Matriculation number: A0085975J Module: TS1101e Tutorial class: W3 AY2011-2012‚ Term 2 Performance Critique of Tom’s Stoppard’s THE REAL THING On Thursday‚ 23rd February‚ I watched a play titled “The Real Thing”‚ written by Tom Stoppard‚ and directed by Nick Perry. It was presented by The Stage Club‚ at DBS Arts Centre. The play centres on themes including love and relationships‚ adultery‚ honesty‚ fiction and reality‚ and the functions of various aspects of mise-en-scene assist in bringing
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A Semiotic Approach on How Meaning can Be Created In An Audience “Human intellectual and social life is based on the production‚ use‚ and exchange of signs” (Danesi‚ 2002) As Danesi (2002) states‚ signs are an integral part of society; from watching television‚ listening to music‚ reading‚ writing or talking‚ we are engaged in sign based behaviour. This engagement with signs is known as the study of semiotics. Dating back to 460-377BC‚ with the founder of Western medical science‚ Hippocrates
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“Vogue Armenia” and Fashion Show Opening Event Marketing Plan MKT 369 Practicum in Marketing Communications Professor Gail Hamilton & Louise Holloway Prepared by: Anahit Grigoryan‚ Ani Oganesian‚ Nairi Zovelian April 27‚ 2012 Table of Contents Executive Summary…………………………………………………………………………………………………3 Current Marketing Situation……………………………………………………………………………………4 SWOT Analysis………………………………………………………………………………………………………..6 Target Market…………………………………………………………………………………………………………6 Positioning and Competitive
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This paper aims to focus on the “Bomba” films that were shown in the independent film‚ “Serbis”‚ and their significance to the story. I will analyze the posters‚ signages and film semiotically and show its relevance to the plot. I will show what the “Bomba” film is about and how its seen in a cultural context to show what it really signifies when seen in the movie. Together with the concept of mis en scene‚ that every part of the frame has a meaning‚ those posters and signages will make you see the
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FILM LANGUAGE FILM LANGUAGE A Semiotics of the Cinema Christian Metz Translated by Michael Taylor The University of Chicago Press Published by arrangement with Oxford University Press‚ Inc. The University of Chicago Press‚ Chicago 60637 © 1974 by Oxford University Press‚ Inc. All rights reserved. English translation. Originally published 1974 Note on Translation © 1991 by the University of Chicago University of Chicago Press edition 1991 Printed in the United States of America 09 08 07 6
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The whole video of Pyraminds by Frank Ocean has him going through Alice in Wonderland kind of adventures in an almost sleep walking‚ dream state. He talks about his girlfriend cheating on him and finally ending up working at a strip club by drawing parallels between that and historical Egyptian Queen Cleopatra. Thought the first few shots of him shooting at a bar and walking in the rain don’t make sense initially‚ We can later conclude that maybe his dazed state throughout the video is due tot he
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concerned with the study of human language. And as it is known for anyone who is specialised in the field‚ it is divided into branches that consist of semantics which is the study of meaning at the level of words and concepts‚ at the second stage comes semiotics which means the use of symbols ‚images to convey meaning‚ and thirdly we have pragmatics where meaning is understood through the context. So our attempt in this essay is the study of Ezra Pound’s poem ’The Garden ’from three perspectives‚ semantically
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find out how women have changed between 1930 and 1960 and the effect Vogue has had on women’s lives. Vogue has not only contributed to the acceptance of trends in the fashion and beauty industry‚ but in addition has become a reward in the changed in cultural thinking‚ actions and dress of women. Vogue is the world’s most influential fashion magazine‚ first founded by Kelly Trepkowski‚ writing on art‚ culture and politics. Vogue is regularly criticized‚ along with the fashion industry it writes about
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“Look at the Pretties!” A semiotic analysis investigating the representation of gender and power through visual codes in Firefly RACHEL CHOI (N753511) Queensland University of Technology A self-proclaimed feminist‚ Joss Whedon is renowned and admired for his positive representation of women throughout his oeuvre. His history of writing strong female characters appears to perpetuate his American space western series Firefly (2002-2003) with characters like Inara and Kaylee who‚ on the surface
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Semiotics in Fashion Photography: Does it affect culture as much as culture affects it? Introduction Fashion Photography has taken quite the belittling from the conventional world of photography. Where other forms of photography ‘naturally’ capture beauty‚ fashion photography is have said to be too meticulous in ‘setting up’ the photograph. . Brookes states that‚ “fashion advertising‚ in particular‚ is seen as negating the purity of the photographic image. We see the typical [in fashion photography]
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