All nine of us girls from Simply Dancing Dance Studio sat criss cross on the floor surrounded by a hundred other dancers. The room was filled with so much laughter‚ the voice of the announcer could barely be heard. The announcer was a short‚ scrawny man who had one of those smiles that lit up a room. He rattled off the scores of all 327 of the dance entries in about two seconds. Once he finished‚ he took a deep breath and went into some long speech about how impressive all of the dances were‚ telling
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Marcus Pennie Written Communication September 9‚ 2012 My darkest hour was also the moment I became a man. When all my years of training‚ all the blood‚ sweat‚ and tears of running‚ aiming‚ skills training‚ and hand to hand combat had finally been put to the test. My first kill. It wasn’t a proud moment but it was one on necessity and choice that I’ve played over and over again and I still get the same result. It would have gone exactly the same. September 21st 1999‚ 1327 Zulu time. We
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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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On 02/19/2017 at approximately 0230 hours deputies were dispatched to 121 W. Garfield in Argonia‚ KS. Dispatch advised the calling party had just had a gun pulled on her and her boyfriend. Shots were fired at the calling party and her boyfriend. The suspect had left the area in a purple vehicle or possibly a red mustang. The calling party said they were not injured but did request EMS for bleeding and a head wound. As I was driving to the location I contacted the calling party and notified her I
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.54 (also known as Studio 54) is a 1998 American drama film written and directed by Mark Christopher‚ loosely based on the late 1970s epopea of Studio 54‚ a world-famous New York City disco club‚ the main setting of the film. It stars Ryan Phillippe‚ Salma Hayek‚ and Neve Campbell. It also stars Mike Myers as Steve Rubell‚ the co-founder of the club. Contents [hide] 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Critical reaction 5 Home media 6 References 7 External links Plot[edit] Shane O ’Shea (Ryan
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Movies have been around since Thomas Edison’s invention of the Kinetoscope in 1894. The Kinetoscope‚ or peep show‚ was a tall‚ wooden box that allowed a person to look inside and see moving images. Viewing images was made possible by the film moving past a shutter over a light source. The Kinetoscope‚ however‚ had a two major flaws: the images viewed were jerky and didn’t move smoothly‚ and the viewing time for one show was only twenty seconds. Improvements to the Kinetoscope allowed it to hold more
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Metropolis The technique combined miniature sets and live actors which allowed the miniature sets to be turned into full scale shots through the use of mirrors. Lang wanted to insert actors into the shots of the skyscrapers and other scenes so Schufftan had to develop a method that would allow him to do so. A plate of glass was placed in front of the camera lens‚ Schufftan then used the camera’s viewfinder to trace an outline of the area where they desired to place the actors. German Expressionism
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Cinema has gone through numerous iterations since it inception in the late 1800s. Although film-making varied from generation to generation‚ one thing remained constant and that was the eight major Hollywood studios. Many of these studios are around today such as Warner Brothers‚ MGM‚ and Universal Pictures. Most of the studio’s longevity was based off of their involvement during the height of the studio era commonly referred to as the “Golden Age of Hollywood.” Throughout this essay I will decipher
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GENERATION GAP "When you are as old as me now‚ you will have the same opinions as me" - said my mother when we had a sensational discussion. I can’t understand what she said. I thought much about it and I realized that we have many differences. So what is its cause? I think the main cause is the generation gap. "Generation gap" is a popular term used to describe the wide differences between members of younger generation and their older. A generation gap exists when older and younger people don’t
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Numerous critics and the American Film Institute itself considers the musical film Singin’ in the Rain the greatest American musical. Singin’ in the Rain qualifies itself for this title by perfectly integrating music into the narrative and evolving the musical genre. In terms of the musical genre‚ Singin’ in the Rain excels in its use of musical performances to exemplify character’s emotional state of mind and preserving realism. The musical Singin’ in the Rain excels in every category of the musical
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