Alfred Wegener

Sexual Response, which summarized their research on individuals who readily experienced orgasms during sexual activity” (Matlin, 2012, p. 288). This book was almost as revolutionary as the two volume manuscript called the Kinsey Reports, written by Alfred Kinsey in 1948 and 1953, which attempted to explain the sexual behavior of the male and female human being. Subsequently, in 1972 the Joy of Sex a Gourmet Guide which was a popular sexual manual unlike any other of its time, written by Alex…

Are you looking for a thrilling fantasy movie which is both engaging and interesting than you are looking for the Hobbit an Unexpected Journey? The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey is a fantasy/adventure movie which was written by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Guillermo Del Toro and Philippa Boyens. It was directed by Peter Jackson; this movie is a great piece of work which shows the effectiveness of cinematography when it was released in 2012. It is about a hobbit who goes on an adventure to help the…

D.W. Griffith's influence on cinema and culture David Wark Griffith has had an enormous influence on cinema and culture throughout many of his films. He was one of the first figures in cinema to begin and start a movement in camera use as well as radical movie directory. David Griffith was an American actor, writer, director, and producer. As well as one of the first figures to advance cinema at the time and begin a movement, both through use of camera and culture depiction of the era.…

In the film world it is widely regarded that there are two kinds of filmmaking : Realism and Formalism. Realism subscribes to a more narrative, social based ideology while Formalism believes that the art of cinema comes from the mastery of technical aspects. Within these two kinds of filmmaking, many theorists have emerged including Bazin, who had a humanist approach to film. Formalism on the other hand, is the theory that the technical aspects of film are meant to create the world the audience…

The King’s Speech: Foul or Fair Representation in Film? Film possesses the power to transport us to different places and times: some real, some imagined. When filmmakers choose real stories, they face difficult artistic decisions that may or may not be supported by reality. In the award-winning film, The King’s Speech, director Tom Hooper mirrors many events from the actual speech therapy engagement between King George VI and Leonard Logue. King George VI needs to find his voice to encourage…

There are few films that can boast the credit of having revolutionized a genre, and for horror, Psycho is one of those films. The 1960s horror classic directed by Alfred Hitchcock is considered one of the first movies in the slasher sub-genre, and is responsible for moving horror films away from the increasingly corny Universal Monsters of the earlier decades to a more serious threat. The film follows Marion Crane, a secretary who runs away from her home town after stealing a large sum of money…

Kingsman the secret service is a very poupular movie that stands out amongst modern serious spy movies. Such as Jason bourn or Daniel Craig James bond, by parodying classic James bond. The film is over the top with its gadgets, villain’s, and action, as well as forcing more on comedy. This essay will start with a brief summery of the film and than examine three examples of the hero’s journey. Firstly, the elderly mentor, after that the allies and enemies, and lastly the heroes return. Kingsman…

During this week I saw an episode of The life of the Birds presented by David Attenborough in which he showed the way which some birds have for catching the attention of a possible couple. Amongst all of them, he showed the lyrebird which seems to have more than 300 different sounds for that, and amongst those sounds there was one that sounded like the alarm of a car and other that sounded like a pneumatic drill, those which are utilized to break streets, all that while deployed the feathers of…

This film proved that Kim Ki-duk's presence in a movie is a pledge of success by its own self. This time, the Korean auteur penned the script, with Jang Hoon, the director, being one of the many assistants Kim had in his films, learning "the art" in "The Bow." The combination proved very successful, with "Rough Cut" recording more admissions than all of the previous Kim's films combined. Soo-ta's career (the name is actually a parody of the Korean word for (movie) star) is on the verge of…

“Movement, change and flux are the only constants in the city.” A delightfully poignant movie revolving around urban alienation of its citizens living in Hong Kong, it is easy for its audience to get absorbed in the flurry of images created by Christopher Doyle’s shaky handheld cameras, William Chang’s fast-paced editing, and Wong Kar Wai’s signature ‘smudge-motion’ techniques in the film Chungking Express. These cinematographic images created from such, as if to vertiginously disorient its…