Ken's Movies Review

Today's movie review will discuss about a horror movie which is Quarantine. It is because this film has shown the special techniques to present for all audiences. The theory that they used in this movie is mockumentary. Theory Discussion  Mockumentary is a television programme or films that show depicting fictional events but it takes form of a serious documentary. This theory has using a lot of different documentary techniques and modes of representation. Talking about modes of representation, it is kind like genre in the films. According to Bill Nicholas, it is a categories that need to evaluate documentaries as many film maker use these particular techniques selected in order to record or shape the events and how they represent the mockumentary.  This theory have many different types of modes representation which is Poetic, Expository, Observational, Interactive, Reflexive and Performative. Poetic is for the art films. Expository is for like National Geographic. Ob...

In this movie review, I would like to discuss a female version of movie which is called Easy A. It is because based on the history many films at before majority lead role are the men and in this film is start with the woman lead role. The theory that this film had used is Feminist film Theory. Theory Discussion Feminist film theory is started in the 1920s. This theory is talk about the women's expression of her own subjectivity. It is a set of political practices seen through historical position of women as the subordinated, oppressed or exploited in dominant mides of production by male domination. It is because we can find out the ideology and social construction of women in every films. This themes of feminist theory have explored includes discrimination, stereotyping, objectification, oppression, and patriarchy. Laura Mulvey talks about the gaze of gender in many films. She expanded on the concept of scopophilia to introduce visual pleasure and identification with the on ...

In this today movie review, I would like to discuss a very old French movie which is named Breathless. I discuss this movie is because to this movie had used a lot of techniques in this French film. The theory that they used was French New Wave . Theory Discussion French new wave is when a group of director that make started to become the golden era from year 1959 with the first movie, Breathless directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Back to the history which is before 1950s and 1960s, most of the french films use the literary adaptions such us they take the books or fairy tales and become a movie. Nowadays, many director also this concept to make their movie such Divergent, Percy Jackson, The Hunger Games and so on. They think that it will expand the audiences as it can guarantee can get minimum of audiences.  In the 1950s, majority of France films is the documentary films. Many film directors were making these films that is about Nazi death which is for the prisoners of wars in ...

This movie review will discuss about the black and white film which is Maltese Falcon. This movie has used the Film noir theory. This theory has been used in long time ago and nowadays still many films has used this theory to make. Film Noir was style of filmmaking characterized by such elements as cynical heroes, this genre was mostly used  in American crime dramas of the post-World War II era. According to French film critics, is called Film Noir. This movie has a lots of shadows and influenced by German Expressionism. Film Noir films are always having high contrast and low key lighting that create shadow. These films are always film at locations like small house and alley. The characteristics of  film noir which  includes alienation, disenchantment, pessimism, ambiguity, moral corruption, evil, guilt, desperation and paranoia. These films has a lot of plot twisting. Synopsis ThIs movie is starts from a woman named Ruth Wonderly ...

In this movie review I would like to discuss about the animation movie named Corpse Bride. This movie is directed by Mike Johnson and Tim Burton. The theory that they use is about German Expressionism. This theory that have been used in nowadays life. German expressionism has the themes that included revolt, self-analysis, madness and primitive, sexual savagery. This theory had start in within first world war which is in year 1919 to 1926. It started from the paiting and change to film productions and it also spread into the cinema in narrative and mise-en-scene. For example, the film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari which is which also using the German Expressionist theory. This film had showed us the fantastic, nightmarish sets with twisted structures and landscapes with sharp-pointed forms and oblique, curving lines. This theory also spread around Germany and Northern European states. The Expressionist movement today is considered as one of the artistic movement. Synopsis This...

In this movie review, I would like to fall backward to the old times, old movie which is the Italian movie named Ladri di biciclette. In the English name is Bicycle Thieves. This movie have used the Italian neo-realism method to produce this movie. Theory Discussion What is Italian Neo-realism? Well, for the neo-realism is known as the low budget movie and always have the negative thoughts. Therefore, there are many bad habit or things happens in the movie. Cesare Zavattini was the founder of the Italian Neo-realism. The form the Italian cinema is using real people and locations that established with social reality. For example, Zavattini can form the plots as the fake structure of everyday life.  Italian Neorealism has contains a lot of characteristics such as they used grainy film stock in order to giving it its newsreel look. That was the new era after the silent film era. Next, they mostly shot on-location. For example, Antonio's neighbourhood and the visit of the ...