Alex's Film Blog

Which genre conventions are you most impressed with?   In most fantasy films we see a character under take's some kind of mythological experience. As well they need to get aid from some powerful super human force. We see this done very well in Pan's Labyrinth. As you can see from Ofelia and the faun. Ofelia is obsessed with reading fairy tales and she come's across a fairy. Her mother gets married and moves to where the captain lives. It just so happens to be next to a Labyrinth. And in that labyrinth happens to be a mythical faun that lures Ophelia into going back to her family. a broad convention in Pan's Labyrinth is   feminist theory as  it  aims to understand the nature of inequality and focuses on gender politics such as power relations and sexuality. The themes consist of fertility, discrimination, stereotyping, objectification, oppression, and patriarchy Conventions cont. How does the director use the camera to tell a story? Del Toro f...

Pan's Labyrinth Genre: Fantasy Drama In 1944 Spain, young Ofelia and her ailing mother arrive at the post of her mother's new husband, a sadistic army officer who is trying to quell a guerrilla uprising. While exploring an ancient maze, Ofelia encounters the faun Pan, who tells her that she is a legendary lost princess and must complete three dangerous tasks in order to claim immortality Themes include choices immortality gender and rules and order. Pan's Labyrinth is loaded with the Mexican filmmaker’s pet themes, and includes creatures and designs personally conjured up by del Toro and bearing his signature    style. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan%27s_Labyrinth https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pans_labyrinth/ https://www.shmoop.com/pans-labyrinth/themes.html

In what ways does the film address globalization? Much has been made of the term globalization, over the past couple decades. Indeed, with communications, culture, and trade going transnational, the world as we know it is becoming more and more interconnected. Globalization has led to American styles in Japan, Chinese goods in America, and even a burgeoning tourist industry in Dubai. Some would argue that globalization has been going on for centuries. After all, as a global community we have traded amongst each other for at least that long. Others would argue, however, that globalization is far more complex, and far more interwoven than it once was. The globalization of today transcends the simple trade of goods. Globalization is an all encompassing phenomenon that includes, not only trade, but culture, labor, and even entire economic systems. For this reason, there is an ongoing debate as to whether this new breed of globalization is indeed h...

Slumdog Millionaire The film is about a kid who finds his way on to who wants to be a millionaire. he ends up getting to the final question and could win 20,000,000 rupies. Some themes for slum dog millionaire include love, society and class, fate and free will, perseverance. Genre is a drama crime film. Cinematography while working in the Mumbai slums they couldn't use big camera rigs. They used a smaller camera that was a low-key digital camera setup. for the who wants to be a millionaire scene the mimic the same camera techniques that the show used. https://www.shmoop.com/slumdog-millionaire/themes.html http://www.foxsearchlight.com/slumdogmillionaire/ https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/best-cinematography-look-slumdog-millionaire/