film studies essays etc.

There are many genres that involve issues and topics that bring up debate and questions by the viewers, one of these genres is Science Fiction/ Sci-fi. Science fiction has many themes, some being: Apocalyptic worlds; Artificial Intelligence and 'Playing God' and with these topics, there are discussions and questions being asked.  Firstly, films like Bicentennial Man and Age of Ultron bring up the ideas of Artificial Intelligence and the possibilities there could be, for example: AI becoming sentient, having senses, and the possibility of robots taking over the world/humanity. Bicentennial Man follows the idea of a robot becoming more human like, Robin Williams' character going through transformations to appear human and respond to different experiences like a human. Williams' character Andrew gets lungs to breath, pain receptors so he can feel pain and many other procedures so he can fall in love and live like a human.  The discussions that occur with this topic is t...

Stoker sequence analysis:  At the beginning of the sequence, we see the use of a quick tracking shot following several characters at the scene. The movement seems to be resembling head movements, almost to create the movement of a head looking around, this matches the atmosphere of the part scene. While looking at this shot, we get a brief look at some of the characters at the party.  Next, we can see the camera follows Charlie with a pan right shot, copying the movement of his head - making the character seem isolated in his thoughts - and within the background, we can see the character India rush out of the door, seemingly away from Charlie. The shot reveals what Charlie is focused on - India leaving - and creates a moment of suspense and questioning for the reader, for example: 'Is he going to follow her?'. As well as making you ask question, it makes you look around at the background rather than keeping you focused on the foreground.  After a tracking shot of ...