Value of Film Statistics can be used to show that Britain’s film industry is now the third biggest in the world and a prime destination for inward investment. This success story was heralded by James Purnell‚ new Minister for the Creative Industries‚ in a speech to the Institute of Public Policy Research in June this year.[1] But what is the relation of this economic success to the vibrancy and breadth of our film culture? A further look at the statistics provided by the UK Film Council for
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Film authorship‚ or auteurism‚ is a way in which film can be categorised according to the stylistic and narrative elements of the director. Auteur theory usually attributes the creation of a films artistic style solely to the director. Film authorship can be explored as a commercial‚ textual‚ or critical category as explained below in relation to the films of director David Lynch. The concept of the director as “auteur” was brought about in an article by French film critic Alexandre Astruc featured
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Introduction: Purpose of the Film This documentary is written‚ directed and produced by Michael Moore and is about the social repercussions of capitalism as well as corporate and government issues that conflict with the basic needs of people and their families. Moore takes a liberal humanistic look at the consequences of General Motors closing down several auto plants in Flint‚ Michigan in the late 1980’s and what can happen when a city is almost completely reliant on a single industry that shuts
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APPLIED ETHICS A. What is applied ethics? 1. So far we have been focused either on normative ethics‚ which studies what features make something good/bad‚ an act right/wrong or a trait virtuous or vicious - or metaethics‚ which studies philosophical questions about the meaning of ethical words‚ or the nature of ethical facts 2. Applied ethics is a distinct category of ethical philosophy A. What is applied ethics? 3. Deals with difficult moral questions and controversial moral issues that people actually
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Faculty of Health‚ Arts & Design Unit Outline SOC10004 Sociological Foundations Study Period 1 2015 Please read this Unit Outline carefully. It includes: PART A Unit summary PART B Your Unit in more detail PART C Further information PART A: Unit Summary Unit Code(s) SOC10004 Unit Title Sociological Foundations Duration 13 weeks Total Contact Hours You should expect to spend c. 12 hours a week (including formal contact) in a 12.5 credit point unit Requisites: Pre-requisites Nil
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ARISTOTLE THEORY OF JUSTICE APPLIED TO MODERN SOCIETY. The problem about justice has been found present throughout history‚ in this way‚ Aristotle himself and tried to define it‚ dividing it into the so-called Private Law‚ or law of the polis‚ and the Common Law‚ that which is present in nature. The main doctrines define justice‚ as the set of rules and regulations that can regulate conduct between individuals‚ on the permissiveness avalación‚ prohibition and restriction of certain behaviors or
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“Her (2013)‚” a film about a professional letter writer‚ Theodore Twombly‚ who falls in love with his operating system‚ Samantha. In the film‚ Theodore’s relationship with Samantha is questioned‚ a couple of times‚ to be real or not. From the outside‚ it seems impossible for an artificial intelligence with no physical body to be conscious and capable of having mental states. Though‚ before one can decide if Samantha is truly conscious‚ they should first consider all of the theories of consciousness
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In sociology there are four major theoretical traditions that sociologists and students study. The four theories are Functionalism‚ Conflict Theory‚ Symbolic Interactionism‚ and Feminism. This essay will discuss what those theories really mean and the scientists who study them. The first theory is Functionalism. Functionalism is the theory that human behaviour is influenced by social structure and is based on shared values. It is in the macro-level of society. The theorists who are involved with
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Applied Econometrics Applied Econometrics Introduction Outline FEM11090-12 Applied Econometrics Nalan Basturk Erasmus University Rotterdam Econometric Institute basturk@ese.eur.nl http://people.few.eur.nl/basturk/ Introduction Course Introduction Course Organization Motivation Introduction Today Regression Linear Regression Ordinary Least Squares Linear regression model Gauss-Markov conditions and the properties of OLS estimators Example: individual wages Goodness-of-fit 1 / 42 2 / 42
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Matthew J The Social Developmental Value of Theatre Arts 07/01/2013 Applied Theatre is an umbrella term used to describe theatre and drama based practices with the aim of social development. The topics can range from targets of community building‚ protest‚ cultural awareness and sensitivities‚ harm reduction‚ religion‚ health‚ socio-economic representation‚ and educational purposes. Within Applied Theatre‚ there are no set traditional theatrical methods but a preference towards innovative
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