“I have always had a problem when people say something’s real or not real‚ or normal or abnormal. The meaning of those words is very personal and subjective. I’ve always been confused and never had a clearcut understanding of the meaning of those kinds of words” (BrainyQuote). This quote was spoken by the amazing director and producer‚ Tim Burton. This statement is evident in many of his films. Burton’s whimsical and twisted style is what makes his movies unique. He has his own distinctive style
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The film styles of Casablanca and It Happened One Night were completely different from that of Citizen Kane and The Best Years of Our Lives. Casablanca and the earlier films were all shot with very basic techniques where the frame just focused on the action. However‚ in Citizen Kane and The Best Years of Our Lives everything was in focus in the frame‚ even the events taking place in the background. Rather than just one main conversation or action being the concentration point of the film‚ there were
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I personally feel that James Cameron falls into the auteur theory as a director and falls within the parameters of the definition provided in the reading‚ “directorial style.” (Gocsik 92) Cameron is an auteur of his own filmography. Any concept‚ style of any idea‚ theme or attitude that can be considered as obsessively used. In Cameron’s case this can be seen with his obsession of space and water or combination of both. Cameron’s obsessiveness is apparently clear in his filmography‚ taking into account
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This is a short story about a young girl who is protecting her ten-year-old brother‚ who witnessed a hit man a murder. It all started when Danny the younger brother goes to his doctor’s appointment alone‚ and sees a nurse bend over a very rich man and inject him with a poison. He notices that Danny saw what he did and that makes him a target‚ Danny flees from the hospital and races home using his bike‚ and he gets home and quickly locks the door. His sister Megan starts rambling about how Danny mistreats
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The Master of Suspense “There is no terror in the bang‚ only in the anticipation of it.” Alfred Hitchcock said so eloquently. He was not the man of horror‚ mystery or sudden shock—no‚ Alfred Hitchcock was a man of suspense. He understood the mind and how the anticipation of something was even more fearful than the unknowing. Hitchcock‚ to this day‚ will remain one of the most phenomenal directors of all time because of his keen eye for creativity in the simplest of forms. He created art out
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1. The film I chose from the list of Alfred Hitchcock films is titled “Lifeboat” and it was released on January 11th‚ 1944. They’re quite a few principle characters in this film‚ such as a women named Constance Porter who is a journalist and was filming the battle between a Allied ship and a U-boat. Another character is a man named John Kovac who is black gang oiler‚ then their is CJ Rittenhouse Jr. a wealthy man‚ also their is a man named Gus Schmidt who changed his last name to Smith due to the
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In the story‚ The Boarded Window‚ there is usage of magic realism towards the end of the story where the man gets visions of lighting and loud noises‚ and a unique vision when the panther supposedly attacked the wife. Waking up the next day to find the panther’s ears in between the wife’s teeth ‚ holds the true essence of magic realism. The boarded window itself represents Murlock. The passage also tells us that he did not board the window because of the hatred for light and air but some other reason
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“Yes‚ very much so‚ this is significantly noticeable through the reoccurring motif of the birds. I purposely used immobile birds‚ which are represented throughout the movie in photographs or as stuffed birds. The reason for this is because ordinarily‚ birds are liberated‚ however‚ though the use of immobile birds it metaphorically symbolises that both of the predominant characters‚ Marion and Norman are constricted‚ just like the birds. The use of birds is also a reflection of characters‚ which conveys
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The 1960’s The 1960’s were a time of radical change. It was a decade where people began to question authority‚ and time of confrontation. The decade’s radicalism began with the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November of 1963. This event changed the country’s idealistic views‚ and started an upheaval of civil rights movements. Baby boomers started a new perception‚ and formalized the act of resistance to war. There were also many of whom‚ turned violent and rebellious; in their effort to fight
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Discussion Question #1: Choose any current social problem that interests you and explain it from each of the sociological perspectives as explained in the two part presentation and the assigned article. In today’s society we are faced with many social problems‚ such as: Poverty Healthcare Education Domestic Violence Substance Abuse and Addiction Parenting Peer pressure global warming broken family’s homelessness Children are our future‚ it’s very important to take care of
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