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King Kong Comparison
The two movies to pick to compare were the King Kong from 1933 and the King Kong from 2005. I
chose these because I have seen both of them and think because they are so different from one
another. Many things changed in the making of the 2005 version of King Kong. Things such as the
technology that was used, the actors/actresses, the animations in the movie, and overall feel of the
movie. This movie took place in New York in 1933. A film maker and his crew travel to a place
called Skull Island to make a movie. Skull Island has many over sized animals such as dinosaurs and
an oversized ape. The film crew takes the ape back to New York to be observed because they had
never seen anything like it. Somehow during this whole adventure, the giant ... Show more content
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The original cast, although very good actors at the time, just were not as dramatic and believable as
the cast of the remake. Both films have very different imitations of who they think the roles should
be played by and how they should be played. The only character that pretty much stays the same in
the way they should be played is the one who plays Carl Denham. In both movies he is very
obsessed with making movies and making the movie something the people will wants to see. That is
his main goal. Ann and Jack are very different in both movies. In the original film Ann is very
sweet, confident woman who had just hit a few numbs in the road. In the remake she is a very strong
willed woman with what some would say, an uptight personality. Jack, in the original film, is a
"typical man." By this I mean him and others see him as a masculine man who does not open up to
others easily. In the remake he is just some guy who is supposed to help out in the movie but ends
up having to risk his life for Ann. In both films he falls in love with
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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
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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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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 a film 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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King Kong Film Analysis
King Kong
"No film has captivated my imagination more than 'King Kong. ' I 'm making movies today because
I saw this film when I was 9 years old." –Peter Jackson
There is bewilderment to decry in Peter Jackson 's "King Kong," but one progression that is
comparably mellowed and a grip to the key movie 's success. Kong has conquered Ann Darrow and
carried her to his landing place, high on the mountain. He laid her down, not roughly, starts to roar,
and expose his teeth and beat his chest. Ann who is an unemployed vaudeville acrobat, in some way
naturally knows that the gorilla is not being aggressive to her, but trying to impress her by acting
like an alpha male, the King of the Jungle. Ann dpoesn 't know how a Queen Kong would react, so
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Yes, Kong in 1933 responsibility for his imprison, but she doesn 't acknowledge it so much for him.
Kong was always misconceive, but in the 2005 film, there is a person who knows it.
As Kong escalates the skyscraper, Ann yells not because of the gorilla but the barrage on the gorilla
by a civilization that speculates that he must be shatter. The movie forms the same somewhat of
transformation compromising an enormous gorilla that Spielberg 's "Close Encounters of the Third
Kind" (1977) did when he replaced 1950s attacks on alien visitors with a very 1970s attempt to
advertise with them (by 2005, Spielberg was behind to charging them, in "War of the Worlds").
"King Kong" is a brilliant entertainment, it is like the blooming of all the capability in the original
simple film. Computers are used not hardly to design special effects, but also to establish style and
beauty; to discover a look for the film that is capable to the story. The characters are not badge
heroes or criminals identified in blunt sketch, but bizarre entity with charisma.
Acknowledge the change between Robert Armstrong (1933) and Jack Black (2005) as Carl Denham,
the movie director, estates an innocent corps on Skull Island. A Hollywood stereotype located on
Cecil B. DeMille has been replaced by one who points out us more of Orson Welles. And in the
leading role of Ann Darrow, Naomi Watts conveys a dimension of affection that Fay Wray, bless her
heart, was never allowed in 1933. Never have damsels been in
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The Importance Of Realism In The Film The King Of Kong
In the film, The King of Kong, realist aesthetics are used to give the audience a view of the real
world and create the deeper meaning that if something doesn't look like it is real than it is ultimately
flawed and inaccurate. Compared to this, formalist aesthetics that are used in the film, Wreck–It–
Ralph, are not only utilized to present a whole new world that is exaggerated visually, but to
primarily produce a vision that creates a deeper meaning and tone that is far from realistic.
The cinematography that is being displayed in the film, The King of Kong, is what is known as deep
focus cinematography. In the documentary, there are many instances where there is a lot of space in
front of the camera, consisting of space and people, that is in clear focus and only partially distorted
in some areas that are mainly difficult to identify. The foreground, middle–ground, and background
will all be in crisp focus. For example, when Steve Wiebe is playing Donkey Kong at Funspot, Steve
is presented clearly in the foreground as well as the many people and gaming consoles in the
middle–ground and background. This type of cinematography is used to present to the audience
something that they can essentially relate to on a personal and real level. Each part of the image is in
focus to give off the notion that everything that is being seen is like what is seen in a real–world
situation. On the other hand, expressive cinematography is what is utilized in the film, Wreck–It–
Ralph. This type of cinematography is characterized by using fast or slow motion, whether it be with
an object or person. When a person or object in the film is sped up it is usually in order to represent
a lapse of a large amount of time. For example, when Ralph is talking about the new games that
appear over time in the arcade, the people and gaming consoles speed up and alter with the lapse of
time. Opposite of this is when time and space are slowed down. For instance, when Felix saves
Sergeant Calhoun and himself from dying in the Nesquik–Sand they in turn gaze into each other's
eyes. Slow motion is used in this instance to intensify built up romantic emotions and of course
expand time. This type of cinematography is used to give the audience
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Summary Of The King Of Kong : Fistful Of Quarters
Aesthetics in Cinema
Aesthetics help contribute to make a movie more enjoyable. Breaking it down, there are a few types
of aesthetics that can be observed, including formalist and realistic aesthetics. The film The King of
Kong: Fistful of Quarters uses realistic aesthetics, such as on camera interview, Text/data on screen,
real mise–en–scene, and existing footage to make up the movie. On the other hand. Wreck–It Ralph
uses formalist aesthetics like expressive mise–en–scene and expressive editing throughout the film.
Looking at The King of Kong: Fistful of Quarters, we can see the first aspect used is the on–camera
interview. The opening shot of this movie is an interview of the World Champion Donkey Kong
player. The film itself has multiple interviews with different people. Most of the film is footage from
the interviews. The directors take time to interview the World Champion, the challenger, the referee,
other world champions of other games, and the families of the competitors. The interviews gave the
audience a sense of who the person was and gave us some background information on their skill and
how they came to like the game. Given the interviews, we were able to gain extra information about
the gamers that we might not have been able to see from just watching them play the game.
Additionally, it would be hard to make a movie about the Donkey Kong Champion without making
it a documentary full of interviews. The interviews conducted informed the audience on the
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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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Character Analysis Of King Kong
King Kong is exciting screenplay that does a great job at demonstrating what the characters are
feeling. When the writers wanted to illustrate fear, they do so by painting an image terror, and makes
it relatable. By making a scene relatable, it helps with the understanding of the character's motives,
and gives insight to the kind of person that character is. By having a complex villain such as King
Kong, one battles the urge to root for Kong, as well as wanting him to ceased. While writers do an
overall great job with the development of the characters, where they lacks is in love story between
Darrow and Driscoll. By not successfully developing the relationship between Darrow and Driscoll
in the beginning, love between the two feels rushed, which therefore makes it challenging to care
about their relationship. Overall King Kong is a well written screenplay, that shows does a great job
at showing what the characters are feeling throughout.
Where the writers of the screenplay succeed is in illustrating the emotion that the character is feeling
at that moment. If one does not do this successfully, it makes it hard to invest in the characters, and
understand the situation of the scene. An example of this is when Carl and the ship crew approach
Skull Island. As they are approaching the undiscovered island, the writers describe this thick fog that
the characters enter (47). By doing this, the writers demonstrates imagery to describe the dark and
eerie place. As the characters are unable to see through the fog, they start to become afraid, as they
fear of the unknown. An example of this being expressed is when one of the ship crew members
Hayes yells "captain, you don't know where the hell you're going" (49)! Panic and terror possess the
characters, and the writers do a great of showing it.
The writers do a great job with the development of King Kong and making him a complex character.
At first, King Kong appears to be the stereotypical monster/villain that only kills and destroys, but
later in the story, King Kong shows a different side of him that a character such as himself usually
does not display. A moment where the complexity of King Kong's character is shown is when Ann
and Kong have their first real
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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, and Carl 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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How To Enter Major King Kong
Enter Major T. J. Kong the pilot and commander of the B–52 bomber. His name is obviously an
allusion to the gigantic ape King Kong, which is an expression of his primitive nature. Kong is an
archetype of the American masculinity, the Texan "cowboy". Although he lacks any binary opposite
his role is pivotal. Upon receiving Ripper's orders Kong removes his helmet and dons a "cowboy"
hat this reflects his reckless personality that ultimately leads to disaster. Although it is clear that his
plane will not make it to the designated target, Kong is intent on carrying out his orders. Kong is last
seen hurtling towards earth on the phallic nuclear bomb yelling in an orgasmic fashion, followed by
mushroom clouds that communicate sexual
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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,
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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 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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Music Analysis Of The Film Music Of King Kong 1933
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Music Analysis
King Kong 1933 King Kong is the perfect example of the early development of motion picture
music in the twentieth century. The music was not only essential to the film, but musical scores also
made the film better for the audience. Clever composers created a true musical drama; Max Steiner
was known for his musical ability including films like Gone with the Wind. Steiner spent a lot of
amount on the music of film King Kong 1933. The music meant everything to that picture, and the
picture meant everything to RKO, because it saved the studio from bankruptcy.... The impact of
King Kong on the movie–going public was astonishing. It emerged into a country frightened,
impoverished, in the grip of the Great Depression. The main instrument used in the film music was
orchestra which was perfectly aligned with the theme of characters in the film at various points.
Steiner developed the music in the symphonic fashion which allowed the film to hit a high score
musically and became a symphonic fashion. The usage of the cycle of operas was brilliant with a
soothing tune to the ears. The "Main Title" music opens with King Kong's three–note motive; heard
throughout the entire score in many sections and guises, but always identifying King Kong himself.
The film has a fifty–foot giant that depicted a lot of terror to the audience which was facilitated by
music; the main title continues with the stolen love of the heroine of the movie. Ann Darrow played
the heroine who was saved dramatically by the king kong, and she fell in love with him. Her love
for her lifesaver and her further development of the relationship with the gorilla was the core of
music and the film. The jungle dance was a faster tune with continuous rhythm, while after the
jungle dance, music became much softer, romantic and lush.The entrance of the Kong was a long
sequence which was created by Steiner in an orchestral tradition. Viola and Celesta players were
given a few notes to play quickly along with some violence in some passages. The recording and the
whole thing had a great feeling about it; the natives there was a 2 phase theme which opened like an
Indian descending line. Each of the themes including love
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Comparing Hulk with King Kong, A Paragraph
Hulk:
Who's green and large and gets stronger if he gets madder. He has a multitude of powers, far more
than King Kong Bing Bong. Ol' Hulk Can do just about anything you can think of. From
unbelieveable strength, his incredible jumping ability, to accelerated healing.
King Kong:
Destroying houses with a single step, who clocked in at 145 feet tall in his fight vs Godzilla. He
weighs 60,000 pounds and having to take in about 7,500 pounds of food each day. Can you imagine
how much protein is in all that food?
King Kong is one giant ape.
Hulk:
We all know one of Hulks main powers is his incredible strength. Except for his grey incarnation,
The Hulk can lift 100 tons when calm. In this case, the madder The Hulk gets, the stronger he gets
caused by an extra surge. Do to his strength he is able to be resistant to other objects such as extreme
heat and cold, bullets, fire, grenades, artillery shells, concussive forces & such. During times of high
stress or anger, an increase in adrenaline causes the Hulk's strength to increase dramatically. There
has never been a limit shown as to the highest strength the Hulk can reach thus it is assumed it is
limitless. King Kong:
King Kong is a great fighter once he gets close, using his large arms, powerful muscles, and mighty
fists to strike fear and pain to his opponent. King
Kong cannot be harmed by electrical currents, and instead, feeds on their power in order to awaken
him from a state of unconsciousness
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Ambition And Detection In Seth Gordon's Film King Of Kong
Seth Gordon's documentary King of Kong produced in 2007 is a very competitive and tensing
video. It expresses the gamers as very focused individuals and explains the hunger of winning for
them. The director 'Seth Gordon' shows a contrast between ambition and obsession through codes
and convection as well as characteristics. The codes and conventions in the documentary also play a
vital role in portraying different aspects of personalities in different characters. They change your
perspective about certain people or events and make you more aware of what is going on. Billy
Mitchell, one of the players in the documentary, was shown extremely logical and very professional.
In disparity with, Steve Wiebe, another gamer, who was portrayed as a very hardworking and
ambitious man. Having said that, there were other characters in the documentary which helped
shape these two players identity and portrayal. Seth Gordon succeeds in persuading us to think a
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The Director has shown the audience that without gaming, Billy would be nothing but a person
selling sauce. This can be seen as, in every interview he is usually filmed in his restaurant or in his
study. On the other hand, Steve was shown more of a family guy and talented. You can see these
qualities in him as he was filmed in many different places, such as, the playground, Swimming pool
and also in his garage. The director showed Steve's talents through making him play the drums, the
piano and also adding a clip of Steve playing basketball and teaching. By all this evidence, you can
see that the director tried to show Steve as the good guy and portrayed him as a friendly and gifted
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Film Analysis: Movie Analysis Of The Movie King Kong
"King Kong" Movie Analysis
A good movie can either be captivating or exhilarating depending on the plot of the movie. Like the
thrill of a rollercoaster, it is the same thrill that comes from watching the King Kong movie. It is
both captivating as well as fascinating in the sense that it provides rich thematic presence and
sceneries. In this paper, King Kong will be viewed from a critical perspective to argue if it truly
deserves the amount of fame it has been given. The movie "King Kong" was a commercial success
in the early 1930's, although the enormous gorilla briefly flickered on just a few hundred screens
across Americas cinemas. King Kong's story had to be repeated on smaller home televisions for new
generations of youth and adults to embrace it fully as their own, making the fable an essential part of
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Director Merian Cooper and the well–renowned pulp novelist Edgar Wallace share the main writing
credits for King Kong. The plot is logical because there is a flow of ideas and thrills coupled with
the capture of the audience's expectations and desires. The setting of the scene is reasonable because
there is enough focus on what needs to be included and the avoidance of unnecessary sceneries and
creatures. Without a doubt, expert writing proves to be remarkable.
Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong, the lead roles, were both experienced in professional acting before
appearing in King Kong. Both inhabit their roles with absolute authenticity, generating immense
empathy from audiences. Also by delaying King Kong's entrance by some forty minutes into the
film allowed for the buildup of viewer excitement and identification with the human
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King Kong Comparison Essay
The original 1933 King Kong was created as a movie: to convey a story and entertain and audience.
Peter Jackson's 2005 remake took the foundation for King Kong and expanded upon it in almost
every way in order to "make again" the amazement of the original for a modern audience. Audiences
received the original King Kong very well. The stop motion sequences of Kong were amazing for
their time and the movie grossed $90,000 in its opening weekend. In order to bank upon its success
again sequels were made and then in 1976 a remake was made to improve upon the original.
Paramount updated the movie to color, changed the story, and cast Jeff Bridges, a well–known actor
of the time, as the lead. Although the movie received mixed reviews, it did ... Show more content on
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While Jackson's remake is true to the original for the most part, there are some small changes made
in order to make the movie more appealing. In the original King Kong it is the lead actor in the
movie that saves the damsel in distress but in the 2005 remake it is the scriptwriter that saves the
female actress. This change is likely due to the recent trend of heroes coming from unlikely places.
Studios know that if a movie does well the first time, it is likely to do well the second time and even
the third time. King Kong is no exception. Producers can presume that the glory of the original will
pass on to the remake since audiences hope for that feeling again. Whether the movie is better or not
doesn't matter. Audiences will go to see King Kong over the years because the remakes are
associated with the original. Every King Kong remake is based on the same principles: wanting to
create a movie that will capture audiences and instill in them a sense of wonderment and awe. The
original did this and the remakes try to do it again. Directors, producers, and studios may change the
story, update the actors and technology but they are essentially just trying to cash in on the success
of the original. Take a good idea, update it, and reap the benefits again and
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Symbolism In The Film King Kong Vs. Godzilla
Symbolism, or the representation of an object or word to signify a hidden meaning, is an inherent
theme in Ishirō Honda's 1962 film King Kong vs. Godzilla. By utilizing two of the most iconic
monsters in cinematic history, Kong and Godzilla, Honda depicts the shift from one culture to
another and the battle that ensued. Honda also shows the different cultures that King Kong and
Godzilla represent; Kong is the embodiment of modern Japanese culture, while Godzilla represents
the traditional Japanese culture. However, when comparing these two creatures, one must first look
at their origins from two other supplemental sources: Merian Coopers's 1933 film King Kong and
Ishirō Honda's 1954 film Godzilla. These films clearly reveal how each entity differs from Ishirō
Honda's 1962 film King Kong vs. Godzilla. Furthermore, by observing key elements shown
throughout the movie, one will recognize the differences between the originals and the 1962
rendition. Created in 1954, Godzilla is depicted as a symbol of Japanese resilience by undergoing
multiple trials and tribulations. The connection between Godzilla and Japan stems from Godzilla's
birth and is made more evident as they are both reborn from the ashes of a radiated wasteland
caused by the United States. Though the the original movie depicts Godzilla as a symbol of Japan,
Honda's 1962 film portrays Godzilla as as the physical embodiment of the traditional Japanese
culture. The 1962 film begins with Godzilla's entrance from a
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Willis O Brien's Use Of Stop Motion In King Kong
King Kong (1933)
The 1933 film 'King Kong' was one of the first feature films to use stop motion as a practical effect.
In that time, it was the only way to create the creatures such as those and have them interact with the
live action characters. Willis O'Brien was the lead special effects artist on King Kong; he was one of
the pioneers of stop motion animation. Throughout King Kong, many different practical techniques
were used to bring the film to life including, stop motion, miniature sets, mattes and full–scale
practical creatures.
For the film, 74 different Kong were created, they were all alike, their only difference being in their
size. The largest Kong was 50 ft. tall, its face alone, from chin to hair line, was 7 ft. tall. The biggest
Kong was only seen fully assembled once during the film and that was at the end after being after
being shot down by aeroplanes. Sometimes multiple Kongs had to be used in the one sequence. This
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Once the stage is lit and the camera is at the right distance all you have to do is shoot and move the
figures. As the characters are there under the lights, no shadows have to be created unlike with
computer generated characters.
In the 2005 remake of King Kong, the technology to be able to bring such a creature as Kong to life
had advanced a lot. Motion Capture (Mocap) was the primary tool used in creating the creature.
Mocap is the technique of recording movement and mapping it to
King Kong (2005)
General
Kong started out as motion capture with Andy Serkis as Kong. Most of not all the shots were then
taken through the animation suite so they could be adjusted or in some cases, changed all together.
In those cases, the work Serkis did was used as a guide for the animators.
Advancement of the technology
Character design
Advantages
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Essay on Doppelganger and King Kong English Speech
Introduction:
"Good morning/afternoon class and *teacher*, today I will be speaking about how Michael Parker,
the author of Doppelganger and Peter Jackson, the director of the film King Kong, accurately
portray the main concept of the Beast Within through the symbolism of masks and the notions of
betrayal and duplicity. I will be talking about Josh and Andrew from Doppelganger, Carl Denham
and the people that he manipulated and affected through his deception, from King Kong and explain
their contributions to the main idea of the Beast Within, how they wear a mask and how they portray
the concepts of Duplicity and Betrayal."
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The fact that Josh gave Andrew the QZ45 meant that there is now a whole new series of events that
affect the storyline; Andrew ends up killing 'boy' because the QZ45 has a mental and physical effect,
where the taker feels 'ready to fight or kill'. In this case, boy makes Andrew angry, by slashing him
with a knife during the chase in the tunnels, and Andrew goes on a crazy rampage and kills boy.
Andrew soon becomes very guilty that he killed boy because he realises that in the normal Sydney
'boy' is a kid named Derek, who dies in a car crash, which makes Andrew logically believe that if
one person is killed in the Dystopic Sydney, this same happening will reflect in a slightly different
manner, in the normal Sydney. Josh also demonstrates the concept of the Beast Within through the
plain evil of what he did to Andrew, the evil intentions of Josh were the reason why he did it, it
wasn't to save anyone's life, like Andrew ends up doing later on in the text, but it was all part of
Josh's scheme to become the owner of the metsin factory so that he could become the richest and
most famous person in the Dystopic Sydney, he was willing to kill many people to get his desire and
he managed to get a whole gang of 'hallboys' to listen to him and do it.
Body Paragraph 2: (King Kong):
In the film, King Kong, Ann Darrow, a key character, is first seen as a nice girl who is
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Figure Of Speech : King Kong Vs. Godzilla
King Kong vs. Godzilla A metaphor, a figure of speech that gives symbolic meaning to an object,
has been used many times throughout Ishirō Honda's 1962 movie King Kong vs. Godzilla. Utilizing
two of the most iconic monsters in cinematic history, Honda integrated these monsters to represent
the cultural shift from their traditional society towards one derived more by technology. By
highlighting certain characteristics shared between the monster and the culture, Honda showed how
King Kong was the embodiment of the modern culture, while Godzilla represented the traditional
culture.Furthermore, by observing key elements shown throughout the film, one will recognize the
juxtaposition between each creature, the culture it represents, and the gradual shift from one culture
to the other. Depicting Godzilla as a physical embodiment of the traditional Japanese culture, Honda
displayed certain characteristics that were interchangeable between the two. When first introduced
to Godzilla, the audience observed it emerging from a frozen prison that housed it for thousands of
years. Alluding to the age of both, Godzilla is a representation of ancient tradition and how it can
still be present in today's society. Moreover, when deconstructing the scenes in which Godzilla
destroys parts of Japan, one can see that the majority of the targets were objects that symbolized the
height of Japanese technology, such as a military base and the bullet train. As a result of attacking
these objects,
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Savagery And Civilization In King Kong
Savagery and Civilization: Not A Love Story Within society, we see a constant struggle between
savagery and civilization, whether that battle is fought within oneself or among others, it exists
nonetheless. This very struggle is a consistent underlying theme throughout the 1933 film, King
Kong. In the film, this battle between two forces will be seen in Carl Denham's struggle with his
persistent need to make art and money versus the consequences his obsession might bring, in Kong's
attempt to resist the malignant "temptations" of beauty and finally, in the portrayal of African–
Americans as savages and white people as educated civilians. In this essay, we will further delve
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In this interpretation, the role of the "beauty" is played by the young and beautiful, not to mention
white, Ann Darrow, and the role of the savage "beast" is unsurprisingly represented by the legendary
god, Kong. One way in which King Kong displays his own struggle between savagery and
civilization, is in his lust for Ann. Although, Kong is surely well aware of the barriers he will
encounter by pursuing his desire for Ann, he is unable to resist the temptations of her beauty. Thus,
in spite of his raw animal instincts, he continues to pursue an unrealistic relationship with Ann,
proving that even a beast like himself can recognize and appreciate genuine beauty. We can again
see Kong's battle between savagery and civilization when he is forcibly taken to New York as the
"eighth wonder of the world" but promptly escapes to find Ann, the beautiful woman whom he loves
dearly. However, instead of simply finding Ann, his innate savagery gets the better of him and he
ends up destroying an entire city and harming innocent civilians. The final instance in which we see
the struggle between savagery and civilization in Kong himself, is in the final scene of the film,
where Kong attempts to save his beloved Ann from the top of the Empire State Building. Despite his
best efforts to stay atop the building and rescue the damsel in distress, he can only be seen as a threat
through the eyes of those piloting the planes, thus, he is shot, causing him to fall to his death. In this
final scene we hear Carl Denham say, "Oh no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the
beast.", which in my opinion, implies that it was in fact civilization that triumphed over savagery.
Though, King Kong unfortunately met his end, it wasn't beauty that killed him, it was his own
struggle between choosing civilization over his inherent
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King Kong
The elements of film structure are important in any part of a movie, but to achieve an astounding
structure during a film's climactic scene is what makes a movie so memorable. Every little bit has to
be taken into consideration, such as camera angles and movement, lighting, sound, and production
design. Each element contributes to the way the film is seen, whether someone realizes it or not. In
the clip from King Kong, the four elements of film structure are brought together to create a
climactic scene of one of the most memorable characters in history. Camera movement and angles
are very important when it comes to the action of the film. In the beginning, the camera position
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There is a lot of rapid frame changes, which represents the mood and pace of the action taking place.
Within the rapid frame changes, there is cross–cutting, which shows the planes getting closer to
Kong. Editing in the clip does a wonderful job at building the suspense and keeping the viewer
interested. As for production design, the city and buildings really made Kong look out of place and
by using this setting, it made him look like a threat to society when he is only misunderstood. We
see the woman in a white dress, which made her look innocent, which contrasted with Kong. The
digital effect of King Kong was done very well. It is clear that lighting and the contact of the bullets
were taken into consideration. The lighting shined on him in the right places and the bullet wounds
added to the effects. In the beginning of the clip, we see dark clouds behind the moving planes,
which establishes the mood of the scene. We realize that whatever is going on, it is not good at all.
Lighting in the clip comes from the sky and since it seemed to be sunset, the time of day was put
together well with the climactic scene. It reached the eyes of Kong and was able to enhance his
expression. When Kong is seen at the top of the building, dark clouds are far behind him at one
point, which foreshadows the fate of Kong and the men in the
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Examples Of Deviance In King Of Kong
Throughout the movie, "King of Kong", which was based on the competition for the world
championship of Donkey Kong, observations could be made that can fall under the category of
deviance. Deviance is defined as any action that is considered outside of the norm that can lead to
disapproval from other members of society. Several examples of this term can be found throughout
the movie, such as control theory, labeling theory, and anomie. The use of control theory can be
found in Steve Wiebe. Steve exhibits several actions that are influenced by inner controls. After
sending in his first tape and it began to cause a lot of controversy as to if he truly achieved that score
without help, he took every chance he could in order to follow the rules and show that he was a
competitor for the world championship title. He began attending all of the live Twin Galaxies
competitions in order to prove to them that he worked for that score. Conversely, there was Billy
Mitchell, who was portrayed in the film as just doing what would maintain his image. Outer controls
were influencing him. When someone came around that had the potential of throwing his score out,
he stopped competing live. He went through sneaky pathways in order to maintain his high status.
He begins going against his 'live scoring' motto in order to stay ahead. A good example of Labeling
Theory can be observed in Billy Mitchell's right–hand man, Brian Kuh. Brain is labeled as Billy's
'disciple'. A real example of why
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Film Review: King Kong(1933) Essay
Qing Min
Apr 21, 2013
AHI 356 Imaging Otherness in Visual Culture
Film Review 8 King Kong
Though the movie King Kong could not possibly cause anyone to lose sleep after seeing it today, it
was certainly classified as a horror movie when it firstly went public in 1933. On the one hand, the
director's intentional blurring between the boundary of a documentary and a fiction added to the
horror effect. On the other hand, besides the use of cutting–edge cinematic technology, the era of
Great Depression and thus the unusual psychology of people during the crisis also contributed
greatly to the huge success of King Kong. Just like Carl Denham expects towards the end of the
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The chief of the native people proposes to exchange six women for Ann. Further, the fact that Kong
finds a white woman far more attractive than a native one is racist. In the movie, Kong fights as
many as three or four dinosaurs in order to protect his heroine. Every time he defeats a dinosaur, he
stereotypically pats his chest and roars to show his masculinity. Also every time he approaches to
her, despite her continuous screaming, he is gentle, careful and loving, which sharply contrasts to his
behavior of trampling native women at the end of the movie.
While the primitive (Kong) could not resist the attraction of a white woman, the civilized (Jack and
Carl) plays the role of saving the white woman. When they fight with Kong in the jungle, Kong fails
to kill them despite the fact that he succeeds in killing dinosaurs. After Kong was brought to the
civilized world, he completely loses his position as the king of the nature and has to die in the face
of civilization and technology. Unsurprisingly, it is Carl who proposes to use airplanes and it is Jack
who climbs up to the top of the Empire State and finally gets Ann. Ann, on the other hand, does
nothing but screaming, screaming, and screaming since Kong makes his first appearance in the
movie. As a woman, she is incapable of controlling her own
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Metaphor In King Kong Vs. Godzilla
Metaphor, the comparison of two entities, is quite evident throughout Ishirō Honda 1962 movie
King Kong vs. Godzilla. Incorporating two of the most iconic monsters within cinematic history,
Honda integrated these monsters to represent his message showing how Japan was shifting from
their traditional society towards a society that was technologically advanced. Furthermore, Honda
was able to incorporate subliminal messages throughout the film in order to highlight certain
characteristics between Godzilla and King Kong that represented traditional and modern culture. By
employing metaphors, Honda was able to show how King Kong is a representation of Japan's
technological advancements while Godzilla symbolizes traditional Japanese culture. Emerging from
its years of slumber within its frozen sarcophagus, Honda was able to depict Godzilla as a
representation of traditional Japan. When first introduced to Godzilla, the imagery of it breaking out
of a iceberg can draw similarities to an ancient creatures that was frozen in ice during the Ice Age.
Utilizing this scene, Honda showed how Godzilla was a creature frozen from the past. While this
does not accurately represent the age of Godzilla, the parallelism between the prehistoric nature of
Godzilla and the traditional customs that were upheld for generations, can be clearly connected.
Similarly, when observing Godzilla's destruction of Japan's most recent technological
advancements, such as a military base as well as the bullet
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King Kong Remake Analysis Essay
Movies have shown throughout our time that there is a strong underlying theme or message that can
be unseen to most. It can be a minuscule significance to some, who focus on the violence and
special effects, but once you start looking back at the big picture of certain films, there is so much
more. A lot of people tend to focus on what is being filmed instead of how it's being filmed. The
difference is remarkable between the two films King Kong (1933) and the remake of King Kong
produced in 2005. The perspective of how the story played out is very different between the two
films. On one end, in the original, Kong is portrayed as a violent beast similar to a Godzilla type
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The newer film shows this by longer drawn out scenes between Ann and Kong that are almost
intimate. Even though Kong cannot talk, the audience can tell how he's thinking by facial
expressions, along with his grunts and roars. It's understandable the older film wasn't able to show
these certain sides of Kong due to technology and outdated special effects, but they still repeatedly
display Kong's actions and intentions strictly out of violence. In the original Kong, he is captured
and put on display in New York City; he breaks out and is immediately enraged by the situation. He
begins to run around the city damaging buildings, killing innocent civilians, and causing complete
chaos. This again shows how Kong is a problem with society and a huge threat to anyone near him.
Putting his image as this out of control beast brings the element that we have to conquer nature to
express our true power with weapons and technology. This scene dramatically differs in the new
film. Once Kong breaks free of captivity while being put on display on the stage, his focus is not on
destroying and causing harm. His motivation is fully on being reunited with his love Ann. When he
finally gets back together with her, they show just the two of them playing together in the snow at
central park. They are laughing and enjoying themselves in a peaceful setting, showing that Kong
means no harm at all. Until all of the sudden police and military forces interrupt the two
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Comparison Of Jurassic Park And King Kong
"We are accustomed to look upon the shackled form of a conquered monster, but there– there you
could look at a thing monstrous and free." –Mr. Hayes, King Kong. In both 'Jurassic Park' by
Michael Crichton and Peter Jackson's King Kong, humanity struggles with the idea of being able to
control and contain legendary animals. The texts have key differences, like the method used to
change the state of the animals, but also pivotal similarities, like the fact that the creatures end up
overcoming their captors, and threatening society. Throughout the stories, the theme develops that
when attempting to direct nature, chaos is inevitable.
The texts develop this theme differently in the initial method to change the state of the animals.
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What I mean is, in the two texts, the animals break free of their prisons and attack the people around
them. In Crichton's Jurassic Park, an electricity failure causes all the dinosaurs to be able to exit
their enclosures, and attack the park safety inspectors. They kill multiple men, and injure most
people on the island, before the survivors can call for the military to bomb the island, killing the
animals. This illustrates that chaos is inevitable when directing nature, because although the island
was well built the animals managed to break free. If Hammond had let the dinosaurs stay dead, the
bloodbath that occurred wouldn't have taken place. Not only did many humans die, but the
experiment itself failed when they had to kill the dangerous beasts. Clearly, in Jurassic Park chaos
followed the attempted control of nature. Similarly, in King Kong, after Carl brings Kong to New
York, he breaks out of the chains that hold him on the show's stage. He runs through the city looking
for his human friend, Anne. He injures and terrifies the new Yorkers during his frantic search. He
ends up being killed. This reveals that chaos ensues after trying to guide nature, because if they had
left Kong alone, he would not have been killed. The selfish actions of his captors led to unnecessary
violence by people and Kong. The movie shows us that Kong loses his control after he is kidnapped,
and he hurts people he shouldn't have even had contact with. Both stories suggest the theme that
pandemonium is sure to ensue when society aims to direct
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King Kong Entertainment Of The Masses Analysis
King Kong: The Entertainment of the Masses "It's money and adventure and fame. It's the thrill of a
lifetime and a long sea voyage that starts at six o'clock tomorrow morning" (King Kong, Carl
Denham). As Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong) drags King Kong to Broadway, he makes ten
thousand dollars in just one night for the exhibition of "the Eighth Wonder of the World." Thousands
of New Yorkers paid twenty dollars per ticket, or the equivalent to three hundred sixty–nine dollars
in today's currency, to gaze at a prehistoric ape. This gaze found in King Kong is the "imperial gaze"
developed against foreigners in early Hollywood travel films. Ann Kaplan comments on early travel
films in "Hollywood, Science and Cinema: The Imperial and the Male Gaze in Classic Film" and
states that: "They [travelers] mainly went to dominate, exploit and to use the Other for their own
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Right after the audience gazes and criticises Kong for the first time, Denham asks the press to "take
the first photographs of Kong and his captors." As the sixteen photographers begin to take pictures,
Kong roars in fury. Since Denham is only interested in the profit that can be generated from the
press, he quickly calms the audience and tells the photographer to capture a photo of Ann (Fay
Wray) and Driscoll (Bruce Cabot). A closeup of the flashing cameras is shown and then Kong gets
out of control. It is worthy to mention that Kong had not roared as loud as in this scene (not on stage
at least) to notice that the flash was what triggered Kong to act in a savage manner. It is then clear
that the use of technology enraged Kong because he felt estranged and threaten. The camera
symbolizes how the white traveler dehumanizes the foreign individual and reproduces this
visualization to the rest of the
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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 Denham, a
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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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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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Figure Of Speech : King Kong Vs. Godzilla
A metaphor, a figure of speech that gives symbolic meaning to an object, has been quite evident
throughout Ishirō Honda 1962 movie King Kong vs. Godzilla. By utilizing two iconic monsters in
cinematic history, Honda was able to integrate subliminal messages using the actions of these two
monsters to show the internal conflicts that arose between traditional culture and modern culture.
Furthermore, Honda was able to utilize their flaws and strengths to make distinct connections to
show how one could be a metaphor for one of the cultures. Honda was able to showcase the
conflicts between two cultures by using King Kong as a metaphor for modern culture while Godzilla
was used to represent traditional culture. Honda, by the use of metaphors, was able to depict
Godzilla as a representation of traditional Japanese culture. When the audience was first exposed to
Godzilla, the scene showed it emerging from its frozen sarcophagus. By introducing Godzilla in this
fashion, Honda was able to allude to the idea of connecting tradition with Godzilla's prehistoric
background as one connecting factor in symbolizing traditional culture. Furthermore, when Dr.
Johnson was describing size different between Godzilla's and King Kong's brain, the idea that
Godzilla had a brain the size of a walnut can mirror the mentality of traditional Japanese culture.
When observing traditional Japanese culture, one can say that they were narrow mind in regards to
change as they stuck to a certain cultural
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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
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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 : Aspects Of A Hollywood Film
The old version of King Kong, created and distributed in 1933, has all the distinctive characteristics
of a Hollywood film. Every aspect of the film is a trademark of Hollywood film elements. Not only
was this a pioneering film, but it also set a guide or standard for every one of the succeeding horror,
animation, and thriller genres that have been produced in Hollywood today. Aspects of King Kong
are seen in many movies today. Theme originality completely escapes the mind. Taken into
consideration, the predominant technology available at the time of production was something of an
innovation. In this case, King Kong should be placed in the top of the special effects editing of the
1930s. Willis O'Brien's stop–motion animatronics was a significant feat at the time. A few years
earlier before King Kong, O'Brien worked as Special
Effects Animator in the film of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Lost World", which also utilized stop
motion effects and saw dinosaurs on screen in a naturalistic environment. Roger Ebert, a famous
movie critic, once said "In recent years I have focused on the remarkable special effects, based by
Willis O'Brien and others on his f/x work in "The Lost World" (1925) but achieving a sophistication
and beauty that eclipsed anything that went before". Around this time in
Hollywood was a stage of technological emergence and adds more worth to O'Brien and his
contributions. Although King Kong is viewed as an innovative and groundbreaking film, it
invigorated
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King Kong Comparison
The original King Kong (1933) was fairly different from the new 2005 version. In the new version,
Kong was much more humanized. For example, in the end when Kong falls off of the building and
dies, it is heartbreaking. But in the original, there is a sense of relief when Kong finally dies, after
terrorizing New York City and especially Ann. Kong and Ann share a more profound bond in the
newer film. That is shown when Kong is finished fighting the three Tyrannosaurus Rex, she
willfully goes with him, after he saves her. Also, towards the end you see Kong and Ann having fun
playing on the ice back in New York. Ann wasn't afraid of Kong in the remake. One of the biggest
differences between the 2005 and the 1933 versions were the characters. Ann, in the newer King
Kong movie, had much more character. We were able to see the back story of her dancing career and
how talented she was. Also, Carl Denham was vastly different. In the original movie he was
depicted as this great movie maker, but in the newer movie he is characterized as a sleazy guy;
overall, he isn't a very good person. For example, he trapped Driscoll on the boat after he refused to
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In both movies Kong had to save Ann from dinosaurs. It showed that in both of the films, he cared
about her enough to get hurt by the dinosaurs. Also, in both the 1933 and the 2005 versions Kong
snaps a Tyrannosaurus Rex's jaw and opens and closes it to make sure it's dead. One of the biggest
similarities were the scenes at the very end when Kong was on the top of the Empire State Building.
It had the point of view from the planes. And, after he was shot and fell off people gathered around
his corpse. Reporters were taking pictures and Carl Denham shows up. Someone said that it was the
airplanes that killed Kong, but Denham said: "Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the
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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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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
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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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King Kong Scoring
Film scoring analysis in King Kong (1933)
It is not uncommon that "the attention of the audience of a well–made film was almost never
focused on the music" (James, 2009). King Kong (1933) could be defined as one of the most
profound film in the film industry. While, it is a group of bass brass instruments create a mysterious
sense in King Kong (1933) and the chequered composition contributes a dissonant musical
motivation throughout the entire film as a basic atmosphere. Moreover, the strong love of King
Kong is described by the repetition of a few notes, which is just the pretty simple melody of the
piano, the woodwind and the violins.
In King Kong (1933), Steiner's break– through score solidly established the "symphonic–yet–
original" model,
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Essay on “King Kong” Movie Analysis
Introduction
A good movie can either be captivating or thrilling depending on the plot of the movie. Like the
thrill of a rollercoaster, so is the thrill that comes from watching the King Kong movie. It is both
captivating as well as intriguing in the sense that it provides rich thematic presence and sceneries. In
this paper, the learner will take a look at the King Kong movie from a critical perspective to deduce
whether the movie really should be living up to its fame.
The movie "King Kong" was a commercial success in 1933, although the great gorilla briefly
flickered merely on a few hundred screens (Linn 35) and (Selznick, Cooper and Schoedsack n.pag).
According to "Universal Studios Hollywood (13), King Kong's story had to be ... Show more
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pag) and ("Universal Studios Hollywood" 13). On the island, the filmmakers find that the
inhabitants live within a huge palisade as protection from the island's monsters (Selznick, Cooper
and Schoedsack n. pag) and ("Universal Studios Hollywood" 13). But King Kong, most fearsome of
them all, is only placated by sacrificial offerings of young women (Selznick, Cooper and
Schoedsack n. pag) and ("Universal Studios Hollywood" 13). Ann Darrow is kidnapped and offered
to the giant gorilla beast (Selznick, Cooper and Schoedsack n. pag). Instead of killing her, he is
infatuated, fighting in her defense against the other monsters (Selznick, Cooper and Schoedsack n.
pag). Jack Driscoll and the others rescue Ann and capture the giant gorilla that is then taken to New
York for exhibition (Selznick, Cooper and Schoedsack n. pag). King Kong subsequently breaks
loose and searches for Ann, terrorizing the city (Selznick, Cooper and Schoedsack n. pag). In the
end, the great ape climbs with his beloved to the top of the Empire State Building, where fighting
airplane flyers machine–gunned him to death (Selznick, Cooper and Schoedsack n. pag).
King Kong Movie Analysis
The elements that made the movie King Kong such a great classic ("Peter Jackson's King Kong"
117) are the same ones that contribute to the success of almost any film: writing, acting, pacing,
cinematography, thematic coherence, subtext; and the ineffable synergy arising from a combination
of all of the individual
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King Kong Comparison

  • 1. King Kong Comparison The two movies to pick to compare were the King Kong from 1933 and the King Kong from 2005. I chose these because I have seen both of them and think because they are so different from one another. Many things changed in the making of the 2005 version of King Kong. Things such as the technology that was used, the actors/actresses, the animations in the movie, and overall feel of the movie. This movie took place in New York in 1933. A film maker and his crew travel to a place called Skull Island to make a movie. Skull Island has many over sized animals such as dinosaurs and an oversized ape. The film crew takes the ape back to New York to be observed because they had never seen anything like it. Somehow during this whole adventure, the giant ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The original cast, although very good actors at the time, just were not as dramatic and believable as the cast of the remake. Both films have very different imitations of who they think the roles should be played by and how they should be played. The only character that pretty much stays the same in the way they should be played is the one who plays Carl Denham. In both movies he is very obsessed with making movies and making the movie something the people will wants to see. That is his main goal. Ann and Jack are very different in both movies. In the original film Ann is very sweet, confident woman who had just hit a few numbs in the road. In the remake she is a very strong willed woman with what some would say, an uptight personality. Jack, in the original film, is a "typical man." By this I mean him and others see him as a masculine man who does not open up to others easily. In the remake he is just some guy who is supposed to help out in the movie but ends up having to risk his life for Ann. In both films he falls in love with ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 5. 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 ...
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  • 9. 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 a film 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 ...
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  • 13. King Kong Film Analysis King Kong "No film has captivated my imagination more than 'King Kong. ' I 'm making movies today because I saw this film when I was 9 years old." –Peter Jackson There is bewilderment to decry in Peter Jackson 's "King Kong," but one progression that is comparably mellowed and a grip to the key movie 's success. Kong has conquered Ann Darrow and carried her to his landing place, high on the mountain. He laid her down, not roughly, starts to roar, and expose his teeth and beat his chest. Ann who is an unemployed vaudeville acrobat, in some way naturally knows that the gorilla is not being aggressive to her, but trying to impress her by acting like an alpha male, the King of the Jungle. Ann dpoesn 't know how a Queen Kong would react, so ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Yes, Kong in 1933 responsibility for his imprison, but she doesn 't acknowledge it so much for him. Kong was always misconceive, but in the 2005 film, there is a person who knows it. As Kong escalates the skyscraper, Ann yells not because of the gorilla but the barrage on the gorilla by a civilization that speculates that he must be shatter. The movie forms the same somewhat of transformation compromising an enormous gorilla that Spielberg 's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977) did when he replaced 1950s attacks on alien visitors with a very 1970s attempt to advertise with them (by 2005, Spielberg was behind to charging them, in "War of the Worlds"). "King Kong" is a brilliant entertainment, it is like the blooming of all the capability in the original simple film. Computers are used not hardly to design special effects, but also to establish style and beauty; to discover a look for the film that is capable to the story. The characters are not badge heroes or criminals identified in blunt sketch, but bizarre entity with charisma. Acknowledge the change between Robert Armstrong (1933) and Jack Black (2005) as Carl Denham, the movie director, estates an innocent corps on Skull Island. A Hollywood stereotype located on Cecil B. DeMille has been replaced by one who points out us more of Orson Welles. And in the leading role of Ann Darrow, Naomi Watts conveys a dimension of affection that Fay Wray, bless her heart, was never allowed in 1933. Never have damsels been in ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 17. The Importance Of Realism In The Film The King Of Kong In the film, The King of Kong, realist aesthetics are used to give the audience a view of the real world and create the deeper meaning that if something doesn't look like it is real than it is ultimately flawed and inaccurate. Compared to this, formalist aesthetics that are used in the film, Wreck–It– Ralph, are not only utilized to present a whole new world that is exaggerated visually, but to primarily produce a vision that creates a deeper meaning and tone that is far from realistic. The cinematography that is being displayed in the film, The King of Kong, is what is known as deep focus cinematography. In the documentary, there are many instances where there is a lot of space in front of the camera, consisting of space and people, that is in clear focus and only partially distorted in some areas that are mainly difficult to identify. The foreground, middle–ground, and background will all be in crisp focus. For example, when Steve Wiebe is playing Donkey Kong at Funspot, Steve is presented clearly in the foreground as well as the many people and gaming consoles in the middle–ground and background. This type of cinematography is used to present to the audience something that they can essentially relate to on a personal and real level. Each part of the image is in focus to give off the notion that everything that is being seen is like what is seen in a real–world situation. On the other hand, expressive cinematography is what is utilized in the film, Wreck–It– Ralph. This type of cinematography is characterized by using fast or slow motion, whether it be with an object or person. When a person or object in the film is sped up it is usually in order to represent a lapse of a large amount of time. For example, when Ralph is talking about the new games that appear over time in the arcade, the people and gaming consoles speed up and alter with the lapse of time. Opposite of this is when time and space are slowed down. For instance, when Felix saves Sergeant Calhoun and himself from dying in the Nesquik–Sand they in turn gaze into each other's eyes. Slow motion is used in this instance to intensify built up romantic emotions and of course expand time. This type of cinematography is used to give the audience ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 21. Summary Of The King Of Kong : Fistful Of Quarters Aesthetics in Cinema Aesthetics help contribute to make a movie more enjoyable. Breaking it down, there are a few types of aesthetics that can be observed, including formalist and realistic aesthetics. The film The King of Kong: Fistful of Quarters uses realistic aesthetics, such as on camera interview, Text/data on screen, real mise–en–scene, and existing footage to make up the movie. On the other hand. Wreck–It Ralph uses formalist aesthetics like expressive mise–en–scene and expressive editing throughout the film. Looking at The King of Kong: Fistful of Quarters, we can see the first aspect used is the on–camera interview. The opening shot of this movie is an interview of the World Champion Donkey Kong player. The film itself has multiple interviews with different people. Most of the film is footage from the interviews. The directors take time to interview the World Champion, the challenger, the referee, other world champions of other games, and the families of the competitors. The interviews gave the audience a sense of who the person was and gave us some background information on their skill and how they came to like the game. Given the interviews, we were able to gain extra information about the gamers that we might not have been able to see from just watching them play the game. Additionally, it would be hard to make a movie about the Donkey Kong Champion without making it a documentary full of interviews. The interviews conducted informed the audience on the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 25. 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 ...
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  • 29. Character Analysis Of King Kong King Kong is exciting screenplay that does a great job at demonstrating what the characters are feeling. When the writers wanted to illustrate fear, they do so by painting an image terror, and makes it relatable. By making a scene relatable, it helps with the understanding of the character's motives, and gives insight to the kind of person that character is. By having a complex villain such as King Kong, one battles the urge to root for Kong, as well as wanting him to ceased. While writers do an overall great job with the development of the characters, where they lacks is in love story between Darrow and Driscoll. By not successfully developing the relationship between Darrow and Driscoll in the beginning, love between the two feels rushed, which therefore makes it challenging to care about their relationship. Overall King Kong is a well written screenplay, that shows does a great job at showing what the characters are feeling throughout. Where the writers of the screenplay succeed is in illustrating the emotion that the character is feeling at that moment. If one does not do this successfully, it makes it hard to invest in the characters, and understand the situation of the scene. An example of this is when Carl and the ship crew approach Skull Island. As they are approaching the undiscovered island, the writers describe this thick fog that the characters enter (47). By doing this, the writers demonstrates imagery to describe the dark and eerie place. As the characters are unable to see through the fog, they start to become afraid, as they fear of the unknown. An example of this being expressed is when one of the ship crew members Hayes yells "captain, you don't know where the hell you're going" (49)! Panic and terror possess the characters, and the writers do a great of showing it. The writers do a great job with the development of King Kong and making him a complex character. At first, King Kong appears to be the stereotypical monster/villain that only kills and destroys, but later in the story, King Kong shows a different side of him that a character such as himself usually does not display. A moment where the complexity of King Kong's character is shown is when Ann and Kong have their first real ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 33. 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, and Carl 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 ...
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  • 37. How To Enter Major King Kong Enter Major T. J. Kong the pilot and commander of the B–52 bomber. His name is obviously an allusion to the gigantic ape King Kong, which is an expression of his primitive nature. Kong is an archetype of the American masculinity, the Texan "cowboy". Although he lacks any binary opposite his role is pivotal. Upon receiving Ripper's orders Kong removes his helmet and dons a "cowboy" hat this reflects his reckless personality that ultimately leads to disaster. Although it is clear that his plane will not make it to the designated target, Kong is intent on carrying out his orders. Kong is last seen hurtling towards earth on the phallic nuclear bomb yelling in an orgasmic fashion, followed by mushroom clouds that communicate sexual ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 41. 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 ...
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  • 45. 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 ...
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  • 49. Music Analysis Of The Film Music Of King Kong 1933 Terrance Mesadieu Music Analysis King Kong 1933 King Kong is the perfect example of the early development of motion picture music in the twentieth century. The music was not only essential to the film, but musical scores also made the film better for the audience. Clever composers created a true musical drama; Max Steiner was known for his musical ability including films like Gone with the Wind. Steiner spent a lot of amount on the music of film King Kong 1933. The music meant everything to that picture, and the picture meant everything to RKO, because it saved the studio from bankruptcy.... The impact of King Kong on the movie–going public was astonishing. It emerged into a country frightened, impoverished, in the grip of the Great Depression. The main instrument used in the film music was orchestra which was perfectly aligned with the theme of characters in the film at various points. Steiner developed the music in the symphonic fashion which allowed the film to hit a high score musically and became a symphonic fashion. The usage of the cycle of operas was brilliant with a soothing tune to the ears. The "Main Title" music opens with King Kong's three–note motive; heard throughout the entire score in many sections and guises, but always identifying King Kong himself. The film has a fifty–foot giant that depicted a lot of terror to the audience which was facilitated by music; the main title continues with the stolen love of the heroine of the movie. Ann Darrow played the heroine who was saved dramatically by the king kong, and she fell in love with him. Her love for her lifesaver and her further development of the relationship with the gorilla was the core of music and the film. The jungle dance was a faster tune with continuous rhythm, while after the jungle dance, music became much softer, romantic and lush.The entrance of the Kong was a long sequence which was created by Steiner in an orchestral tradition. Viola and Celesta players were given a few notes to play quickly along with some violence in some passages. The recording and the whole thing had a great feeling about it; the natives there was a 2 phase theme which opened like an Indian descending line. Each of the themes including love ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 53. Comparing Hulk with King Kong, A Paragraph Hulk: Who's green and large and gets stronger if he gets madder. He has a multitude of powers, far more than King Kong Bing Bong. Ol' Hulk Can do just about anything you can think of. From unbelieveable strength, his incredible jumping ability, to accelerated healing. King Kong: Destroying houses with a single step, who clocked in at 145 feet tall in his fight vs Godzilla. He weighs 60,000 pounds and having to take in about 7,500 pounds of food each day. Can you imagine how much protein is in all that food? King Kong is one giant ape. Hulk: We all know one of Hulks main powers is his incredible strength. Except for his grey incarnation, The Hulk can lift 100 tons when calm. In this case, the madder The Hulk gets, the stronger he gets caused by an extra surge. Do to his strength he is able to be resistant to other objects such as extreme heat and cold, bullets, fire, grenades, artillery shells, concussive forces & such. During times of high stress or anger, an increase in adrenaline causes the Hulk's strength to increase dramatically. There has never been a limit shown as to the highest strength the Hulk can reach thus it is assumed it is limitless. King Kong: King Kong is a great fighter once he gets close, using his large arms, powerful muscles, and mighty fists to strike fear and pain to his opponent. King Kong cannot be harmed by electrical currents, and instead, feeds on their power in order to awaken him from a state of unconsciousness ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 57. Ambition And Detection In Seth Gordon's Film King Of Kong Seth Gordon's documentary King of Kong produced in 2007 is a very competitive and tensing video. It expresses the gamers as very focused individuals and explains the hunger of winning for them. The director 'Seth Gordon' shows a contrast between ambition and obsession through codes and convection as well as characteristics. The codes and conventions in the documentary also play a vital role in portraying different aspects of personalities in different characters. They change your perspective about certain people or events and make you more aware of what is going on. Billy Mitchell, one of the players in the documentary, was shown extremely logical and very professional. In disparity with, Steve Wiebe, another gamer, who was portrayed as a very hardworking and ambitious man. Having said that, there were other characters in the documentary which helped shape these two players identity and portrayal. Seth Gordon succeeds in persuading us to think a particular type of way towards different roles played in the documentary. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The Director has shown the audience that without gaming, Billy would be nothing but a person selling sauce. This can be seen as, in every interview he is usually filmed in his restaurant or in his study. On the other hand, Steve was shown more of a family guy and talented. You can see these qualities in him as he was filmed in many different places, such as, the playground, Swimming pool and also in his garage. The director showed Steve's talents through making him play the drums, the piano and also adding a clip of Steve playing basketball and teaching. By all this evidence, you can see that the director tried to show Steve as the good guy and portrayed him as a friendly and gifted ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 61. Film Analysis: Movie Analysis Of The Movie King Kong "King Kong" Movie Analysis A good movie can either be captivating or exhilarating depending on the plot of the movie. Like the thrill of a rollercoaster, it is the same thrill that comes from watching the King Kong movie. It is both captivating as well as fascinating in the sense that it provides rich thematic presence and sceneries. In this paper, King Kong will be viewed from a critical perspective to argue if it truly deserves the amount of fame it has been given. The movie "King Kong" was a commercial success in the early 1930's, although the enormous gorilla briefly flickered on just a few hundred screens across Americas cinemas. King Kong's story had to be repeated on smaller home televisions for new generations of youth and adults to embrace it fully as their own, making the fable an essential part of our culture that is widely recognized ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Director Merian Cooper and the well–renowned pulp novelist Edgar Wallace share the main writing credits for King Kong. The plot is logical because there is a flow of ideas and thrills coupled with the capture of the audience's expectations and desires. The setting of the scene is reasonable because there is enough focus on what needs to be included and the avoidance of unnecessary sceneries and creatures. Without a doubt, expert writing proves to be remarkable. Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong, the lead roles, were both experienced in professional acting before appearing in King Kong. Both inhabit their roles with absolute authenticity, generating immense empathy from audiences. Also by delaying King Kong's entrance by some forty minutes into the film allowed for the buildup of viewer excitement and identification with the human ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 65. King Kong Comparison Essay The original 1933 King Kong was created as a movie: to convey a story and entertain and audience. Peter Jackson's 2005 remake took the foundation for King Kong and expanded upon it in almost every way in order to "make again" the amazement of the original for a modern audience. Audiences received the original King Kong very well. The stop motion sequences of Kong were amazing for their time and the movie grossed $90,000 in its opening weekend. In order to bank upon its success again sequels were made and then in 1976 a remake was made to improve upon the original. Paramount updated the movie to color, changed the story, and cast Jeff Bridges, a well–known actor of the time, as the lead. Although the movie received mixed reviews, it did ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... While Jackson's remake is true to the original for the most part, there are some small changes made in order to make the movie more appealing. In the original King Kong it is the lead actor in the movie that saves the damsel in distress but in the 2005 remake it is the scriptwriter that saves the female actress. This change is likely due to the recent trend of heroes coming from unlikely places. Studios know that if a movie does well the first time, it is likely to do well the second time and even the third time. King Kong is no exception. Producers can presume that the glory of the original will pass on to the remake since audiences hope for that feeling again. Whether the movie is better or not doesn't matter. Audiences will go to see King Kong over the years because the remakes are associated with the original. Every King Kong remake is based on the same principles: wanting to create a movie that will capture audiences and instill in them a sense of wonderment and awe. The original did this and the remakes try to do it again. Directors, producers, and studios may change the story, update the actors and technology but they are essentially just trying to cash in on the success of the original. Take a good idea, update it, and reap the benefits again and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 69. Symbolism In The Film King Kong Vs. Godzilla Symbolism, or the representation of an object or word to signify a hidden meaning, is an inherent theme in Ishirō Honda's 1962 film King Kong vs. Godzilla. By utilizing two of the most iconic monsters in cinematic history, Kong and Godzilla, Honda depicts the shift from one culture to another and the battle that ensued. Honda also shows the different cultures that King Kong and Godzilla represent; Kong is the embodiment of modern Japanese culture, while Godzilla represents the traditional Japanese culture. However, when comparing these two creatures, one must first look at their origins from two other supplemental sources: Merian Coopers's 1933 film King Kong and Ishirō Honda's 1954 film Godzilla. These films clearly reveal how each entity differs from Ishirō Honda's 1962 film King Kong vs. Godzilla. Furthermore, by observing key elements shown throughout the movie, one will recognize the differences between the originals and the 1962 rendition. Created in 1954, Godzilla is depicted as a symbol of Japanese resilience by undergoing multiple trials and tribulations. The connection between Godzilla and Japan stems from Godzilla's birth and is made more evident as they are both reborn from the ashes of a radiated wasteland caused by the United States. Though the the original movie depicts Godzilla as a symbol of Japan, Honda's 1962 film portrays Godzilla as as the physical embodiment of the traditional Japanese culture. The 1962 film begins with Godzilla's entrance from a ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 73. Willis O Brien's Use Of Stop Motion In King Kong King Kong (1933) The 1933 film 'King Kong' was one of the first feature films to use stop motion as a practical effect. In that time, it was the only way to create the creatures such as those and have them interact with the live action characters. Willis O'Brien was the lead special effects artist on King Kong; he was one of the pioneers of stop motion animation. Throughout King Kong, many different practical techniques were used to bring the film to life including, stop motion, miniature sets, mattes and full–scale practical creatures. For the film, 74 different Kong were created, they were all alike, their only difference being in their size. The largest Kong was 50 ft. tall, its face alone, from chin to hair line, was 7 ft. tall. The biggest Kong was only seen fully assembled once during the film and that was at the end after being after being shot down by aeroplanes. Sometimes multiple Kongs had to be used in the one sequence. This all depended on how far away the ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Once the stage is lit and the camera is at the right distance all you have to do is shoot and move the figures. As the characters are there under the lights, no shadows have to be created unlike with computer generated characters. In the 2005 remake of King Kong, the technology to be able to bring such a creature as Kong to life had advanced a lot. Motion Capture (Mocap) was the primary tool used in creating the creature. Mocap is the technique of recording movement and mapping it to King Kong (2005) General Kong started out as motion capture with Andy Serkis as Kong. Most of not all the shots were then taken through the animation suite so they could be adjusted or in some cases, changed all together. In those cases, the work Serkis did was used as a guide for the animators. Advancement of the technology Character design Advantages ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 77. Essay on Doppelganger and King Kong English Speech Introduction: "Good morning/afternoon class and *teacher*, today I will be speaking about how Michael Parker, the author of Doppelganger and Peter Jackson, the director of the film King Kong, accurately portray the main concept of the Beast Within through the symbolism of masks and the notions of betrayal and duplicity. I will be talking about Josh and Andrew from Doppelganger, Carl Denham and the people that he manipulated and affected through his deception, from King Kong and explain their contributions to the main idea of the Beast Within, how they wear a mask and how they portray the concepts of Duplicity and Betrayal." Body Paragraph 1: (Doppelganger) "In Parker's novel, Doppelganger, a key character, Josh, shows that he has a ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The fact that Josh gave Andrew the QZ45 meant that there is now a whole new series of events that affect the storyline; Andrew ends up killing 'boy' because the QZ45 has a mental and physical effect, where the taker feels 'ready to fight or kill'. In this case, boy makes Andrew angry, by slashing him with a knife during the chase in the tunnels, and Andrew goes on a crazy rampage and kills boy. Andrew soon becomes very guilty that he killed boy because he realises that in the normal Sydney 'boy' is a kid named Derek, who dies in a car crash, which makes Andrew logically believe that if one person is killed in the Dystopic Sydney, this same happening will reflect in a slightly different manner, in the normal Sydney. Josh also demonstrates the concept of the Beast Within through the plain evil of what he did to Andrew, the evil intentions of Josh were the reason why he did it, it wasn't to save anyone's life, like Andrew ends up doing later on in the text, but it was all part of Josh's scheme to become the owner of the metsin factory so that he could become the richest and most famous person in the Dystopic Sydney, he was willing to kill many people to get his desire and he managed to get a whole gang of 'hallboys' to listen to him and do it. Body Paragraph 2: (King Kong): In the film, King Kong, Ann Darrow, a key character, is first seen as a nice girl who is ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 81. Figure Of Speech : King Kong Vs. Godzilla King Kong vs. Godzilla A metaphor, a figure of speech that gives symbolic meaning to an object, has been used many times throughout Ishirō Honda's 1962 movie King Kong vs. Godzilla. Utilizing two of the most iconic monsters in cinematic history, Honda integrated these monsters to represent the cultural shift from their traditional society towards one derived more by technology. By highlighting certain characteristics shared between the monster and the culture, Honda showed how King Kong was the embodiment of the modern culture, while Godzilla represented the traditional culture.Furthermore, by observing key elements shown throughout the film, one will recognize the juxtaposition between each creature, the culture it represents, and the gradual shift from one culture to the other. Depicting Godzilla as a physical embodiment of the traditional Japanese culture, Honda displayed certain characteristics that were interchangeable between the two. When first introduced to Godzilla, the audience observed it emerging from a frozen prison that housed it for thousands of years. Alluding to the age of both, Godzilla is a representation of ancient tradition and how it can still be present in today's society. Moreover, when deconstructing the scenes in which Godzilla destroys parts of Japan, one can see that the majority of the targets were objects that symbolized the height of Japanese technology, such as a military base and the bullet train. As a result of attacking these objects, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 85. Savagery And Civilization In King Kong Savagery and Civilization: Not A Love Story Within society, we see a constant struggle between savagery and civilization, whether that battle is fought within oneself or among others, it exists nonetheless. This very struggle is a consistent underlying theme throughout the 1933 film, King Kong. In the film, this battle between two forces will be seen in Carl Denham's struggle with his persistent need to make art and money versus the consequences his obsession might bring, in Kong's attempt to resist the malignant "temptations" of beauty and finally, in the portrayal of African– Americans as savages and white people as educated civilians. In this essay, we will further delve into the struggle between savagery and civilization, the characters ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... In this interpretation, the role of the "beauty" is played by the young and beautiful, not to mention white, Ann Darrow, and the role of the savage "beast" is unsurprisingly represented by the legendary god, Kong. One way in which King Kong displays his own struggle between savagery and civilization, is in his lust for Ann. Although, Kong is surely well aware of the barriers he will encounter by pursuing his desire for Ann, he is unable to resist the temptations of her beauty. Thus, in spite of his raw animal instincts, he continues to pursue an unrealistic relationship with Ann, proving that even a beast like himself can recognize and appreciate genuine beauty. We can again see Kong's battle between savagery and civilization when he is forcibly taken to New York as the "eighth wonder of the world" but promptly escapes to find Ann, the beautiful woman whom he loves dearly. However, instead of simply finding Ann, his innate savagery gets the better of him and he ends up destroying an entire city and harming innocent civilians. The final instance in which we see the struggle between savagery and civilization in Kong himself, is in the final scene of the film, where Kong attempts to save his beloved Ann from the top of the Empire State Building. Despite his best efforts to stay atop the building and rescue the damsel in distress, he can only be seen as a threat through the eyes of those piloting the planes, thus, he is shot, causing him to fall to his death. In this final scene we hear Carl Denham say, "Oh no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast.", which in my opinion, implies that it was in fact civilization that triumphed over savagery. Though, King Kong unfortunately met his end, it wasn't beauty that killed him, it was his own struggle between choosing civilization over his inherent ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 89. King Kong The elements of film structure are important in any part of a movie, but to achieve an astounding structure during a film's climactic scene is what makes a movie so memorable. Every little bit has to be taken into consideration, such as camera angles and movement, lighting, sound, and production design. Each element contributes to the way the film is seen, whether someone realizes it or not. In the clip from King Kong, the four elements of film structure are brought together to create a climactic scene of one of the most memorable characters in history. Camera movement and angles are very important when it comes to the action of the film. In the beginning, the camera position shows the planes slightly descending and rounding towards their ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... There is a lot of rapid frame changes, which represents the mood and pace of the action taking place. Within the rapid frame changes, there is cross–cutting, which shows the planes getting closer to Kong. Editing in the clip does a wonderful job at building the suspense and keeping the viewer interested. As for production design, the city and buildings really made Kong look out of place and by using this setting, it made him look like a threat to society when he is only misunderstood. We see the woman in a white dress, which made her look innocent, which contrasted with Kong. The digital effect of King Kong was done very well. It is clear that lighting and the contact of the bullets were taken into consideration. The lighting shined on him in the right places and the bullet wounds added to the effects. In the beginning of the clip, we see dark clouds behind the moving planes, which establishes the mood of the scene. We realize that whatever is going on, it is not good at all. Lighting in the clip comes from the sky and since it seemed to be sunset, the time of day was put together well with the climactic scene. It reached the eyes of Kong and was able to enhance his expression. When Kong is seen at the top of the building, dark clouds are far behind him at one point, which foreshadows the fate of Kong and the men in the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 93. Examples Of Deviance In King Of Kong Throughout the movie, "King of Kong", which was based on the competition for the world championship of Donkey Kong, observations could be made that can fall under the category of deviance. Deviance is defined as any action that is considered outside of the norm that can lead to disapproval from other members of society. Several examples of this term can be found throughout the movie, such as control theory, labeling theory, and anomie. The use of control theory can be found in Steve Wiebe. Steve exhibits several actions that are influenced by inner controls. After sending in his first tape and it began to cause a lot of controversy as to if he truly achieved that score without help, he took every chance he could in order to follow the rules and show that he was a competitor for the world championship title. He began attending all of the live Twin Galaxies competitions in order to prove to them that he worked for that score. Conversely, there was Billy Mitchell, who was portrayed in the film as just doing what would maintain his image. Outer controls were influencing him. When someone came around that had the potential of throwing his score out, he stopped competing live. He went through sneaky pathways in order to maintain his high status. He begins going against his 'live scoring' motto in order to stay ahead. A good example of Labeling Theory can be observed in Billy Mitchell's right–hand man, Brian Kuh. Brain is labeled as Billy's 'disciple'. A real example of why ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 97. Film Review: King Kong(1933) Essay Qing Min Apr 21, 2013 AHI 356 Imaging Otherness in Visual Culture Film Review 8 King Kong Though the movie King Kong could not possibly cause anyone to lose sleep after seeing it today, it was certainly classified as a horror movie when it firstly went public in 1933. On the one hand, the director's intentional blurring between the boundary of a documentary and a fiction added to the horror effect. On the other hand, besides the use of cutting–edge cinematic technology, the era of Great Depression and thus the unusual psychology of people during the crisis also contributed greatly to the huge success of King Kong. Just like Carl Denham expects towards the end of the film: "The whole world will pay to see this! The eighth wonder of ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The chief of the native people proposes to exchange six women for Ann. Further, the fact that Kong finds a white woman far more attractive than a native one is racist. In the movie, Kong fights as many as three or four dinosaurs in order to protect his heroine. Every time he defeats a dinosaur, he stereotypically pats his chest and roars to show his masculinity. Also every time he approaches to her, despite her continuous screaming, he is gentle, careful and loving, which sharply contrasts to his behavior of trampling native women at the end of the movie. While the primitive (Kong) could not resist the attraction of a white woman, the civilized (Jack and Carl) plays the role of saving the white woman. When they fight with Kong in the jungle, Kong fails to kill them despite the fact that he succeeds in killing dinosaurs. After Kong was brought to the civilized world, he completely loses his position as the king of the nature and has to die in the face of civilization and technology. Unsurprisingly, it is Carl who proposes to use airplanes and it is Jack who climbs up to the top of the Empire State and finally gets Ann. Ann, on the other hand, does nothing but screaming, screaming, and screaming since Kong makes his first appearance in the movie. As a woman, she is incapable of controlling her own ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 101. Metaphor In King Kong Vs. Godzilla Metaphor, the comparison of two entities, is quite evident throughout Ishirō Honda 1962 movie King Kong vs. Godzilla. Incorporating two of the most iconic monsters within cinematic history, Honda integrated these monsters to represent his message showing how Japan was shifting from their traditional society towards a society that was technologically advanced. Furthermore, Honda was able to incorporate subliminal messages throughout the film in order to highlight certain characteristics between Godzilla and King Kong that represented traditional and modern culture. By employing metaphors, Honda was able to show how King Kong is a representation of Japan's technological advancements while Godzilla symbolizes traditional Japanese culture. Emerging from its years of slumber within its frozen sarcophagus, Honda was able to depict Godzilla as a representation of traditional Japan. When first introduced to Godzilla, the imagery of it breaking out of a iceberg can draw similarities to an ancient creatures that was frozen in ice during the Ice Age. Utilizing this scene, Honda showed how Godzilla was a creature frozen from the past. While this does not accurately represent the age of Godzilla, the parallelism between the prehistoric nature of Godzilla and the traditional customs that were upheld for generations, can be clearly connected. Similarly, when observing Godzilla's destruction of Japan's most recent technological advancements, such as a military base as well as the bullet ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 105. King Kong Remake Analysis Essay Movies have shown throughout our time that there is a strong underlying theme or message that can be unseen to most. It can be a minuscule significance to some, who focus on the violence and special effects, but once you start looking back at the big picture of certain films, there is so much more. A lot of people tend to focus on what is being filmed instead of how it's being filmed. The difference is remarkable between the two films King Kong (1933) and the remake of King Kong produced in 2005. The perspective of how the story played out is very different between the two films. On one end, in the original, Kong is portrayed as a violent beast similar to a Godzilla type figure that is a huge threat to civilization. In the remake, it ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The newer film shows this by longer drawn out scenes between Ann and Kong that are almost intimate. Even though Kong cannot talk, the audience can tell how he's thinking by facial expressions, along with his grunts and roars. It's understandable the older film wasn't able to show these certain sides of Kong due to technology and outdated special effects, but they still repeatedly display Kong's actions and intentions strictly out of violence. In the original Kong, he is captured and put on display in New York City; he breaks out and is immediately enraged by the situation. He begins to run around the city damaging buildings, killing innocent civilians, and causing complete chaos. This again shows how Kong is a problem with society and a huge threat to anyone near him. Putting his image as this out of control beast brings the element that we have to conquer nature to express our true power with weapons and technology. This scene dramatically differs in the new film. Once Kong breaks free of captivity while being put on display on the stage, his focus is not on destroying and causing harm. His motivation is fully on being reunited with his love Ann. When he finally gets back together with her, they show just the two of them playing together in the snow at central park. They are laughing and enjoying themselves in a peaceful setting, showing that Kong means no harm at all. Until all of the sudden police and military forces interrupt the two ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 109. Comparison Of Jurassic Park And King Kong "We are accustomed to look upon the shackled form of a conquered monster, but there– there you could look at a thing monstrous and free." –Mr. Hayes, King Kong. In both 'Jurassic Park' by Michael Crichton and Peter Jackson's King Kong, humanity struggles with the idea of being able to control and contain legendary animals. The texts have key differences, like the method used to change the state of the animals, but also pivotal similarities, like the fact that the creatures end up overcoming their captors, and threatening society. Throughout the stories, the theme develops that when attempting to direct nature, chaos is inevitable. The texts develop this theme differently in the initial method to change the state of the animals. Specifically, ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... What I mean is, in the two texts, the animals break free of their prisons and attack the people around them. In Crichton's Jurassic Park, an electricity failure causes all the dinosaurs to be able to exit their enclosures, and attack the park safety inspectors. They kill multiple men, and injure most people on the island, before the survivors can call for the military to bomb the island, killing the animals. This illustrates that chaos is inevitable when directing nature, because although the island was well built the animals managed to break free. If Hammond had let the dinosaurs stay dead, the bloodbath that occurred wouldn't have taken place. Not only did many humans die, but the experiment itself failed when they had to kill the dangerous beasts. Clearly, in Jurassic Park chaos followed the attempted control of nature. Similarly, in King Kong, after Carl brings Kong to New York, he breaks out of the chains that hold him on the show's stage. He runs through the city looking for his human friend, Anne. He injures and terrifies the new Yorkers during his frantic search. He ends up being killed. This reveals that chaos ensues after trying to guide nature, because if they had left Kong alone, he would not have been killed. The selfish actions of his captors led to unnecessary violence by people and Kong. The movie shows us that Kong loses his control after he is kidnapped, and he hurts people he shouldn't have even had contact with. Both stories suggest the theme that pandemonium is sure to ensue when society aims to direct ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 113. King Kong Entertainment Of The Masses Analysis King Kong: The Entertainment of the Masses "It's money and adventure and fame. It's the thrill of a lifetime and a long sea voyage that starts at six o'clock tomorrow morning" (King Kong, Carl Denham). As Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong) drags King Kong to Broadway, he makes ten thousand dollars in just one night for the exhibition of "the Eighth Wonder of the World." Thousands of New Yorkers paid twenty dollars per ticket, or the equivalent to three hundred sixty–nine dollars in today's currency, to gaze at a prehistoric ape. This gaze found in King Kong is the "imperial gaze" developed against foreigners in early Hollywood travel films. Ann Kaplan comments on early travel films in "Hollywood, Science and Cinema: The Imperial and the Male Gaze in Classic Film" and states that: "They [travelers] mainly went to dominate, exploit and to use the Other for their own ends." (61). For this reason, the ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Right after the audience gazes and criticises Kong for the first time, Denham asks the press to "take the first photographs of Kong and his captors." As the sixteen photographers begin to take pictures, Kong roars in fury. Since Denham is only interested in the profit that can be generated from the press, he quickly calms the audience and tells the photographer to capture a photo of Ann (Fay Wray) and Driscoll (Bruce Cabot). A closeup of the flashing cameras is shown and then Kong gets out of control. It is worthy to mention that Kong had not roared as loud as in this scene (not on stage at least) to notice that the flash was what triggered Kong to act in a savage manner. It is then clear that the use of technology enraged Kong because he felt estranged and threaten. The camera symbolizes how the white traveler dehumanizes the foreign individual and reproduces this visualization to the rest of the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 117. 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 ...
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  • 121. 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 ...
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  • 125. Figure Of Speech : King Kong Vs. Godzilla A metaphor, a figure of speech that gives symbolic meaning to an object, has been quite evident throughout Ishirō Honda 1962 movie King Kong vs. Godzilla. By utilizing two iconic monsters in cinematic history, Honda was able to integrate subliminal messages using the actions of these two monsters to show the internal conflicts that arose between traditional culture and modern culture. Furthermore, Honda was able to utilize their flaws and strengths to make distinct connections to show how one could be a metaphor for one of the cultures. Honda was able to showcase the conflicts between two cultures by using King Kong as a metaphor for modern culture while Godzilla was used to represent traditional culture. Honda, by the use of metaphors, was able to depict Godzilla as a representation of traditional Japanese culture. When the audience was first exposed to Godzilla, the scene showed it emerging from its frozen sarcophagus. By introducing Godzilla in this fashion, Honda was able to allude to the idea of connecting tradition with Godzilla's prehistoric background as one connecting factor in symbolizing traditional culture. Furthermore, when Dr. Johnson was describing size different between Godzilla's and King Kong's brain, the idea that Godzilla had a brain the size of a walnut can mirror the mentality of traditional Japanese culture. When observing traditional Japanese culture, one can say that they were narrow mind in regards to change as they stuck to a certain cultural ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 129. 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 ...
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  • 133. King Kong : Aspects Of A Hollywood Film The old version of King Kong, created and distributed in 1933, has all the distinctive characteristics of a Hollywood film. Every aspect of the film is a trademark of Hollywood film elements. Not only was this a pioneering film, but it also set a guide or standard for every one of the succeeding horror, animation, and thriller genres that have been produced in Hollywood today. Aspects of King Kong are seen in many movies today. Theme originality completely escapes the mind. Taken into consideration, the predominant technology available at the time of production was something of an innovation. In this case, King Kong should be placed in the top of the special effects editing of the 1930s. Willis O'Brien's stop–motion animatronics was a significant feat at the time. A few years earlier before King Kong, O'Brien worked as Special Effects Animator in the film of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Lost World", which also utilized stop motion effects and saw dinosaurs on screen in a naturalistic environment. Roger Ebert, a famous movie critic, once said "In recent years I have focused on the remarkable special effects, based by Willis O'Brien and others on his f/x work in "The Lost World" (1925) but achieving a sophistication and beauty that eclipsed anything that went before". Around this time in Hollywood was a stage of technological emergence and adds more worth to O'Brien and his contributions. Although King Kong is viewed as an innovative and groundbreaking film, it invigorated ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 137. King Kong Comparison The original King Kong (1933) was fairly different from the new 2005 version. In the new version, Kong was much more humanized. For example, in the end when Kong falls off of the building and dies, it is heartbreaking. But in the original, there is a sense of relief when Kong finally dies, after terrorizing New York City and especially Ann. Kong and Ann share a more profound bond in the newer film. That is shown when Kong is finished fighting the three Tyrannosaurus Rex, she willfully goes with him, after he saves her. Also, towards the end you see Kong and Ann having fun playing on the ice back in New York. Ann wasn't afraid of Kong in the remake. One of the biggest differences between the 2005 and the 1933 versions were the characters. Ann, in the newer King Kong movie, had much more character. We were able to see the back story of her dancing career and how talented she was. Also, Carl Denham was vastly different. In the original movie he was depicted as this great movie maker, but in the newer movie he is characterized as a sleazy guy; overall, he isn't a very good person. For example, he trapped Driscoll on the boat after he refused to write the rest of the script before they left. Jack Driscoll, in the 2005 rendition is no ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... In both movies Kong had to save Ann from dinosaurs. It showed that in both of the films, he cared about her enough to get hurt by the dinosaurs. Also, in both the 1933 and the 2005 versions Kong snaps a Tyrannosaurus Rex's jaw and opens and closes it to make sure it's dead. One of the biggest similarities were the scenes at the very end when Kong was on the top of the Empire State Building. It had the point of view from the planes. And, after he was shot and fell off people gathered around his corpse. Reporters were taking pictures and Carl Denham shows up. Someone said that it was the airplanes that killed Kong, but Denham said: "Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 141. 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 ...
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  • 145. 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 ...
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  • 149. King Kong Scoring Film scoring analysis in King Kong (1933) It is not uncommon that "the attention of the audience of a well–made film was almost never focused on the music" (James, 2009). King Kong (1933) could be defined as one of the most profound film in the film industry. While, it is a group of bass brass instruments create a mysterious sense in King Kong (1933) and the chequered composition contributes a dissonant musical motivation throughout the entire film as a basic atmosphere. Moreover, the strong love of King Kong is described by the repetition of a few notes, which is just the pretty simple melody of the piano, the woodwind and the violins. In King Kong (1933), Steiner's break– through score solidly established the "symphonic–yet– original" model, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 153. Essay on “King Kong” Movie Analysis Introduction A good movie can either be captivating or thrilling depending on the plot of the movie. Like the thrill of a rollercoaster, so is the thrill that comes from watching the King Kong movie. It is both captivating as well as intriguing in the sense that it provides rich thematic presence and sceneries. In this paper, the learner will take a look at the King Kong movie from a critical perspective to deduce whether the movie really should be living up to its fame. The movie "King Kong" was a commercial success in 1933, although the great gorilla briefly flickered merely on a few hundred screens (Linn 35) and (Selznick, Cooper and Schoedsack n.pag). According to "Universal Studios Hollywood (13), King Kong's story had to be ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... pag) and ("Universal Studios Hollywood" 13). On the island, the filmmakers find that the inhabitants live within a huge palisade as protection from the island's monsters (Selznick, Cooper and Schoedsack n. pag) and ("Universal Studios Hollywood" 13). But King Kong, most fearsome of them all, is only placated by sacrificial offerings of young women (Selznick, Cooper and Schoedsack n. pag) and ("Universal Studios Hollywood" 13). Ann Darrow is kidnapped and offered to the giant gorilla beast (Selznick, Cooper and Schoedsack n. pag). Instead of killing her, he is infatuated, fighting in her defense against the other monsters (Selznick, Cooper and Schoedsack n. pag). Jack Driscoll and the others rescue Ann and capture the giant gorilla that is then taken to New York for exhibition (Selznick, Cooper and Schoedsack n. pag). King Kong subsequently breaks loose and searches for Ann, terrorizing the city (Selznick, Cooper and Schoedsack n. pag). In the end, the great ape climbs with his beloved to the top of the Empire State Building, where fighting airplane flyers machine–gunned him to death (Selznick, Cooper and Schoedsack n. pag). King Kong Movie Analysis The elements that made the movie King Kong such a great classic ("Peter Jackson's King Kong" 117) are the same ones that contribute to the success of almost any film: writing, acting, pacing, cinematography, thematic coherence, subtext; and the ineffable synergy arising from a combination of all of the individual ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...