Essays on Film Analysis

The film WALL-E directed by Andrew Stanton follows a trash compactor robot named WALL-E who is now collecting all the garbage of an uninhabitable Earth. Humans haven’t resided in Earth over 700 years and have been sent to space by the Buy n Large (BnL)...

In Andrew Stanton’s dystopian and post-apocalyptic movie ‘WALL-E’, several warnings and messages are promoted by Stanton to make sure our planet does not become the same Earth from Stanton’s prophetic film WALL-E. His warnings consist of but not limited to over-reliance on technology, the importance...

Tim Burton’s ‘Batman’ represented what would come to be a norm with this genre, a front-loaded blockbuster, being at the Star Wars of its generation. Batman helped kill the template of the ‘Action Star’ alas a movie star vehicle. Michael Keaton’s casting, despite controversy, proved...

Films from novels involve adaptations which stress the themes that the story is seeking to pass. The books The Whale Rider and A Monster Call are about the lives of young children in their developmental phase. The adaptations of these novels in my point of...

The film Whale Rider challenges the perception of gender stereotypes, cultures and traditions through the means of the main character, Paikea. Challenging perceived gender roles in society is like moving pieces on a chess board, each move takes precision, strategy and thought if you want...

Throughout the film Whale Rider, Niki Caro has used many techniques to convey the themes and emotions in the film. The narration was one of the most effective techniques as it is clear to the viewer of the varying themes and emotions throughout. She has...

Storytelling has a powerful role in the way societies questions the impacts of traditional culture and promotes change. “Purple Hibiscus and Whale rider” highlight the consequences of gender assumptions in a patriarchal society while promoting an alternative. In Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Adichie criticises sexist views...

This essay is a fictional screen production analysis utilizing the Kaupapa Māori theoretical framework to focus on a Māori theme of the film ‘Whale Rider’. Therefore, probing various significant themes that highlight the Kaupapa Māori such as understanding that breaking impediments in Whale Rider and...

Within this essay, the author will be discussing the value of the short film, Seashells (2014) by Natalie Neal. An American film about a young girl who reluctantly takes her first steps into adulthood; she receives her first bra. The author will explore theoretical frameworks...

Acceptance, determination and a laid-back nature are all characteristics of an Australian voice. ‘The Sapphires’, set in the 1960s, stars four talented aboriginal girls who are in a musical girl group, entertaining the US troops in Vietnam. Gail, Julie, Cynthia and Kay, the four girls...