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The flow of the story is quicker in action films, and so the film needs to be reflective of that. The main antagonist in the film Unstoppable is Train 777, an unmanned train barreling down the track at eighty miles an hour. Not only is it destroying everything in its path, but it poses a serious risk -- it's carrying three carloads of an explosive, unstable liquid. It's a difficult task to make an inanimate object into a villain, but Scott does it through the use of combined real and filmed shots, close and quick cuts, and shaky camera Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

Argument Analysis

Advertisement is the basic source which is used to derive attention from the consumers to increases the sales of company. Consumer’s research shows that customers always make choices after analyzing the information they get through daily advertisement. They get to view thousands of ads on TV, roads sign boards, newspaper, magazines and they listing it on Radio too. The medium can be visual or audio because the only vision is to convey the information (Grant McCrancken, 19). Advertisement plays a vital role in sales. It is created in such a way that it can stimulate the consumer and Continue reading...

Introductory Essay – The Differences in the Female Nude

Throughout the history of fine art, one of the many recurring images found within it is the image of the female nude. The appreciation and replication of the female body in its purest form has fascinated artists for centuries, and some variation of it seems to appear in nearly every era or movement of art. To that end, it is interesting to note the changes that occur in style, composition, attitude and meaning between the different eras of art when dealing with the singular, unifying subject of the female nude. This exhibition seeks to examine the female nude in Continue reading...

Plot and Story

Plot and story appear in different dimensions in narratives. In narrative films, story refers to the account that film narrates. It also refers to events that the audience infers and assumes to have taken place in the film. In narratives, the story appears in chronological order with a duration and frequency. The Story differs from the plot because the plot presents specific events in a narrative. The plot appears as the imaginary construction by the viewer regarding the events in the film. The Plot also involves a chronological order and duration.
The narrative’s plot presents Richard Hannay as Continue reading...

“Save Lives, Stub it out”

The design of an ad determines a great deal on whether or not the intended message shall be successfully conveyed to the viewer. In addition, it is imperative that careful design is achieved to leave the viewer without questions. The ad by the Fire Protection Australia (FPAA) entitled “Save lives, Stub it out” is one of the most successful and well designed ads. The ad is elaborate and on point in its conveyance of the intended message to the viewer.
There is so much that is hidden behind this ad that cannot be seen at a first glance. However, Continue reading...

Maison Maria with a View of Chateau Noir, an 1895 painting by revered post- impressionist Paul Cezanne, is an oil on canvas painting that is 25 5/8" x 31 7/8" in size, and currently rests in the Kimbell Art Museum in Forth Worth, Texas. The painting depicts a scenescape of a group of ordinary-looking, yellow buildings resting around the corner of a hill, with a road leading to it bordered by dead trees. Instead of using typical artistic devices and notions of vanishing points and the like, Cezanne chose a more innovative approach for Maison Maria. The use of Continue reading...

Chuck Close’s “Frank”: Everyman as Art

The late author Douglas Adams said that art is holding a mirror up to the Universe – although he then pointed out that there was not a mirror big enough, since the Universe was infinite in size. So what’s an artist to do? American artist Chuck Close brings that mirror down to size by making his subject huge. In “Frank” (1969), a grey-toned acrylic painting of a black-and-white photograph, an everyday man becomes a monumental work of art. Close shows that the everyman is just as valid a subject for art than classical themes or the upper class.
It Continue reading...

Advertisement is non-personal, paid, public communication about goods, services and causes, thoughts, individuals and places through ways like telephone, radio, print and internet. An integral sector of marketing, advertisements are public notifications designed to notify and motivate. Their purpose is to alter the thinking buying behaviour of the receiver so that he or she is convinced to take the action needed by the advertiser. When the advertisement is aired on television or radio, it is known as commercial.
The video advertisement is about Homespun Reality, which is of thirty seconds. It is advertising houses, which are on sale. At Continue reading...

Caravaggio’s influence has been felt within many different pieces of art. Caravaggio implemented the idea that idealized beauty was not essential to making interesting or popular art. Caravaggio moved away from traditional styles, making even religious subjects look like common people. Dramatic lighting and high contrast were also important aspects of his art work. Caravaggio’s use of naturalism created a new movement away from idealized beauty. Caravaggio’s style typically had less complicated iconography and a more straight forward naturalistic approach to telling stories.
Caravaggio certainly took a different approach to the painting of religious scenes when Continue reading...

Introduction

The movie Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Bastards is about Second World War adventure where Jewish- American revenge squad team was sent to France to start panic among the Nazis. Brad Pitt is the leader in this film assisted by his associates. This movie is set during world war two showing concerns to the Jews. There are people who are tricked to enter building where the doors are locked and building is inaccessible to outsiders. People inside the building are set on fire as screams and bagging of the doors are heard from inside. This part is twisted since Taranto Continue reading...

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The art pieces from both the Greek and South Asian traditions express divine qualities, as well as, human qualities. They each indicate that the divine can be shown in ornate, exaggerated versions of humanity and also in the everyday person. Both traditions communicate the divine at distinct ends of the spectrum: from royal gods to the everyday person.

Athena Lemnia:

Athena Lemnia and Athena Pathenos is the art displayed in the Greek tradition. Athena Lemnia looks like a typical Greek woman. Her hairstyle is plain, absent of any decorations or elaborate headdress. The face is also plain, Continue reading...

Introduction

Images always have had their high pedestal in advertising. A picture is actually worth a thousand words when it comes to advertising. Advertisers chose to appeal on the visual senses of their target audience rather than bog them down with long text. According to Scott, visual imagery is used to command attention, stimulate curiosity, and demonstrate product features and benefits (Scott, 1994). When the product, which is neutral to the target audience, is paired with an image that elicits some kind of reaction in the intended audience, they try to draw parallels between the image shown and the product Continue reading...

Image, Representation, Experience: Understanding the Architectural Object

Answering the question on the ways in which photographic images provide us with information about architectural objects requires an understanding of visual representation. As stated by one of the past designers, the basis of visual representation entails interpreting the marks made on the surface. However, understanding visual representation depends on an individual’s visual literacy – this entails understanding all of the aspects of visual appreciation. The various types of visual appreciation include: appreciation of images for constructing, appreciation of images for representing and appreciation of images for communicating knowledge. In a nutshell, visual literacy, in simple terms, could be Continue reading...

Photography embraces various aspects of Art, which affirms that it is a form of Art. Artworks virtually develop their ideas through photography. It is apparent that photography employs high levels of Artistic elements and expertise. Furthermore, photograph conforms to the philosophical definitions of the art proposed by popular philosophers such as Socrates, Tolstoy, Wilde and Plato among others. The paper analyzes the concept of photography in line with the argument that photography is an Art.
The philosophical beliefs argued by popular philosophers such as Socrates, Tolstoy and Wilde firm that photography is an Art. Socrates argued that Art is Continue reading...

Introduction

Maurice Merleau-Ponty begins his essay “Eye and Mind” with a comment on science. Studying the world in the manner that science does, takes a person out of one’s body, he says. It places the world in a series of definitions, constructs, indices and variables, allowing only the understanding of minute, exact changes to have a status of legitimacy. He says science “comes face to face with the real world only at rare intervals” (Ponty, 121). For any lover of art who lives in this practical, rational capitalistic society, this point of view is refreshing. Today, typically, the real Continue reading...

The art of the female nude has been one of the few major constants in art, with various forms of the subject being represented in nearly every major art movement for the past 400 years. From the High Renaissance to the Cubist movement of the early 20th century, the depiction of the female nude has undergone many different changes in style, aesthetic and significance in meaning. By examining some of the most well-known paintings of these eras, it is possible to gain an appreciation for the changes that took place in ideology and art style from one time in Continue reading...

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IPTV stands for Internet Protocol television and it is a relatively new technology which had seen a significant rise in demand. This is usually transmitted /delivered by the service provider, or it can be fee based or even be free based and in its mode of transmission can either be stored video or a live store. Sometimes it is also bundled with other types of services such as internet access and VOIP services. Nowadays, a greater number of businesses are integrating this unique technology as a part of their product offerings. The Continue reading...

The 2005 film, Constantine explores the ideas of heaven and hell and their impact on the day to day lives of the people on Earth. In terms of its success, the film was, financially, a big one and took a total of $230,884,728 at the box office. However, it was greeted by a mixed reaction from critics and audiences alike – this was largely due to the film being based on a popular comic book series entitled Hellblazer. The film tells the story of John Constantine, a man Continue reading...

Grimm: Season 3

During the 3rd season, the series is staged in such a way the Nick appears to be dead. This happens at the beginning of the series. There have been many comments in relation to the fugue state of Nick. Part of the audience enjoyed this part while the rest are not happy with it claiming that the movie will be boring and a cliché if this continues throughout the movie.
One interested fun is seen to describe the reason behind this claiming that it is as a result of Nick’s Super hearing. To him this is like a Continue reading...

Pablo Picasso’s remarkable oil on canvas painting Weeping Woman (1937) is both a personally and politically significant painting. It is among the series of weeping women paintings that were painted by Picasso in 1937. Picasso addressed the theme of depicting a woman holding a handkerchief to her teary face in numerous other works of art in different mediums (Léal 396), such as drawings, etchings and paintings, all of which were produced with the intention of standing as voiceless but visual witnesses to an inexpressible modern tragedy. In 1937, after the Spanish Civil War had come to an Continue reading...

Aaron Douglas - Boy with Toy Plane

‘A boy with toy Plane’ is an artwork that was painted in 1938 by an African American artist and painter Aaron Douglas. Born in 1899 in Kansas, he proved and established himself as a leading artist of African style. In 1922, he received his graduate degree from the University of Nebraska. Then he shifted to the New York and settled in Harlem and it is where he adapted and realized the local culture. In a short time, he started creating illustrations for the two most prominent magazines at that time known as ‘Opportunity’ and ‘The Crisis’. These magazines have Continue reading...

Pictures and Word on Those Pictures

Introduction
‘Your body is a battleground’, is an illustrious art work made by Barbara Kruger in the wake of 1989’s pro-choice march for women rights that took place in Washington D.C. Barbara Kruger is a conceptual artist, a feminist, a socio-political critic, a radical and a postmodern well-known for her atypical depiction of political and social dissent. Born in New Jersey, America in 1945, she attended School of Visual Arts, Syracuse University and later on studied art and design at Parsons School of Design in New York. She did various jobs of graphical designer, picture editor, head designer, Continue reading...

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Howard Hodgkin is a renown British artist born in 1932. He attended Camberwell School of Art and then also attended the Bath Academy of Art in Corsham. He started his talent use when he represented British during Biennale which was followed by his win of the Turner awards which were undertaken the following year. He has been able to exhibit in international events and majorly in local and international museums. His work has done extremely well all over the world. The major museums that have had the works of Howard include Paintings 1975-1995 which was undertaken and organized by Continue reading...

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Ethical and Legal issue
This case study focuses on a minor girl who does not want her parents to know that she is pregnant. She is contemplating terminating the pregnancy via an abortion without consulting or seeking the consent of her parents.
According to the 2010 Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (WA) Bill, a minor is a person aged less than 18 years. The client in question, Chin Lee, is a minor because she is only 15 years old. In Western Australia, minors are governed by separate Continue reading...

Two Horses: Red and Blue is a pictorial art work of an animal painting by Franz Marc done in 1912. Franz Marc was a German painter and print maker based in Munich. His father was a great painter and he tried to influence him to also become a painter but he chose to do theology and philosophy (Partsch and Marc 37). He is described as an impressionist as his work was mainly influenced by the work of other artists that he met like Kandinsky who used to paint from the spiritual side of nature. Marc, on the other hand, Continue reading...

Cyberpunk combines futuristic ideas about human nature and technology to provide a new perspective on complex subjects ("Cyberpunk Review"). Film is a great avenue for this cyberpunk perspective! With the use of special effects, CGI, animation, and talented actors/directors a futuristic world can come alive to the viewer through cinema. By taking a look at films that fall within the cyberpunk genre, not only are we usually entertained but also intrigued with psychological dilemma. The films “Ghost in the Shell”, “Blade Runner”, and “Metropolis” are all great examples of how issues such as humanity, identity, and technological progression can Continue reading...

George Braque understood art in terms of lines, mass, volume and weight used these elements to create subjective beauty. The purpose of art was to create rapport between him and the art piece (Mical, 2003). Braque yearned to not only see but touch artwork and so he created pieces that bridged the manual space and later incorporated other materials like sand and paper onto the canvas. He fragmented his subjects into pieces as a way of getting close to the subject like an artistic surgeon. Fragmentation allowed him to achieve space and movement in his pieces. In the Violin Continue reading...

Abstract

For the purpose of this paper, I will be discussing the East Pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, as well as a terracotta bell-krater attributed to the Methyse Painter, and comparing both works in terms of their composition, formal elements, and cultural context. The selection of these works allows for two central activities of the Greeks to be compared, especially ones represented by their own divine figures. The east pediment and the Dionysian vase feature two distinct sides of Greek culture – the former showcasing Greek’s love of justice, and the latter the Greek’s love of Continue reading...

VIEW POINTS

Visual literacy means the ability of a person to understand how context and culture contribute to a visual meaning (Blair & Almjeld, 2014). There is a variety of factors why this is important in today's world. For starters, it enables the viewer of the work to be able to come up with meaning of what he or she has seen. This is because visual literacy is responsible for the emotional or logical response after seeing something. For instance, the author relies on the visual literacy of the readers to be able to put his or her point across (Blair & Almjeld, Continue reading...

Motion in the basic and simple functions in a movie or artistic work is to break the monotony that could accrue from still scenes. When the actors and actresses move about during the film, it helps the viewer or the audience in general to accept and appreciate newer scenes that would be equally interesting. This is one benefit that the motion has over still scenes and still films, where all the scenes are acted, or role played in a still or stagnant place. The overriding disadvantage of motion is that the viewer or the audience may lose grip and Continue reading...

Directed by the famous Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai, whose films have entered the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival numerous times, Kadosh is a 1999 feature fiction film depicting the Haredi society lifestyle and its traditions, as well as the tragedies its members may sometimes face in their observant lives. Kadosh takes it to the extremes, submerging the viewer into the vital problems of men and women, who live in the Mea Shearim district of Jerusalem and choose or are forced to choose the path of the ultra-Orthodox Judaism. The plot develops around the lives of two Continue reading...

Revelations is a dance created by Alvin Ailey. This production is the focus of this paper as the writer expresses in the succeeding sections the experience while watching this amazingly choreographed dance. The elements of position, movement, mise-en-scene, and music would each be elaborated as manifested in Revelations. The first, position refers to the location or the space occupied by the dancer. This can also be the space in between the dancers or the position the dancer holds relative to the entire dance assemble. Where is that person located and what are the things he/she does within that occupied Continue reading...

Samuel Fosso is a contemporary Cameroonian photographer who uses himself as both the subject and the model for all of his photographs. A large portion of his photographs are self-portraits which represent various cultural clichés of either Americanism exported around the world, or parodies of popular culture and its accoutrements. Most of his photographs are black and white, which makes the few that have been produced in color all the more glaring in their commentary on their subject. His two most famous series, African Spirits and Autoportraits, represent political and cultural commentary on the modern world, particularly as Continue reading...

For the vast majority of the history of art, protest has been limited to the written forms. Whether it is the ancient story of Antigone, calling the codes of honor of ancient Greece into question, or Boccaccio’s Decameron, ridiculing the high horse atop which the Catholic Church attempted to perch during the Black Plague, or the portrait of infinite government surveillance in Orwell’s 1984 that still chills readers today, the tradition of protest is much older in writing than in visual arts. This should not be taken to suggest that artists in other genres did not have Continue reading...

Introduction

A person that would understand the importance of valid and efficient assessments of early reading proficiency are the primary school teachers and principals. Efficient assessments demonstrate which of the children are failing in crucial reading skills so that the teachers can help students make better improvement in learning how to read. Valid and dependable tests do also help. Reliable and legitimate tests also help observe the efficiency and effectiveness s of instructions for all the children; without the need of consistently evaluating the children’s improvement in learning how to read, we would not be able to know which Continue reading...

The world of Marcel Duchamp’s artwork and influence on the modern art.

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There have been many famous and excellent artists in the twentieth century. Their art works are famous until now not only in their country but also all over the world and a lot of current artists follow them.Even though they do not exist now any more and their art works are pretty antique, they influence on current artists a lot.Some of artists are very famous so people,who are even not related to art, know their name at least. Marcel Duchamp is one of them. Many people say “There is no innovate art after Marcel Duchamp.” Continue reading...

English 225 Introduction To Film

The film “The Elephant Man” is an iconic and powerful humanistic filmmaking endeavor. Released in 1980, the film relates the story of Joseph Carey Merrick, the real-life figure who was born with a horrible deformity and had to deal with issues of humanity and discrimination in 19th century London. Through the use of compelling performances, assured and minimalistic direction, and a stark, Victorian Gothic aesthetic, director David Lynch forces the horrors and sadness of deformity onto the audience in a way that leaves the viewer tear choked with sadness and sympathy. Most people who watch the film are touched Continue reading...

Introduction

Dorothea Lange started her career in San Francisco as a freelance photographer and her notable project encompasses social landscape and the changes that occur within it. It was until the great depression in the United States in 1934 that she began to focus more on documenting peoples lives, poverty and other socio-economic related subjects (Bartomea and Petrosky 287). Paul S. Taylor on the other hand was a professor and economist at the University of California in Berkeley. His works are also associated to addressing the social problems created by the great depression (Bartomea and Petrosky 287). Lange and Taylor’ Continue reading...

Japanese horror movies have long been a fan favorite because of their innovative way of combining traditional ideals and myths with innovative technology and storytelling to both thrill and horrify audiences. By looking at the cinematic elements in some of Japan’s most popular horror movies, we can better identify key themes and understand what elements serve to make these films so scary and so popular.

“The Ghost Story of Yotsuya”

“Ghost Story of Yotsuya” the 1959 film directed by TokaidoYotsuya, is representative of the traditional Kaidan genre. The plot revolves around the ronin Tamiya Iemon who lives a double life as a samurai Continue reading...