Essays on Short Film

The podcast on bottled drinking water is an eye opener on how manufacturers exploit people’s ignorance and create market demand to sell a product that is totally unnecessary. Not just that, the product is very often inferior to something we get for free. The short film starts by explaining the concept of manufacture demand. When companies want to sell a product for which there is no real demand, they try to create an artificial demand. Demand for bottled drinking water is made by spreading rumors that tap water is unsafe for human consumption, and by claiming that the ...

Technical Communications

Executive Summary Filmmaking, like everything else, has benefitted from the development of technology. However, this evolution was slow but fruitful, enhancing the world of filmmaking, the quality of the film, and the skills of th filmmakers. From the simple idea of Louis and August Lumier, the French brothers who first screened the short film they were able to take, to the development of the phenakistoscope, or the kinetoscope, by Simon Stampfer and Joseph Plateau, the development of filmmaking technology kept moving forward. Thomas Alva Edisonand Kennedy Laurie Dickson were the first to show one shot films without any camera ...

Mothlight

Question A: Stan Brakhage’s Mothlight articulates the structure and limits of no-camera psychedelic, experimental film by demonstrating a clear, simple gimmick presented simply and without comment. The handwritten title, jumping around in the frame because it was carved onto every frame of film, establishes a homespun nature to the short film that sets it apart from most conventional film. Furthermore, the use of crushed objects on mylar film, playing them at high speed, illustrates the desires of experimental film to innovatively establish atmosphere and tone. The goal of Mothlight is to intrigue and unsettle, demonstrating that, while this ...

One of the fundamental controversies around Carolee Schneemann’s experimental short film Fuses (1974) is its unique blending of filmic artistry with sexually explicit images that are typically associated with pornography. As B. Ruby Rich points out in their examination of Fuses, it is this sense of rescuing the film from a particular type of moral panic that she argues relegated the short film to the basement of obscurity: “Because Fuses uses a vocabulary of images shared by pornography, that whole Pandora’s box of moral-artistic fever has also come to plague the film” (Rich 27). In essence, the ...

The Tell-Tales Ghost: Commentary and Evaluation

In my short film, The Tell-Tales Ghost, my vision was to portray fear with the paranormal. Paranormal activity interests me and this short film allowed me to capture my vision. In this three minute and 25 second video, I captured an evil ghost haunting a man who was in extreme fear over the ghostly encounter. This ghost was not a friendly ghost but an evil spirit. In the short film, I utilized special effects, an actor, scene setting, background noise and editing, to name a few. This essay will comment and evaluate on each scene. The film starts off with a shot ...

The multiplane camera is an animation that was created by Walt Disney in the 1930s and the 1940s. Essentially, studios used this animation to create pictures. Because of his animation art, the U.S. patent granted Walt Disney a patent. In traditional animation, drawing took a front stage and was considered as an important aspect. The multiplane cameras employed the traditional process of animation. Essentially, artwork pieces are moved past the camera. This movement is done on different speeds. They are also moved at some distances from each other (Andrews et al, 34). The effect of this is the creation of ...

There are different spiritual questions about the Christianity faith that have been troubling many faithful Christians. However, in this short film, maintaining the truth: Epistles of the New Testament, there are few of the troubling questions that are answered. Other facts that people were oblivious to are also questioned. The similarity and differences between major characters and contributors of the New Testament are also analyzed. There are some of the books and letters that were not included in the New Testament that are also assessed. The content of these books such as; the Gospel of Thomas and the letters ...

Introduction

People from every part of the world watch movies because of their entertaining and educational aspects. As a result, cinema is a powerful vehicle that promotes learning, recreation, and propaganda. The current study on movies investigates the influence of the film industry on the society. It examines both the negative and positive impacts of films on the viewers. In addition, it compares and contrasts the views of various authors on the subject. Stefanova (2014), for example, discusses the importance of incorporating short films in education. He stresses that films enhance learning and allow students to participate vigorously in the learning process. ...

Essay

Educational institution Introduction The 4.06 minute astounding animation “Sebastian’s Voodoo”, released on 7th June 2008, is the second short film of a young brilliant mind animator Joaquin Baldwin, who was born on 21st February 1983 in Asuncion, Paraguay. For creating this exceptionally beautiful short animation movie, a second year college student received 107 Awards and Honors, winning as well a prize for the 5th place in NFB (National Film Board) Online Short Competition.

An analysis of good vs. evil via the prism of voodoo myth

For the main purpose of this essay I have chosen to evaluate this animation’s main idea, the everlasting opposition between good and evil via the ...

-A social system is composed of many interrelated and interdependent parts or structures. The social system of India consists of different castes, which each caste assigned or allowed certain functions. The Dahlits do, according to the video, “the jobs the higher castes won’t because they consider them unclean.” One common Dahlit job is as a “manual scavenger,” or cleaning the toilets of upper castes by hand. There are other interrelated and interdependent parts of Indian society. In addition to the Dahlits and higher castes, other parts or structures discussed in the short film include the education system, which ...

Abstract

This study aims to analyse the ad campaigns of Chanel N5 and Dior jádore, and how they motivates the buying decision of their target audiences. The report deeply analyses the Nikole Kidman advert of Chanel N5, Dior jádore advert performed by Oscar winner actress Theron. Both the commercial reflects Hollywood touch, style and class in them. Referring to existing literatures and websites, a detailed understanding is being provided in the report about the relation between ad campaigns with luxurious perfume brands and they stimulate buying behaviour in their target audiences. Key words: ad campaign, Dior, Chanel N5, ...

In The Man Who Planted Trees, an unnamed narrator (voiced by Christopher Plummer) regales the story of how he came across a desolate valley in France occupied by bickering hordes, decaying buildings, and a lowly shepherd who collects acorns for a project – he wishes to turn that abandoned valley into a thriving forest by planting these acorns and tending to them. As the narrator’s life goes on, he returns to the valley to find the forest thriving and the people happy, all thanks to the selfless work of the shepherd. The short film is one of the greatest short films ever made, a ...

Introduction

Michael Jackson is one of the world’s most famous singers and artist. Starting off as an ordinary American recording artist, he had a couple of breaks. He was later on discovered as the world’s King of Pop because of the genre of songs he usually composed in his music albums. His fans often refer Michael Jackson as MJ. Jackson did not become famous just because he has a relatively good or unique singing voice. His unique and usually hard-to-copy dance moves were actually equally contributory to his success as an entertainer, a recording artist, and even a businessperson. This man certainly ...

Working Title:

BROTHER Primary audience: BROTHER is targeted towards who grew up in difficult times during the 90’s, particularly Australians. Focusing on a realistic style that shows the harsher reality of life in Australia that is often washed over will help the audience to connect with the character portrayed in the film.

Synopsis:

"BROTHER" is a Neo Realist drama set in the recent past of a small Australian beach town. Utilising common sets and locations of Brisbane’s Great South East, "BROTHER" will be shot on a limited budget whilst still maintaining quality production value. "BROTHER" follows the story of Peter ...