Category: Cinema

  • “Get Out” Movie: Genre, Medium, and Pathos

    The movie Get Out is an exciting illustration of interracial interactions combined with pseudoscientific forces, such as the transfer of consciousness. Its director Jordan Peele is well-known for his satiric and comedic approach. However, he is also outstanding in giving the films a horror mood, where he does not apply traditional jump scare moves. Peele…

  • Sociological Themes in the “Taxi Driver” Film

    Like other forms of artistic expression, movies can serve society, draw public attention to existing problems, and raise ethical questions. Taxi Driver is a movie by Martin Scorsese that tells a compelling emotional story of Travis Bickle, who works in New York as a cab driver after being discharged from the military. The movie discusses…

  • Interpersonal Communication in the “One Day” Film

    Table of Contents Example One: Getting Acquainted Example Two: Telling about Feelings Example Three: Meeting in Paris Conclusion References The specifics of communication between a man and a woman who are in relations that they define as friendship, but that can actually be described as love, are interesting to be examined in detail. The focus…

  • Representations of Enslaved People Through Cinema

    Table of Contents Introduction Amistad Harriet Django Unchained Representations in Cinema Conclusion References Introduction In the modern world, people have an opportunity of assessing historical events through cinematography. While there are numerous various films, some of them display the struggles of enslaved people. As people in slavery have faced countless hardships, their attempts to stand…

  • The Film “The Help” from a Sociological Perspective

    Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion References Introduction One of the most ideologically reactionary varieties of naturalism in sociology is the racial-anthropological approach. The main theme of the film ‘The Help’ is the relationship between representatives of different social and racial backgrounds. Therefore, this particular sociological perspective will be rational as the other approaches do…

  • Societal Reflection of the Movie Hustlers

    A group of women in the film are having wonderful experiences and making a mockery of an industry that is frequently mocked and shamed. The context allows the women to take back authority from their work’s men-dominated, transaction-oriented nature. The movie is deliriously fun and has far more on the mind than a simple scripted…

  • “Horrible Bosses” Film in Project Management Aspect

    A project is a short term undertaking from start to finish making use of resources aimed at meeting certain goals and achieving valuable change. Project management involves planning, classifying, leading, and collecting resources aimed at achieving a precise goal. The main characteristic of project management is the presents of constraints that derail achieving set objectives.…

  • The Effects of Violent Video Games and Movies

    Researchers do not yet have a definite answer on what effects violent games and movies let to. It should be mentioned that there is a continuing debate among researchers over the relationship between violent video games and movies and aggressive behavior (Onwukwe et al., 2017). If with adults, the situation remains unclear, researchers observe a…

  • “Interstellar” Film Under Sociological Analysis

    Section I: Introduction Interstellar is a 2014 cinematographic masterpiece by Christopher Nolan that portrays a near-future dystopian society placed on Earth. Nolan’s film narrates about an environmental disaster and the threat of famine because of crop disease called blight. One day, a private facility of NASA is discovered by the protagonist Cooper and his daughter…

  • An Analysis of the movie “Crash” by Paul Haggis

    Table of Contents Jean Cabot Christine Thayer Cameron Thayer Officer John Ryan Officer Tommy Hansen Detective Graham Waters Anthony Peter Graham Daniel Ruiz Farhad In the movie “Crash,” Paul Haggis tries to show how our racial biases affect the way we interact with others. In the movie, the characters tend to assume certain socioeconomic status…