25 Hottest Men in the World

Every man’s dream is to look like the best version of himself and to attract many beautiful women. That is why in the recent years many men around the world have broke the cliché that a man shouldn’t groom himself as the women do and that a man shouldn’t be spending a lot of money … Read more

Gender Roles in “Friends” and “The Devil Wears Prada.”

The media plays a crucial role in promoting or obscuring gender equality in its presentation of men, women and, sometimes even children. A large number of the images displayed in media shape the societal perception of the world in general and, in this case specifically gender. In the media, women and girls are portrayed as … Read more

Fake news – anti-Semitic pseudohistory and its consequences

Fake news is an expression that is associated with controversial, biased political figures and news outlets, both established and impromptu. The seemingly modern phenomena of ‘alternative facts’ has, since 2016, come to the forefront of political debate, with the election of Trump and the UK voting to leave the European Union. Such events have led … Read more

Producing an observational/participatory mode documentary

CRITICAL COMMENTARY What aspects of shooting and editing did you find most effective in telling your story? How is the information conveyed to the viewer? How does the documentary address the viewer? How do the images serve the story? It is difficult to pinpoint a definition to documentary filmmaking. However, documentaries differ to other genres … Read more

Donald Trump media (Case Study Final Paper)

For the Case Study Final Paper, I have decided to research Donald Trump. Donald Trump is the current President of The United States, and he is one of the most well-known people that United States has ever had in office. With that being said Donald Trump is also one of the most controversial presidents in … Read more

The Iron Lady (film)

World War 2 started in 1939 and ended in 1945. During this period, there was a lot of bloodshed, property destruction and loss of lives with over 50 million fatalities (William 2). Because of this war, over 30 countries that took part in it had formed two opposing parties, the Axis (Germans, Italians and Japanese) … Read more

Koyaanisqatsi,1982

Blood-red words trickle down the black screen. Koyaanisqatsi. The camera zooms out from earth-colored shadows painted onto a cave wall, revealing humanoid figures that were constructed a long, long time ago. A deep, ancient voice, in tribal euphony, chants, “Koyaanisqatsi…” The screen transitions to a fiery world. Subsidition of smoke and fire reveals metalwork supporting … Read more

Stereotypes of women in film

WRIT 102 Bennell, Hillary, and Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz. “The Empowering (Super) Heroine? The Effects of Sexualized Female Characters in Superhero Films on Women.” Shibboleth Authentication Request, 11 Mar. 2015, link-springer-com.umiss.idm.oclc.org/article/10.1007%2Fs11199-015-0455-3. In this article is explains about a study conducted to see the positive and negative reactions of women in superhero films. The main people interviewed were … Read more

Media’s rural based roots in Nigeria

The concept or term ‘rural’ brings to mind an unsophisticated, simple lifestyle of clusters, of small communities of people and thus having no relation to any and every form of sophisticated and its attendant complexities, or what the world knows today as the media, an icon of sophistication and urbanity. The development of what we … Read more

The Circle (film)

Draft The Circle INTRO “The Circle” movie was produced in order to give the people message of how the unethical leaders of the companies are planning to use the online personal data and privacy of the citizens in a bad way. However, leaders are people that the followers or stakeholders for accountable, liable, trustworthy on … Read more

A Tale of Dystopia – V for Vendetta

Research paper, Final Draft A Tale of Dystopia Dystopia, the opposite of utopia, is a community or society that is not ideal and undesirable. People who live in such a community have very strict rules. Imagine living in a society that is in a totalitarian state run by a chancellor, being under curfew with secret … Read more

Dark Comedy Genre Analysis

Dark Comedy Genre Analysis Dark comedies are films in which they make like of the subject matter which is typically taboo or as the genre name states, dark. I chose three films to analyze and compare and contrast whether they belong in such genre. Through narrative, characterization and basic theme I will elaborate on why … Read more

Gender Roles in Bambi

Gender Roles in Bambi While Disney’s Bambi combines both film and entertainment techniques to educate children about the seasons of life, the movie also establishes certain gender roles which are deconstructed in the minds of the child audience. Throughout the film, the contrasts between the characteristics of the male and female characters portray the message … Read more

A Serious Man (film, Judaism)

A Serious Man was a great portrayal of Judaism and how the religion affects the lives of those that practice it. The film did a great job of incorporating Hebrew throughout certain scenes to show how integral it is in the religion and the Jewish culture. It proved that Judaism is not just a religion … Read more