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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Word painting is the musical technique of writing music that reflects the meaning of certain words in a song. For example‚ ascending scales would accompany lyrics about going up; slow‚ dark music would accompany lyrics about death. (1) Word painting occurs when the music is composed
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Shortly after that they changed their names and started performing in musicals. From 1917 through 1932 the Astaire siblings performed in ten musical productions in Broadway and London. Lady‚ Be Good! And Funny Face were two of the more successful musicals they were in. Later in 1932 Adele decided to get married which left Astaire all alone. After the retirement of his sister Astaire decided to try out
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Playwright Tom Eyen and composer Henry Krieger first worked together on the 1975 musical version of Eyen’s play The Dirtiest Show in Town. Carter appeared in the musical‚ and her performance inspired Eyen and Krieger to craft a musical about Black back-up singers‚ which was originally called One Night Only and then given the working title of Project #9.[2] Project #9 was workshopped for Joseph Papp; Nell Carter
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there is so much that the city has to offer and you can see for yourselves what all the buzz is truly about. Today‚ I will inform you all on two aspects of entertainment in New York City‚ Broadway Musical and Fifth Avenue shopping. The first Broadway Musical show that I saw was the Lion King. This musical is perhaps the most popular amongst them all. Critic Linda Winer‚ from News Day reported on January 14th‚ 2013‚ that quotes “This is a magnificent‚ wonderful‚ and jaw dropping show”. She continued
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Author: Disney Description: High School Musical is a story about two high school juniors from rival cliques – Troy Bolton‚ captain of the basketball team‚ and Gabriella Montez‚ a beautiful and shy transfer student who excels in math and science. Together‚ they try out for the lead parts in their high school musical‚ and as a result‚ divide the school. Despite other students’ attempts to thwart their dreams‚ Troy and Gabriella resist peer pressure and rivalry‚ inspiring others along the way not
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The Phantom of the Opera The 2004 film‚ The Phantom of the Opera‚ directed by Joel Schumacher ‚ is an adaptation of the Broadway musical The Phantom of the Opera‚ music and book by Andrew Llyod Webber. The musical The Phantom of the Opera is based on the novel by Gaston Leroux. The movie stars Gerard Butler as The Phantom‚ Emmy Rossum as Christine‚ and Patrick Wilson as Raoul‚ in the leading roles. While watching the movie‚ you can’t help but notice all of the spectacular sets. Each of the sets
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The hit musical "Singin’ in the Rain" may possibly be one of if not the greatest musicals of all time. With it’s tale of the film world of the mid 1920’s and its creative underlining love story between Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) and Kathy Selden (Debbie Reynolds)‚ it provokes the interest of someone who would not generally be attracted to a musical. It is a classic masterpiece that set the standards that musical films of today will be judged by. It is a classic performance by the great Gene
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examines the visual representations of working-class masculinity portrayed in Stephen Daldry‟s stage musical adaptation of the film Billy Elliot (2000). After a brief discussion of the portrayal of the male ballet dancer in the dancing scene since the 1990s and the inherent voyeuristic inclinations of contemporary audiences‚ the analysis will focus on five aspects of male presence in Billy Elliot the Musical (2005). The dynamics of working-class masculinity will be contextualised within the framework of
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are a famous songwriting team who have written many songs for movies and plays alike. Their most famous song is sung by Frank Sinatra‚ and is entitled New York‚ New York. They worked together from 1962 all the way upto 2002. They are legends in the musical industry. Cabaret was an excellent play and I would defiantly recommend it to any
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