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    is a 1975 American horror thriller film‚ directed by Steven Spielberg and based on a best-selling novel by Peter Benchley. ‘Jaws’ is set at Amity Island of USA. The film is about a police chief Martin Brody of Amity Island‚ a fictional summer resort town; Brody just like other police chief’s tries to protect his people and tourists from a giant white shark by closing the beach although he is overruled by the town council who want the beach to remain open‚ so that the town can make profit from tourists

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    Horror Conventions Essay

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    The typical convention of horror‚ specifically using the colour white‚ is shown in the typography. The colour white connotes the image of ghosts‚ spectral beings that haunt their victims. This connotation gives the audience the feeling of the ghost is gazing at the audience through the DVD cover through the blurry effect and the filter applied to bulge the text giving the text a spectral presence. This is also seen in the film “Entity” with the bold typography and a white figure in the background

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    Jennifer Chenault Comm 101 Introductory Speech 11-06-12. Master of Horror Today I have the honor to introduce and tell you a little about one of America’s and my own favorite novelists. He was born in Maine in 1947. He now resides in a part of Maine with his wife where he also has three children of his own. He was from a typical family until as a young boy his father left to get cigarettes and never returned. He moved around for awhile after that but then his family found their way

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    knew all the quirks of photography until I gaze upon several dozen naked people lying in the streets of New York City and a cynical guy casually taking pictures of them. Wow‚ it hit me‚ now this is a different story. “The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community‚ against his will‚ is to prevent harm to others”. In a liberal society like ours (sort of)‚ I have found that this principle provides reasons for limiting free speech when doing so prevents

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    my essay I would like to take a closer look at advertising films. They have become such a huge part of our lives that I believe it is worth looking at the different strategies the companies use to attract potential viewers. Trailers or “advertisements for films” as they are also known have the difficult task to in no more than 2 minutes introduce the movie but not to spoil the story. The first ever trailer has been shown in a U.S. film theatre in 1913. Ever since then they have come a long way

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    FILM REACTION Rent  is a 2005 American film adaptation of the Broadway musical‚ which was based on Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning musical. The movie depicts the lives of several Bohemians and their struggles with sexuality‚ cross-dressing‚ drugs‚ life under the shadow of AIDS‚ and paying their rent. It takes place in the East Village of New York City in the late 1980s. SYNOPSIS After an introduction with the cast singing "Seasons of Love‚" the film opens with apartment tenants

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    What is sound? Sound is a wave‚ a pattern—simple or complex‚ depending on the sound—of changing air pressure. Sound is produced by vibrations of objects. The vibrations push and pull on air molecules. The pushes cause a local compression of the air (increase in pressure)‚ and the pulls cause a local rarefaction of the air (decrease in pressure). Since the air molecules are already in constant motion‚ the compressions and rarefactions starting at the original source are rapidly transmitted through

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    A Sound of Thunder is a short story written by Ray Bradbury which belongs to the genre of science fiction. Set in a near future where time travel is possible‚ this is the story of a travel agency‚ Time Safari Inc.‚ that arranges hunting trips back in time to hunt dinosaurs. In this case‚ a nervous hunter‚ Eckels‚ steps off the trail‚ and steps on a butterfly. The historical repercussions of the death of a single butterfly‚ compounded by millions of years of effects‚ leaves the hunters to return to

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    Chapter 1 primarily talk about the art of Decision Making. Different types of audience employ different types of decision criteria in different scenarios. It also touches base with the similarities & differences of the decision making criterias among the different types of audience members. Another very interesting factor that this chapter brings up is the Audience expectations. In the words of author – “Expert audiences expect professionals to address their decision criteria.” He illustrates &

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    A Sound Of Thunder What if you can change the future? A Sound of Thunder is a short story written by Ray Bradbury which is in the genre of science fiction. That Takes Place in the future where time travel can happen‚ this is the story of a travel company‚ named Time Safari Inc‚ That takes you to hunting trips back in time to kill dinosaurs. In this case‚ a scared hunter‚ named Eckels‚ steps onto the trail‚ and accidentally steps on a butterfly. The consequences of the death of a butterfly‚ is

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