The film adaptation of the novel‚ Ordinary People‚ directed by Robert Redford has received massive amounts of critical acclaim since its release in 1980. It has been nominated for several Academy and Golden Globe Awards‚ among others‚ and won four of the Academy Awards‚ five of the Golden Globes‚ and numerous critic awards. The film’s achievement is due to the eloquent screenwriting by Alvin Sargent‚ powerful‚ emotion evoking drama from Judith Guest’s original story‚ and phenomenal acting by Timothy
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Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality‚ primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record.[1] A ’documentary film’ was originally shot on film stock—the only medium available—but now includes video and digital productions that can be either direct-to-video‚ made as a television program or released for screening in cinemas. "Documentary" has been described as a "filmmaking practice‚ a cinematic
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very interesting name that just screams military film. Based on the name‚ I did not think that it would be a documentary but I am very glad I went to class to view this particular film. Robert McNamara‚ is probably one of the most interesting men that I have watched on a documentary. 85 years old and answering every question he was asked with wit and with a charisma that no other man I have seen ever do with such ease. The perspective of the film regarding the reality of war was rational (at least
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Small Desktop and HP Pavilion p6-2120. They were chosen because there all basic family computers that you would see in a typical family household. During this time certain items shall be focused on such as price and processor speed. Unit 4 Comparing Computers The three computers that I chose to compare are from Dell and there New Inspiron One 23 All-in-One Desktop‚ Lenovo’s M92p Small Desktop and HP Pavilion p6-2120. I’m going to compare most of the important components of the computers
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The director uses film techiques to tell the story ad create a respose in the audiece. These techiques are. Shots wide shot- a wide shot is a shot that shows the setting as well as the character. This kind of shot is used so the audience can understand the characters physical experience with the setting. normal shot- a normal shot usually shows the characters waist and up. This is a standard shot that helps to focus attention on the action. close up- a close up shot is a shot in which the camera
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it is describing things that we don’t really value such as shells‚ feathers‚ and sea shaped stones. The poet expresses the danger something such as this. In this poem‚ I felt like a woman was thinking and imagining. The tone was curiosity. The two poems expressed different ideas in different tones and moods. In the story “It’s all I have to bring today-” the idea is to try hard and give all you got. In “We Alone” the idea is that we should “value the things that are plentiful as much as what
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Fear and Films What I’m afraid of the most in The Paranormal activity movie is that the family is possess and ends up dead. The quite seen‚ before the whole kitchen rattles. Having you wife being taken over by a demon and losing your kids. There is nothing that you can do to save them. Have done my own research and have included pictures of at the end of this paper. To show there is some truth to this. apart. Having your kids over taken by Dominic sprit. The film is just filmed
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Where the BMW films a good idea? How successful was the campaign? In my opinion‚ the BMW films where a great idea at that specific moment in time. The company had no new product launches to promote. Furthermore‚ budget was available in order to “experiment” new ideas and innovative advertising and promotion actions. With this pure branding exercise BMW had little to lose (mainly money) and a huge deal to win. The campaign proved to be an incredibly successful one. In order to measure and justify
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1301.01 Professor Blakemore 22 October 2010 Comparing “Heroes” Heroes are people who do well with their lives. Heroes are people society looks up to; people who make a difference. In Losing Private Dwyer by Lawrence Downes and In Chronicle of an American Execution by Dan Barry‚ Daryl Holton and Joseph Dwyer were both “Heroes‚” they were men who were at one point looked up to but then everything changed. An army man is what they were. Within the two narratives‚ veterans Daryl Holton and Joseph
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Blaxploitation Blaxploitation began in the early part of the 20th century when films in Hollywood hit a new high. This exploitation of Black America began when films started to characterize Black’s as what “White America” saw them as. The stereotypes of these incompetent‚ unintelligent and hyper-sexualized people were depicted throughout the film industry. Black’s were given these roles in different films. The roles were anything from playing the role of a pimp‚ hoe or criminal. If they weren’t
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