Tyler Murphy Compare and Contrast Paper (Rough Draft) October 12‚ 2010 B5 Composition & Grammar Watching Movies: At Home vs. Going to the Theaters When deciding between watching a movie/video at home and watching a movie/video in a theater‚ most people base their decision on many things. Some major components people factor in before making a decision on which is way of watching movies
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The Great Escape Movie Review Yash Desai *POW = Prisoner of War “The Great Escape” directed by John Sturges is a movie of high standard and excellence. This action packed adventure‚ released in 1963‚ takes place in Germany at the peak of World War II. Taking us back to 1942‚ The Great Escape documents the escape of 76 prisoners from a special Stalag (prison camp)‚ designed specifically for them. By contrasting color cinematography with a classical soundtrack‚ the movie successfully blends the
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Big screen or small screen? Motion pictures captured the hearts of audiences from their birth and have won millions of devoted fans around the world. Even though later technological developments‚ such as the television‚ the video and more recently the DVD‚ made private viewing of motion pictures possible‚ the big screen has not lost its appeal. Based on my experiences‚ I prefer going to the cinema. There are several reasons for the movie theaters’ permanent popularity. First‚ even the most sophisticated
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Age Appropriate Let’s go to the movies is a phrase most children‚ and adults for that matter love to hear. Whether you’re interested in romance‚ comedy‚ horror‚ or action‚ watching them at home just is not the same as sitting in a theater with a bag of popcorn and a large soda. How do we know which movie will best suit us‚ and which should remain unseen? Well there are ratings for that. As most parents especially those with teens and pre-teens would know there isn’t always an agreement on what is
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When a new medium is introduced‚ an initial opening is created where outsiders that are ready to take a gamble‚ can jump in and establish themselves as thought leaders. In film‚ these innovators were the owners of the first nickelodeons. The nickelodeons were not just proto-theaters‚ they were‚ in fact‚ the first step in introducing a new medium to the public. While nowadays the introduction of new media is a process in which the content is first thoroughly digested by experts before it finally ends
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Sociology 301 9 March 2005 The Impact of Social Norms on Seat Selection at Movie Theaters. Where is the perfect seat? Is it near the front so that the screen fills your visual field? Is it in the back so that in the dark the screen is at a natural height for the eyes? Or is it in the center of the movie theater where the speakers are at the perfect distance to optimize the sound? Only the very first person to enter an empty theater has the opportunity to make a seating decision
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Reading the Visual – Dr Daniel Chandler MC10220 Matthew Ruckwood 03/05/2005 The Perception of Motion Pictures “Why‚ when we look at a succession of still images on the film screen‚ are we able to see a continuous moving image?” During the late 1970s and early 1980s a small group of film scholars radically broke away from the time-honoured explanation of how the human eye (and mind) perceived the apparent motion in cinema. They abandoned the notions of ‘persistence of vision’ and the
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It is not disputed that Cinema Paradiso is not a well recognized and awarded film‚ after winning many awards such as the Special Jury Prize at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival‚ considered to be one of the most prestigious awards within the film industry‚ however I as an audience member cannot help but think that without the superb acting and flawless direction‚ Cinema Paradiso would not be near as good a film if left just to the story alone. I intend to find out whether the film is just a sentimental
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Samsung’s Design Successes Samsung had a string of design successes in the 2000s. For example‚ the Syncmaster series of LCD monitors was lauded for its simple design and went on to win several awards. In the 2000s‚ LCD TVs and Plasma TVs were gaining in popularity‚ while the popularity of the much bulkier projection TVs was waning. Therefore‚ Samsung’s design team started work on developing a slim projection TV based on digital light processing (DLP) technology. The result was the highly
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inemas are a common sight nowadays. They are found in every town. The existence of so many cinemas reflects their popularity. They have indeed become the most popular places of entertainment. The cinema attracts large numbers of people everyday. It is the magnet of the town. It sometimes attracts even those who do not wish to see a film. As it is so popular‚ the cinema exerts a profound influence on the minds of many people‚ young and old. The influence is sometimes good‚ and sometimes it
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