James Astle

James Astle
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James is a scholar and writer that specialises in a variety of topics. He is a subject matter expert in areas like politics and international relations, and also offers insights into education, art, media and literature.

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PoliticsInternational RelationsEducationArtMediaLiterature

Articles by James Astle

Aesthetics and Sound of Japanese Horror Films 1990s-2000

Essay. Published: 7 August 2017

Analyse the aesthetics and sound of Japanese horror films from late 1990s to early 2000s World Cinema is typically used to refer to films of non-English speaking countries and has a representation t…

Compositional Analysis of Images

Essay. Published: 7 August 2017

DRAWING ON KRESS AND VAN LEEUWEN’S CONCEPTS OF THE GIVEN AND THE NEW IN READING IMAGES: THE GRAMMAR OF VISUAL DESIGN (1996), PERFORM A COMPO­SITIONAL ANALYSIS OF ANY TWO OF THE GIVEN IMAGES. …

Film Proposal Essay

Essay. Published: 28 July 2017

FILM PROPOSAL CAMINO ‘Camino’ is a documentary about the life-changing journey to Santiago de Compostela in north-west Spain. It is a 500-miles walk  and it usually takes between 30 an…

Freud’s Concept of the Unconscious – Hitchcock’s Psycho

Essay. Published: 20 July 2017

In this essay I have analysed the famous Hitchcock film ‘psycho’ using Freud’s concept of the unconscious. The bleak, monochrome film is made more effective by Bernard Herrmann&#8217…

Bowling For Columbine Essay

Essay. Published: 20 July 2017

Throughout Bowling For Columbine an anti-political, critical and persuasive perspective is dominant. Bowling For Columbine is a documentary directed, written, produced and narrated by the controversia…

Juno Movie Analysis Essay

Essay. Published: 20 July 2017

Females have been stereotyped, from the prefect wife to the maid.. Whatever the role, television, film and popular magazines are full of images of women and girls who are typically white, desperately …

Rear Window Music Analysis

Essay. Published: 20 July 2017

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980), was one of the greatest English filmmakers and producers who not only pioneered many techniques in the psychological thriller genre …

Essay on Chinese Ballet Dancer Li Cunxin

Essay. Published: 19 July 2017

Li Cunxin, is one of the best male ballet dancers in the world. He has shown great courage, ambition and determination throughout his entire life….

Harry Potter Movie Review – Order of the Phoenix

Essay. Published: 18 July 2017

In Harry Potter and the order of Phoenix, supervisor Tim Burke made sure the film was done surpassing the previous ones with new creatures and environmental effects, for this he contracted the Movie Picture Company (MPC) and Double Negative….

Impact of Cartoons on Children Research

Essay. Published: 14 July 2017

Cartoon or animated movie is a form which uses optical illusion and movements of consecutive performing of many still images. The first cartoon in the world was “Fantasmagorie” which was m…

History of Hollywood

Essay. Published: 14 July 2017

Hollywood cinema is the most popular in the world. Hollywood has a significant influence on the cinema of other countries, it’s no secret that it was Hollywood movies set in the fashion of ma…

The Lovely Bones Book vs Movie

Essay. Published: 14 July 2017

Alice Sebold’s bestseller The Lovely Bones is another book that you don’t quite know what to expect when you pick it up, but when you read it you get it very quickly. It affects you emotio…

Coach Carter Review

Essay. Published: 13 July 2017

Coach Carter is a 2005 film directed by Thomas Carter. It is based on a true story, after the Richmond High School basketball coach Ken Carter portrayed by (Samuel L. Jackson) made headlines in for be…

Fight Club Analysis

Essay. Published: 13 July 2017

Thesis Statement: An analysis of the movie Fight Club reveals the ambiguity of its themes about modern life, masculinity and nihilism. Ambiguity and Hope in David Fincher’s Fight Club A decade a…

Romeo And Juliet Scene Comparison

Essay. Published: 13 July 2017

The renowned William Shakespeare’s play, “Romeo and Juliet” was directed into two movie versions; the traditional version of 1968 that was directed by Franco Zeffirelli and the moder…

Impact of Movies on Society

Essay. Published: 12 July 2017

This essay gives a brief history of how movies were developed in the first place. This not only gives a bit of experience of how the movies were developed, but also the purpose of making the movie its…

City of God Analysis

Essay. Published: 12 July 2017

The films studied for this essay – City of God (2002) and Favela Rising (2006) have taken favelas from the marginality of Brazilian society and transported them into the consciousness of the int…

Saving Private Ryan Analysis

Essay. Published: 12 July 2017

Saving Private Ryan by Steven Spielberg. Introduction Steven Spielberg’s acclaimed 1998 war film Saving Private Ryan tells the story of the search for Private James Francis Ryan (Matt Damon), an Ame…

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Film Techniques

Essay. Published: 12 July 2017

In this essay, I would like to talk about a film which is called Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It is a ancient Chinese martial art film, it is according to Chinese novelist Wang Du Lu’s novels…

Moulin Rouge Analysis

Essay. Published: 11 July 2017

Nowadays we live in democratic society and all members take action in shaping our culture. From all forms of mass communication, from all types of art the cinema occupies in society unique position. M…