convention of horror film: A horror film follows certain code and convection to achieve its purpose of scaring and alarming the audience. The following are some of them: Setting/location: The location used for this genre of a film is isolated and lonely area that has been abandoned or an area where the victim will feel vulnerable. For example small communities‚ dark streets‚ narrow alleyways‚ roads‚ woods‚ haunted places‚ farms‚ country sides and cities etc… sometimes places with ‘dark’ history are used as
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find. My dad is a very hard worker. He has worked his whole life to get where he is now. For many years my dad has been the sole provider for the family. He has built from ground up everything we have‚ because like many people he came here for the American dream. He is a contractor and builds/remodels houses. He has teach me and my brother that trade as well‚ maybe not because he wants us to do that for a living‚ but so we know how to do that in case we need to in the future .We now live very comfortably
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The History of African Americans HIS204: American History Since 1865 Instructor: Steven Harn 04/29/2013 Jewish people had the horrific era ordeal of the Holocaust‚ Native Americans had to deal with the displacement of their people which lead to death‚ starvation and exposure to diseases while in en route to other locations. However one could suggest that African Americans had an extremely rough time‚ and till this day continue to have a rough time fighting for equality in all things. This
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The American Dream is widely considered to be the most important national ethos of the United States of America. The ideology of the American Dream is that the basic rights of freedom and liberty in the US include the opportunity for everyone in the land to achieve prosperity‚ success and upward social mobility through hard work and determination. It is centred on the right of individuals to determine their own destiny‚ regardless of their circumstances of birth. However‚ this is only a broad definition
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In the films Black Robe‚ The Crucible‚ The Patriot‚ The Alamo‚ and Cold Mountain‚ the authors created historical inaccuracies for the audience of the generation they were made for. This means they would change some details to fit their idea of what the people felt in that time in history‚ to grip the audience and give some insight to the characters. These inaccuracies also helped to develop a point‚ even though a few minor details were changed‚ the audience eventually saw the whole picture and knew
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Wambaa Mathu 9/20/07 Arch 423 ASSIGNMENT #4 ENVIRONMENT - BEHAVIOR IN FILM GIRL‚ INTERRUPTED I Title of film: Girl‚ Interrupted Film director: James Mangold Film producers: Carol Bodie and Winona Ryder Year of film: 1999 Film stars: - Winona Ryder plays the part of Susanna Kaysen the autobiographical main character who is admitted into a psychiatric ward to be treated for borderline personality disorder following a suicide attempt. - Angelina Jolie is the character Lisa Rowe‚ an ex-junkie and
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Analysis of “Malcolm X” This film deals with the social problem of racism in America. From the very beginning of the movie scenes depicting the harassment of a rural African American family by a group of so called Christian Ku Klux Klansmen show the horrors of racism. These black people had their home burned down‚ and their father and provider murdered by these so called “god-fearing” people. This injustice also led to the family being torn apart due to the murder of their financial provider. These
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Exploitation films have been produced since the beginning of film‚ but once the Production Code was no longer in effect‚ more these films could be produced and at a faster rate. One genre of exploitation cinema is the drug crime film. Starting as early as the 1930s‚ filmmakers made movies about the dangers of doing drugs. These films were often cheaply made and aimed at a small audience (Clark 4). They were theatrically simple‚ with an uncomplicated narrative: “these are films whose entire function
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Asian Americans only make up a small percent of the American population. Even more significant is that this percentage live mostly on the west and east coasts of mainland United States and Hawaii; leaving the rest of the American population to most likely get their exposures to Asians through television and movies. However the exposure they have receive throughout the history of cinematography has been hardly flattering. Throughout the course of history Asians in film have been portrayed as evil
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Whose name comes to mind when you hear the word “hero.” A hero is a person you admire‚ look up to‚ and have respect for. A hero is someone you want to transcript because of their actions and accomplishments. A hero is someone we cherish‚ like our first teddy bear when we were young. My hero is my mom. I’ve been in this world for 14 years now and all I can say is that I thank god for creating the women that created me that I can depend on anytime and call my mom. After all the bad and rough
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