ABOUT THE FILM In 1997‚ Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman offered to pay for the senior prom at Charleston High School in Mississippi under one condition: the prom had to be racially integrated. His offer was ignored. In 2008‚ Freeman offered again. This time the school board accepted‚ and history was made. Charleston High School had its first-ever integrated prom - in 2008. Until then‚ blacks and whites had had separate proms even though their classrooms have been integrated for decades
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The film gave many powerful messages that anyone not just middle school teaches could learn from. The first is learn to be very observant‚ in the film the young lady Tracy showed many signs that things were wrong and that she was headed down the wrong path. Teachers spend more time with kids these days than their own parents do. The science teacher in the movie if he was observant would’ve notice things change about his student. If he had noticed the hints that Tracy were giving‚ he could’ve
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Cool Hand Luke Film Analysis In class we watched the film “Cool Hand Luke”‚ which is about the protagonist Luke‚ who is arrested for destroying several parking meters late one night while drunk in a small town‚ Luke was sentenced to prison. Luke was rebellious with little respect for authority‚ had more spunk than good sense. Luke gains the respect of his fellow inmates by his frequent escape attempts and refusal to break under to harsh punishment. The inmates enjoyed Luke’s fearless behavior
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Modern day audiences expect a film such as Romeo + Juliet to contain themes such as action‚ impressive visual aids and music. Baz Luhrmann uses elements of cinematography to entice a modern audience into his adaption of William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet. Luhrmann uses a modern day audience to make the movie appealing to teenagers‚ whilst including modern day themes such as Love‚ violence and gunfights. The camera shot used to introduce the city of New Mexico are used to draw in a modern audience
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This film is an incredibly rich teaching resource that lends itself to enhancing the visual literacy of senior students. It has won numerous awards‚ including two for cinematography‚ and as such has great merit for teaching students about effective uses of visual techniques and film conventions. The Italian director‚ the auteur Salvatores‚ has made a film that is extraordinarily compelling: in terms of cinematography‚ almost any random pause of the film would depict an incredible use of camera angle
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On its list of the “100 Greatest American Movies of All Time” the American Film Institute has Citizen Cane (1941) in the coveted number-1 spot‚ and this is hardly surprising. Citizen Kane challenged the traditional narrative and technical elements of Hollywood filmmaking of its time‚ and holds up today as a true masterpiece of filmmaking. Citizen Cane (1941) Orson Welles directed‚ wrote and starred in this brilliant film which “revolutionized the medium and has since been considered the most important
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Approaches to Drama: Portfolio Assignment 1 Film Drama and Review Writing: Hamlet on film Gregory Doran (dir.)‚ Hamlet (2009). [RSC production on film; David Tennant as Hamlet] Gregory Doran’s adaption of Hamlet‚ puts a modern-spin on one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays. Filled with scheming‚ betrayal‚ violence‚ and intrigue‚ the cast of talented actors including David Tennant (Hamlet)‚ Patrick Stewart (Claudius)‚ Penny Downie (Gertrude) and Oliver Ford Davies (Polonius) provide a refreshing
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America Televising the Holocaust During the 1950’s The events that took place during the Holocaust began to make its way to film during post-World War II America. In the 1950’s‚ the film The Diary of Anne Frank‚ and the Judgment at Nuremberg and the TV show This is Your Life gave the American audience an understanding of the disturbing events. The objective‚ of most TV and film writers that chose to portray the Holocaust‚ was to get the American audience to connect with the Jewish people. Through watching
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audience in the film Jaws? Steven Speilberg directed the epic blockbuster film‚Jaws‚ alongside producers David Brown and Richard D. Zanuck. He is an American film director‚ producer‚ screenwriter and undoubtedly one of the most influential personalities in the history of filmmaking. Additionally‚ Spielberg is the highest grossing filmmaker of all time and his movies have earned in the region of four billion dollars internationally! He is also eminent for the direction of numerous other films after the
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Antibiotics in Animals Antibiotics in feed animals are administered at nontherapeutic levels in feed and water to promote growth and improve feed efficiency. This practice has been shown to select for antibiotic resistance in the animals themselves‚ subsequent animal-based food products‚ and in water‚ soil‚ air samples collected around animal feeding operations. It is estimated that 60-80% of antibiotics produced in the U.S. are administered in feed to healthy livestock at nontherapeutic levels
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