The Iliad‚ Book 5: Diomedes Fights the Gods In the closing days of the Trojan War‚ all the attempts at peace having failed and disintegrated into war‚ one man catches the eyes and ears of the bright-eyed goddess‚ Athena. Leaning against his chariot‚ Diomedes calls upon Athena to allow him to gain vengeance against the Trojan archer‚ Pandarus. Not only does she renew his fighting strength‚ but also she lets fall from his eyes the mist obscuring the gods so he can then differentiate between them
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Casablanca‚ techniques within cinematography and editing are utilized to help carry the story forward while effectively capturing each character’s centrality to the overall storyline. In cinematography‚ close-up shots work to place emphasis on each character’s dialogue by centering their faces in the main frame of view. This allows the audience to follow their lives‚ conflicts‚ and stories on a more personally engaging level as the film digresses. In editing‚ the film is tracked by transitions between
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I noticed a few of Hitchcock’s editing techniques that made the film stand out than in other films. He uses tracking shots‚ repetition‚ and the use of the color that makes the film __________ which ___________. The camera follows the plot through Scottie’s perspective; thus catching every little detail he does. Toward the beginning of the movie‚ Scottie is shown trailing Madeleine. As he followers her throughout San Francisco‚ he observes every single movement of her and the camera picks it all up
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movie cultural anthropology was perceived by showing the use of emic and etic. Jake was etic to their culture‚ but later himself became emic to the culture by becoming one of them and becoming a considered native to the Na’vi culture. In the film “The Gods Must Be Crazy”‚ linguistic anthropology is observed in the scene where Xi is with the whole tribe and they are communicating with clicking sounds‚ those clicking sounds are their own native language that would need to be studied in order for someone
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Introduction Personally‚ I am a big fan of future dystopian stories that explore questions about ourselves as humans. The Last City of America delivers in both regards: it is set in a ravaged America and it follows all sorts of characters‚ constantly challenging you to ask yourself what it means to be good or evil. Summary The Last City of America is a dystopian epic set in future America. A virus called Hephaestus has swept the nation and made conception difficult. In 2025‚ birth rates declined
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the similarities between them‚ beautiful and naive. Orson Welles also uses deep focus and low angle shot in this setting to show how old age and weakness make it’s difficult for Kane to move around the mess as he destroying Susan’s room. D. EDITING: 2. Citizen Kane: from the opening shot to "News on the March" Citizen Kane begins with a fade in. The first thing we see is an old "no trespassing" sign hanging on a chain-link fence. The old rusty sign with a dark blurry background gives
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true meaning of family. The concept of the “God Particle” makes for a compelling hook. The tone is dramatic with some surrealism. The script is introspective and some scenes require interpretation. The plot presents with both strengths and weaknesses. First‚ the script does a brilliant job of creating two parallel stories that nicely intertwine with each other. One story focuses on the idea of the Large Hadron Collider and the idea of a finding the “God Particle” to help solve the
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Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story‚ written by a Detroit native‚ David Maraniss. In his novel‚ set in Detroit around the 1960’s‚ he follows the numerous changes in society underway in detroit but also seen countrywide. Maraniss excels at bringing to light numerous issues regarding the economy‚ social life‚ political issues and other important themes we constantly see in history. I have chosen to expand on the social issues David Maraniss pointed out and explain how they have had long term effects
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throughout the country. Children and adults lost their homeland and the struggles they had in their homeland. The development of the colonizer’s land‚ made them to become confused with where their loyalties should lie. In Arundhati Roy’s novel ‘The God of Small Things’‚ the Kochamma family is a family of tragic situations and tragic people. It is their own cultural traditions that lead to the tragedy. However‚ the theme within the novel is of the people oppressed by the colonisation of India especially
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Why‚ one wonders‚ Chandigarh -that distinguished itself to be ’the City Beautiful’ because of the masterly urban planning & designing‚ is not becoming such‚ as a whole with the passage of time? A clean canvass for the layout of Chandigarh was facilitated by uprooting many villages which became reality because of the psyche of the countrymen then for the larger interest of building a city of tomorrow. The master architect and planner prepared the master plan of the proposed capital with network
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