perhaps in games" [1] Christopher Vogler in The Writer ’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Storytellers and Screenwriters‚ adapting his paradigm from Joseph Campbell ’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces and Vladimir Propp ’s Morphology of the Folktale [2]‚ makes claim that ’all stories consist of a few common structural elements found universally in myths‚ fairy tales‚ dreams and movies ’ [3]. Syd Field‚ author of The Screen Writer ’s Workbook [4]‚ also outlined a paradigm that most screenplays follow
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IB DIPLOMA PROGRAMME PROGRAMME DU DIPLÔME DU BI PROGRAMA DEL DIPLOMA DEL BI N05/1/A1ENG/HP2/ENG/TZ0/XX 88050082 ENGLISH A1 – HIGHER LEVEL – PAPER 2 ANGLAIS A1 – NIVEAU SUPÉRIEUR – ÉPREUVE 2 INGLÉS A1 – NIVEL SUPERIOR – PRUEBA 2 Monday 14 November 2005 (morning) Lundi 14 novembre 2005 (matin) Lunes 14 de noviembre de 2005 (mañana) 2 hours / 2 heures / 2 horas INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Do not open this examination paper until instructed to do so. Answer one essay question only. You must
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How does a comparative study of Blade Runner and Frankenstein bring to the fore ideas about responsibility? “It is easy to dodge our responsibilities‚ but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.” – Josiah Charles Stamp The consequences of our actions usually far outweigh the conditions that responsibility places of humanity’s shoulders‚ yet we still manage to neglect the very things that are ingrained in our life. A parents’ embrace‚ nurturing and education is what
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Explain how inflation affects the functions of money. Inflation is the general increase in the price level over a period of time. Money is something that is generally acceptable in the exchange of goods and services. When inflation occurs‚ the value of money decreases as the same amount of money can’t buy the same amount of products like before. The purchasing power of money decreases. If the inflation rate is high and unanticipated‚ lots of problems can occur. People can lose confidence in
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Blade Runner: What is the Future of Western Society? Alexander Urazov WRIT 140 10/25/10 Jay Fisher Assignment #3 Ridley Scott’s 1982 cult science fiction classic‚ Blade Runner‚ has received both acclaim and criticism for its debatable vision of the future. Set in a 2019 post nuclear war Los Angles‚ this dark‚ decaying‚ futuristic world is home to the remaining humans of earth as the more privileged have fled to bountiful off world colonies. Enslaved Androids (called replicants)‚ manufactured
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different texts in time. However studying two texts in conjunction allows one to observe how composers manipulate ideas in order to more accurately connect to their context‚ and reflect the concerns and values of the time. Through the comparative study of Mary Shelley’s 1818 gothic novel Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus and Ridley Scott’s 1981 neo-noir cyberpunk film Blade Runner (Director’s Cut)‚ one can observe how in these two didactic and prescient tales‚ ideas of the dangers of unrestrained scientific
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Both Mary Shelley’s 1818 gothic novel Frankenstein and Ridley Scott’s 1982 film Blade Runner explore the dehumanising effects of technology. Although the texts differ in context they connect through their exploration of transcendent societal concerns. A key theme explored in both texts is the dangers associated with unrestricted and dehumanising technology. Both texts depict characters corrupted and challenged by the dehumanising effects of technology‚ whilst simultaneously depicting settings and
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Human relationships‚ and humanity’s understanding of the wild‚ are shaped and reflected in Blade Runner‚ by Ridley Scott‚ and in Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) through their composers’ use of the contrast between true nature and the wild. The human relationship with the wild is tenuous‚ and this is shown within both texts. More often than not‚ nature is understood simply as a force to be dominated‚ controlled or exploited for the benefit of humanity. The new wild is one created by human society
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suspenseful and have beautiful on-screen picture since no one would be entertained by a long‚ dull‚ confusing movie. The novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? experienced this firsthand when it was stripped and redrawn into its sister movie‚ Blade Runner. Although much of the original story is preserved‚ several aspects of its original plot were omitted‚ and new ones were added. The
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is important to have analysis "tools" or some criteria to follow. In my analysis I am asked to consider the use and resolution of binary opposition and through analysis of narrative structure. In my assignment I am going to consider how the couple is represented‚ and how the narrative structure and binary oppositions have influence on the plot of the story. Bladerunner is a dark‚ futuristic science fiction movie‚ which has been described as a hybrid of science fiction‚ film noir‚ detective thriller
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