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Cultural Prejudice Of The West
Ziyi Zhao Karli Grazman ENGL1011 September 29, 2017 Cultural Prejudice of the West People always refuse to accept something they are not
familiar with. In the article Mixed Race Frontiers: Border Westerns and the Limits of "America", Camilla Fojas explored two border Westerns, Duel
in the Sun (1946) and Rio Lobo(1970). Racial mixing is central to the plot development of both films. Just like the two movies My Darling
Clementine and The Searchers we watched before, the problems of cultural prejudice come up in most stories of the West, which can never be ignored
when we talk about the frontier. The boundary in the West is not just a geographic term, but also a racial term that separate people with different racial
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She is isolated from both her national belonging and ethical communities. From the point of the Westerns, Pearl is unassimilable since she cannot
be trained to be a "lady" based on her identity. From The perspective of Native Americans, she is no longer one of them as a group. Martin Pawley,
who is also an offspring of a white settler and a Native American, has the same issue as Pearl does. Although he is raised by a white family, he is
still not accepted by his uncle Ethan. Growing up in a white family makes Martin a white man from his deep inside, but it is still hard for the
Westerns to completely accept Martin since he is an "outsider" as before simply because of his appearance. It is hard to define Pearl and Martin's
identity from either side, and the cultural prejudice comes up to those people who are mix–raced. Since most people lack knowledge about the people
differ from them, fear and prejudice towards other races changes the ways the minority groups are treated. In the film My Darling Clementine,
Chihuahua gives me a really deep impression. Chihuahua, who sings in the local saloon is a distinctive character with beautiful appearance, strong
personality, dare love dare hate. She loves Doc Holiday. In this way, when Doc Holiday leaves Tombstone because Clementine is not willing to return
to Boston, Chihuahua immediately finds Clementine and starts an argument with her. She loves Doc Holiday more than herself, and she is willing to
make sacrifice for him no
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Cultural Themes In King Kong
The Complexities of Kong The original King Kong, directed and produced in 1933 by Merian C. Cooper, set a groundbreaking decades–long precedent
for all subsequent thriller, horror, and animation films made in Hollywood. Three versions of this movie spanned several decades. King Kong tells the
story of an attractive woman and a frightening gigantic ape–monster who are immersed in a beauty and the beast type tale. Through Cooper's visual
imagery and specific dialogue, he conveys themes of racism, sexuality, and gender numerous times to open the minds of cultural differences. Cooper
reveals his views on racism through visual and behavioral contrast between the indigenous and urban people. In the beginning of the movie, Carl
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After Ann boards the ship, the ship's crew is distant and disapproving that any women should be on board. This is later emphasized when Captain
Jack replies to Ann, "This is no place for a girl" (Cooper 1933). Cooper uses Ann as a source of crossing boundaries of gender expectations and
idealisms. This is further proven when Jack replies, "You ain't women," showing that Ann defeated her role as a women in New York standards
(Cooper 1933). Girls had very little power and certain expectations to follow that are now uncommon in this era. As Kong holds Ann, he encounters a
large number of enormous prehistoric creatures. In his effort to protect Ann he uses his masculinity built from nature in the strength and courage to
fight other monsters. In contrast, Jack, her love interest, uses technology and machinery to defend himself and define his own masculinity. However,
Ann portrays a typical stereotype as the damsel in distress. She often screams but seems helpless never willing to defend or attempt to escape. Also
Kong's victims are particularly all female through the human sacrifice where as other monsters such as Dracula have a broad range of victims that he
uses for his own personal
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King Kong: The Lost Spider Pit And Music
The Lost Spider Pit and Music In the 1933 version of "King Kong", there is a lot to be said about Max Steiner's creative musical scores for the film.
The film "King Kong" was released in 1933, and originally Steiner was told to use only musical pieces that he had already created because they were
not financially stable enough to afford new music, but after the importance of good music composition in film was recognized, Steiner was given
fifty–thousand dollars by film producer Merian Cooper out of his own pocket to be put towards the music score for "King Kong". Steiner was able take
the film to the next level with his creative leitmotifs for each individual character and musical scores that helped to prove that non–diegetic music is
still essential in the older "Talkie" films. One of the most prominent examples of just how essential the music score is, occurs when Ann Darrow (And
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The musical aspect of this scene essentially begins with the native's sounding of the gongs. This sets off a gradual increase in musical and dramatic
tension. In the first twenty seconds of this scene we are presented with a slow tempoed trumpet piece before King Kong is introduced to the film. The
rhythm of the trumpets mimics the thumping sound of King King's steps. The harmony between the lack of foreground music and the slow but intense
thumping rhythm and tempo of the brass section adds a strong sense of suspense as the characters and the audience anticipates the arrival of the
horrendous King Kong . You know that the beast is coming, and this music helps to intensify the suspense of this important
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King Kong Analysis
A film on how love knows no bounds, where love happens in unexpected ways, Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack's King Kong introduces
the element of surprise within the plot that leaves many to feel flabbergasted at the unravelled events. A gorilla worshiped as a god by many, that goes
by the name of Kong is inhabiting an unknown island where a film is set to be produced within the movie. Due to the crew's admiration of the gorilla,
they offer their star actress Ann Darrow as a sacrifice to appease the beast. However, Kong eventually falls in love with Ann, regardless of their
biological differences. On the other hand, Ann already has a human companion by the name of Carl Denham who intends to rescue Ann from the
gorilla's grasp rather than to see her disappear forever with Kong. The idea that love between a beast and human seem rather trivial in the eyes of
spectators who critique the movie; the plot provides a surprising element to illuminate the fact that the fondness between the individuals are portrayed
different from within our usual view of what is normal. In comparison with the 2005 film adaption by director Peter Jackson, I'd say that the recent film
deviated from the film to create an atmosphere where the audience are made to wait in suspense for each passing scene. Since film director Peter
Jackson directed the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, many expected the movie to be an amazing spectacle. Renditions were made to fit society's
expectations today such as
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Theme Of Sexism In King Kong
Henna Maiwand
FTVE 205
Loden
Genre Film Essay
Sexism in King Kong Sexism that occurs in modern cinema today is typically added with intent; done for the purpose of the movie, as if to "set the
time" of the movie. Sexism can make the audience feel quite strange and uneasy about a movie, and can greatly affect how the audience perceives
it. Older genre films that include ideals regarding sexism may not have been done for the purpose of setting the scene of the movie, but rather sexism
was incorporated in the script without a second guess, mostly because of the way society was shaped and normed during that time period. An
example of sexism generated in a film that is derived by the influence of society is in Merian Cooper and Ernest Schoedsack's King Kong (1933); the
basis of the entire movie is off of sexist idealism. In this film, sexism rides with the plot of the story, for the basic final "goal" is men trying to save
the female. There are numerous scenes in the film in which a male character is speaking towards a female in a demeaning tone. Sexism as a general
term is discrimination on the basis of a person's gender. At the beginning of the film, a director,Carl Denham, is on a quest searching for the perfect
actress to star in his documentary. His idea for the documentary is going on an adventure to search for King Kong, and then to capture him on tape.
Denham argues that he absolutely must find a woman specifically to be a part of his film, but only because of her
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King Kong And Godzilla Comparison
Both King Kong and Godzilla are films about the modern world coming in contact with an unstoppable foreign force. Furthermore, both movies, like
all classic horror, are eerily reflective of the times. It's hard to watch Godzilla and not imagine what it would have been like to watch it in a 1950s
theater in Japan, surrounded by people who less than a decade prior experienced near–devastation and destruction firsthand. It's sobering to imagine
their thoughts and fears as they projected their experiences onto a giant fire–breathing lizard. In the same way that toppled New York buildings in afilm
like Cloverfield rely heavily on the still fresh wounds of 9/11, without Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Godzilla wouldn't exist.
The moment that sticks out to me most in Godzilla is small, but chilling scene. Nurses and medics shuffle bodies on stretchers into a makeshift
hospital. Inside the light is low as the camera pans passed laid out silhouettes being cared for by exhausted medical workers. A young boy being
tested for radiation poisoning. The machine beeps. A hallway with light ripping through the shutters, more stretchers. Man leaning up against the
wall, burnt and exhausted. A little girl looks at her dead mother; they cover her in order to take her away. The little girl hides her tears in her dress.
It's a scene with enormous weight. It is not science fiction, in fact it isn't even fiction. Less an a decade prior, this was reality. The little girl's cries are
deafening and
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Use Of Film As A Propaganda Tool
Introduction
Propaganda, can be defined as the capacity of a person to produce and disseminate "attractive" and reproducible messages that once seeded they will
greatly influence human cultures.
The end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century were periods during which propagandistic activities flourished. The development of mass
media along with unprecedented advances in transportation and communication, due to innovative new technologies that came with industrial
revolution, resulted to the formation of mass audiences for propaganda, in all sectors and for different purposes. All different media such as print,
films, radio and television contributed to this new era, offering their unique characteristics for exploitation. In this essay, I am going to focus on the
particular use of film as a propaganda tool.
A propaganda film, can take either the form of a documentary film production or a fictional screenplay that aims at convincing the audience about
certain issues. They can be driven by politics, social conflicts, environmental problems or simply personal incentives. Propagandistic content in films
can be realistic so as to reflect actual problems and/or situations or specifically formed aiming at misleading large masses of the population on certain
matters and alter their perception.
The first acknowledged propaganda film was a series of short silent films, produced during the Spanish–American war in 1898 by the Vitagraph
Studios. Moreover, in 1918, Charlie
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Most Dangerous Game Movie Vs Book
"The Most Dangerous Game", also published as "The Hounds of Zaroff", is a short story by Richard Connell, first published in Collier's book on
January 19, 1924. The story features a big–game hunter from New York who falls off a yacht and swims to an isolated island in the Caribbean, where
he is hunted by a Cossack aristocrat. The story is inspired by the big–game hunting safaris in Africa and South America that were particularly
fashionable among wealthy Americans in the 1920s.
The story has been adapted numerous times, most notably for the 1932 RKO Pictures film The Most Dangerous Game, starring Joel McCrea and Leslie
Banks, and for a 1943 episode of the CBS Radio series Suspense, starring Orson Welles.
Synopsis
Sanger Rainsford and his friend, Whitney, travel to Rio de Janeiro to hunt the region's big cat: the jaguar. After a discussion about how they are "the
hunters" instead of "the huntees", Whitney goes to bed and Rainsford remains on deck. While Whitney returns to his quarters Rainsford hears
gunshots, climbs onto the yachts' rail to get a better view of the nearby Ship–Trap Island, and falls overboard. After he realizes he cannot swim... Show
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The most significant of these adaptations – and the only film to use the original characters – was RKO Pictures' film released in 1932, The Most
Dangerous Game. Joel McCrea stars as Rainsford; Leslie Banks portrays Zaroff. The adaptation by James Ashmore Creelman adds two other principal
characters, brother–and–sister pair Eve Trowbridge and Martin Trowbridge, who are castaways from a shipwreck. The Most Dangerous Game was
co–directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack and Irving Pichel; also with a score by Max Steiner, the film was a favorite project of producer Merian C.
Cooper. The production shared several sets with King Kong, a simultaneous RKO project that also involved Schoedsack, Cooper, Wray, Armstrong,
Creelman, and Steiner. The Most Dangerous Game was a modest
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King Kong Cultural Differences
The cultural differences represented in King Kong (1933) and King Kong (2005)
In the original, Bruce Cabot portrays Jack Driscoll who is the first mate of The Venture, the ship that Carl Denham hires to sail to Skull Skull Island
to film a feature film. Driscoll is the hero that, upon falling in love with Fay Wray's Ann Darrow, He is the one most determined to save Ann Darrow
after she is sacrificed too Kong.
33's Driscoll is honorable, courageous, and strong, all these virtues are all represented through driscolls ruggedness. While he is a man of few words,
the Jack Driscoll of the 1933 says what he means no matter whom he might offend, whether he is referring to the ritualistic practices of Skull Island's
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it is a decent remake that gets too bogged down in Peter Jackson's need to give some characters more story and screen time than they need.
"seeing the original 'King Kong', the 1933 version of 'Kong', which is saw when I was nine. And I remember that weekend I made plasticine dinosaurs
and started to try to do some stop–motion animation with my little Super–8 camera." (Stratton, 2005)
when Kong is chained up in the Manhattan theater for public display, Denham creates a deformed version of the 3 hour film where "native" performers
wear the native costumes from the original film, even duplicating the sacrificial ritual. This way, Jackson gets to almost satirically acknowledge the
racist and sexist attitudes that were prevalent in 1933 America, without giving these ideas legitimacy them and offending modern viewers. But there's
more to it than that. Jackson wanted his film to be faithful in as many ways as he could, he found ways to get the more homage to his favorite film by
faithfully recreating moments and cues within a creative context. While recreating the sacrifice the orchestral piece that Max Steiner made for the '33
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Essay about Film Analysis of King Kong Produced by Merian...
Film Analysis of King Kong Produced by Merian C. Cooper
A classic adventure–fantasy film in the earlier talking films is King Kong (1933). King
Kong was conceived by director/producer Merian C. Cooper. Cooper tells the story of an attractive blonde woman and a frightening gigantic
ape–monster who are immersed in a Beauty and the Beast type tale. A major section of the film is the struggle on Skull Island between the filmmakers,
the islanders, and the other resident of the island. The other resident being a mutant creature who must also fight civilization when it is brought to New
York City for display. From the beginning of the movie, itsscreenplay by James Creelman and Ruth Rose foretells the coming terror. The film ... Show
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The film industry was changed quiet a bit from this motion picture.
The acting and directing of the film King Kong was magnificent. In the film there are no particular weak performances. Everyone gives a rather
enjoyable performance during the movie. In watching the movie I found that as it went on I just could not wait to see what would happen next, which
shows the wonderful pace of the film. The director presents the beast in a way that is tragic. Towards the end of the picture you start to sympathize
with the beast that is trapped upon the top of the building being fired upon by planes from above. As a director, having the skill to pull these emotions
over a beast from an audience is astonishing.
The people who assembled this movie did a wonderful job. There was a great amount of thought put into the production of this film. The
composition of the picture is one that should be remembered by filmmakers of today. The scenes on the ship and on the island look as if they really
take place there and not on a sound stage or on the back lot. The motion picture tells a tale which is believable because it is one of a man going to a
strange island to shot a movie to gain wealth in America. Having hired the help of a beautiful young woman, he runs upon trouble while switching from
one interesting scene to another. In the picture the beautiful Fay Ray is as stunning today as she was when the picture was first
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Film Analysis: King Kong
The film that I chose for my AFI Top 100 Film Paper is the movie King Kong (1933 film). The film first released in New York City on March 7,
1933. Universal Studios holds the 1933 copyright to this film. The film is completely unrated. King Kong was the 3rd highest grossing movie in 1933.
The film was directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack. Merian was an American aviator, United States Air Force officer, Polish Air
Force officer, adventurer, screenwriter,film director, and producer. He fought in multiple wars including the polish–soviet war, World War I, and World
War II. Merian also won several awards for his service such as the World War I and World War II victory medals, the Cross of Valor, and the Order of
Virtuti Militari.
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King Kong: A Cultural Snapshot
Classic stories remain a classic because they convey a message which appeals to people of multiple generations despite changes in society. King
Kong was released in print in 1932, a year prior to its release in Hollywood, as a part of the film's advance marketing. The public of this generation
easily accepted the story's racist, colonialist, and sexist themes. Today, literary critics such as Cynthia Erb view the novel and film as representation of
the early 30s and thus a resource to understand the cultural context of the times. In particular, King Kong provides a window through which a modern
audience can understand and interpret racism of the 1930s. The main stereotypes presented in the story, King Kong, were those of African... Show more
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The natives were, "chanting as they swayed in ordered ranks", while dressed in gorilla skins, face paint, and feather headdresses. This further
emphasizes Erb's point that the film was intentionally made to be exotic and to represent the jungle craze of the 30's. In addition to this primitive
representation of black people, Denham's remark, "... blondes are scarce around here," when the witch doctor was admiring Anne's beauty is a blatant
racist remark and is another example of the worth of a white woman when compared to the black people.
While Anne is being kidnapped by the natives, the description of the kidnapping is particularly interesting. The natives are described only as "hands",
instead of individual characters, as if the black natives are things, not people. For example, Anne was, "...passed from hands to other hands down the
ship's side", and she felt, "Hot, native hands thrusting her down..." Not only does this provide an example of the ambient racism in this story, but it
also relates to the previous statement of how the filmmakers exaggerated the sexual energy of black people.
Racist characteristics in films and stories are something that can be perceived in this generation, but was something that was normal and expected in
the 1930's. Sexuality and raciness were items that made films a commodity in the 30's and King Kong uses both of these to attract a wide audience.
These qualities
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Fear Of The Color Black
How would you describe African American men? Stereotyping is a way of placing general characteristics on a certain group of people. Racial
stereotypes of African Americans were prevalent in the United States during the nineteenth century. Whites became associated with positive meanings
such as superiority, safety, and cleanness while African Americans became associated with negative meanings such as sexual monsters, dangerous,
and deviance. For example, The Scottsboro trial was about nine black youths charged with raping two white women in the state of Alabama. In a
series of trials the youths were found guilty and sentenced to death. In addition, Candyman, directed by Bernard Rose, is about a son of a former
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What the quote is explaining is that the boys were found guilty of their crime and were sentenced to death, but the reason for their death was not only
for raping two white women, but to have crossed social boundaries. According to both Dredge and Tabor the reason behind the death of the Scottsboro
boys was to set an example that inter–racial relationships amongst the blacks and whites were forbidden. The white culture didn't want this same
occurrence happening again, so they used the Scottsboro trial as an outcome if someone would want to cross social boundaries. Therefore, to show
how the Scottsboro trial exposes the fear of the white society can be seen through a different description were an African American male was killed for
having an inter–racial relationship. In the article "Seeing Red Over Black And White: Popular And Media Representations Of Inter–racial Relationships
as Precursors to Racial Violence" by Barbara Perry and Michael Sutton, the authors state, "The recent U.K. murder of Anthony Walker attests to the
lingering antipathy, indeed hostility, toward intimate inter–racial relationships,
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Cinematic Techniques Used In King Kong Film
The 1933 film King Kong directed by Carl Denham came out during the Victorian era of the exploration of exotic lands. This film is cinema's most
famous "monster movie". Cinematography contributes to this films theme of otherness and sympathy, shallow focus, tight framing, and confined
movement. Also, the sound within this film emphasizes what the audience/viewer should pay attention to. The importance of sound within this film
was critical as it created this effect that was developed through the transformation from the silent era. Thus, through these special effects of
cinematography and sound creates a sympathetic gesture of the monster in which the audience feels sympathy to the monster throughout this entire
film. Kong may appear as this scary, giant monster, however, he does... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Cinematography is a motion picture photography, which "provides a diversity of experience in the definition of artificial imagery and movement
through landscape" (Earl 181). Therefore, cinematography is a continuous image between cuts. This particular technique offers a range of options for
representing, creating and understanding a cinematic point of view, which is shown strongly within this 1933 film. As Ray Morton indicates in his
book on King Kong that the "cinematography [in this film] is highly atmospheric [as it is] perfectly capturing the despair of the depression–era in New
York, the nightmarish spectacle of the sacrifice scene, and the eerie beauty of the mist–covered prehistoric tableaus" (Morton 80). Therefore, through
cinematography it does create a sympathetic monster. Thus, through these cinematic scenes, King Kong does show a well cinematography approach as
the camera is guiding the audience/viewers attention to present certain things to the audience/viewers gaze. Also the camera
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King Kong Research Paper
The monster I chose for my topic is about a monster of a ape. His name is King Kong. He has been on film dating back from 1933. They had
remade the film in 1976 and 2005 as well. This monster has toys, movies, books, comics, video games, theme parks and etc. The list goes on. The
idea originated from a man named Merian C. Cooper. He was fascinated by apes from the age of 6. He was given a book by his uncle which talked
about life in the wild and that is how he was hooked onto the idea of apes. So fascinated that he started thinking up ideas and realized what if he
made a movie about a gigantic ape. The process for finding King Kong's name was not very difficult. Cooper was very set on the name having the
hard sound "K" as the name. The idea was because his favorite words began with a "K". Komodo was one of his favorite words and out of that he
got Kong. The King part of the name came from thinking up little "skits" such as "The jungle king: Kong" and instead of saying all that he chose King
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In the Indian Ocean where it was believed some prehistoric gigantic animals lived. Kong falls in love with, what was supposed to be a sacrifice,
girl name Darrow or Dwan. Depending on what version you watch. He then goes to one of the 8 wonders of the world which was The Empire State
Building, or the World Trade Center (depending on the version you watch). There is a saying that goes along with the movie which is "It was Beauty
which killed the Beast" and it goes along perfectly because while King Kong was trying to defend the women he ends up being killed and falling from
on top of the
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King Kong Research Paper
King Kong is not only one of the first classical attempts to produce pre–science fiction films, but also arguably it has become a classic in the
development of film history. From its opening, showing us the emerging industrialized city of New York; to its greedy protagonist driven to produce
his best film; its exploration and finding of a different parallel world; to its adventurer portrait of American society and obsession for discovering new
mysterious lands –and its encounter with a giant deity in the form of a gorilla. King Kong exhibits all the major traits we have come to attribute to the
genre, cycle, or series known as science fiction. King Kong has been re–made in different historical periods, but this essay will exclusively pay attention
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The RKO studios, one of the eight companies of the oligopoly, premiered King Kong at the Radio City Music Hall in New York King Kong is well
known for its groundbreaking use of special effects such as stop–motion, animation, matte painting, rear projection, and miniatures, all of which were
conceived decades before the digital age. King Kong has been credited as one of the first movies that was ever produced that incorporated sequences
of miniatures to re–enact the first special effects ever shot in films. The editors used rear projected images that were put up one frame at the time
using a tiny screen that was built into the miniatures and they would advance frame by frame having the animation in the front while photographing
each scene. The two common technical practices that were used to create special effects back in the days were "rear projections (also called back
projection) or optical printing" (Thompson and Bordwell 221). The King Kong film integrated human actors and stop–motion puppets into the same
shots. Special effects would become a very important feature of future science fiction productions. King Kong, as well as some early fiction movies
attempts, became the base to experiment different ways and techniques for creating new fantastic worlds. There are a lot of ways to look at the genre
of science fiction because no definitional consensus of the term has been reached among scholars. This is why the arguments of this essay only focuses
in the techniques used to produce the movie and in its possible cultural representations. As Carl Freedman in his book, Critical Theory and Science
Fiction, once
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Use Of Film As A Propaganda Tool
Introduction
Propaganda, can be defined as the capacity of a person to produce and disseminate "attractive" and reproducible messages that once seeded they will
greatly influence human cultures.
The end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century were periods during which propagandistic activities flourished. The development of mass
media along with unprecedented advances in transportation and communication, due to innovative new technologies that came with industrial
revolution, resulted to the formation of mass audiences for propaganda, in all sectors and for different purposes. All different media such as print,
films, radio and television contributed to this new era, offering their unique characteristics for exploitation. In this essay, I am going to focus on the
particular use of film as a propaganda tool.
A propaganda film, can take either the form of a documentary film production or a fictional screenplay that aims at convincing the audience about
certain issues. They can be driven by politics, social conflicts, environmental problems or simply personal incentives. Propagandistic content in films
can be realistic so as to reflect actual problems and/or situations or specifically formed aiming at misleading large masses of the population on certain
matters and alter their perception.
The first acknowledged propaganda film was a series of short silent films, produced during the Spanish–American war in 1898 by the Vitagraph
Studios. Moreover, in 1918, Charlie
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King Kong Film Analysis
In 1933, Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack created a colossal ape that would change the cinema industry forever. When I was 9, I
remember watching the 1967 version King Kong, my mom bought me a small King Kong toy to play with after. I remember at the age of 9
destroying Lego buildings as I loved every minute of it. Little did I know how racist this film was due to my young age and incompetence. I only
cared about the giant monkey that destroyed anything in its way; now I see the ugliness that I did not recognize growing up. I want to thank you Dr.
James for assigning this project as you gave me the opportunity to watch these King Kong films as I so idolized growing up.
The whole purpose of a movie, (or any type of entertainment) is to distract you from your real life. On a deep psychological level, we use movies
to temporarily escape for a little bit, which was gigantic for people suffering in the Great Depression. Now, when you think of the typical Hollywood
bestseller movie, you picture the girl always in some type of trouble and she needs assistance from the "hero". We see this in Shrek, Twilight, The
Dark Knight series, Star Wars, Spiderman etc. This is a type of movie strategy directors use called "Damsel in Distress".
In the 1933 King Kong, this was by far the most successful Damsel in Distress for its time, as audiences in the 1930s were not expecting the stop
animation displayed. You can argue, due to the success of King Kong in 1933 that movie directors
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Analysis Of The Movie ' King Kong '
King Kong was first released on April 7, 1933. This version was directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B Schoedsack. The lead female role, Ann
Darrow, was played by Fay Wray, and the lead male role, Carl Denham, by Robert Armstrong. At the time, this movie was classified into three genres:
adventure, fantasy, and horror. Most importantly, the composer of this film was Max Steiner.
72 years after the original King Kong was released, a new, three–hour long version was released on December 14, 2005. Although the story line
remained the same, there were some notable differences between the two. First of all, Ann Darrow was played by Naomi Watts, andCarl Denham by
Jack Black. Second, the way Peter Jackson directed this film turned it into an adventure movie with more action and drama than the 1933 version. One
of the most prominent differences that will be discussed in this essay, is the difference in music selections due to the different composer, James Newton
Howard.
The 1933 and 2005 versions of King Kong are constructed in slightly different ways. The 1933 version focuses mainly on the procession of Ann to
the sacrifice altar. There are multiple panoramic shots of the large group of natives surrounding her and cheering on the sacrifice. Throughout this
scene, it almost appears as though the same or very similar clips of these natives surrounding her are used in multiple places. The sacrifice itself is
also emphasized in this version and turned into a big deal. One
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Primate Behavior In King Kong
For my journal I will be talking about the 2005 movie King Kong. I will be giving a little synopsis over it and also give an analysis on the primate
behavior and how I think we are related. The movie starts off in New york where a sketchy movie director wanting to make a movie but ends up
taking a different route. The director sets for sail with his crew and an actress he just picked off of the side of the streets. With not much of a plan
and him being wanted by police the captain plans on stopping the trip but just ends up at skull island. Not knowing much about the island, they end up
facing the people of the island a big beast known as kong, and many other dangerous creatures. Not only did they end up in a sketchy situation but Ann
the only lady in the crew gets kidnapped by the natives and is human sacrifice to Kong.... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Not knowing much of each other on how to act, the two ends up becoming close and kong turns out to be a big guardian to the Ann. The two
builds a bond that no one would understand except them because kong is known as a beast. Still being away from the rest of the crew, the crew
tries to find and get Ann back not knowing all the dangerous encounters they had to face. The movie director again has his own plans with kong, so
as they try to rescue Ann he also ends up luring and capturing Kong. The director then brought Kong back to New York where he plans to make a
show out of Kong, by reenacting the scenes of kong and Ann's encounters. Of course things turns out bad when Kong gets crazy and escapes trying to
look for Ann. The two meet again where they run off in the city and Kong carries Ann up the empire state building where he then gets surrounded and
killed by
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Cultural Prejudice Of The West

  • 1. Cultural Prejudice Of The West Ziyi Zhao Karli Grazman ENGL1011 September 29, 2017 Cultural Prejudice of the West People always refuse to accept something they are not familiar with. In the article Mixed Race Frontiers: Border Westerns and the Limits of "America", Camilla Fojas explored two border Westerns, Duel in the Sun (1946) and Rio Lobo(1970). Racial mixing is central to the plot development of both films. Just like the two movies My Darling Clementine and The Searchers we watched before, the problems of cultural prejudice come up in most stories of the West, which can never be ignored when we talk about the frontier. The boundary in the West is not just a geographic term, but also a racial term that separate people with different racial background. Without... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... She is isolated from both her national belonging and ethical communities. From the point of the Westerns, Pearl is unassimilable since she cannot be trained to be a "lady" based on her identity. From The perspective of Native Americans, she is no longer one of them as a group. Martin Pawley, who is also an offspring of a white settler and a Native American, has the same issue as Pearl does. Although he is raised by a white family, he is still not accepted by his uncle Ethan. Growing up in a white family makes Martin a white man from his deep inside, but it is still hard for the Westerns to completely accept Martin since he is an "outsider" as before simply because of his appearance. It is hard to define Pearl and Martin's identity from either side, and the cultural prejudice comes up to those people who are mix–raced. Since most people lack knowledge about the people differ from them, fear and prejudice towards other races changes the ways the minority groups are treated. In the film My Darling Clementine, Chihuahua gives me a really deep impression. Chihuahua, who sings in the local saloon is a distinctive character with beautiful appearance, strong personality, dare love dare hate. She loves Doc Holiday. In this way, when Doc Holiday leaves Tombstone because Clementine is not willing to return to Boston, Chihuahua immediately finds Clementine and starts an argument with her. She loves Doc Holiday more than herself, and she is willing to make sacrifice for him no ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 2. Cultural Themes In King Kong The Complexities of Kong The original King Kong, directed and produced in 1933 by Merian C. Cooper, set a groundbreaking decades–long precedent for all subsequent thriller, horror, and animation films made in Hollywood. Three versions of this movie spanned several decades. King Kong tells the story of an attractive woman and a frightening gigantic ape–monster who are immersed in a beauty and the beast type tale. Through Cooper's visual imagery and specific dialogue, he conveys themes of racism, sexuality, and gender numerous times to open the minds of cultural differences. Cooper reveals his views on racism through visual and behavioral contrast between the indigenous and urban people. In the beginning of the movie, Carl Denham, a prestigious ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... After Ann boards the ship, the ship's crew is distant and disapproving that any women should be on board. This is later emphasized when Captain Jack replies to Ann, "This is no place for a girl" (Cooper 1933). Cooper uses Ann as a source of crossing boundaries of gender expectations and idealisms. This is further proven when Jack replies, "You ain't women," showing that Ann defeated her role as a women in New York standards (Cooper 1933). Girls had very little power and certain expectations to follow that are now uncommon in this era. As Kong holds Ann, he encounters a large number of enormous prehistoric creatures. In his effort to protect Ann he uses his masculinity built from nature in the strength and courage to fight other monsters. In contrast, Jack, her love interest, uses technology and machinery to defend himself and define his own masculinity. However, Ann portrays a typical stereotype as the damsel in distress. She often screams but seems helpless never willing to defend or attempt to escape. Also Kong's victims are particularly all female through the human sacrifice where as other monsters such as Dracula have a broad range of victims that he uses for his own personal ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 3. King Kong: The Lost Spider Pit And Music The Lost Spider Pit and Music In the 1933 version of "King Kong", there is a lot to be said about Max Steiner's creative musical scores for the film. The film "King Kong" was released in 1933, and originally Steiner was told to use only musical pieces that he had already created because they were not financially stable enough to afford new music, but after the importance of good music composition in film was recognized, Steiner was given fifty–thousand dollars by film producer Merian Cooper out of his own pocket to be put towards the music score for "King Kong". Steiner was able take the film to the next level with his creative leitmotifs for each individual character and musical scores that helped to prove that non–diegetic music is still essential in the older "Talkie" films. One of the most prominent examples of just how essential the music score is, occurs when Ann Darrow (And the audience) first meet King Kong. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The musical aspect of this scene essentially begins with the native's sounding of the gongs. This sets off a gradual increase in musical and dramatic tension. In the first twenty seconds of this scene we are presented with a slow tempoed trumpet piece before King Kong is introduced to the film. The rhythm of the trumpets mimics the thumping sound of King King's steps. The harmony between the lack of foreground music and the slow but intense thumping rhythm and tempo of the brass section adds a strong sense of suspense as the characters and the audience anticipates the arrival of the horrendous King Kong . You know that the beast is coming, and this music helps to intensify the suspense of this important ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 4. King Kong Analysis A film on how love knows no bounds, where love happens in unexpected ways, Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack's King Kong introduces the element of surprise within the plot that leaves many to feel flabbergasted at the unravelled events. A gorilla worshiped as a god by many, that goes by the name of Kong is inhabiting an unknown island where a film is set to be produced within the movie. Due to the crew's admiration of the gorilla, they offer their star actress Ann Darrow as a sacrifice to appease the beast. However, Kong eventually falls in love with Ann, regardless of their biological differences. On the other hand, Ann already has a human companion by the name of Carl Denham who intends to rescue Ann from the gorilla's grasp rather than to see her disappear forever with Kong. The idea that love between a beast and human seem rather trivial in the eyes of spectators who critique the movie; the plot provides a surprising element to illuminate the fact that the fondness between the individuals are portrayed different from within our usual view of what is normal. In comparison with the 2005 film adaption by director Peter Jackson, I'd say that the recent film deviated from the film to create an atmosphere where the audience are made to wait in suspense for each passing scene. Since film director Peter Jackson directed the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, many expected the movie to be an amazing spectacle. Renditions were made to fit society's expectations today such as ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 5. Theme Of Sexism In King Kong Henna Maiwand FTVE 205 Loden Genre Film Essay Sexism in King Kong Sexism that occurs in modern cinema today is typically added with intent; done for the purpose of the movie, as if to "set the time" of the movie. Sexism can make the audience feel quite strange and uneasy about a movie, and can greatly affect how the audience perceives it. Older genre films that include ideals regarding sexism may not have been done for the purpose of setting the scene of the movie, but rather sexism was incorporated in the script without a second guess, mostly because of the way society was shaped and normed during that time period. An example of sexism generated in a film that is derived by the influence of society is in Merian Cooper and Ernest Schoedsack's King Kong (1933); the basis of the entire movie is off of sexist idealism. In this film, sexism rides with the plot of the story, for the basic final "goal" is men trying to save the female. There are numerous scenes in the film in which a male character is speaking towards a female in a demeaning tone. Sexism as a general term is discrimination on the basis of a person's gender. At the beginning of the film, a director,Carl Denham, is on a quest searching for the perfect actress to star in his documentary. His idea for the documentary is going on an adventure to search for King Kong, and then to capture him on tape. Denham argues that he absolutely must find a woman specifically to be a part of his film, but only because of her ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 6. King Kong And Godzilla Comparison Both King Kong and Godzilla are films about the modern world coming in contact with an unstoppable foreign force. Furthermore, both movies, like all classic horror, are eerily reflective of the times. It's hard to watch Godzilla and not imagine what it would have been like to watch it in a 1950s theater in Japan, surrounded by people who less than a decade prior experienced near–devastation and destruction firsthand. It's sobering to imagine their thoughts and fears as they projected their experiences onto a giant fire–breathing lizard. In the same way that toppled New York buildings in afilm like Cloverfield rely heavily on the still fresh wounds of 9/11, without Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Godzilla wouldn't exist. The moment that sticks out to me most in Godzilla is small, but chilling scene. Nurses and medics shuffle bodies on stretchers into a makeshift hospital. Inside the light is low as the camera pans passed laid out silhouettes being cared for by exhausted medical workers. A young boy being tested for radiation poisoning. The machine beeps. A hallway with light ripping through the shutters, more stretchers. Man leaning up against the wall, burnt and exhausted. A little girl looks at her dead mother; they cover her in order to take her away. The little girl hides her tears in her dress. It's a scene with enormous weight. It is not science fiction, in fact it isn't even fiction. Less an a decade prior, this was reality. The little girl's cries are deafening and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 7. Use Of Film As A Propaganda Tool Introduction Propaganda, can be defined as the capacity of a person to produce and disseminate "attractive" and reproducible messages that once seeded they will greatly influence human cultures. The end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century were periods during which propagandistic activities flourished. The development of mass media along with unprecedented advances in transportation and communication, due to innovative new technologies that came with industrial revolution, resulted to the formation of mass audiences for propaganda, in all sectors and for different purposes. All different media such as print, films, radio and television contributed to this new era, offering their unique characteristics for exploitation. In this essay, I am going to focus on the particular use of film as a propaganda tool. A propaganda film, can take either the form of a documentary film production or a fictional screenplay that aims at convincing the audience about certain issues. They can be driven by politics, social conflicts, environmental problems or simply personal incentives. Propagandistic content in films can be realistic so as to reflect actual problems and/or situations or specifically formed aiming at misleading large masses of the population on certain matters and alter their perception. The first acknowledged propaganda film was a series of short silent films, produced during the Spanish–American war in 1898 by the Vitagraph Studios. Moreover, in 1918, Charlie ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 8. Most Dangerous Game Movie Vs Book "The Most Dangerous Game", also published as "The Hounds of Zaroff", is a short story by Richard Connell, first published in Collier's book on January 19, 1924. The story features a big–game hunter from New York who falls off a yacht and swims to an isolated island in the Caribbean, where he is hunted by a Cossack aristocrat. The story is inspired by the big–game hunting safaris in Africa and South America that were particularly fashionable among wealthy Americans in the 1920s. The story has been adapted numerous times, most notably for the 1932 RKO Pictures film The Most Dangerous Game, starring Joel McCrea and Leslie Banks, and for a 1943 episode of the CBS Radio series Suspense, starring Orson Welles. Synopsis Sanger Rainsford and his friend, Whitney, travel to Rio de Janeiro to hunt the region's big cat: the jaguar. After a discussion about how they are "the hunters" instead of "the huntees", Whitney goes to bed and Rainsford remains on deck. While Whitney returns to his quarters Rainsford hears gunshots, climbs onto the yachts' rail to get a better view of the nearby Ship–Trap Island, and falls overboard. After he realizes he cannot swim... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The most significant of these adaptations – and the only film to use the original characters – was RKO Pictures' film released in 1932, The Most Dangerous Game. Joel McCrea stars as Rainsford; Leslie Banks portrays Zaroff. The adaptation by James Ashmore Creelman adds two other principal characters, brother–and–sister pair Eve Trowbridge and Martin Trowbridge, who are castaways from a shipwreck. The Most Dangerous Game was co–directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack and Irving Pichel; also with a score by Max Steiner, the film was a favorite project of producer Merian C. Cooper. The production shared several sets with King Kong, a simultaneous RKO project that also involved Schoedsack, Cooper, Wray, Armstrong, Creelman, and Steiner. The Most Dangerous Game was a modest ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 9. King Kong Cultural Differences The cultural differences represented in King Kong (1933) and King Kong (2005) In the original, Bruce Cabot portrays Jack Driscoll who is the first mate of The Venture, the ship that Carl Denham hires to sail to Skull Skull Island to film a feature film. Driscoll is the hero that, upon falling in love with Fay Wray's Ann Darrow, He is the one most determined to save Ann Darrow after she is sacrificed too Kong. 33's Driscoll is honorable, courageous, and strong, all these virtues are all represented through driscolls ruggedness. While he is a man of few words, the Jack Driscoll of the 1933 says what he means no matter whom he might offend, whether he is referring to the ritualistic practices of Skull Island's natives as "evil," explaining to ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... it is a decent remake that gets too bogged down in Peter Jackson's need to give some characters more story and screen time than they need. "seeing the original 'King Kong', the 1933 version of 'Kong', which is saw when I was nine. And I remember that weekend I made plasticine dinosaurs and started to try to do some stop–motion animation with my little Super–8 camera." (Stratton, 2005) when Kong is chained up in the Manhattan theater for public display, Denham creates a deformed version of the 3 hour film where "native" performers wear the native costumes from the original film, even duplicating the sacrificial ritual. This way, Jackson gets to almost satirically acknowledge the racist and sexist attitudes that were prevalent in 1933 America, without giving these ideas legitimacy them and offending modern viewers. But there's more to it than that. Jackson wanted his film to be faithful in as many ways as he could, he found ways to get the more homage to his favorite film by faithfully recreating moments and cues within a creative context. While recreating the sacrifice the orchestral piece that Max Steiner made for the '33 ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 10. Essay about Film Analysis of King Kong Produced by Merian... Film Analysis of King Kong Produced by Merian C. Cooper A classic adventure–fantasy film in the earlier talking films is King Kong (1933). King Kong was conceived by director/producer Merian C. Cooper. Cooper tells the story of an attractive blonde woman and a frightening gigantic ape–monster who are immersed in a Beauty and the Beast type tale. A major section of the film is the struggle on Skull Island between the filmmakers, the islanders, and the other resident of the island. The other resident being a mutant creature who must also fight civilization when it is brought to New York City for display. From the beginning of the movie, itsscreenplay by James Creelman and Ruth Rose foretells the coming terror. The film ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The film industry was changed quiet a bit from this motion picture. The acting and directing of the film King Kong was magnificent. In the film there are no particular weak performances. Everyone gives a rather enjoyable performance during the movie. In watching the movie I found that as it went on I just could not wait to see what would happen next, which shows the wonderful pace of the film. The director presents the beast in a way that is tragic. Towards the end of the picture you start to sympathize with the beast that is trapped upon the top of the building being fired upon by planes from above. As a director, having the skill to pull these emotions over a beast from an audience is astonishing. The people who assembled this movie did a wonderful job. There was a great amount of thought put into the production of this film. The composition of the picture is one that should be remembered by filmmakers of today. The scenes on the ship and on the island look as if they really take place there and not on a sound stage or on the back lot. The motion picture tells a tale which is believable because it is one of a man going to a strange island to shot a movie to gain wealth in America. Having hired the help of a beautiful young woman, he runs upon trouble while switching from one interesting scene to another. In the picture the beautiful Fay Ray is as stunning today as she was when the picture was first ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 11. Film Analysis: King Kong The film that I chose for my AFI Top 100 Film Paper is the movie King Kong (1933 film). The film first released in New York City on March 7, 1933. Universal Studios holds the 1933 copyright to this film. The film is completely unrated. King Kong was the 3rd highest grossing movie in 1933. The film was directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack. Merian was an American aviator, United States Air Force officer, Polish Air Force officer, adventurer, screenwriter,film director, and producer. He fought in multiple wars including the polish–soviet war, World War I, and World War II. Merian also won several awards for his service such as the World War I and World War II victory medals, the Cross of Valor, and the Order of Virtuti Militari. ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 12. King Kong: A Cultural Snapshot Classic stories remain a classic because they convey a message which appeals to people of multiple generations despite changes in society. King Kong was released in print in 1932, a year prior to its release in Hollywood, as a part of the film's advance marketing. The public of this generation easily accepted the story's racist, colonialist, and sexist themes. Today, literary critics such as Cynthia Erb view the novel and film as representation of the early 30s and thus a resource to understand the cultural context of the times. In particular, King Kong provides a window through which a modern audience can understand and interpret racism of the 1930s. The main stereotypes presented in the story, King Kong, were those of African... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The natives were, "chanting as they swayed in ordered ranks", while dressed in gorilla skins, face paint, and feather headdresses. This further emphasizes Erb's point that the film was intentionally made to be exotic and to represent the jungle craze of the 30's. In addition to this primitive representation of black people, Denham's remark, "... blondes are scarce around here," when the witch doctor was admiring Anne's beauty is a blatant racist remark and is another example of the worth of a white woman when compared to the black people. While Anne is being kidnapped by the natives, the description of the kidnapping is particularly interesting. The natives are described only as "hands", instead of individual characters, as if the black natives are things, not people. For example, Anne was, "...passed from hands to other hands down the ship's side", and she felt, "Hot, native hands thrusting her down..." Not only does this provide an example of the ambient racism in this story, but it also relates to the previous statement of how the filmmakers exaggerated the sexual energy of black people. Racist characteristics in films and stories are something that can be perceived in this generation, but was something that was normal and expected in the 1930's. Sexuality and raciness were items that made films a commodity in the 30's and King Kong uses both of these to attract a wide audience. These qualities ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 13. Fear Of The Color Black How would you describe African American men? Stereotyping is a way of placing general characteristics on a certain group of people. Racial stereotypes of African Americans were prevalent in the United States during the nineteenth century. Whites became associated with positive meanings such as superiority, safety, and cleanness while African Americans became associated with negative meanings such as sexual monsters, dangerous, and deviance. For example, The Scottsboro trial was about nine black youths charged with raping two white women in the state of Alabama. In a series of trials the youths were found guilty and sentenced to death. In addition, Candyman, directed by Bernard Rose, is about a son of a former slave who fell in love with a... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... What the quote is explaining is that the boys were found guilty of their crime and were sentenced to death, but the reason for their death was not only for raping two white women, but to have crossed social boundaries. According to both Dredge and Tabor the reason behind the death of the Scottsboro boys was to set an example that inter–racial relationships amongst the blacks and whites were forbidden. The white culture didn't want this same occurrence happening again, so they used the Scottsboro trial as an outcome if someone would want to cross social boundaries. Therefore, to show how the Scottsboro trial exposes the fear of the white society can be seen through a different description were an African American male was killed for having an inter–racial relationship. In the article "Seeing Red Over Black And White: Popular And Media Representations Of Inter–racial Relationships as Precursors to Racial Violence" by Barbara Perry and Michael Sutton, the authors state, "The recent U.K. murder of Anthony Walker attests to the lingering antipathy, indeed hostility, toward intimate inter–racial relationships, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 14. Cinematic Techniques Used In King Kong Film The 1933 film King Kong directed by Carl Denham came out during the Victorian era of the exploration of exotic lands. This film is cinema's most famous "monster movie". Cinematography contributes to this films theme of otherness and sympathy, shallow focus, tight framing, and confined movement. Also, the sound within this film emphasizes what the audience/viewer should pay attention to. The importance of sound within this film was critical as it created this effect that was developed through the transformation from the silent era. Thus, through these special effects of cinematography and sound creates a sympathetic gesture of the monster in which the audience feels sympathy to the monster throughout this entire film. Kong may appear as this scary, giant monster, however, he does... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Cinematography is a motion picture photography, which "provides a diversity of experience in the definition of artificial imagery and movement through landscape" (Earl 181). Therefore, cinematography is a continuous image between cuts. This particular technique offers a range of options for representing, creating and understanding a cinematic point of view, which is shown strongly within this 1933 film. As Ray Morton indicates in his book on King Kong that the "cinematography [in this film] is highly atmospheric [as it is] perfectly capturing the despair of the depression–era in New York, the nightmarish spectacle of the sacrifice scene, and the eerie beauty of the mist–covered prehistoric tableaus" (Morton 80). Therefore, through cinematography it does create a sympathetic monster. Thus, through these cinematic scenes, King Kong does show a well cinematography approach as the camera is guiding the audience/viewers attention to present certain things to the audience/viewers gaze. Also the camera ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 15. King Kong Research Paper The monster I chose for my topic is about a monster of a ape. His name is King Kong. He has been on film dating back from 1933. They had remade the film in 1976 and 2005 as well. This monster has toys, movies, books, comics, video games, theme parks and etc. The list goes on. The idea originated from a man named Merian C. Cooper. He was fascinated by apes from the age of 6. He was given a book by his uncle which talked about life in the wild and that is how he was hooked onto the idea of apes. So fascinated that he started thinking up ideas and realized what if he made a movie about a gigantic ape. The process for finding King Kong's name was not very difficult. Cooper was very set on the name having the hard sound "K" as the name. The idea was because his favorite words began with a "K". Komodo was one of his favorite words and out of that he got Kong. The King part of the name came from thinking up little "skits" such as "The jungle king: Kong" and instead of saying all that he chose King Kong.... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... In the Indian Ocean where it was believed some prehistoric gigantic animals lived. Kong falls in love with, what was supposed to be a sacrifice, girl name Darrow or Dwan. Depending on what version you watch. He then goes to one of the 8 wonders of the world which was The Empire State Building, or the World Trade Center (depending on the version you watch). There is a saying that goes along with the movie which is "It was Beauty which killed the Beast" and it goes along perfectly because while King Kong was trying to defend the women he ends up being killed and falling from on top of the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 16. King Kong Research Paper King Kong is not only one of the first classical attempts to produce pre–science fiction films, but also arguably it has become a classic in the development of film history. From its opening, showing us the emerging industrialized city of New York; to its greedy protagonist driven to produce his best film; its exploration and finding of a different parallel world; to its adventurer portrait of American society and obsession for discovering new mysterious lands –and its encounter with a giant deity in the form of a gorilla. King Kong exhibits all the major traits we have come to attribute to the genre, cycle, or series known as science fiction. King Kong has been re–made in different historical periods, but this essay will exclusively pay attention ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The RKO studios, one of the eight companies of the oligopoly, premiered King Kong at the Radio City Music Hall in New York King Kong is well known for its groundbreaking use of special effects such as stop–motion, animation, matte painting, rear projection, and miniatures, all of which were conceived decades before the digital age. King Kong has been credited as one of the first movies that was ever produced that incorporated sequences of miniatures to re–enact the first special effects ever shot in films. The editors used rear projected images that were put up one frame at the time using a tiny screen that was built into the miniatures and they would advance frame by frame having the animation in the front while photographing each scene. The two common technical practices that were used to create special effects back in the days were "rear projections (also called back projection) or optical printing" (Thompson and Bordwell 221). The King Kong film integrated human actors and stop–motion puppets into the same shots. Special effects would become a very important feature of future science fiction productions. King Kong, as well as some early fiction movies attempts, became the base to experiment different ways and techniques for creating new fantastic worlds. There are a lot of ways to look at the genre of science fiction because no definitional consensus of the term has been reached among scholars. This is why the arguments of this essay only focuses in the techniques used to produce the movie and in its possible cultural representations. As Carl Freedman in his book, Critical Theory and Science Fiction, once ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 17. Use Of Film As A Propaganda Tool Introduction Propaganda, can be defined as the capacity of a person to produce and disseminate "attractive" and reproducible messages that once seeded they will greatly influence human cultures. The end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century were periods during which propagandistic activities flourished. The development of mass media along with unprecedented advances in transportation and communication, due to innovative new technologies that came with industrial revolution, resulted to the formation of mass audiences for propaganda, in all sectors and for different purposes. All different media such as print, films, radio and television contributed to this new era, offering their unique characteristics for exploitation. In this essay, I am going to focus on the particular use of film as a propaganda tool. A propaganda film, can take either the form of a documentary film production or a fictional screenplay that aims at convincing the audience about certain issues. They can be driven by politics, social conflicts, environmental problems or simply personal incentives. Propagandistic content in films can be realistic so as to reflect actual problems and/or situations or specifically formed aiming at misleading large masses of the population on certain matters and alter their perception. The first acknowledged propaganda film was a series of short silent films, produced during the Spanish–American war in 1898 by the Vitagraph Studios. Moreover, in 1918, Charlie ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 18. King Kong Film Analysis In 1933, Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack created a colossal ape that would change the cinema industry forever. When I was 9, I remember watching the 1967 version King Kong, my mom bought me a small King Kong toy to play with after. I remember at the age of 9 destroying Lego buildings as I loved every minute of it. Little did I know how racist this film was due to my young age and incompetence. I only cared about the giant monkey that destroyed anything in its way; now I see the ugliness that I did not recognize growing up. I want to thank you Dr. James for assigning this project as you gave me the opportunity to watch these King Kong films as I so idolized growing up. The whole purpose of a movie, (or any type of entertainment) is to distract you from your real life. On a deep psychological level, we use movies to temporarily escape for a little bit, which was gigantic for people suffering in the Great Depression. Now, when you think of the typical Hollywood bestseller movie, you picture the girl always in some type of trouble and she needs assistance from the "hero". We see this in Shrek, Twilight, The Dark Knight series, Star Wars, Spiderman etc. This is a type of movie strategy directors use called "Damsel in Distress". In the 1933 King Kong, this was by far the most successful Damsel in Distress for its time, as audiences in the 1930s were not expecting the stop animation displayed. You can argue, due to the success of King Kong in 1933 that movie directors ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 19. Analysis Of The Movie ' King Kong ' King Kong was first released on April 7, 1933. This version was directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B Schoedsack. The lead female role, Ann Darrow, was played by Fay Wray, and the lead male role, Carl Denham, by Robert Armstrong. At the time, this movie was classified into three genres: adventure, fantasy, and horror. Most importantly, the composer of this film was Max Steiner. 72 years after the original King Kong was released, a new, three–hour long version was released on December 14, 2005. Although the story line remained the same, there were some notable differences between the two. First of all, Ann Darrow was played by Naomi Watts, andCarl Denham by Jack Black. Second, the way Peter Jackson directed this film turned it into an adventure movie with more action and drama than the 1933 version. One of the most prominent differences that will be discussed in this essay, is the difference in music selections due to the different composer, James Newton Howard. The 1933 and 2005 versions of King Kong are constructed in slightly different ways. The 1933 version focuses mainly on the procession of Ann to the sacrifice altar. There are multiple panoramic shots of the large group of natives surrounding her and cheering on the sacrifice. Throughout this scene, it almost appears as though the same or very similar clips of these natives surrounding her are used in multiple places. The sacrifice itself is also emphasized in this version and turned into a big deal. One ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 20. Primate Behavior In King Kong For my journal I will be talking about the 2005 movie King Kong. I will be giving a little synopsis over it and also give an analysis on the primate behavior and how I think we are related. The movie starts off in New york where a sketchy movie director wanting to make a movie but ends up taking a different route. The director sets for sail with his crew and an actress he just picked off of the side of the streets. With not much of a plan and him being wanted by police the captain plans on stopping the trip but just ends up at skull island. Not knowing much about the island, they end up facing the people of the island a big beast known as kong, and many other dangerous creatures. Not only did they end up in a sketchy situation but Ann the only lady in the crew gets kidnapped by the natives and is human sacrifice to Kong.... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Not knowing much of each other on how to act, the two ends up becoming close and kong turns out to be a big guardian to the Ann. The two builds a bond that no one would understand except them because kong is known as a beast. Still being away from the rest of the crew, the crew tries to find and get Ann back not knowing all the dangerous encounters they had to face. The movie director again has his own plans with kong, so as they try to rescue Ann he also ends up luring and capturing Kong. The director then brought Kong back to New York where he plans to make a show out of Kong, by reenacting the scenes of kong and Ann's encounters. Of course things turns out bad when Kong gets crazy and escapes trying to look for Ann. The two meet again where they run off in the city and Kong carries Ann up the empire state building where he then gets surrounded and killed by ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...