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Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss is a gay movie. Billy Collier is a photographer. One day, he found his male model, Gabriel. Gabriel is a coffee shop waiter. Billy is openly gay but Gabriel always says that he is straight and he has a girlfriend in San Fransico. However, as they spend more time together, they are getting more closer to each other. To me, I dislike this movie. This is because this movie gives me a sense of boring. I am not getting interested in the storyline. After I watched this movie, I have some idea come out from my mind.  I am straight but I respect this kind of relationship. In this new era, the majority of people are having a heterosexual relationship and this situation people will consider as normal. In my opinion, the "normal" things to people are the majority of people in the society are having the same situation. Therefore, the people who are having a homosexual relationship will be considered as abnormal. This is because this kind ...

Introduction We had watched a documentary, The Blair Witch. This film is considered as fictional film and it is directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez.  Theory Discussion In class, we had discussed the differences between the Mockumentary and Documentary Drama. However, this documentary film is considered as Mockumentary. Mockumentary is a documentary that shoots in a type of non-fictional film to create a fictional film.  This documentary was shot is based on the storyline and other information. The documentary still looking was real and actual. However, the documentary drama is a documentary that shoots in a type of fictional film to create a nonfictional film. We continue discussing the modes of representation in the documentary in class which are poetic, expository, observational, interactive, reflexive and performative documentary. Poetic – Films of this mode breaks up time and space into multiple perspectives, denying coherence and accepting...

Introduction Feminist started in the 1920s, looking at women’s expression of her own subjectivity. Feminist film theory matured in the late 1960s, after radicalized feminist movement (of sexual liberation and political debate of female representation.) During week 11, I had watched a movie which called, ‘Legally Blonde’.  Today, I would like to discuss the theory of feminist in the film. Theory Discussion Feminism is a set of political practices seen through the analyses of the social/historical position of women as subordinated, oppressed or exploited in dominant modes of production (such as capitalism) and/or by social relations of patriarchy or male domination. Because films are viewed as a reflection of the society (and vice versa), we can seek out the ideological and social construction of women in films. Themes explored in feminist theory include discrimination, stereotyping, objectification, oppression, and patriarchy. In Feminist film t...

Introduction I had learned about the documentary film in this week. The documentary film that I watched is “March of the Penguins”. This film is directed by Luc Jacquet and released in the year 2005. I will discuss the documentary film theory as the following. Theory Discussion There are 3 assumptions for the audience to think of what is documentaries. First and foremost, films events are not staged, thus providing an authentic look. Mise-en-scene is particularly put together like fiction films. Next, documentaries are not a fiction film, thus they depict not imaginary but real events. Film fiction provides imaginative impression while documentaries are very truthful. Furthermore, documentaries filmmakers are assumed to observe the events and make the objective record of the events. However, the above-mentioned assumptions are criticized heavily in recent times. Due to the selection of techniques, equipment, footage, angles, and other technical decisions are of th...

Introduction Breathless ( A ( ` ) bout de souffle) is a French film in 1960. This film is directed by Jean-Luc Godard. In this film, the theory of French New Wave has adapted to. French New wave was started in 1959 and ended in 1969. In 1951, Andre Bazin and Jacques Donial Valcroze was found Cashierd Du Cinema.  There was a group of writers who are Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard for this magazine.  However, there are two principles held at Cahiers du Cinema which are rejected montage aesthetics, favoring mise-en-scene and personal authorship. This principle means the film not only be a rational experience but also should include emotional and psychological experiences. The second principle means the film should be a medium personal artistic expression. Theory Discussion There are two criteria in French New Wave which are economic and aesthetics. The film of the French New Wave is an independent and low budget. In the aesthetic aspect, th...