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Category Archives: Comparative Analysis
Italian Native Americans and German Japanese: The Probable Importance of Verisimilitude in Casting
Perhaps it doesn’t matter, perhaps it does. But no matter how good the acting ability of the players in movies and television, ranging from many of the characters in the 1935 movie Charlie Chan in Egypt to the character Gwen … Continue reading
Posted in Comparative Analysis, Trend-Spotting
Tagged acting, casting, Critical Analysis, Critical essay, film, Film Theory, industry, Job market, movie, Movies, television, TV
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SFX Evolution: How Special Effects Have Changed, and Not Changed
It’s interesting to consider that many of the special effects invented by Melies during the dawn of filmmaking were not only still in use half a century later, but even into the present century. Take, for example, the 1960 version … Continue reading
Posted in Comparative Analysis, Trend-Spotting
Tagged CGI, cinema, Critical Analysis, Critical essay, Film Theory, industry, Kubrick, movie, movie review, Movies, SFX, special effects, Spielberg, time machine
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Roger & Me Vs. Capitalism: A Love Story
Because I have seen all of Michael Moore’s recent documentaries, and because he implied that Capitalism: A Love Story might be his last, I decided to see the first documentary he made back in 1989, Roger & Me. It occurs … Continue reading
Posted in Comparative Analysis
Tagged activist, capitalism, Critical Analysis, Critical essay, documentary, film, Film Theory, industry, michael moore, movie, movie review, Movies, sequel
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Brooding Females, a Recent Trend Imitating the “Brooding Male” Cliche?
I was watching old episodes of Daria recently and it got me thinking about the introduction and continuing low-level trend of the brooding female teenager character in television shows and movies. Dark, brooding characters are a perennial favorite for screenwriters. … Continue reading
Posted in Comparative Analysis, Trend-Spotting
Tagged Critical Analysis, Critical essay, film, film noir, Film Theory, Gender stereotype, movie, movie review, Movies, mtv, Screenwriting, television, TV, Vampires
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Father-Daughter Stories: A New TV Trend
I thought it might be interesting to talk a little bit about the recent trend of father-daughter dynamics in TV shows, especially in crime shows. What’s so interesting about the most recent examples is that it’s basically the same dynamic … Continue reading
Posted in Comparative Analysis, List, Trend-Spotting
Tagged Castle, Critical Analysis, Critical essay, daughters, fathers, Film Theory, industry, Lie To Me, Media Trend, Screenwriting, Shark, television, TV
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Chuck Versus Get Smart
Ever since Chuck premiered about four years ago, I’ve been comparing it to Get Smart in my mind… Continue reading
Posted in Comparative Analysis
Tagged Chuck, Critical Analysis, Critical essay, Dracula, film, Get Smart, Screenwriting, spy, Superheroes, television, TV
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Jackie Chan and Michelle Yeoh: Best Martial Arts Movie Team Ever!!
Chan and Yeoh are the Astair and Rogers of martial arts movies and I just thought it was worth mentioning. Continue reading
Posted in Comparative Analysis
Tagged 90s films, acting, Critical essay, film, Jackie Chan, James Bond, Martial Arts, Michelle Yeoh, movie review, Movies, Supercop
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Television Was Theater, Television is Cinema
More often than not, those discussing the history of television tend to focus on changes in social content or technology. Interesting though those topics may be, my thoughts linger on the change in style and presentation. Continue reading
Posted in Comparative Analysis
Tagged acting, Critical Analysis, Critical essay, film, film student, Film Theory, History, industry, movie, Screenwriting, television, theater, TV, Web Video
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CGI + Traditional Animation = The Future of Cartoons?
Because CGI makes for very crisp, slick-looking backgrounds and hand-drawn pictures make for very rich, varied, and often diaphanous backgrounds, the combination of the two made for a visually stunning movie. Continue reading
Socio-Political Symbolism in Dracula
Robert Sklar said the horror movies of the 1930s, like the 1931 film Dracula, expressed the public’s “fear for the survival their society and pleasure at seeing someone… vent his rage at it” (179). Rather than venting rage, one could suppose that it was more along the premise of seizing personal power over society Continue reading
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Tagged antihero, Bela Lugosi, Critical Analysis, Critical essay, Dracula, film, film noir, film student, Film Theory, Mythology, Screenwriting, Thriller, Vampires
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