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    In 1952‚ the Miracle happened‚ and film was covered under free speech as long at the movies were not obscene. Directors were allowed to become auteurs. Directors could express their ideas without having to worry about censorship. One director in particular‚ Chris Marker‚ displays Art Cinema in La Jetée. In the beginning of the film‚ the narrator is speaking of a man dying‚ and while the narrator is speaking images flash across screen at a faster rate to create tension‚ and this is known as accelerated

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    In the various types of modern music in films from the late 1940s through the early 1970s produced three general types of music‚ which is American nationalism‚ expressionism‚ and avant-garde. During this time of musical film‚ it was the advent of the film noir‚ it is a film style of cinematographic film that is shrouded by a mood of pessimism‚ fatalism‚ and menace. This term is also used to define American horror/crime films back in the 1940s. An example of film noir is “The Black Cat‚” this film

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    American Beauty American Beauty is a 1999 film that follows the lives of a family of three‚ a daughter’s best friend‚ and their neighbors. There is a lot in this film that goes on at once‚ so it can be hard to see the meaning behind it. What was predominant throughout the film was the way Ricky Fittz viewed his life and the life around him. The way he saw things around him was very different than the average person. The scene where Ricky and Jane were in his room watching his film of the plastic

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    The Mystery Box Analysis

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    J. J. Abrams compares/contrast Roland Barthes’ two codes for creating suspense hermeneutic and proairetic by explaining how each film has multiple “mystery boxes”. The “mystery box” is a combination of the hermeneutic and proairetic codes. He mentions that there is always question of who‚ what‚ how‚ and what happens next‚ which create suspense to keep the audience drawn into the story. His example was from Star Wars‚ the droid‚ R2-D2‚ who meets mysterious women‚ the audience does not know‚ that is

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    Exam Two 1.Based on the reading and discussion‚as well as evidence from the film‚explore the relationship between Norman Bates and his mother."From Pleasure Castle to Libido Motel"ponders the idea of Normal Norman and Bad Mother and also Bad Norman and Normal mother‚amongst other combinations of who is evil and who is not and when "evil"started.Offer your own analysis on this relationship and how the muderous Norman came to fruition. In the artical written by Raymond Durgnat(1958)

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    Produced by Craig Baumgarten‚ Marc Butan‚ Gaye Hirsch‚ Tove Christensen and Adam Merims‚ Shattered Glass premiered in 2003. I selected this film because my favorite unit of this class was the psychology unit. I have always been fascinated about learning how people have become the people they are and what made them do what they did. I watched the trailer and was very intrigued. I had never heard about Stephen Glass‚ so I decided to watch it. Shattered Glass’ purpose was to entertain and inform. The

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    An analysis of how Ridley Scott creates suspense and tension through the use of sound‚ cinematography and performance in the air duct scene from “Alien”. In this scene‚ we follow the character Dallas (Tom Skerrit) as he searches for the alien in the ships air ducts‚ whilst communicating with the rest of his crew. At this point the audience are already aware of how dangerous the alien is‚ as it had already killed Kane (John Hurt) and Brett (Harry Dean Stanton) Not only this but Dallas had previously

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    Movie Criticism American film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert use a form of criticism that “considers the organic unity of the unique work” to review the 1978 horror film Halloween (Mays 1974). The form of criticism used‚ is a sub category from Emphasis on the Text‚ which is called New Criticism. Ebert stated that‚ “there is a difference between good and scary movies” before discussing with Siskel why they appreciated this movie. According to Siskel & Ebert‚ this film was “directed with a

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    History In the Future Alfred Chandler’s contribution to the field of management in general‚ and to the discipline of business history in particular‚ is profound and lasting. Widely considered to have been the world’s leading historian of the industrial corporation. The purposes of chandler’s studies are not to theorize but to provide an explanation regarding the evolution of business; theories are developed by others using information pertaining to his research. However‚ his

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    Alfred Adler and Karen Horney             I agree with Alfred Adler when he states that a sense of inferiority drives people to succeed. I can relate to this theory because I am very affected by others’ actions around me. If somebody that I idolize is prospering in a certain area‚ I may feel inferior and strive to meet his or her level. For example‚ when running with a partner who is faster than me‚ I always push myself and increase my pace significantly.             Many people are driven by

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