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    Little Shop of Horrors opened first in the Workshop of the Players’ Art (WPA) Theatre‚ a small theatre (Off-Off-Broadway) in 1982 for one month. It was composed by Alan Menken and written by Howard Ashman‚ and was based on the 1960 film The Little Shop of Horrors (Roger Corman was the director). It then moved to the Orpheum Theatre (Off-Broadway) in Manhattan where it stayed for 5 years‚ finally closing in 1987. The show opened in London’s West End on 1st January 1983 at the Comedy Theatre for

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    Duc Cuong Billy Gunn Film 108 Final Part 1: 1. Film history follows two distinct paths: the first originating from the Lumiere Brothers’ attempts in capturing everyday reality‚ and the second‚ following George Melies’ emphasis on the magical. Let take a closer look at George Melie’s style‚ producer used the illusion created by the film shot to make things appear or disappear as they want. For example‚ a trip to the Moon (1902) used that technique a lot. Later on‚ the film industry also developed

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    French Film Noir: Touchez pas au Grisbi and Ascenseur pour l’échafaud Azaria Wassyihun Film Noir is often regarded as a uniquely American phenomenon. The particular context these films were produced in‚ marked by the post-war period‚ infused these films with a unique style Hollywood had never encountered before. America might have been the adequate setting for this unique phenomenon to occur‚ but film noir would not be the same without it’s international aspects. Famous Austrian born directors

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    Every character is a type of character that is known as part of the archetype. The hero’s journey is a literary device created by Joseph Campbell as a way to recognize the hero’s main journey throughout many different genres. It is the typical journey of a hero thrown out into an unknown world with a single objective. The

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    A huge crowd spills across the sidewalk around the casino. The enormous lit guitar is kind of cool. Based on the clothes everyone wears‚ Kurt can almost imagine Rocky Horror is showing‚ but he’s not quite getting a Rocky vibe from the group. Most of the girls have extremely large breasts and wear skimpy dresses. The dress code for the guys is similar‚ tight clothing and several have their shirts unbuttoned to display

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    Feeding Our Gators: A Response to Stephen King’s Why We Crave Horror Movies Stephen King writes very accurately on how we‚ the public‚ desire the need “to put away our more civilized and adult penchant for analysis and to become children again” by watching a horror-themed movie. In the article Why We Crave Horror Movies‚ written by Stephen King and published by Playboy Press in Chicago‚ Illinois in 1981‚ King suggests that horror fiction meets an important and critical human need that endeavour

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    Film Genres BY AEISHNA.R 2nd Year B.Sc. Visual Communication Ethiraj College For Women Chennai-08 Film Genres Film genres are identifiable types‚ categories‚ classifications or groups of films that have similar techniques or conventions such as:  content  recurring icons  subject matter  stock characters  structures  narrative events  themes  situations  mood  motifs  period  styles  plot  props  settings  stars Film Genres Primary film genres include the following:

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    In this play‚ Little Shop of Horrors‚ we watched an employee‚ Seymour‚ working at a struggling flower shop‚ Mushnik’s Skid Row Florist’s. Seymour‚ along with his fellow employee Audrey and his boss Mr. Mushnik and three street kids who narrate the play‚ are all lamenting their place in life. One day‚ Seymour brings into the flower shop an exotic plant that he doesn’t know the origin of‚ only that it appeared after an eclipse. The play follows Seymour and the flower shop and their rise to fame because

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    head Personal Film Evaluation Criteria Paper Personal Film Evaluation Criteria Paper Elizabeth Bryant University of Phoenix Personal Film Evaluation Criteria Flashing back on all the films I have watched over the years I never taken notice to analyze not one of them the way that I have learned in this film study course. My techniques used as of the present time for evaluation the qualities of films has just began because I have started this course. The way how I view films back then is totally

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    The Shining Horror Analysis The Shining directed by Stanley Kubrick is a phenominal movie. Stanley Kubrick made this movie with no coinsedences. The main character‚ Jack Torrence‚ agrees to watch the Overlook hotel in the winter. Over his time there he goes insane‚ almost like Norman Bates from Psycho is insane. Also throughout the movie there is a ton of red‚ white‚ and blue. This movie is under the suspense unit‚ but some can argue that it is horror. There are many themes throughout the shining

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