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Film Analysis. Apocalypse is a film that features Vietnamese at war
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Introduction
Apocalypse is a film that features Vietnamese at war. This reveals how people from Vietnam were tired of taking orders from the Americans thus started a revolution meant to refute humiliation by their superiors. Many people incurred severe injuries during the war while others lost their minds due to the trauma they experienced. Benjamin is the main character and he is suffering from posttraumatic experience, which affects him to the extent of divorcing his wife. Well organization coupled with employing of diverse styles in this film has immensely helped in bringing out its themes effectively.
Cinematography
The film has controlled and connected various styles making it very intriguing. There are many cameras used to capture the actions in the film apocalypse. This has allowed the viewer to have a better look and does not miss any action. The viewer is able to see all that is happening in the film besides cameras capturing other parts not intended to be in the film. This makes the film to be authentic and interesting for the viewers to watch (Cheung, 2010). Cameras used in the film are very clear, which makes pictures appear clear besides their strategic placement to capture diverse actions in the film. This makes the pictures to be well visible because the cameras are not placed too far or too near when capturing the actions. The capturing of the film’s scenes is in the places well connected to the actions in the film, hence making it more authentic and interesting to the viewer.
Sounding techniques used in the film connect to the main actions. For illustration, sounds heard from the war chopper blades and flames of war are clearly visible. The film apocalypse has used the style of sound perfectly to make it more interesting owing to its sound intensity variance depending on the kind of actions taking place (Dirks, 2012). In a situation where there is confrontation, the sound becomes intense but in calm incidences, it recedes. For instance, this is evident especially when a helicopter is approaching the intense sound increases mainly brought by whop-whop. Change of sound intensity in diverse situations makes the movie ensure its flow, thus becoming more interesting. Besides, the film’s sound normally accompanies the film’s diverse actions, hence making it more gluing. In cases where the sound of the film does not move together with the action makes the film to be very boring.
Action in the film Apocalypse has taken into account many factors for the film to become successful. Characters in this film have taken certain roles in the film that fit them well, for illustration, Captain Benjamin who acts as a soldier, fits him very well. This is because he is masculine besides his intelligence capable of uncovering numerous things and this is evident in the movie. Additionally, his language is very arrogant because of the suffering he encountered in the war (Dankenbring, 2007). There is a lot of drama in the film as acting goes on and this interprets the theme of the film. The film’s settings entails various places that connect to the message, which the movie tries to convey to its audience, hence shunning cases or incidences contrasting with the actions besides their environment. For illustration, the captain is in a hotel room sipping liquor and smoking cigarettes meant to comfort him especially due to the haunts of the war he did encounter. This scenery shows how he is suffering besides the confusion and despite the physical setting coupled with drinking. The film Apocalypse has linked the acting process with various styles perfectly, which makes it interesting for the viewer to watch. The acting process in this film has taken into account factors such as flow of the film and soundings techniques. This is because if these factors are not connected well with the acting process they might cause disruption of the film.
Apocalypse film has staged its scenes in diverse places that give an intriguing aspect of diversity despite being a single cast. The staging location matches with the background of acting thus becoming unique and interesting for the viewer to watch. Acting stage for each scene has different colors making it to be more appealing (Cheung, 2010). Additionally, mixture of colors captures attention because the film has used bright colors that are attracting. This is a good strategy for keeping the movies alive and in motion. There are different sceneries that are used as staging places in the film Apocalypse meant to pass the intended meaning of the film. Stages that are used in the Apocalypse film also connect well with the film’s scenes, which extents to real life situation. Normally, when the stage connects with real life situations, it gives the film a better flow, which makes it more captivating for the viewer to watch. The viewers also understand the intended theme of the film easily.
Camera positioning in the film Apocalypse has taken into account many factors of the film for it to become a success. The characters in this film have taken certain roles in the film that fit them well. Mobile framing has incorporated various scenes to bring authenticity in the movie (Dankenbring, 2007). When Captain Benjamin is in his hotel room, mobile framing captures the cigarettes and the liquor in the room mainly not intended to be in the film. The film has tilted the cameras in different angles capturing various sceneries brought together without conflicting with each other. The war choppers are visible in the head of the captain as he imagines that he is in the jungle yet he is in the hotel.
The film Apocalypse has incorporated numerous stylistic aspects, which heightens its audiences’ gluing aspect or interest. The style’s presentation of heroism and adventure is via captain Benjamin actions. For instance, this is evident especially via his emotions where he feels it is his responsibility to save fellow soldiers from the hands of Vietnam soldiers. Consequently, ensuring well flowing of the scenes especially the way he plans the saving missions where the viewer is capable of understanding the film’s theme.
The film uses authenticity for connecting various natural things. For instance, the captain is seen walking across the jungle and this gives a clear picture of Vietnam. His dressing shows that he is definitely a soldier at war. This background brings the essence of how Vietnam has many bombing activities (Dirks, 2012). The cameras are tilted in a strategic position to receive sufficient lighting from the bulbs. Apocalypse covers all aspects because things are clearly seen as viewers are able to differentiate between day and night. This is evident as the cameras captures captain Benjamin in his hotel apartment drinking to subside stress. The mixture of colors captures attention of the viewer because the film has uses bright colors that are attractive
References
Cheung, E, (2010), Apocalypse Now, retrieved on March 16 2013 from
<http://ebookbrowse.com/echeung-apocalypse-now-pdf-d357281576>
Dirks, T, (2012), Apocalypse now. Retrieved on March 16 2013 from,
<http://www.filmsite.org/apoc.html>
Dankenbring, W, (2007), the end time apocalypse has begun! Retrieved on March 16 2013 from,
<http://www.triumphpro.com/apocalypse-now.pdf>
During the Krebs
During the Krebs cycle, Acetyl-CoA combines with oxaloacetate to form citrated and NAD+ is reduced to form NADH. In the electron transport chain, NADH is oxidized to NAD+ by passing it along to a series of protein complexes in the inner mitochondrial membrane. This journey produces 3 ATP per turn, and this is chemiosmosis production. The first protein complex in the chain is the Cytochrome b-c1 complex which transfers electrons from CoQ (Q) in the outer mitochondrial membrane to cytochrome c1. Cytochrome c1 then transfers electrons onto a pool of protons flowing into the mitochondria creating an electrochemical gradient across the membrane, which can synthesize ATP by adding ADP and Pi back together (Ryan, Murphy et al., 2019).
The location of the Krebs cycle and electron transport chain in mitochondria is within the inner mitochondrial membrane. The cyclic nature of the reactions in the Krebs cycle is because of the use of a compound called NAD+, which acts as an electron carrier during the responses, which passes its electrons to cytochrome c1 via NADH and via cytochrome c1 to the ATP synthase enzyme (Gasmi, Peana et al., 2021).
The production of ATP and reduced coenzymes during the cycle is by chemiosmotic production, which occurs in all steps in the electron transport chain ATP is formed by substrate-level phosphorylation in each cycle. NADH (3) and/or ±ADH2 (1) per cycle of the Krebs cycle, 6 molecules ATP are generated per cycle of the Krebs cycle. ADP is added back to ATP and Protein produced during the cycle. This process is known as chemiosmotic production, which occurs through the movement of extra protons across the inner mitochondrial membrane into mitochondria and allows Asp to be converted into NAD+ and FAD to be converted into Ubiquinone. At this point, ADP + Pi and Q are added back together, producing ATP (Ryan, Murphy et al., 2019).
The production of ATP and reduced coenzymes during the Krebs cycle is one way to describe how ATP is formed from nutrients. During each cycle, ATP is produced from the substrate level phosphorylation of TAG, which produces ADP and phosphate. NADH (3) and/or ±ADH2 (1) emerges as a by-product during this process. The production of ATP and reduced coenzymes during the Krebs cycle in many ways describes how the body converts nutrients into energy for cellular use in order to utilize available fuels more efficiently throughout respiration, fermentation, and cell division.
The Chemiosmosis Production of ATP during the electron transport chain is also via the movement of protons moving from outside of mitochondria, out of the mitochondrial matrix down across the inner membrane. In the electron transport chain, protons pumped into mitochondria by ATP synthase go back into internal membrane space, creating a free energy difference that can be harnessed to synthesize ATP with ADP + Pi.
The Chemiosmotic production of ATP during electron transport is achieved by chemiosmotic coupling. During the first half-reaction, protons are pumped into the intermembrane space across the inner membrane. During this process, ATP synthase uses some of the free energy to synthesize ATP. In the second half reaction, the ATP synthase enzyme uses the remaining free energy to drive protons back out of the mitochondrial matrix into intermembrane space in a coupled process that translocates protons and synthesizes ATP from ADP + Pi. The protons in the intermembrane space are free to move in either direction during the chemiosmotic process. However, under normal conditions, protons will flow from the matrix through ATP synthase into the intermembrane space. Protons moving in this direction cause rotation of a portion of the ATP synthase, causing phosphorylation of ADP and Pi, creating ATP. Following this phosphorylation, more protons are needed to produce more ATP so they continue to move through the enzyme, using some of the free energy to drive them back into the matrix (Kasumov, Kasumov et al., 2019).
References
Ryan, D. G., Murphy, M. P., Frezza, C., Prag, H. A., Chouchani, E. T., O’Neill, L. A., & Mills, E. L. (2019). Coupling Krebs cycle metabolites to signalling in immunity and cancer. Nature metabolism, 1(1), 16-33.
Gasmi, A., Peana, M., Arshad, M., Butnariu, M., Menzel, A., & Bjørklund, G. (2021). Krebs cycle: activators, inhibitors and their roles in the modulation of carcinogenesis. Archives of Toxicology, 95(4), 1161-1178.
Kasumov, E., Kasumov, R., & Kasumova, I. (2019). The role of alternative oxidase according mechano-chemiosmotic model of coupling electron transport to ATP synthesis. Photosynthesis and Hydrogen Energy Research for Sustainability, 128.
Film Analysis on Titanic
Film Analysis on Titanic
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Introduction:
Titanic movie is a romance movie featuring two lovers; Rose and Jack who met on a ship called Titanic on its first and last voyage to New York. In the movie, Jack a low class Artist meets Rose on the ship of upper class people after he won a third class tickets in a game with his friend Fabrizio De Rossi. Rose had board the ship with her mother Ruth and her Fiancé called Caledon Hockley on it’s depart journey to New York. She then met with Jack and fall in love. This movie brings out the true essence of true love which makes Rose withstand all forces from her fiancé who was a rich person and her mother.
The movie captures the audience when the two lover birds Jack and Rose, rush to the front of the ship and kiss as they enjoy the ocean scene. In the movie, the families of upper class people are seen to enjoy their lives through different celebrations while on the other hand, the two newly met lovers were doing whatsoever that love calls for (Rasor, 2001). They ended up, Jack drawing a picture of a beautiful girl, “Rose” who was lying on a seat with a nice bracelet on her neck. The Titanic ship sinks against the expectation of the owner after hitting an iceberg. The two lovers, Jack and Rose struggled to stay close and be together. This did not work that way, but rather Jack saved his lover’s life and he ended up dying in the ice cold water of Pacific Ocean. The girl was saved by a rescue team only to be found at the end of the movie telling this story to her grandchildren at the age of 100 years. This movie was well produced thus becoming the first movie to gross more than a billion dollars at the box office.
This paper will analyze the sociological part of the Titanic movie. This is because the film is all about day-to-day human sociology since it features the true essence of the past, present and future love lives of people in youth age. This paper would then analyze the following sociological themes as based on the film, Titanic; culture, socialization, sex and gender, marriage and family, social groups and social structure and social interaction.
Concept Application:
The Titanic movie features the real life happening in the day-to-day lives of human beings. As a result, the main concepts of sociology are viewed in this film at different situations in different perspectives. The six primary concepts of sociology that are encountered by human beings in their day-to-day life that are seen in the movie of Titanic:
Culture:
The Titanic film brings out a culture of the American people that lived in the 19th century. In this case, Rose’s fiancé tries to dictate her life and monitor her moves the time he realizes that she was having a relationship with Jack. This is an example of a cultural belief whereby the male gender is seen as superior over the female gender.
Socialization:
In the Titanic movie, people of the upper class are seen socializing and enjoying life through celebrations. In addition to that, Rose and Jack also socialized while on the front of the ship. She liked the scene and said, “It does look spectacular I have to say…you sort of feel like you’re on the fairground ride…as opposed to sitting back and watching the spectacle, you’re really immersed in it,”.
Sex and gender:
Sex and gender is highly distinguished in the Titanic movie in that the male gender is given greater power unlike the female gender. This can be seen in a case whereby Caledon Hockley who just a fiancé to Rose wants to practice dictatorship towards his fiancé just because he is of masculine gender.
Marriage and family:
In the Titanic movie, the main reason for Rose going on a trip with her fiancé was to strengthen the relationship for marriage purpose. On the other hand, Rose’s mother as a member of her family accompanies them on the trip to show family support of the relationship and the intended marriage.
Social groups:
In the movie of Titanic, there are two main social groups that are featured. In this case, the ship was to carry only the upper class people to New York. This means that there were people of a lower class to since Jack was not of the upper class but won the three-class ticket to the ship through games (Aldridge, 2008). Therefore, through the movie, the social lives of people in the 19th century were divided into two social groups, which were, the lower and the upper social group.
Social structure and social interaction:
In the Titanic movie, people are divided into two main social classes, the upper class and the lower class. The upper-class people socialize and interact among themselves in their well arranged occasions. In the case of Titanic, the upper social class people are given a chance to sail in the Titanic ship in which they tend to interact amongst each other. Jack finds himself in this place by chance after winning a third class ticket to the ship through games but in the really sense, it was not meant for low class people.
Theoretical Application:
The basic and major theoretical applications in life are three and they are:
Functionalist; is a theory that features the lives and situations that pertain to lives of people in their functional states in attempt to facilitate a swift life. This theory applies in the field of industry, academic field and other functional fields.
Conflict theory; is a theory that applies in the situations of disagreements between individuals, organizations or nations due to one reason or another. There are cases where human beings at different levels or positions in life would tend to disagree or quarrel due to misunderstanding or difference in opinions (Henslin, 2007).
Symbolic interaction: this theory applies in a situation where people interact and as a result, something is born of the meeting. This applies in a case whereby, individuals, organizations, or nations meet or interact in one way or another and in the process; something develops as a symbol of their interaction.
In this film, the two young people, Jack and Rose meet on a ship and a result of their meeting is falling in love. In this case, symbolic interaction theory is applicable (Cameron, 2012).
Conclusion
Through Titanic movie analysis above, it can be seen that films are imagery to the real life situations based on the outline and coverage of the Titanic movie. Most of the core concepts of life of human beings as they embark on their daily lives are featured in the film. In short, films aim at educating people on the importance of certain interactive and social concepts and not just for entertainment purpose.
References:
Aldridge,R (2008) The Sinking of the Titanic, Great Historic Disasters, New York, Infobase Publishing.
Cameron, J (2012) James Cameron’s Titanic, New York, HarperCollins.
Henslin, M, J (2007) Sociology: a down-to-earth approach: core conceptsMySocLab Series, Edition2, New York; Pearson Allyn & Bacon.
Rasor E, L (2001) The Titanic: historiography and annotated bibliographyIssue 53 of Bibliographies and indexes in world history, Volume 53 of Major Issues in American History, California, Greenwood Publishing Group.