and we are here in 2020. It is crazy to watch a film based on the future when you are in the future of that film. The film is about robots known as “Replicants” which wereContinue reading “Blade Runner”

Passive vs Active Viewing

An audience is a group of people the view a piece of media i.e newspaper, television, and radio etc. An audience can be in a specific location or have a common interest. An audience can be all in the same room watching a performance all simultaneously like a cinema or theatre, or they can beContinue reading “Passive vs Active Viewing”

What feature of the avant-garde do the films Rubber and La Jetee exhibit? How are they different from classical Hollywood movies?

Rubber and La Jatee are different from other classical Hollywood movies for the way they are shot compared to other films, they tend to break the 4th wall a number of times in them. Rubber is a film that I found very different from a standard classical Hollywood film since it wasn’t filmed during classicalContinue reading “What feature of the avant-garde do the films Rubber and La Jetee exhibit? How are they different from classical Hollywood movies?”

Auteur Theory Spike Lee

Auteur theory is when a director implements parts of their personal beliefs into a film. This is also the director’s artistic vision of the film some directors have recognisable or recurring themes in all their films while others might have it in some of their films and it might not even be a recurring theme. Continue reading “Auteur Theory Spike Lee”

Sexism in Hollywood

Is Hollywood Sexist? Hollywood has been going through a lot of scrutiny lately with the recent Oscar nominations being announced where there have been no female nomination at all in any of the categories this has lead people to believe that Hollywood is sexist. There have also been a number of films of recent whereContinue reading “Sexism in Hollywood”