Case 1-3 Acer Inc. Acer Inc. is a leading marketer of notebook and desktop PCs. The company‚ which posted sales of $11.3 billion in 2006‚ also produces other products such as flat-screen monitors and personal digital assistants. As Taiwan gained a reputation as the “tech workshop of the world‚” Acer was able to become Taiwan’s number one exporter by manufacturing and marketing computers sold under its own brand name. Acer also produced equipment on an original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
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Analyzing Film ENG 225: Introduction to Film June 7‚ 2010 Abstract “To evaluate a film as art requires knowing the purpose of a film‚ and then judging how well the basic elements of the film work together to achieve that end” (Durante‚ 2006). To become truly “cineliterate” (Boggs & Petrie‚ 2008‚ p. 5)‚ one must be totally absorbed in the film but also impartial and indifferent. The thematic‚ fictional‚ and dramatic elements‚ visual design‚ cinematography and special visual effects‚ editing
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film critique Final Film Critique: The Crow Jason Campbell Eng 225 Instructor: David Preizler March 18‚ 2013 Final Film Critique: The Crow Few films have struck a chord with viewers as ones that deal with love and revenge. From tragic love stories such as “Romeo and Juliet”‚ to more revenge based movies such as “Taken”‚ the combination of the two seem to evoke a response in viewers that all things are possible. While love stories evoke the feeling of happiness that the characters will
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Other than that the changes made in the movie were not that significant from the novel; the cinematography‚ the actors‚ and
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The Graduate‚ a film based on the novel by Charles Webb‚ is directed by Mike Nichols‚ whose famous works also include Working Girl and Catch-22. The Graduate was released in United States on December 22‚ 1967. The screenplay for the film is done by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry‚ and the cinematography by Robert Surtees. A few of the main cast members include Anne Bancroft (as Mrs. Robinson)‚ Dustin Hoffman (as Benjamin Braddock)‚ Katharine Ross (as Elaine Robinson)‚ William Daniels (as Mr. Braddock)
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John Ford’s Directing Techniques in the Film Stagecoach By Bob For Cine 121 (01) John Ford’s film “Stagecoach” from 1939 had several important hidden messages tucked away inside it. The film has everything from social injustice to alcoholism‚ prostitution‚ gambling‚ and even working class people in general. This paper’s aim is to bring to light some of these messages that are expressed through Ford’s use of mise-en-scène and cinematography. In the scene when Ford introduces Dallas‚ it is
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LEVEL 3 How to write a Film Review Credits (first page only): Title‚ year‚ genre‚ director‚ (screenwriter)‚ music or soundtrack‚ main actors. Credits: Summary of the plot (synopsis): Only a brief summary of the film‚ around ½ to ¾ page. Make sure that your summary makes sense to a reader who does not know the movie. Do not refer to specific scenes and do not try to explain everything. You must also include the following items‚ but not as different parts (they should be included
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Metropolis: “Breaking down the utopia” In January of1927 Metropolis was released to the German public. The film‚ which was directed by Fritz Lang‚ was one of the first science fiction movies in the history of film. The film focuses on the differences between the working class who power the city and the wealthy whom indulge in it. The film was host to many German stars at the time such as Alfred Abel and Brigette Helm. As this conflict is going there is a separate yet relative
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Dorian Gray Motif Notebook Beauty: “If this girl can give soul to those who have lived without one‚ if she can create the sense of beauty in people whose lives have been sordid and ugly‚ if she can strip them of their selfishness and lend them tears for sorrows that are not their own‚ she is worthy of all your adoration‚ worthy of the adoration of the world” (59). Sibyl has inner beauty and Basil realizes that‚ but Lord Henry and Dorian only see the physical or symbolic beauty of her form. This
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Philomena: A Film that Questions What You Believe In and Yet Answers Why You Do Among the many good films of 2013‚ this one has to be on my top 5 list. Directed with passion by Stephen Frears‚ Philomena is a film that questions your beliefs regardless of which religious sect you belong to. As a little exposition‚ Philomena Lee (Judi Dench)‚ way back 1952‚ was impregnated out of wedlock and was therefore sent forcibly to a convent where she gave birth to a son she named Anthony. She and other young
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