Visual Arts & Film Studies Essays

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This essay discovers the footwear fashion. According to Porter, the threat of business substitutes poses a challenge to a company which defines the strategies that a company implements to overcome this threat for competitive advantage. There are substitutes within the UK for retail shops for footwear that Light Feet Ltd must be aware of.

In this analysis, through applying the semiotic theory, I shall analyze the post-wedding scene in the Me, Myself & Irene (2000) film, where Charlie (Jim Carrey), has just wedded Layla (Traylor Howard), in a wedding ceremony attended by his colleagues, who are state police officers of Rhodes Island (Jacobs, Farrelly, Cerrone, Farrelly & Carrey, 2000 p68).

The human resource management departments in organizations consider the recruitment of veterans in their organizations as an essential part of their responsibility. The Government in US has shown their concerns and favor towards the veterans returning from war.

This further shows the seriousness of consumption. However, since the pattern of increased consumption only seems to be strengthening with the ever-expanding market of new products and gadgets, the only option that we really have is to ween ourselves from the dependency that we have placed on items that are not going to last forever.

An interpretation that is shown in relation to film adaptation is by Phillip Lopate. Lopate shows how the adaptation of a book or ideology often disregards various viewpoints and approaches. However, Lopate doesn’t point out that film is a different medium and requires techniques and tactics which are strongly associated with the film industry.

This was Scorsese at his best. It is an extraordinary piece of cinematic work showing a varied cross section of themes, cultures and persona that portrays American culture in a way no other film ever does. Raging Bull, based on the tragic life of Jake La Motta and tells us how he came out from a poor family living in the slums of Bronx to become a champion of the ring in the middle weight category in the 1940’s.

‘An aged figure possessing youthful mind’, was the dying quote of Alfred Eisenstaedt a trailblazer in photography who died in 1995. The word photography was in use as early as 1839 with two people being credited for its use namely Sir John Herschel and Johann von Maedler (Daniel 1).

He is acclaimed to have written and directed several features on both Cuban and American cultures and people. The filmmaker used materials already found in other film clips, photographs and cartoons to further bring out the themes of his films. Such use of found materials in the production of films is referred to as the nervous montage technique.

These are also considered as a culprit to spoil the normal minds. Anyways, still, horror is the major genre of today cinema. The first ever horror movie Le Manoir du Diable was made in 1896 by the director Georges Melies. The duration was just two minutes but loved by the audiences and became the first flick in the horror movies as well as the vampire series.

These movies have exemplified how big budgets often impact on the visual quality, as well as the technological artistry of films. However, in relation to the artistic content of these movies – which may refer to story lines, quality of acting, as well as the overall look for these movies – there seems to be a question on how budget may impact on these aspects of the film.

When analyzing iconography, the viewer defines the components of a work of art when considering its implications to society. The ancient artists used art to interpret their ideologies and beliefs to society. This study would help the viewer to highlight the main components of the art piece of visual image, and interpret it in a language that is easily understandable in the common society’s context.

The paper will also discuss the differences and the similarities between rococo and baroque art movements. Despite the similarities between the two periods, several differences exist between the two art movements. Baroque concentrated on religious matters while rococo concerned with splendor and beauty and erotic arts.

Appearance of black women in science fiction films is important since this genre is the one place where every social issue can be seen, for instance, gender roles that have been switched as well as exploration of civilization of black women that had been lost over the past years.

There are some serious concerns between the stereotypical representation of male and female power in film. While the plot has substantial complexities, the description of male and female attributes is quite clear. The film is of vital merit in terms of identifying gender in films, especially when it comes to the representation of gender roles.

It is important to have a truthful insight on what the movie is trying to convey not only by observing the plot but by being aware of how the camera looks at the characters and how they look at each other as well. The visual representation that the gaze holds on films is such a powerful element that could make viewers appreciates the essence of the film itself.

The paper has lines drawn all over it in varying thicknesses which have been photocopied over and over to achieve a kind of precise repetitiveness. This structure is made of screen-printed paper and its dimensions are 300 x 450 x 65 centimeters. It is made up of over 5000 pieces of this screen-printed paper which has been folded and stuck onto a hidden foundation made of foam and cardboard.

As the paper tells, the work of art was an acrylic STEN MK. V submachine gun was drawn on canvas courtesy of The Estate of Jeff Davies. The STEN MK. V submachine gun has its sight and muzzle resting on the globe and its stock the inscriptions God Bless America. This artistic piece was drawn on 5th February 2003.

The effects of the war on the film "Et Dieu Créa la Femme" were understood and seen in vivid detail. This is one of the elements of the movie that is very important in the development of the plot within the context of future compositions. The script had a huge inbuilt sensuality that was accentuated by the presence of the Mediterranean settings in the film.

While showering, David thinks about his brother who had died as a result of leukemia barely a month ago. He remembers the last day he had gone to visit his brother in hospital and found that his brother had died the previous night. He recalls how he was devastated because he had failed to go see his brother in hospital the previous night because he had a continuous assessment test as he was a student in Boston University.

Fashion and art borrow from each other. They had been used in the late 20th century to promote and transform looks among celebrities. Due to the acceptance of the music and artists themselves, the arts were used to design fashion outfits and create memorable looks among celebrities and influential people, before being sold out to the people.

The author was able to combine his knowledge and come up with shapes, which resemble real things. With the proper painting of the pictures, they will resemble and take the images of the real organisms as they were drawn from blind contour, as a result, they will give the real meaning of the situation.

On top of the title, the winner receives $100,000. Personally, he describes himself as a “photograffeur”. He chooses to fly post large black and white photographic images strategically placing them in public locations especially in buildings. JR believes that the street is the largest art gallery in the world.

Comparison of Shakespearean Adaptations Full name University name Shakespearean stories are always considered intelligently crafted so that consequently, they are immortal and are even more preserved through the adaptations of the narrations in modern movies.

Name Instructor Course Date Writing assignment Introduction The Renaissance refers to a time in history marked by the development of advanced knowledge in several disciplines. The term means rebirth in several European languages, the availability of both paper and the invention of metal movable type facilitated the faster spread of knowledge.

The film was shot in English and German simultaneously in nineteen thirty three. The film starts with squeaks of chicken and geese loitering in a street marketplace. A female cleaning a window pane in a shop that contains a photo of Marlene Dietrich referred to as Lola in the movie follows this.

The author states that in the song, ‘Dressin’ Up’ by Katy Perry, the lyrics of the song are very much sexually suggestive, and as it is sang by a female, the lyrics do not provoke as much controversy in relation to feminist concepts.  Nevertheless, the lyrics do stir feminists and their general sensibilities. 

Although the Chinese and Taiwanese share a quite similar cultural heritage, these vary in their levels of adoption of pop culture. I consider Taiwan to have highly adopted pop culture, as opposed to China. Nonetheless, China and Taiwan produce movies. Despite these two being close and sharing quite similar cultures, their movies are different.

Due to the prestige and money, it is every actor’s dream to be part of the Hollywood cinema industry. Not only is the Hollywood cinema industry robust with exotic talent, good talent management and exposure, it is also pays actors well. Getting an opportunity to be part of the Hollywood cinema industry presents one with unlimited opportunities, as it is an international platform.

The play shows at the Royal Gorge Theater. The play shows the life of a Jewish woman who made through the holocaust. The reason for the play to be shown now is to remind all of us how different religion believes affect the community if they are not respected.

According to the Oxford dictionaries, pop art is art based on mass media and the modern popular culture. The definition goes further to explain pop culture as critical or ironical comment towards traditional art. The discovery of the camera during the American Civil War was thought to be the end of painting and art.

.. like tears in rain ... Time to die”. Roy Batty. Blade Runner is the brilliant screen adaptation of Philip Dick’s sci-fi short story “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” that marked one of the major turning points in film-making history. The film got quite the chilly reception in 1982 as it was not a banal business project so abundant in the realm of science fiction films.

Ophelia Oh no, I am destined to live the dream. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.  No, it is going to happen just like you see in the movies. I promise. Why don’t you come to the coffee shop so we can lose the tech? Gaston walks in through the door and hangs up his phone, sitting down next to Ophelia and pulling out an e-reader.

The essay explores Modern and Contemporary Art and the role of Photomedia in this context. In large part it appears that rather than attacking the nature of photography, Baudelaire is attacking an understanding that photography replaces classical elements of painting and sculpture. The essay reads more like an angry diatribe.

The author of the paper describes that the young girl works exceptionally hard in school until she secures herself a scholarship. The scholarship lands her into a college where she can follow the footsteps of her mother. Her mother was a woman of dignity and hard work since she had education.

I think this was a well-written entry on how this person experienced the show. It is necessary to further explore the works before discounting them as meaningless to him because he isn’t a woman, but the perspective that they appealed to the experiences of women so were, therefore, difficult to relate to does seem to have some validity.

The key difference between relativism and objectivism in aesthetic evaluation seems to be the following one: the above concepts cannot equally contribute to aesthetic evaluation; subjective relativism seems to be more effective in evaluating art pieces, meaning that the assumptions made on works of art using the subjective relativism.

Both these films have an excellent plot as well as have been perceived really well by the audience because of their gripping nature; one look away from the screen can bring harm to the viewer for fear of losing out on a specific detail of the movie. That is why both films have also been proven to have some of the most original plots and twists.

The listeners in this environment are supposed to be completely passive in terms of communication, and react silently to orders barked by the main surgeon – in the only instance when someone tries to make him the listener, by telling him that he has a time limit, the doctor fails to respond, or acknowledge that he has heard what is being said. 

Art in South Africa dates back to ancient times with rock and cave paintings by the ancestors of the modern Bushman and San. Contemporary art in South Africa is so diverse due to the nature of the country’s history. Different artistic expressions and movements have defined art in South Africa over a period of 5 decades.

It explores the topic of sexual harassment and the negative effects that the practice can have on an individual’s career. The plot of the movie is centered on the events of a software company that is on the brink of entering into a merger agreement with a publishing company.

In conceptual art, theories and/or ideas are the driving forces behind the creation of art. The making of a conceptual piece of art is preceded by elaborate decision-making and planning processes followed by an obligatory implementation of the work. Conceptual art questions the nature of an artwork and more radically interrogates the numerous assumptions that surrounded artwork in earlier times.

Hua has written several novels and essays that has paved its way in to the reader’s favorites. Hua narrates about his experiences as a young adult in Mao’s times where the western literature and books were banished and banned on the entire Chinese community (Hua, 2012).

Apparently, as the technological revolution commenced at a point in the past, technology itself serves a chief ground why the culture of supernatural has well-embedded on our society besides the influence of primordial need, science, and the constant traditional effort of propagating random stories about vampires and the like.

Norman Keith Collins or Sailor Jerry was recognized for being ‘the greatest American tattooist of all time’. He was one of the most prominent figures in tattooing, so much so that the entire history of tattooing has been divided into two parts-before Sailor Jerry (BSJ) and after Sailor Jerry (ASJ). The styles of tattooing used by Sailor Jerry became widely popular among all kinds of people.

Dr. Robert Neville sets his daily routine to be experimenting on infected rats to find a cure for a virus created by Dr. Alice Krippin. Alice developed a genetically variant of measles. After Neville lost his wife and daughter in a helicopter accident during a quarantine of Manhattan, he dedicates himself to finding a cure for the virus.

The film revolves around an arrogant wealthy but isolated Nicholas, who received a gift from his brother Conrad during his birthday. The gift was a card from a mysterious company by the name Consumer Recreation Services. At first, Nicholas ignored the card until he realized the kind of life he was living.

In no way is Anthony Loyd your typical journalist or photographer. In his harrowing account of the Bosnia War, he ignores the facts of the war, is not sympathetic to any particular side, and is never really moved or empathetic to the travesties that are occurring around him. He describes himself as a war tourist, using photography as an excuse to hitch a ride to a war-torn country.

Eros Plus Massacre was released in the year 1969. The film was directed by Yoshishige Yoshida and was written by Masahiro Yamada. The film is a biographical picture based on the life of the Japanese anarchist Sakae Osugi. His life concentrated around three women he loved and finally, he was assassinated in the year 1923 by the Japanese military

The picture represents the conflicts Chowdhury experienced as a child of mixed heritage. His father was Indian and his mother British. Although he grew up in the US, Chowdhury, influenced by Westernised exotic images of India and his own fantasies of what his father’s homeland must have been like, formulated unrealistic ideas.