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    The three terms/concepts are: casting‚ ensemble acting‚ and method acting. The cast of American Beauty won a Screen Actors Guild Award for an Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Theatrical Motion Picture in the year 2000‚ the ensemble acting includes the acting techniques of working together in the film shots‚ and the casting of the group of actors for the characters’ roles includes: Annette Bening‚ Wes Bentley‚ Thora Birch‚ Chris Cooper‚ Peter Gallagher‚ Allison Janney‚ Kevin Spacey‚ and Mena

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    The Logistics of Storytelling: Native American Representation in Film When someone says the word Native American‚ most see a distinct image in their minds. From headdresses‚ to war cries‚ the public’s perception of Native culture has been undeniably shaped by the film industry. In a culture where everything is compared to the norm of whiteness‚ American audiences have always been fascinated by indigenous peoples‚ and have thus created a fantasy that’s been marketed as facts. This is the basis behind

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    As the film American Beauty‚ released in 1999‚ comes to a close‚ Lester Burnham final arrives at peace as he realizes the beauty that is depicted in the title. Be as is may‚ he is suddenly met with his ultimate demise‚ but not before his penultimate realization. Although this film is coming upon nearly two decades old‚ the cinematography cannot be undermined‚ nor can the message as it becomes ever increasingly relevant in today’s society. For that‚ American Beauty is the quintessential movie that

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    African American directors are not highly compensated for their work because some people consider some of their movies “too afrocentric”‚ which results in them not being able to get sponsors to help pay for their movies. Many Black directors are not highly sponsored by investors. According to The Washington Post‚ “Many sponsors are white and they are not interested in their movies or in the current black experience or the black culture” (Harwell). It isn’t just the Academy that votes for who wins

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    Horror films have been around since the 1920’s when Frankenstein and Dracula were created‚ Horror is a good genre to analysis because there are many sub-genre’‚ Slasher is a popular genre ‚ recent slasher films are popular amoungst a younger audience. The American slasher film has its roots in an Italian genre called giallo which usually combines elements of the crime thriller with stalk and slash style scares. John Carpenter got the sub-genre off the ground with Halloween in 1978‚ and pretty soon

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    Orientalism in American films is often times overlooked in its offensiveness compared to the stereotyping of other cultures. If asked to name films that you have seen where a race or culture was offensively portrayed‚ the first ethnic groups that come to mind are likely African-American and Latino. If this is true for you‚ why do you think Asian stereotyping isn’t as noticeable or striking to you as other stereotyping? If not‚ what experiences can you attribute to shaping your point of view? As

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    African American Crime Films Menace II Society is a film from the African American crime genre; it was released in 1993 due to the success of recent low budget films targeted at black audiences. For example Sweet Backs Baadassss Song (1971) a low budget independent black movie‚ that tells the tale of a black outlaw‚ who is trying to better his community‚ by battling corrupt and racist policemen. The film cost $500‚000 to make but produced a gross profit of $10million in the first year. This lead

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    Family Systems Tools Family psycho education has many different models each model includes common elements. The different models of family psycho education include single and multiple family groups‚ mixed groups that include patient and family members‚ groups of varying duration‚ and groups that focus on families and the patient at different stages during the illness‚ or problem. Multi-family groups are thought to be very successful in treating certain mental disorders. Multi-family groups can be

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    stereotype. It seems like more and more‚ Hispanic women are portrayed as the hoop earring and latex glove wearing cleaning cleaning servant. An example of this in film is Jennifer Lopez’s characters in the 2002 romantic comedy Maid in Manhattan. Even the big stars aren’t safe from such stereotypical roles. It’s estimated that the American-Mexican actress Lupe Ontiveros played the role as a maid almost 150 times! The second stereotype is the Latin Lover. For years Hispanic men have been portrayed as

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    Look closer. The chilling tag-line of multi award winning American Beauty has great relatability‚ from the lives of all of the characters to the hidden beauty on showcase throughout the film. It cannot simply be filed into one genre‚ instead being a drama‚ comedy‚ tragedy and more. Director Sam Mendes and screenwriter Alan Ball fine-tuned the film‚ resulting in a triumph of writing‚ acting and directing. The movie follows the last few months of everyman Lester Burnham’s (played by the seemingly ideal

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