Facts of the Case Rio Grande Supply Co. * Texas-based wholesale plumbing supply company * Values Integrity‚ Honesty and Respect for each individual employee * Has an Internet use policy that employees weren’t to use the company’s computers for anything but business-related activities. * Management has the right to access and review anything employees created‚ stored‚ sent‚ or received on company equipment. * No software filters were installed to prevent abuse of corporate computer
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Film Noir‚ meaning “black film’ in French‚ was the trending style and genre in American culture between the 1940s and the 1950s. It is a combination of European cynicism and the American landscape. Film Noir has its origins from German Expressionism and French Poetic Realism. Nino Frank‚ who was a French film critic‚ was the first to introduce this black and white genre to Hollywood in 1946. Many of the directors who introduced Film Noir where refugees from Nazi‚ Germany. From that moment in time
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10/29/14 Period 6 Survey of Drama Reality vs. Illusion Generally speaking‚ plays normally incorporate a conflict that the characters struggle to conquer through the course of the play. Reality vs. illusion is a frequently used conflict that essentially broadens the mind of the characters and the audience. Reality is the awareness of something as a fact and illusion is misconception of an idea or belief. The central conflict of reality vs. illusion is respectively portrayed throughout an
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In the 1939 film Mr. Smith goes to Washington‚ directed by Frank Capra there is a strong corrupted depiction of the United States political system in the way that the Senate functions. There is evident character conflict‚ development‚ and interaction which is able to entice the audience and keep them guessing as to who will come out on top. The characters manipulate one another for personal gain and political gain which keeps the film moving‚ as well as helps the main character‚ Mr. Smith‚ grow‚
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What kind of films do you like? Most people don’t care about what they watch. It’s important because people can learn more from poetic films. Japanese films are more poetic and better made than other films‚ from how war affects others‚ how the characters change‚ and the tough issues that are involved. For example‚ Japan’s films involved the effects of war‚ and social acceptance (Nastasi). In the films Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind‚ and Princess Mononoke‚ the characters are dealing with the
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Analysis of a scene in La Haine (homework) The scene I am going to analyse is the ending scene of the film La Haine (Mathieu Kassowitz‚ 1995). In the beginning of the scene‚ the camera gives us a longshot of the protagonists pulling the gang members body into the room‚ this shows the audience a view of what is going on in the distance. The scene then progresses further‚ and we see that the gangmember the protagonists have pulled into the room has been thrown onto the bed‚ Vinz‚ one of the protagonists
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the vital forces of light amidst the dark and occult forces of malefic and transmogrifying powers that rule and define men’s destinies. Yeelen is a film heavily characterized by rituals that are part of the belief systems of the Bambara world of men who stake their claims to defend their pride and uphold the dignity of their clan and background. The film is equally the story of an odyssey of age-old unsettled feuds of the Diarra Family that have dire consequences on the Komo and the Bambara people
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Mulligan’s Illusion Why should someone read a long‚ overflowing book‚ like To Kill a Mockingbird‚ when they can just watch the movie? To Kill a Mockingbird is about a little girl’s childhood as she grows up in a racist town called Maycomb. While reading the book‚ one will learn about how people treated each other in the early 1900’s. This book has many stories attached to it‚ but the main idea is really to understand what it was like to live in racist times‚ as a young girl. The book and movie are
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ANALYSIS The set up is kind of slow‚ yet story-building. Seeing as this is the last movie of the Blade saga‚ the script becomes more intense that the two prior. A band of vampires finally stumble upon a diamond when they discover the remains of the legendary Dracula in a cave in the middle of the Iraqi Desert. When they reach his body which was buried deep underground they come to realize he is still alive. In a chase with some "familiars" as Blade calls them‚ he rams the back of the car with
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In the critical analysis case‚ “Rio Grande Supply Company”‚ found on page 72 of the text‚ the president of the Rio Grande Supply Company is faced with an ethical dilemma. One of the rules that the company employees have to follow is the strict use of the company computers for nothing more than business purposes. Any employee who chooses to violate that rule could be faced with termination of his or her job. Jasper‚ the company president‚ had just heard news that his Chief of Operations had fired
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