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    were given the choice to obey or disobey God. In the movie‚ Pleasantville‚ directed by Gary Ross‚ there is a television show named Pleasantville. The show is about people who live in this small‚ secluded town. They are unable to leave their town‚ and they are unaware of what is going on. They have not been introduced to free will‚ so they do not recognize what it is. When two characters‚ David and Jennifer‚ become trapped inside Pleasantville‚ they introduce free will to the town. At first‚ it is unacceptable

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    Speech – Pleasantville directed by Gary Ross Untitled by Simple Plan How do visual techniques develop and convey meaning Good morning/Afternoon class and teacher. Today I’m going to be speaking about how Garry Ross the director of Pleasantville‚ and Simple Plan’s Untitled‚ develop and convey meaning through the use of visual techniques. Gary Ross develops his ideas of change by using various visual techniques to emphasize an awakening throughout the characters of Pleasantville. He addresses

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    positive word. The movie that I chose to dissect in a feminist point of view was Gary Ross’ Pleasantville starring Toby Maguire and Reese Witherspoon. The movie is about two teenage siblings that fight over a remote to watch television and end up breaking the remote. A remote repairman comes to give them a brand new remote. Once they start using the remote‚ they get sucked into the current show‚ Pleasantville‚ and are in a 50’s set of a television show. When Jennifer and David realize that they became

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    The play “Shoe horn sonata” written by Misto creates and manipulates images that challenge the audience’s beliefs and attitudes. This is shown throughout the techniques. Other examples of this are also shown through the movie “Pleasantville” by Garry Ross and the song “across the universe” by the Beatles. The Beatles song “Across the universe”‚ chosen words and lyrics helps identify the emotion that is being portrayed and also may give a visual image from the thoughts that are felt through the

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    1. I am going to describe David and his sister Jennifer. Before David “jumped” into PLEASANTVILLE‚ he is isolated. He only has one friend‚ when he wants to hang out with a girl‚ he pretends that he is talking to the girl‚ but the truth is he stands a hundred yards across the schoolyard from the girl. He reads all the books‚ and was addicted himself to the firm: Pleasantville which he can remember all the name of the person‚ all relationships between every characteristic‚ all the words they said‚

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    In the movie Pleasantville‚ a brother and sister from modern day became part of a black and white ‘50s television show called Pleasantville. This was done using a special remote given to the main character David‚ by a TV repairman. In the beginning David believed Pleasantville should remain the same. Pleasantville was his utopia; he thought everything was perfect. His sister Jenn was determined to change Pleasantville. Jenn thought people acted like losers‚ and wanted them to be “cool”. David later

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    Pleasantville essay “We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of inertia and the irksomeness of action‚” - Learned Hand. During the 50s Hand was seen a defender of civil rights when subversion‚ the downfall or corruption of something‚ was on the verge of dividing the nation‚ also known as the Red Scare. So‚ this quote is relevant to the film‚ Pleasantville‚ directed and written by Gary Ross because not only

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    Pleasantville Popular culture is the artistic and creative expression in entertainment and style that appeals to society as whole. It includes music‚ film‚ sports‚ painting‚ sculpture‚ and even photography. It can be diffused in many ways‚ but one of the most powerful and effective ways to address society is through film and television. Broadcasting‚ radio and television are the primary means by which information and entertainment are delivered to the public in virtually every nation around the

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    Champagne English 2231 Unit 1 Essay: Pleasantville October 5‚ 2005 The visual medium in motion picture films is the core ingredient that makes cinematography so fascinating to its audiences. Through the film mechanisms such as composition‚ camera work‚ and color‚ a story is brought to life on screen. The components of a single scene can reveal the films intended message whether it is obvious to the viewer or hidden in its visual details. The 1998 film Pleasantville is a prime example. The scene

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    Sarp Parmaksiz English 1B The movie “Pleasantville” is a very successful movie that based on change and finding actual self. Throughout the movie‚ changes can be seen. In the movie‚ the television show called “Pleasantville” portraits people’s ignorance and unawareness of themselves‚ their emotions‚ and what surrounds them. Furthermore‚ the dullness of the Pleasantville indicated with black and white‚ as if it was lacking the colors of the life. David does not have a good life in real

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