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Hello all and Happy Halloween from me and Cady Heron! Thought a spooky gif would be the best way to start off a post here on Halloween.  [ Mean Girls , 2004] Our newest assignment is to start working on a 10 page research paper that will be due at the end of the semester. Each individual had to choose an area of film and the respective films that would assist in their research. [ 16 Candles , 1984] As can be inferred from the gifs I have chosen for this post, I am focusing on the classic chic flick. Specifically from the three decades; the 1980's, 1990's, and 2000's. There are many films that are considered to define a generation and the films that I have chosen to define the three mention decades are  16 Candles , Clueless , and Mean Girls. Each of these films involve a female heroine who is making their way through the trials and tribulations of Hollywood's image of high school. The question that I have chosen to focus on is what are the similaritie

Metropolis is a landmark film in the world of cinema due to its groundwork for what the science fiction genre is today and for the meticulously constructed sets that are showcased in the film which show that this film is very advanced for its time. Albeit Metropolis is an extremely important film and provided the basis for much of the film we know and love today, it has its downfalls in the way in which women are portrayed. In all film, “gender is a part of every story ever told (Gocsik, Barsam, Monahan 56)” but in Metropolis , women are depicted in two ways: as nurturers and as solely sexual objects. Due to the fact that women are portrayed in a much different light than the leading male characters of Metropolis , how does the film’s cinematography aide in this portrayal and affect the reception of the film by audiences? A film’s cinematography is a huge factor in deciding how an audience feels about certain characters and situations and Metropolis is no stranger to this c

...you killed my father, prepare to die." This quote is thrown around my household at least once a week because, in my family's eyes, The Princess Bride is the greatest movie of all time. This movie's got it all: it has action, it has comedy, it has romance, what more could you ask for in a film? For today's post, in an attempt to celebrate the film's 30th anniversary (which was on September 25th btw), I will write a sequence analysis on this classic.  For those of you who have not seen this movie, please put it on your viewing list for Fall Break but first , let me break it down for you.  The Princess Bride  opens on a young boy, played by Fred Savage, sick in bed playing video games when he is interrupted from his staying-at-home bliss by his grandfather who is portrayed by the late Peter Falk. Being the good grandpa he is, Grandfather (as he will be referred to from now on) brought a book to read to his grandson to keep him entertained while he fi