Essays on Movies

The strange thing about actors (male and female) is that the few that misbehave and give the profession a tarnished image are the ones that seem to get all the media attention. Wild parties, rude and offensive behaviour, assaults, infidelity, drug taking, including overdosing, and alcoholic binges are headline news. A famous actor living the ordinary life, happily in a relationship, grocery shopping, raising a family, paying taxes and appearing for charity is simply not newsworthy. We, the public, idolise these usually ‘normal’ people for the wrong reasons. A more disturbing aspect of being a famous’ actor is that ...

The paper attempts to provide a brief critique of the movie “the imitation game” in light of the leadership theories. Ahead of it, the RLP and RLR theories are also explained, and both have been related to the movie. The main character of the movie is Alan Turing, who leads a group under the supervision of the United Kingdom’s government. In addition to it, Alan Turing also exhibits some strange attributes which are entirely related to his personal life.

The movie is totally based on the biography of the Alan Turing, who is a gay man by nature. ...

Forwarding and countering are the techniques used for successful academic writing. The main goal of this essay is to show how Robert Rosenstone uses these techniques for discussing the works of other scholars. In order to achieve this goal, the information about these techniques was studied carefully and the chapter of Rosenstone’s book was examined. The first essay Rosenstone encounters in his chapter Mainstream Drama, is written by Gerda Lerner. In her essay, she analyzes three different films. Lerner tries to judge the films properly, but the essay goes back and forth between the variety of different judgments. ...

There are different traffic light signal that controls motorists in Dubai City, one of the largest and busiest cities. Different light signals have been installed at designated pedestrian crossing paths on the main intersections. The three main signs are yellow, green and red lights, which every motorists plying on route in Dubai must be aware off. For example, the yellow light signal is an indication for pedestrians to slow down, while red releases all motorists on the go. Meanwhile, the green light allows motorist to go, and cross (Krane 188). However, violation to these traffic laws is subject to ...

There can be no denial of the fact that the novel, Great Expectations, is one of the finest works of literature. The novel has intrigued the literary critics as well as the avid readers alike, and it is deemed among the most famous literary works in the history of literature. The stalwart author, Charles Dickens goes on to exude his literary quintessence and aesthetic appeal in this novel that has left a lasting mark in the minds of one and all owing to its content and portrayal. Indeed, this novel in context is one of the most apt literary ...

Oscar Michaux’s film, Within Our Gates, has become one of the best films that show the real life of African Americans. This movie is an example of cinematic art that depicts difficult lives of people who suffer from discrimination. At the same time, it was thought to be an answer to D. W. Griffith’s movie, The Birth of Nation, that was full with stereotypes about black people in America. The core heroine of the movie is a young woman Sylvia Conrad, whose parents were lynched. She is engaged to a man who is a secret love of ...

Nichols argues that lovers of documentaries are meant to enjoy both the documentary aspects as a film and as a form of philosophy. Therefore, understanding the role that people play when developing solutions for films is one of the main ways through which documentaries have been noted for playing a significant role in enforcing the way people think and what they view. As such, creating numerous problems is developing a love for the documentary. In this context, documentaries play a major role in contributing to our understanding of various problems in the society whereas movies play a role in ...

The element that is central to the theme is its plot line which focused on the concept of love . There were lots romantic comedy films that were released during the 80s, so many that it can arguably be considered as the birth period of romantic comedy films . The Princess Bride, a movie that was released in 1987, was an adventure and romantic comedy film that featured the love story of a farm boy named Westley (i.e. the protagonist) and Buttercup (i.e. the Princess Bride), how they knew each other, got separated, only to be reunited in the end. Because ...

For the purpose of this analysis, statistical tools like descriptive statistics, ANOVA, correlations and other methods have been used. Descriptive statistics The major findings from the descriptive statistics calculations are: For the opening gross, the mean value comes out to be $30,219,993.96, and this value is obtained with $3,316,653.72 of standard error. For the total gross, the mean value comes out to be $100,348,852.44, and this value is obtained with $9,582,798.35 of standard error. For the number of theatres, the mean value comes out to be 3,130.05, and this value ...

Many professionals have researched and produced evidence of the existence of racial inequality in the movies industry. Racism in Hollywood is in existence not only in the underrepresentation of actors of color but also in the willingness of movie producers to fund and produce movies directed by blacks and whose main casts are blacks and those from other races. Research by Harwell, Thompson, and Kang shows that minority in America forms 36% of the population. However, they only represent 10% of lead characters and 12% of directors in the movie industry. More specifically the movie industry is composed of ...

After viewing the film, I have a mixed take of what Spike Lee believes whether mass media outlets can be changed or that racial stereotypes will continue to be emphasized. The film argued both ways implicitly and explicitly where one could interpret the movie in both ways. The argument that mass media can be changed is represented by Sloane Hopkins, the assistant of Delacroix who was embarrassed to be associated with the minstrel show that was created. She even went to the extreme of pointing a gun at Delacroix to force him to see his racial misdeeds. The argument that leans ...

Shot in 1946, the spy thriller “Notorious” by Alfred Hitchcock is a beautiful love story in the frames of real historic events. The movie is the first mature work of the director where his style and specific features form in the manner of shooting and conveying the message to the audience. “Notorious” was nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Best Original screenplay at the 19th Academy Awards in 1947. The beginning of the movie coincides with the immediate introduction to the main characters, Alicia Huberman and T.R. Devlin. When the audience hears the judgment of the court and the ...

Gone with the wind is one among the best-loved movies of Hollywood ever. It is a grand adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel of the same name by famed film maker David O. Selznick. Hailed till date as the greatest romance movies of all time, Gone with the wind was released in 1939. For the movie premiere on December 15, 1939 in Atlanta, a holiday was declared by the state governor even as the tickets were sold at prices 40 times higher than that of the original price. David O. Selznick purchased the movie rights of the book ...

The essay presents a comparative analysis of the iconic central characters in the two movies, 'Batman Begins' and 'The Queen'. In spite of the presence such an iconic character in both the movies, the movies employ distinct techniques in portraying these characters in a peculiar way. It is important to understand the differences in the genre and the type of audience suitable for the two films. The stage setting of various scenes in both the movies varies distinctly in order to present the required effects. In the movie, ‘The Queen', the stage setting aims at creating an impression about the royal ...

Cofer feel that it is both comical and sad to watch silent dancing in a home movie because of the absurd movements of the persons included in the clip. It was funny watching their facial expressions get intense without sound. However, watching it also causes her sadness because she recalls the painful memories of her childhood. The voices from the home movie stir the memories of the author about growing up in two homes and in two cultures. They reveal the bitter part of her childhood in America. These voices help to make the use of the home movie in ...

1. The rival of Mozart in the movie is Antonio Salieri, a court composer for Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II.

2. Like many of the "enlightened despots" of his time, Joseph was a lover and patron of the arts and is remembered as such. He was known as the "Musical King" and steered Austrian high culture towards a more Germanic orientation. He commissioned the German-language opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail from Mozart.

3. Mozart’s wife was Constanze, a third daughter of Webers family, whom Mozart moved in with in Vienna.

4. Leopold Mozart, a native of Augsburg, was a ...

Music has the miraculous touch of enlivening any moment or defining a character properly. The movie entitled Vicky Cristina Barcelona directed by Woody Allen incorporates such music which will draw one to the streets of Spain. This movie features Javier Bordem as Juan Antonio Gonzalo, who is a painter. Penelope Cruz as his ex-wife. Scarlett Johansson as Cristina and Rebecca Hall as Vicky, two American tourists. This movie portrays the various doubts and uncertainty that arises in our minds and illustrates its reaction in our lives. This movie is also rich in music and art, which embellishes this movie in a sumptuous ...

I. Title/citation Menz, M.M., Rihm, J.S., Salari, N., et al. (2013). The role of sleep and sleep deprivation in consolidating fear memories. NeuroImage, 75(1): 87-96. II. Summary

Significance of the study: Due to the critical contribution of fear learning mechanisms to anxiety disorders and the involvement of the amygdala in transforming stressful events into fear memories and anxiety, this study determines the possible influence of sleep and sleep deprivation on the consolidation of fear memories. Hypotheses: Primary hypothesis: Sleep and sleep deprivation affects fear memory consolidation. Secondary hypotheses: (1) Sleep deprivation affects anxiety and ...

The movie I chose to analyze is Save The Tiger. The movie revolves around Harry Stoner (Jack Lemmon) and his life as his company nears ruin. The biggest issue facing Stoner is what he will do to keep himself afloat as his company begins to fall apart. It is a strange position to be in as it is at this point, when money and coldly logical decisions need to be made, when ethics matter the most. It is easy for a person to be ‘good’ and attempt to become a better person when everything is going their way but when trouble comes ...

Cinderella Man Synopsis The Cinderella Man movie was developed in New York, and its scenes took place in both New Jersey and New York. The movie was developed during the time of the Great Depression, a time when many people’s economic statuses were in great danger. The movie depicted a time in the U.S history when its economic status was at a derailing point, and the country was suffering so much. During this time, there emerged a light weight a boxer named James J. Braddock. He participated in many boxing activities for a very long time. During his career years, his ...

- Becoming a craze in the late 2000s and remains still, paired with IMAX to create spectacular film experiences

- Polarization – projectors project image onto the same screen, one for each eye - Runs at 144 frames per second - Glasses at different polarizations, cancel out the other to create comprehensive 3D image - Curved to prevent cross talk

Conclusion: While 3D is thought by many to be no more than a gimmick, there is a surprising amount of effort and technology that goes into creating these realistic effects in a movie theater.

What’s the last 3D movie ...

Expectancy Theory defined the correlation of motivation and behavior with the exploitation of psychological implications. Victor Vroom has extended the definition of expectancy theory with the elaboration of motivation as the core factor that determines the choice of demeanor of an individual. The theory provides an estimated overview of the influence of motivation over behavioral utterance that constructs the outcome of certain activity. The factor of Motivation cultivates the impression which is referred in Victor Vroom Theory as the foundation of an individual’s expectancy. The referred theory projects motivation as an instrument that ...

The year 2014 marks the 28th anniversary since the movie Platoon was first released. It is one of the most honored and best movies of all time. It was released on 24th December 1986. It was directed and written by Oliver Stone, while Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger and Charlie Sheen were the people starring. Upon its release, it took moviegoers, critics, and audiences by surprise as it took home four academy awards including best director and best picture, Oscar awards in 1987. In 1997 and 2007, it appeared in top 100 films of all time in American Film Institute ...

Introduction Different cultures have different values and regards for women. The position held by them does not, however, remain the same. Changes are expected as developments arise and take center stage. In this regard, it is paramount to note that, the traditional set up among the majority of cultures placed women at an underprivileged position as opposed to men. In essence, it is, however, crucial to further note that, women have increasingly been on the move to fight for their rights. They have been able to overcome some challenges that come along the position of womanhood. The reason ...

- What is brand resonance? Can every brand achieve resonance with its customers? Why or

Brand resonance refers to the nature of the ultimate relationship and the level of identification that the customer has with the brand. Particularly, brand resonance is significant for the brand. It includes the attachment with the brand, brand quality, engagement with the brand, and community of a particular brand user. Not every brand achieves resonance with its customers because of one possible reason, inefficient marketing activities. There are several reasons to be brought under consideration that not all brands achieve resonance with its customers; ...

Love is an intrinsic sense of affection between two people. There are different types of love; relationships and affairs love. Relational love involves the affection between people who are related by either blood or culture. On the extreme end, affairs love involves two people from the opposite sex who have affection towards one another. Freud’s argue that; love is not what is given but shared. It is what the man gives to the woman and gets in return. He believes that a woman should be submissive in love affairs. A woman is believed is believed to be the chief ...

The earth as we see it is composed of different components that make up the earth we know day. These components vary from the physical elements that are seen by the human eye to strange and unexplained forces that are in the visible elements of the earth. This has triggered the scientists to devise ways in which they will understand fully what happens on earth and why it is in the shape it is today. The scientists through governments have sent into space different space satellites that are able to help them get the desired knowledge of the different ...

Many students come to class with a grand vision of their future. Personally, I did not come with a vision in handy as I joined. The only thing I hope is to do well in class and sustain a good grade that will steer me to the next level in school. To be able to achieve a quality grade, I have to demonstrate coherence of the topics covered. I took this class, as part of the general requirements as writing was not a pivotal niche in life. I have the tenacity to catapult this condition and perfect my writing to meet the ...

Disney has shown the portrayal of women over many years in the movies by the use of animation characters. The role of women is portrayed to have changed over time in times of nature and the scope. There was a very big change since the early 1900’s to modern day in the personalities of the women, their attitudes and ideologies towards men and the way they were portrayed in the movies, as the passive damsels in distress to being their own superhero. The evolution of women in Disney movies shall be analyzed through the use of feminist essays written ...

Lions for Lambs is an American fictional film written by Matthew Michael and released in 2007. Robert Redford directs the film. Arian and Ernest, two determined students at the West Coast University, are being advised by their idealistic professor to do something imperative with their lives. They commit themselves to fighting in the army, in Afghanistan after school valediction as a way of showing their patriotism. Another student, Todd, listens to the professor to learn why Arian and Ernest are in Afghanistan. In Washington, a captivating Republican presidential candidate, Legislator Jasper Irving calls journalist Janine Roth to his office where he ...

Upgrade Potential and Capacity A desktop has the greatest upgrading potential over both a tablet and a laptop. It is easy to upgrade a desktop because nearly all parts of it can be removed and replaced with better parts. For example, one can increase the ram of a desktop to almost 8 GB ram. Upgrading of a desktop does not affect its performance, but improves its performance and speed. Even though, it is possible to upgrade a laptop, it is not recommendable because some upgrades are likely to affect its performance. On the contrary, one cannot upgrade a tablet.Costs Laptops ...

Tobacco has a long history in the America since 600 to 900 A.D. It was used predominantly in medical purposes and the people on that time did not smoke every day (Healthliteracy.worlded.org). Today, smoking has become the major problem in the world since 1950s. According to the cross-section data obtained from 187 countries, nowadays there are more than 967 million of people, who smoke every day compared to 721 million in 1980s (BBC.com). It comprises about 1/10 population in the world and there are more than 480,000 deaths per year that are caused by smoking cigarettes in the United ...

A Black Sheep with Blond Hear It is not so easy to be a real woman. You are to be smart and stupid, strong and weak, beautiful and sexy. Is there anyone who combines all these features?! Marilyn Monroe was one of such women. She differed from women of her generation. She showed them how it’s great to be a woman, how to turn beauty, charm, coquetry into the strongest means for worlds conquest. She was beautiful, strong, independent, and ambitious. This lady hold all the world in her hands, but nothing and nobody could held her. She said about herself: “ ...

The best way, it seems to learn another language, which in my case is English, is by the constant exposure of that language. Every day there must be a portion of time set aside in order to better learn a language, and a person who want to learn should expose themselves to many cases where English is to be learned. This essay explains through research the motivations for learning English as a foreign language, common learning styles, and different approaches that a learner can employ to learn and learning styles out there. People learn languages in different ways. Some are visual learners, others ...

Ch.5.1 Nature and Nurture are two distinct elements that control and mould our personal development. While one is associated with heredity, the other is associated with the environment where they live. A child’s nature develops at home; from his/her family members, while it is nurtured by the influence of the outside. As a child, there is not much that I did on my own. I would go to school, study, and play with other children till I developed a particular interest in a boy or girl whom I would call my friend. Mrs. Chan was my ...

1). What message does the movie deliver regarding regulation versus “free markets”? Do you think this message is appropriate? The message that the movie is driving home is that the free market is a hub of corruption. The movie also points out that regulation is necessary to wipe out dishonest tendencies. Throughout the echelons of history, research has shown that markets operate well when there are no regulations. Markets should be self-regulatory to the extent that the principles of demand and supply should take courses. When markets are regulated, it makes it possible for other forces to invade ...

“The Square”, directed by Jehane Noujaim, is a documentary that was based on Egyptian revolution. This movie received wide acclamations and lodged its presence as a successful entertainer. This paper intends to discuss the movie, “The Square” and several other related aspects. The story of this movie revolves around the revolution that took place in Egypt in the year 2011. Egyptian citizens came out on the roads of Egypt and demonstrated at “Tehrir square” against the authoritarian rule of Hosni Mubarak. The transfer of power has been portrayed in this movie. The movie portrays different faces of Egyptian revolution and ...

Among the many examples of gender or racial stereotyping that can be found from film or media, I chose the following; Gender Stereotypes within Children, Labels Against Women, and Raise the Red Latern. The Gender Stereotypes within Children has emphasis on how children respond from the given questions about the difference between a boy and a girl. The Labels Against Women talks about a commercial advertisement that represents women empowerment. The movie entitled Raise the Red Lantern demonstrates polygamy happened in China during the era of warlords, before the civil war of the ...

For several years, it has been argued that fantasy violence depicted in video games, television shows, or movies have a negative impact on the lives of children. However, other people such as comic writer Gerard Jones have opposing views by arguing that violent media does not affect the life of children. This paper provides an analysis of Gerard Jones's book Violent Media is good for Kids by analyzing the different viewpoints the author used to support his arguments. While the author used an array of examples to support his arguments, it failed to persuade me to believe that violent media ...

The flow of the story and activities of characters have both similarities and differences from thy way the author presents them in the book, in relation to the screenplay of the story. The aspects of comparison and contrast are well elaborated by the way characters behaved and the language used in the book. Some stories in the book were difficult to portray in the movie leading to distortion of the message to some extent in the movie. The development of characters is also influenced by the presentation of the movie as opposed to the story line in the book. ...

In the article Why I Hate 3D Movies by Roger Ebert, it is clear that the author does not like the advent of 3D movies. Egbert argues that 3D is a waste of dimensions. Perhaps he does not realize the fact that this is a technological advancement that takes the movie industry to a new level. The reasoning that he presents throughout the paper leaves a lot to be desired simply because he does not use his perceived evidence for his arguments well. Besides this, Ebert passes off as a bitter person who intends to dissuade movie lovers, and 3D lovers from their liking ...

Since the day when Hollywood became the centre of American film industry, a system that introduces us to the studio system had to be introduced. The system was duly designed in such a way that it ensures quality and cost of the films that are being produced. The film system is very organized than anywhere else in the world; there is great division of labour ranging from the screenwriter to the producer’s roles being well defined. Nonetheless, the American film industry has been solely enjoying the returns from the film industry since the advent of film industry, but since the ...

"Grave of the fireflies" is an animated movie that depicts the life in Japan towards the end of the Second World War. American bombers have just dropped canisters bombs that wrecks havoc across the Japanese cities. It tells the story of a young teenager and his sister in their struggle to survive after the death of their mother. The film is tragic and elicits a lot of emotions and compassion. The bombing event shapes the plot of the entire movie. Seita, the young teenager and his sister Setsuko have a father who works with the navy. After the death of their ...

21movie directed by Robert Luketic is a film based on a true story, and it involves six students trained to become professionals in card counting, by using the knowledge acquired in class, these students takes Vegas casinos for millions ensuing their innumerable winnings. Essentially, for these students to increase their chance of winning the card game Blackjack at Vegas casinos, they basically “count cards” a trick acquired from class (Mezrich 67). Evidently, it is ostensible that this movie has a lot of mathematics involved, the most profound mathematics technique incorporated into this movie is the “counting of cards”, a technique published in the book ...

Mass media remain one of the single most influential facilities in the society today. The media cultivates certain matters into people’s normal lives to the extent that most people have become indoctrinated by different media facilities. In all spheres of life, the media continues to be the most trusted element (Baran, 2009). People would rather have information factual or otherwise, without interrogating the essence of the information provided. Mass media models people’s perceptions and way of life either positively or negatively. As information hub, the media provides information on different fronts. From political to ...

“Ran” is a well acclaimed Japanese movie that was released in the Tokyo international film festival in the year 1985. Akira Kurosawa directed this movie was the most expensive Japanese movie that was ever made up to its release. This paper intends to discuss the movie Ran and focuses on interesting parts of this movie. Ran is a Japanese epic that tells the story and downfall of Ichimonji clan. King Heditora calls his sons and suggests them to be united, and in order to corroborate his version, king displays, how one arrow is broken easily while it becomes difficult to ...

The movie Gravity is about a team of astronauts who are trying to fulfill their mission in the outer space. The film started a scene showing one side of the planet earth to introduce the whole movie’s theme as what shown in its movie trailer. The movie portrayed a not-so-typical story in which a viewer would feel the intense scenes. The movie is about astronauts who are currently in their mission in the outer space when suddenly an emergency arise after the explosion of a Russian satellite. Doctor Ryan Stone, a medical engineer played by Sandra Bullock was with Commander Matt Kowalski who ...

For this assignment I have watched the movie Holes. The movie composition is rather interesting. The plexus of two stories that happened with a hundred years difference allowed the director keep intrigue until the very end. When watching the movie, it is not clear what will happen next. Moreover, I should admit that the ending of the movie is very surprising. In one of the last scenes, when Zero and Stanley found the treasure, everyone awaited that it would be the Kissing Kate’s treasures. Indeed, the treasure belonged to Stanley Yelnats. Moreover, another surprising scene followed the previous one. ...

Aggressive Jingoism and chimera are two significant components of Vietnamese cinema. These two interesting components have been portrayed extensively in movies having Vietnam in the centre. This paper intends to discuss Asian cinema with perspectives of two abovementioned components. These two subjects are favorite topics of Vietnamese and American movie makers. Almost every movie revolves around these two subjects with a different angle to the story. Vietnamese filmmakers give a twist to these subjects with an intention to present their version however other filmmakers present their version of the story having these subjects as the centre theme of the story. ...

Auerbach’s book Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature discusses the manner in which Homeric story telling is leisurely and digressive. To Auerbach, the Homeric technique illuminates through relating detailed past events and easy discussions. As such, there is no rush to create suspense. This aspect is typified by the long digression in the center of a significant moment from which the essay draws its title. That is moments before the nurse is on the point of recognizing Odysseus. What matters at this point is the outer description rather than the psychological aspect, narrative suspense, or historical development. ...

American cinematography in the 50s operated on full power. Especially there were many films about aliens and terrifying nightmarish monsters. I expected something like before watching “The Day the Earth Stood Still”. Fortunately, my expectations were not met. This film is something special it's like a pearl, which emerged in the ocean of paranoia, of primitive fantasies and propaganda. All these characteristics, joined together, gave this film immense tenderness and care. Every decade has one or two iconic films that stand out from the crowd of movies released. “The Day the Earth Stood Still” is just one of them. ...

Majestic “Space Odyssey” (the genre precisely defined already in the name of the movie) directed by the then only 39-year-old Kubrick acquires over time even larger importance. None of the experienced fans of cinema has got doubt that this film – is not just an outstanding creation, but also a genuine milestone in the science fiction genre, and in the history of world cinema. Kubrick's achievement is unique because he managed in one theatrical film to capture considerable number of key problems of human civilization – ranging from the distant past up to the XXI century, which seemed to be so fantastic ...

Entertainment is undoubtedly, a big and lucrative business in the United States. The American film industry has grown massively over past decades and is, therefore, considered to be the cornerstone of the entertainment business in America. The US cinema market is growing rapidly as one may observe the expansion of movie theater sites, number of screens, rise in ticket sales and ultimately an escalated box office revenue figure. According to some analysts, the film industry is said to grow in value in the next four years, hence, proving its worth in both domestic, as well as export markets. As said ...

The analysis of different films about a phenomenon compares and contracts their formal qualities to bring out the desired meaning of the scenario. Guanxi as one of the social phenomena in China refers to the basic dynamic of relationships with a personalized networking of influences. The Chinese culture turns out based on Guanxi approach in bringing people together in a social setup. Three movies have ended up identified over YouTube describing Guanxi phenomena in the society. Guanxi: Chinese culture explained, the Chinese and Guanxi and lastly introduction to Chinese Guanxi are the movies for a comparative analysis in this paper. The paper analyzes ...

Details of the Movie Starring Mandy Moore, Shane West, Peter Coyote, Daryl Hannah, and Clayne Crawford. Directed by: Adam Shankman. Produced by: Denise Di Novi, Hunt Lowry. Written by: Karen Janszen. Distributor: Warner Brothers. Duration: 97 Minutes. Introduction The movie A Walk to Remember is film adopted from the novel A Walk to remember by Nicholas Sparks, and it was released in the year 2002 by Holly Wood films in the USA. With its setting in North Carolina, this movie is about a strange relationship between two teenagers (Jammie and Landon) who ...

The movie revolves around the protagonist Neo as he appears to have been rescued by Morpheus who mentors him during his journey into the Matrix. The movie reveals the projection of an alternative virtual world into the humans’ feelings and minds. Machines with artificial intelligence who captures humans primarily rule the real world. These machines deposit the humans into their sleep in order to harvest energy. During the movie, Morpheus trained Neo to transcend physical limitation of the Matrix and utilize supernatural strengths and skills to defeat the Agents. During one of their encounters, the antagonist was able to ...

According to National Institute of Mental Health, schizophrenia is a constant, severe, and immobilizing brain disorder. Schizophrenic people may hear voices that others do not. They think that people have the power to read and control their minds or are involved in plotting against them. They may also converse in a nonsensical manner. They may remain in a standing or sitting position without talking or making movements. In many cases, schizophrenic people appear to have a perfect personality until they start sharing their thoughts with others. This brain disorder also affects the family members and society. This is because people who have this ...

When Alain Resnais’ debut feature Hiroshima, Mon Amour opened in 1959, it was celebrated in Cahiers du Cinema as the first really “modern film.” The positive reviews poured in, mostly focusing on the sophistication of the movie. It was not only a success in France, though; it played for half a year in London and New York City, and it became the symbol for the “new wave” of film that was emerging from France (Kreidl). From the very outset, this is a powerful film that continues to leave a significant impact on its audience. The prologue to the film lasts a full ten ...

The E-news article written by Zach Johnson presents typical Hollywood characters, it shows their busy acting careers and how their careers affect the decisions they make. Liam Hemsworth and Emily blunt are trying to adjust to their new lifestyle in the USA and are plunged into a tradition that they are not used to, they are, however, very receptive and adjust to the change. Liam, although not excited about thanksgiving, accepts that he has celebrated past Thanksgiving Holidays. Since the article is about a public holiday which is seen in positive light by many people, the writer digresses into a more cheerful ...

The story of werewolves has been in existence since the early medieval times. The captivating change of beast to man has been a source of fascination to the masses for many years. Many audiences all over the world have been moved by this captivating phenomenon of the beasts which are also referred to as the lycanthrope (Bennett, 2014). These animals have been featured in ancient literature with the stories being transmitted through oral traditional mythical stories, story books and other forms of art. The transformation is mainly associated with a full moon and is primarily as a result of sorcery, magic or a ...

“Homefront” is an American thriller by Gary Fleder shot in 2013. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Chuck Logan and adapted by Sylvester Stallone. Rottentomatoes.com gives 105 reviews of this movie, among which 44 are positive, and 61 – negative. Its average rating is 42% (4,9/10). According to the audience score, 61% of spectator liked the movie. The negative reviews are all about the banality and obviousness of the plot of the movie. The dialogues are no good, and the whole movie is so predictable, it seems to be out of 80’ ...

In the film Hotel Rwanda, the main acting technique used was the Stanislavski's Method of acting. In this kind of acting technique, the primary concept surrounding acting is the idea of emotional recall, whereby the actor focuses internally to bring out the real character’s emotions on the stage. It is a progression of techniques that are in common use while training the cast to attach much of emotions to their stage performances. Although this method regarded as one of the oldest acting techniques, it is still among the most popular techniques used in the movie industry, with a lot of ...

Cultural diffusion and interaction is one of the conspicuous phenomenons that have characterized the world in the post-colonial era. However, the world has seemingly been inclined towards the Western culture. Salaman Rushdie is arguably one of the celebrated post-colonial writers who have managed to capture this phenomenon through his novella-“East, West”. Chekov and Zulu is one of the intriguing stories in the novella that satirically or rather, humorously demystifies how the Western culture has diffused into the Eastern world. The underlying story of how Chekov and Zulu are fascinated and affected by the Western culture in Britain exemplifies ...

The book Blink by Malcolm Gladwell is about how we think without thinking. This can be further explained by illustrating that the choices made instantly in the blink of an eye without actually thinking why they are made. The world around us requires that decisions should be footnoted. This means that if we say how we feel about something we must be ready to elaborate about why we feel a certain way. Blink discloses that a quality of good decision maker is not who can spend time providing deliberate answers or process the information effectively but the one who has perfected ...

A role model is an individual whose success and ways towards their success can be emulated greatly by others as a means of motivation. A role model can also be a person that other individual’s look up to for motivation in life such as parents and teachers. The individual has the following qualities in order to qualify as a role model; passion and capability inspire others in his or her field of success. Also, they have a clear set of principles, dedicated to community, selflessness and acceptance of others regardless of their abilities. Lastly, an individual should trounce obstacles is also important. ...

Discussion and Analysis Gender-role expectations are the labels put on individuals whom identify with a particular gender. Many of the expectations are formed from real observations and social roles; however, these stereotypes can be both foundational as well as detrimental to relationships. Men may desire women who are “feminine” and “good homemakers.” Women may desire men who are rugged and good with tools. The effects of these expectations can be seen in the two films, Casablanca, by Michael Curtiz, and Mrs. Doubtfire, by Chris Columbus. While these two movies don’t primarily focus on the effects of gender-role expectations, ...

Loki and the Joker were well known to be actors in comical movies. Their theatrics would then make them rise to fame in the movie world. They excited their audiences with their heroic acts of villainy that produced the best out of them. In the several movies they performed in, they were known to turn out to be villains with different ambitions all through the movies. This paper would, therefore, want to compare and contrast the characters of these two comedians in respect to their actions in the movies. The article would start by looking at the two in ...

My business venture will be a movie theatre. The most important activities entail showing the viewers the latest movies as well as holding functions. In the movie theatre, I will need three employees. The workers will run the three major departments. I will need a cashier, a technician and a cleaner who will also be showing the viewers where to seat. For one to qualify for the cashier’s position, he or she should have gone through an accounting course and completed it fully and should have good public relations skills. The work of the cashier will be to collect entry fee ...

“A Soldier’s Story”, directed by Norman Jewison seems like a murder mystery and has a few aspects of traditional psychology studies. The movie definitely contains racism themes and conditions to hate one self, which can be universal factors. The specific feature of this movie is the relations of southern race in mid-1940’s, which is depicted in a military context. The exploration of racism and intra-racial judgments is portrayed without being distressed or by providing moral advice in a monotonous or complacent way. The movie can be considered powerful as it portrays determination, bravery, self-importance, strength of character and success against irresistible ...

Bad Teacher is an American comedy released in 2011 under the directorship of Jake Kasdan. The 90 minute film features a seventh grade teacher, Elizabeth Halsey committing offences that require being fired. They include drinking heavily, smoking marijuana, cursing her students and watching movies with them while she sleeps. The movie is cynical to the current public education system. Known to be gold digging about one of the wealthy businessman in the area, she becomes dumped. This leads her to start chasing Scott Delacorte as a replacement. Realising that Scott’s former girlfriend had large breasts, she starts collecting money by ...

The movie set in 1944 Louisiana takes place around the Second World War in the midst of the turmoil of black and white officers. The theme that runs parallel to the color of the skin of army men is how even the black wouldn’t support each other just to get thing going as they were and not cause much commotion for change. A Captain Davenport arrives in the midst of the mayhem of the murder of sergeant Waters and is assigned to an inquiry and report submission by the centre. The numerable witness interviews that he conducts ...

Time plays a significant role in Wildcat. For example, the film depicts several shots from Grayson, Oklahoma of calf roping, a young woman wearing a bridesmaid's dress, and shots of the small town -- in black and white. The timing of the alternating sequences builds up a tension that is never quite resolved, in terms of climax, and denouement. Certain images such as the rodeo have a longer duration than others, suggesting the importance of these scenes. The shots of the bridesmaid are interspersed briefly with the action sequences of the film. At one point, the rodeo pen is filmed after the rodeo is ...

- 1. PLOT (Ideas that drove the film). - 2. HISTORICAL SETTING - 3. STATUS OF RACE RELATIONS DURING PERIOD - 4. RACIAL ISSUES PRESENTED IN FILM - 5. HOW WERE THESE ISSUES RESOLVED? - 6. WAS THE STORY REALISTIC, OR MYTHIC? - 7. HOW WAS THE PROTAGONIST IN THE MOVIE PORTRAYED? IN A NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE MANNER? - 8. WERE ANY RACIAL STEREOTYPES OR IMAGES PERPETUATED IN THE MOVIE? IF SO, WHAT WERE THEY? - 9. WAS AN IDEOLOGY EXPRESSED? - 10. WHAT IS OR COULD BE THE SOCIAL ...

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For centuries, scientists have been trying to map the concept of fear. This emotion is eminent from birth until death. Sociologists believe that this fear is what molds the society and the individual. It is the fear of the unknown that has forced us to develop medicine. Fear, like every other emotion, is developed due to thought. If thoughts did not exist, then the feeling of fear would not have existed either. Once we understand what fear is derived from, we comprehend that it is our own imagination, and ...

Rhetorical Strategies and Logical Appeals for Positive Action in Both Films Film Studies: 6 Degrees Could Change the World & The Day After Tomorrow Rhetorical Strategies and Logical Appeals for Positive Action in Both Films In 6 Degrees Could Change the World and The Day After Tomorrow, both films lay down sound and reasonable rhetorical strategies in order to convince the viewer of their principles and opinions. While the basis of any good documentary relies more on empirical evidence than its plea to the emotional spectrum of its audience, 6 Degrees Could Change the World uses both ...

The sign read “Grizzly Bear Scene: June 15”. It was June 16th. The sign was posted to the billboard at the head of Flattop Mountain Trail. Hikers are required by law to post to the trailhead when they see a bear. A bear had been sighted at this trail the day before. This was a typical day hiking in Alaska. This was a typical day on the best vacation I ever had. Alaska is a place full of adventure and life. Its exciting wild areas and vast expanses of unexplored territory truly make it the Last Frontier. Yet, it is also a place where ...

“In Hell” by Hong Kong film director Ringo Lam is an American prison movie that came out in 2003. The film stars Jean-Claude Van Damme and Lawrence Taylor. The interesting fact is that the film is already the third but final collaboration between Van Damme and the director. The movie was directed in Sofia, Bulgaria during 36 days, a very short period for shooting. It was released direct-to-video in the United States. The setting of the movie is rather simple and typical. The action takes place at the present day in Russia, namely the prison in the Russian town ...

What does the term “fairy tale” mean to you? Can you remember the first fairy tale you heard or read? What did you like or dislike about it? Fairy tales are short stories that contain European folkloric characters with an aim of teaching morals and exiting children. The first fairy tells that I first read is “the ugly giant”. I liked it so much because it has a successful ending. The other reason I may have not liked it is because it was scaring to imagine the huge ugly giants.

My favorite fairy is “Rappunzzel”, it had a very good ...

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The play “Waiting for Lefty” written by Clifford Odets and the 1954 movie “On the Waterfront” revolved around social realities. The said social realities are focused on the issues faced by the workers since the 1930s to the 1950s. In the two stories, they portrayed the difficulties of forging collective actions. Waiting for Lefty for instance portrayed the internal struggles of workers in forging solidarity to wage a strike to fight for living wage and dignified working conditions. On the Waterfront on the other hand portrayed the fear-stricken workers who chose to be silent ...

introduction Erick Swenson lives in a totally different and advanced age than Jean Watteau. With sophisticated material and knowledge, his Untitled stands out owing to the mathematical and creative skills employed to create the object. On the hand, Jean Watteau lived in the 18th Century when less quality material was available and the culture and demands of the public at the time, focused on exciting love stories rather than balance in the photo. Art that involved humans attracted more attention as they identified the object with their myths and beliefs (Warren, 3). Both Frenchwoman Jean and American Swenson artists ...

The end of the movie presents defining moments where the truth is preceded by tragedy. Laertes strikes up a heated confrontation with Hamlet. This confrontation results into a fight between Laertes and Hamlet. Hamlet wins the fight by striking a fatal blow with his sword leaving Laertes bleeding to death. As Laertes slowly succumbs to the wound, he confides loudly that the idea that Hamlet caused Ophelia to commit suicide came from King Claudius. In abject awe, Hamlet interjects claiming that the reason Laertes father and mother Gertrude died was King Claudius. Hamlet also claims innocence concerning the allegations by Laertes that ...

Bonnie Parker and Clyde Champion Barrow are probably the most romantic and famous gangsters’ couple who lived in 1930th in the USA. That historical period was a time of mafia’s and gangsters’ prosperity as economy was in depression. However, none can be born as a criminal (perpetrator). Crime is a personal decision and responsibility. Bonnie Elizabeth Parker was born on October 1st, 1910 in Rowena, Texas. She grew up in the suburbs of Dallas with her mother and grandparents as Bonnie’s father died when she was four. She was very slim and pretty young lady who loved to write ...

There are various types of garbage that each household in the United States of America produce every day. The garbage has a lot of information that is critical to an archaeologist or any other person interested in it. The garbage may have information on the social-economic status, cultural affiliation, and political affiliations. To prove this fact, a week’s garbage in the neighborhood family is analyzed with critical attention the garbage produced for only one week. For a week, the family refuses comprises of the following. The garbage contents are grouped in classes for easier understanding and analysis. Electronics wastes included ...

Question 2 - Functional dependencies include: - CinemaID, CinemaName, Email - BranchID, BranchAddress, BranchPhoneNumber - Screen, ScreenName, No.of.Seats, SessionID, Date - MovieStartTime, MovieID, Name, Year, Language, LengthInMinutes - The candidate keys include: - CinemaID, - BranchID - SessionID - MovieID - The data provided is in Fist normal form (1NF). - Conversion from 1NF to BCNF - Tables based on normalized form using SQL:

CinemaID Int NOT NULL, CinemaName VarChar (30), CREATE TABLE Branch ( BranchID Int NOT NULL, BranchAddress VarChar (30), ...

Nowadays, to have a healthy life became a very important goal to achieve for every person. Everybody talks about healthier ways to eat, sports that provide you wellbeing and a lot of ways of how can you live longer and happy. But not all the persons have a healthy behaviour; a lot of them have problems with smoking, drinking alcohol or having eating disorders. For those persons to come back on the right road, a behaviour change should be made. It wouldn’t be easy at the beginning but for definitely will be worth in the end. - Target Behaviour I want to ...

The Jaw Log by Carl Gottlieb can be compared to a movie director guide. The making of The Jaw Log has a unique perspective of one of the chief players in the alliance that resulted to the Classic movie by Spielberg. The work by Gottlieb seems like a chaotic production and a writing process that has resulted to great changes from Peter Benchley's book. The movie book was initially released in 1975 and coincided with the films release. The work was later expanded for its twenty-fifth anniversaries and later released in a hardcover for the first time in its thirtieth anniversary where some footnotes ...

The Fault in Our Stars At the onset of the movie, The Fault in Our Stars by Josh Boone, a teenage girl lies in the grass facing the stars telling a very sad story. The sixteen year old cancer patient narrates how she was forced her parents forces to participate in a support group by her parents where she meets Gus and later on, they ends up falling in love. Gus is a seventeen-year-old gentleman with an amputated leg. The two teenagers have a similar and bitter humor, a disregard for the conventional and an affection that drives them into a journey. The movie is ...

There are two different worlds – the world of women and the world of men. These two worlds have their own rules of living, behavior and perception of outward things. However, sometimes it happens so that a person born male or female feels that he or she does not belong to the right gender. It is hard to imagine how a person feels when laws of nature separate person’s gender identity from sex and how it can be changed. A film “Boys don’t cry” opens a veil of the inward man who has the problem described above. It tells a story of ...

I chose a Bollywood (India) movie ‘My Name is Khan’ for the assignment. This movie gives a good representation and an effective exercise to capture facts about the contemporary individual differences present in the world. The movie is about a journey of the Indian Muslim man (Rizwan Khan) who suffers from Asperger syndrome through the United States of America. During the journey, certain things arise in Rizwan’s path where he found himself struggling. He meets a Hindu single mother Mandira, who has a son (Sameer or Sam). Rizwan and Mandira got married and settle down. Rizwan’s life begins to get waned ...

The 2005 movie Crash, directed by Paul Haggis, is filled with innumerable examples of racial stereotyping and the same is apparent in the movie from the very beginning. The movie is a classic example of the prejudices borne by racist people in their minds and their perceptions against people of a different race. This movie of Paul Haggis had won the Oscar and it is essentially a drama about race and its impact on the people of various ethnicities living in Los Angeles. Haggis has a number of people in this movie coming for various ethnic backgrounds. There are African-American men and women, ...

- Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” is a white-collar mafia story. In other words, the classical Hollywood theme of mafia gangsters chased by the good guys (the policemen) is reenacted in this movie. The movie is nevertheless successful because it avoids duplication, telling the story originally, revealing the mystery behind the Wall Street brokers’ lifestyle in a direct and unique manner, which incorporates the features of what a story should be like, according to Robert McKee (1-8). Throughout the movie, Belfort (the story writer) seems to have considered the audience, perfecting the story of his film until the end ...

1 of 10 When conducting a survey, it's typically assumed that results will be anonymous. If the results will include names, you should make that clear 5 out of 5

Question 2 of 10 According to the reading on interviews, one downside of email interviews is 5 out of 5 Correct!! Question

In an interview, it's OK to let the interviewee go off topic. It would be considered rude to steer the conversation back towards your research focus 5 out of 5 Correct!! Question

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The Cold war is not perceived to have presented a real threat to the United States of America. It is just depicted to be propaganda between two rival super powers, the United States and the then Soviet Union. These two powers were constantly in the war of words over who was powerful at the time. The Cold war prevailed over a long duration and was fought in various battles such as the Vietnamese war with both the two countries taking sides. This, with the Korean War are considered to be the only battles fought between the two countries. This is inadequate ...

V92CUP The Contestation of Power within Modern Day Belly Dance: A Cultural Politics Approach Introduction The origins and purpose of belly dance have no clear historical background. However, it has a very strong root from the Middle East and has spread into the Western world today. More and more women are getting involved in this dance as they try to embrace their feminine essence. Unfortunately, due to its historical background, belly dance has a negative connotation to it because of the erotic attachment behind its dance movement. Despite the said fact, men and even women would still spend money ...

The movie and music industry are among the biggest and most profitable industries in current times. These industries are best known for their entertainment value but entertainment is not the bottom line as far as these two massive industries are concerned. The industries are also delved deep in informing the public and education. These two industries are well involved in disseminating information to the masses and informing the public about mainstream issues affecting mainstream life “music is the shorthand of emotion” (leo Nikolayevich). Due to the profit and sheer size of these two industries they have attracted a lot of ...

Superman is a superhero known by all people in the world. Many young children identify with superman and an even greater number of young children aspire to be superman when they grow up. As such superman has a special place in the heart of every human being who has experienced or rather underwent a childhood. Superman is an iconic figure as far as the super hero universe is concerned and is revered by a very large number of people all over the world. The latest depiction of this iconic hero is the movie man of steel. This motion picture has been long awaited ...

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According to Peter Lalonde, our culture and values are passed along through film. Among the movies I watched, these two movies captured my attention; “Apocalypto” directed by Mel Gibson and “Shooter” directed by Antoine Fuqua. In “Apocalypto,” communicates positive facets that provide comfort to the soul, the message on how to reject fear as a human sickness, alluding to the society where fear is utilized as a way of brainwashing.

The film reminds a total fascination in the atmosphere of the experience. Few films have the impact of leaving the viewers ...

The movies Mr. baseball and Gung Ho are very insightful as far as cultural interaction is concerned. The movies provide a clear and vivid description about the differences between American culture and Japanese culture.mr. Baseball is basically the embodiment of American culture trying to coexist with Japanese culture while gung ho is the mirror opposite in that it is the depiction of Japanese culture trying to inculcate itself into the American culture. Both movies are very important in terms of understanding both American culture and Japanese culture. These movies present the perfect juxtaposition of these two cultures that exist at ...

"The Great Gatsby" is an Australian-American film released in 2013 based on the bestselling novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald written in 1925. Directed by Baz Luhmann, "The Great Gatsby" provides the source of this academic discourse. The analysis of the sociological issue of deviance portrayed in the 2013 movie "The Great Gatsby" connects to the immoral actions of the era about ill-gained riches, social snobbery, racism, sexism, and excess in a time of national economic depression, immorality and marital infidelity, and murder.

The underpinning deviant behavior of the key player in this movie is Jay Gatsby who gains his wealth ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is a country located in Central Africa. It is known to be the second largest country in Africa, with a high population and with valuable resources. Congo has large reserves of gold, gems, cobalt, copper, uranium and timber with the most valuable resource being its large reserve of diamonds (Eichstaedt 115). These natural resources have been the main cause of a variety of wars in the DRC. Due to the high population, Congo has been rated to have the highest prevalence of poverty in the world today. The history of of Congo has been one of ...

1. PERSEPOLIS (2007) & GONE WITH THE WIND (1939). *How does the theme of survival and having a female protagonist relate in these two films? In the film gone with the wind, Scarlet O’Hara, the daughter of Gerald O’Hara is the major character, and she carries most of the burden of the characters, who are related to her in one way or the other. Scarlet struggles with marriage throughout the film since she cannot find her ideal man. In the beginning, she is surrounded by many admirers. On the contrary, she is not interested in these men ...

One of the most important message that is brought out in the film is determination. The movie discourages people from losing hope. After the death of Tomoko , Reiko sits on and start to investigate the mystery about this death. She finds the cursed tape and with the help of her ex-husband she is able to connect the content of the tape with psychic who died 30 years ago and a child sadiko.

The other message that the producer is trying to put across is the theme of death. Many people in the film have lost their lives in a very mysterious ...

It is a film that is directed by Paul Haggis and he is the writer. A crime drama film was released in the USA on April 21of the year 2005.It is a story of Los Angeles were over a period of thirty-six hours a small number of desperate people lives as they try to cope up with life in the city where race relations belies their life. Among the major players are a Caucasian district attorney, and he always uses the race as his political creed. His caucacusian wife see his opinion that crime is associated with the black as justified since she had ...

Vertigo is one of classic movies that audiences watched in sixties. This psychological thriller movie is directed by Alfred Hitchcock. This paper intends to discuss vertigo and further examines how several filmic elements illustrate a significant psychoanalytic issue in the movie, vertigo. Vertigo, like other Hitchcock made movies, appears to be influenced by 1920’s movement of art and film that used to focus on conducting experiment as well as use of imagination. One prominent idea, which strikes into mind after watching vertigo, is the portrayal of an ideal woman by Hitchcock. Hitchcock seems to be very attached with ...

American Tongues is a sociolinguistic documentary produced and directed by Andrew Kolker and Louis Alvarez in 1988. This documentary examines the American English accents and dialects as well as perceptions thereof. Rich in regional color and humor, this hilarious film uses language prism to disclose our attitudes about how other individuals speak. From Black Louisiana teenagers to Boston Brahmins, from New York professionals to Texas cowboys, American Tongues bring about funny, perceptive, at times shocking, and continuously telling comments on the American English in entirely its diversity. People have feelings/beliefs/attitudes about the language in general, language of the other ...

Action drama movies are usually characterized by actions which more often than not drive emotion on the viewer. Depending on the emotion that a movie arouses through actions, words and setting, it can affect people either positively or negatively. Scarface, The Patriot and Blood Diamond are three powerful movies which can affect people in both good and bad ways, as this essay explains.

The Patriot is an American historical movie released in 2000, which is set during the American revolutionary war. As the main actor (Farmer Benjamin Martin) fights with others in the French-Indian war, the viewer can be led ...

Let the right one in is a Swedish film directed by Tomas Alfredson. The movie is based on the novel of Swedish writer Yuna Ayvide Lindqvist, who became the film screenwriter. This is the story of a 12 -year-old boy living in a suburb of Stockholm Blackeberg and is hurt by peers. He becomes friends a girl named Eli, who is a vampire. The film received the recognition of international critics, as well as numerous awards, including the Award for Best Feature founders Story at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2008. In Sweden, the film received four Guldbagge Awards from the Swedish Film Institute. ...

A Beautiful Mind is a biographical movie based on Sylvia Nasar’s A Beautiful Mind. The 2001-released movie was written by Akiva Golssman, produced by Brian Granzer and directed by Ron Howard. It gives a story of John Nash, a brilliant mathematician who battles paranoid schizophrenia while concentrating on his career. After his undergraduate studies, Nash joins the prestigious Princeton University courtesy of Carnegie Scholarship for mathematics. Here, he meets and establishes a close friendship with his course mates: Martin Hansen, Richard Sol, Charles Herman, Bender and Ainsley. After sharing ideas with his colleagues, he successfully publishes the New Concept of Governing Dynamics. ...

Walter Benjamin’s two pieces of analysis, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction and Little History of Photography, appear to be arguing for the utility of new forms of technology as well as stimulating new investigations into the intersection of technology and art. The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction dives even handedly into an investigation of how photography and film are slowly usurping the roles of painting and still life. In terms of devaluation, photography and especially film is taking the foundations of culture and turning them into caricatures; turning them ...

The film “Namesake” directed by Mira Nair demonstrates the effects of global conscience and how it influences the general behaviors and cultural values of an individual. The film starts basically with a young man reading a novel by a famous artist who later influences his believes and consciences of his original culture. (Pilcher, Lydia D, Mira 22) The outcome of this influence intensifies and he finally gives in to this intensifying strong feeling to change his decision on the cultural value of his community. Although he was so much influenced by the strong desires that prompted him to change completely, he managed to get ...

Stereotypes in the ‘Rush Hour’ Movies Stereotypes are in general regrettable and avoidable. They sometimes act as a prism through which the society views any actions of a particular community. The extended security checks, people of Middle Eastern origin are subjected to, in Airport securities around the world, shows how some people are naturally put into a particular category because of their origins. President Obama’s speech of how if a black guy walks past, people instinctively lock their car doors is another example of these regrettable stereotypical notions. But then African Americans has been victimized in this nation and stereotyped as ...

Sexuality is one of the fundamental precepts of human behavior, but it is one that is relatively poorly understood. Sexuality encompasses a spectrum of behaviors, interests, and choices, from the relatively mainstream to the seemingly bizarre, and even the dangerous. The way the media has portrayed sexuality and sexual issues has changed over time, but one thing has stayed constant: sexuality is continuously discussed by the media, regardless of how it is portrayed or what is normalized and accepted by society at any given time. The way sexuality was perceived in the past is very different from the way it ...

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) movie rating system (G, PG, PG-13, R, and NC-17) is controversial policy of high relevance in the movie industry. The adoption of this policy has been prompted by the need of controlling and monitoring the media content. This follows the consideration that media content may have detrimental consequences when aired to the wrong clientele especially the young minds. This rating system imposes censorship on the movies hence the people decide to use other methods to get movie data. Besides enhancing the management of the media content, the movie rating system has been ...

Do you know that technology is the best is the best thing in life? Had it not been for the perpetual technological innovations in the fields of medicine, agriculture and transport, life would never be the same. In deed, the human life has been improving after each day. This explains why ultimate solutions have been found to address the numerous challenges facing the society today. Surprisingly, no one has imagined thinking about the dangers of exposing young children to these technologies. Over the years, television (TV) has become a very common gadget in many households. It has significantly gained ...

‘Thank you for Smoking’ is a satirical comedy drama movie based on Christopher`s Buckley`s novel of the same name. The movie is centered on the life experiences of Nick Naylor, a talented tobacco lobbyist and Vice President of a lobby group, ‘Academy of Tobacco’. The movie focuses on Nick`s experiences in his bid to defend cigarettes from being branded with a warning sign of a skull and crossbones labels on all packets. This anti-tobacco campaign is strongly levied by a congressman, Senator Finistirre, who introduces this bill to the Senate to legislate the branding of all cigarette packets with the ...

My passion for communication burns like fire. Giving the right information and communicating to people in a free system motivates me to fight for freedom of speech. I was introduced in broadcasting through the performing arts. Participating in public concerts was an area of interest. Communication had turned out to be an elementary necessity in life. My aspiration was determined by a family trauma, which I witnessed. I experienced the impact of mass media. My cousin-in-law had committed suicide due to complex family issues. The media distorted the facts and outsiders mistook him to be a bad person. We were in deep ...

This paper reviews the film Crash (2004), which is directed by Paul Haggis. This movie highlights the different clashes that exist between various ethnicities in the United States. The choice of characters in the plot of this movie is excellent. This is because the characters are diverse. Some of the ethnicities represented within the movie include African Americans, Whites, Hispanics, and a Persian immigrant. One of the things that make this movie unique is that it does not have defined victims and perpetrators of racism. Instead, this movie portrays racism as being a vice that results from some of the misconceptions ...

Mikhail Baryshnikov. The man, whose name is known to every person, who is inspired by dance, the person who has extremely strong will, the person who is exceptionally talented, the person who is the greater dancer of XX century, the person whose performance has influenced on the development of the world ballet. Mikhails is known all over the world to the unique, powerful and perfect technique. He has performed over 100 classical ballet works. And that is just a part of the list of Mikhail’s achievements. Mikhail has been dancing since his childhood and nowadays, when he is 65 ...

Entertainment can be viewed as any type of activity that a person or a group of people may take part or engage in with a main aim of deriving delight and pleasure. Entertainment comes in many forms. Some of the major forms of entertainment include music, movies, plays, video games, television programs etc. Violence refers to any form of physical force that may be used by a person or by a group of people against another person or group with the main aim of causing physical harm or death. Violent entertainment can then be termed as any entrainment which capitalizes on violence to bring ...

Death defying stunts, combat aerobatics and epic matchups are just some of the notable features comprising a martial arts movie. People who are unaware or disinterested in this genre would often argue that these movies just advocate violence and killing. However, this conceptualization of martial arts films had been refurbished and reinvented by one man as his work ethic, ideology, acting, directing, and way of the fist exemplified that there is more to martial arts films than just pure violence and conflict. Many people – from artists, martial arts practitioners to fans – would hail this man as an indispensable foundation to ...

With this generation being at the boom of information technology, the media is buzzing with sexual content that has tantamount effects on the society in general. Teenagers remain the most affected group by indecent exposure of sexual activity in mainstream media (Huston, Wartella & Donnerstein, 1998; American Academy of Pediatrics, 1995). Nevertheless, some scholars and researchers have argued that display of educative sexual content on media may have immense benefits on enlightening the society; however the pertinent question arises as to whether mainstream media is displaying sexual content that is beneficial or harmful to the society. This paper will talk ...

- Three elements from Kevin lynch “the city and its elements” about Boston City - Paths - The Ross Kennedy Greenway is a key path in Boston City. It is a linear urban park consisting of landscaped gardens, fountains, art, promenades and a special lighting system stretching more than one mile through Boston’s Financial District, neighborhoods and Harbor communities. A lot of traffic is also uses the underground tunnels built after modernization of the pathway recently. - The Freedom Trail is a walkway 2.5 miles long through Boston City that serves as a historical feature bearing many memories of the ...

This paper intends to discuss how the concept of zombie evolved over the time and impacted Hollywood cinema. Paper will also describes influence of zombie on Hollywood cinema over past few decades. Over the past ten years Zombies impacted Hollywood cinema in great way hence paper will also discuss that aspect.

Zombie impacted Hollywood by showing existence of neither dead nor alive people. The word, ‘Zombie’ is used for dead who is resurrected. If Zombies have been a concern of curiosity and fear, they have also entertained people by their portrayal in stories, comic series, and video games and in ...

The most recent art is film making. This is because digital art is a new tool of art but not a new form of art. There is a need to take caution when applying element of art, they must be reviewed, read and need to be used consciously. Film making has set of elements that bring about quality of the film. The elements involved the following. Image is the first elements that give out quality of the movie. In the Arrival, there is a successful film production. This is because the light captures used are of high quality. Frame is single photographic exposure. ...

In the course of my life, I have come to define literacy differently. Initially, I believed that literacy was all about reading i.e. a person’s ability to read. Though this is an essential part of person’s literacy, the long journey in life has made me to realize that literacy is a dynamic expedition involving understanding words and internalizing them in order to have some meaning. Literacy also encompasses the ability of people to express their feelings and opinions through writing. However, this cannot be mastered at early stages of learning. I can confidently say that though am about to ...

One of Shakespeare’s remarkable works is the play entitled the “Taming of the Shrew”. It was written as a comedy piece that shares the same romantic feel of his other works. In 1967, director Franco Zeffirelli took Shakespeare’s work into the silver screens with a movie adaptation of the same title. However, classical conservatives were critical about the cinema version of the play because of the perceived differences in the original play and with the screenplay. These differences, changes and other elements between the movie and the play will be evaluated by examining the context of the movie version ...

The piece in general lacked the drive and energy to induce a lighter mood. While it conveys finely arranged dynamics and mood change, the piece obviously manifests a clear division of movements. There was no constantly sustained mood in the entire piece as the melodies transition from one movement to another, the mood shifts from its original motif into a fugal passage in which the music grows and expands up to the third movement. Finally, the music shifts back to a sober mood in the last part. The initial reaction in listening to the piece is like listening to a musical score of a horror ...

Sophie’s Choice (1982) - Best Actress, Meryl Streep Sophie Zawistowski, played by Meryl Streep in the film, is a Polish Catholic who survives the German camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau. She lives with Nathan Landau, played by Kevin Kline, a New York man who had saved her from anemia. The movie is set in the context of the summer of 1947 and is largely about the interactions between this couple and a southerner named Stingo. The performance is largely commendable. This especially apparent on the scene when she is ordered to choose the child to keep between her son and daughter. ...

“Gran Torino” – is one of the masterpieces of American actor and director Clint Eastwood. His films astound me with their sincerity, sensuality, uniqueness. I believe this film to be a masterpiece of cinematography, which is worth of the highest awards. “Gran Torino” – is an abstruse film, which makes its cinemagoers think much about, rethink many things. It addresses a number of problems, which, unfortunately, are present in the modern world. The main character – Walter Kowalski – is a former military man, a man of the old school. Every new is alien to him, he does not recognize and does not buy any of ...

The film presents an elaborate description of the relevance of the media in the society and gives an overview of what the media is supposed to deliver to the public. The media also with the help of stylistic devices to demonstrate the tone of the Tangled film in a manner that the communication and transmission of information to the public should be done in a good and elaborate manner so as to fit the needs of the people in the society. The film is therefore elaborative due to the wide use of stylistic devices in presentation of the relevant message to ...

There are many differences and similarities to be extracted from the events in “All summer in a day” a short story and “I am a legend” the movie. This paper will evaluate the stylist devices and how the writers use the characters in each plot. It will further analyze the artistic work from each story to determine their effectiveness.

The theme of struggle is evident in both stories. Nevil in ‘I am a legend’ struggles with isolation while staying alone almost all the time. The character also struggles to cope with the loneliness by watching pornography. In the other case, Margot and the ...

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Innovative Smartphone Applications 2 Conclusion 6 Introduction Increased development and advancement in technology has led to the introduction of Smartphones. There has been a major shift towards the production of smartphones by companies such as Samsung and Apple Inc. Smartphone applications refer to applications that a user can run on Smartphones. Most of the recent mobile phones are Smartphones. These phones are able to connect to internet services and perform tasks that are readily associated with computers and laptops. Smartphones are shipped with many applications that are already installed in ...

Many people believe that the media influences behavior of adolescents. Most adolescents in the United States have been found to engage in sexual activity at a very early age and with multiple partners. Exposure to mass media affects the sexual attitudes and behaviors of adolescents. An extensive systematic review of relevant biomedical and social science literature based on the sexual exposure created by mass media, its effects and possible ways to mitigate the effects. It was found that the television is airing contents whose effect on adolescents cannot be undermined. The content of other media are terra incognita (Lillian ...

In the context of this film, a surrealistic body horror is displayed which was directed and written by David Lynch, an American filmmaker. The story portrayed in this movie is all about Henry Spencer who was left taking care of his own grossly deformed child in a landscape which was desolate. Spencer is shown experiencing hallucinations and dream of his lady and child in the radiator. The surrealistic imagery as well as sexual undercurrents is clearly portrayed in this film making them the main styles used in elaboration of the intended message. The main themes and purpose of the film therefore ...

Crash is a stunning drama where the action and the remarks by the characters are proof of how words have upheld their position in shocking and disturbing our frozen society. Although the movie plot is based on the collision of cars, there is also the collusion of races. This is because of the use of the racism words that are uttered by the screen characters in the traffic jam in lose Angels during the time of Christmas. The paper provides an insight of the racism, power and stereotype portrayed in the movie titled Crash by Paul Haggis In the ...

Fictional crime shows and real crime shows share some similarities as well differences. For example, both shows attempt to unlock the mystery of crime scenes in a logical and systematic manner. Nevertheless, fictional crime shows also differ significantly from real crime shows. The differences arise in terms of the tools used for investigation, and the period required to solve the issues under investigation.

A good example of a real crime show is First 48. In season 10, episode 6, the detectives attempt to resolve the murder of a 28-year-old man stabbed to death while working in a smoke shop. In order to resolve ...

The film “crash” is directed by Paul Haggis. He brings out the issue of divergence in characters and race. It illustrates the level by which characters crash. The movie implicates knit stories based on whites, blacks, Koreans, Iranians, the rich and the poor, cops and criminals. Many of the actors found in the film “crash” performed racist action. The actors’ personality, background and skill let to a completely believable impression. The movie shows difference in racial characteristics in clear dimensions. The white characters portray possession of comfortable positions. The blacks, including the television director play a cold role. The main ...