I believe that the success of ‘The Conjuring’ (Wan, 2000,) in part is due to the effective use of the narrative structures that focus on a strong female presence in this sub-genre of horror, positing the women in a place of power over the usual male driven sub genre. These…

Metanarrative is known as an abstract thought process, which academic John Stephens say that is ‘is a global or totalising cultural narrative schema which orders and explains knowledge and experience’ (p 6.) Philosopher Jean-Francois Lyotard states ‘philosophers address a problem by telling a story — the story of progress through…

‘I don’t know what your generation’s fascination is with documenting your every thought… but I can assure you; they’re not all diamonds. “Roman is having an OK day, and bought a Coke Zero at the gas station. Raise the roof.” Who gives a rat’s ass?’ …

Analyse​ ​the​ ​following​ ​quote​ ​from​ ​Paul Schrader,​ ​writer​ ​of​ ​Taxi​ ​Driver​ ​and Raging​ ​Bull,​ ​in​ ​response​ ​to​ ​the influence​ ​of​ ​the​ ​hip,​ ​ironic​ ​and post-modern​ ​approach​ ​to​ ​cinema​ ​​ ​at the​ ​end​ ​of​ ​the​ ​1990s: “There​ ​is​ ​a​ ​big​ ​difference.​ ​I​ ​mean,​ ​I’m really​ ​of​ ​the​ ​existential​ ​tradition,​ ​the 20th​…

While I can see the point of the arguments regarding business and Hollywood itself, they want to make movies that can make money. But I believe that it can’t just be that simple, there is a broader perspective to consider that involves the only thing that still has the ability…

Since the premiere of ‘The Simpsons’ in 1989 this series has maintained a steady level of notoriety and popularity within American culture. A biting satire on American society and culture it is embedded itself as an artistic text that satirises the American family (Alberti, 2004.) As ‘The Simpsons’ reached its…

Choose a movie poster or DVD/VHS cover from any era and of any genre and analyse its content. How does it successfully communicate what kind of film it is promoting and what kinds of bias, values and stereotypes might be present in the image? Consider things such as iconography, colour…

The independent midnight movie of the 1970's is regarded as the godfather of film fandom and cult cinema as it prompted a young audience to start dressing as characters from the films and create clubs and fanzines in appreciation. This has now transformed into a billion-dollar industry for major studios…

For the last two weeks, I have been contemplating a topic that I hadn’t really given much thought to before, and that was the emotions of joy in film. Particularly in experimental film, and why this emotion isn’t often covered by this cinematic art form. Is it because to experience…