my journey towards a BA in photography
The auditory senses along with the sense of smell are the most powerful at helping trigger an emotional response in humans – either good or bad. A particular food smell, for example, could evoke reminders of school, the lunches, served…
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Maps to the Stars (David Cronenberg, UK, 2014) and our Relationship to Cinema and Social Media. Introduction The film Maps to the Stars (Cronenberg, 2014) is a darkly dramatic tale about a seemingly random collection of Hollywood personalities and their…
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How modern cinema reflects upon itself Modern cinema is a highly complex entity, drawing upon a culture that is simultaneously embedded in and underpins film and how it relates to its contemporaneous audience. This has been exacerbated by the…
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Cinema and Adapting Literature: The Go Between and Captain Corelli’s Mandolin The Go Between P. Hartley’s The Go Between (1953) and its film adaptation, which was released in 1971 and directed by Joseph Losey, differ in terms of the…
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Compare Bollywood musical Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (Karan Johar, 1998) and Sunshine on Leith (Dexter Fletcher, UK, 2013). The musical genre of film has been popular since the early 20th century, becoming one of the dominant genres in Hollywood and…
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