shared by all humans. * Crash directed by Paul Haggis presents to us an intertwining story set within the streets of LA‚ confirming and challenging racial stereotypes and at the same time reflecting the ever existing good and dark side of human nature. * Human nature drives us all to view “the other” as bad‚ evil and untrustworthy‚ it is complex and every man‚ despite differences holds the underlying values buried deep into our subconsciousness * In the film crash‚ Haggis has successfully
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A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash A majority of North Americans depend on oil‚ unaware of an inevitable oil shortage that threatens to collapse our industrialized nation‚ in the foreseeable future. If we continue ignoring our dependence on oil and not realizing its significance in almost every part of our lives‚ it will be the end of our society‚ as we know it. The documentary A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash focuses on exposing an imminent problem. Revealing that our dependence on oil and insatiable
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In the 2004 film Crash‚ writer and director Paul Haggis presents a complex story that intertwines characters of differentiating races‚ ethnicities‚ cultures‚ genders‚ and socio-economic backgrounds. It explores the controversial topics of stereotypical racial clashes and cultural diversity in the American society. The plot takes the viewer on a 36 hour‚ voyeuristic journey into the lives of whites‚ blacks‚ Latinos‚ Koreans‚ Iranians‚ cops‚ and criminals‚ both upper and lower class. Haggis showcases
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In the short film Validation‚ the director‚ Kurt Kuenne uses different camera angles to demonstrate the importance of characters and their emotions. Kuenne uses three different types of camera angles‚ the eye level shot‚ the double headshot‚ and the over the shoulder shot. The director uses the eye level shot when Hugh first sees Victoria at the DMV. This shot is used at this moment to help the audience experience the love Hugh feels for Victoria. Another shot the director demonstrates well is the
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In October 1927‚ the first feature film was presented as a silent film‚ The Jazz Singer. Made with a Vitaphone‚ “an instrument that synchronizes motion pictures and sound perfectly‚” it was a major hit to the general public (Eyman). After years of silence‚ someone finally decided to change the disc on the Vitaphone to film‚ introducing audible movies. Since then the introduction of Technicolor‚ Cinemascope‚ and Aromascope used first by the 1960 film‚ Scent of Mystery. All of these new cinematic
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Thesis Statement: There are a wide variety of films out there‚ and they are categorized into many different types however there are 6 major types or genres those are‚ action‚ drama‚ comedy‚ horror‚ musical and science fiction. Types of Films | Characteristics | Examples | Action | Highly charged‚ violence‚ shoot outs‚ car chases‚ kung-fu‚ hero and bad guys | Avengers‚ James Bond‚ Resovoir dogs‚ Departed‚ Kill Bill‚ Dark knight‚ Expendables | Comedy | Humor‚ filled with jokes and loose plot
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The science fiction thriller film ‘Gattaca’‚ directed and written by Andrew Niccol‚ set in the “not too distant future”‚ it portrays a society in which genetic engineering has created an advanced yet dystopian world. In this world‚ we can clearly see that people have secrets and they are willing to lie‚ cheat and even kill to get where they want to be and to be their very best. No one is who they seem to be and everyone has something to hide. Throughout the film‚ there are 3 main characters that
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------------------------------------------------- Techniques for creative teaching Creativity Home About Creativity Defining creativity Elements of creativity Fostering creativity Teaching Creative teachers Techniques for creative teaching Creativity as a course module Evaluating creativity Learn More Resources Research Creative teaching In order to teach creativity‚ one must teach creatively; that is‚ it will take a great deal of creative effort to bring out the most creative thinking
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innovations made in the industry during this time. Classic films released during that decade include Gone With The Wind‚ The Wizard of Oz‚ King Kong‚ and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. One major development that came in the late 1920s was the advent of the synchronized sound system in film. This allowed mass audiences to watch feature length films with dialogue‚ music‚ and sound effects for the first time in history. The development of these films (known as “talkies”) truly came to mainstream cinemagoers
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Spinelli’s Crash is a book about change. The main character‚ Crash (his real name is John Coogan but everyone calls him Crash) changes from a bully to a nice person. Crash was under influence from a bully named Mike Deluca. Another character‚ Penn Webb‚ helps him turn into a nice person. The theme of this book is do not judge a book by its cover. Crash was a bully in many ways‚ so was Mike. For example‚ in the beginning of the story when both Crash and Penn were in first grade‚ Crash knows that
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