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    Saving Private Ryan are both exceptional films in sound design History. Both have received outstanding achievements and have an effect on the viewer. In my essay I will compare and contrast the sound design between the two films and how the sound design effects the viewer. Ben Burtt is the sound designer for the Star Wars series he has won an Academy Award for best sound effects editing of Star Wars in 1977 and was nominated for another Academy Award for best sound effects editing in 1999 for Star Wars

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    1. I picked to do the sound design of Star Wars. Sound designer Ben Burtt was responsible for the sound designs in Star Wars the Movie. Example one of the sound design techniques is R2-D2’s voice. Half of his voice is made electronically and the rest of it is a mixture of whistles‚ water pipes‚ and vocalizations by Burtt. Example 2 of the sound design techniques is Chewbacca. His sounds are made out of part of walrus sounds and other animal sounds. Example 3 of the sound design techniques are the

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    published five substantial novels and numerous short stories. Light in August is the culmination of this creative period and is the novel in which Faulkner combines many of his previous themes with newer insights into human nature. In Sartoris‚ The Sound and the Fury‚ and As I Lay Dying‚ Faulkner had examined the relationship of the individual to his family. In his next major novel‚ Absalom‚ Absalom!‚ Faulkner returned to the family as the point of departure for his

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    relationship when it becomes a long-term problem. One of John Gottman’s steps in his Sound Relationship House Theory is to turn towards each other. He uses the example of one person mentioning something outside. The other person either completely ignores the comment‚ acknowledges it but doesn’t give their full attention‚ or turns toward their partner completely. If a partner is withholding‚ they will purposely turn away from their partner‚ leaving them feeling alone and constantly seeking attention and

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    Caroline and Quentin Compson: A struggle with mental illness. Throughout Quentin’s section‚ in The Sound and the Fury the reader is given a plethora of past memories‚ along with Quentin’s current day. And‚ even more so‚ the reader is given the feeling that something is not quite right with Quentin. Rightfully so‚ as in different the different sections of book‚ it is mentioned (and cruelly joked about by Jason) that Quentin kills himself. Although there is believed to be many reasons that could’ve

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    Essay Nonfiction Story In the short story Lessons of love‚ from Silent Dancing by Judith Ortiz Cofer; she uses literary devises to send the purpose of her love story. Cofer’s many literary devices where that of detail‚ simile‚ and personification to emphasize her message and the lessons she learned from her experiences. The use of Cofer’s simile being added helped the reader see better the description of the Italian guy. She mentions “He looked extraordinary like a young Marlon Brando – down

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    Quentin’s neurosis: a psychoanalytic interpretation On looking at The Sound and The Fury‚ Faulkner’s fourth novel ‚ through the lens of psychoanalytic discourse‚ we may easily discover that this novel keenly deals with the various psychoanalytical and psycho-sexual problems of the Compsons family; as a matter of fact‚ Benjy is a congenital moron‚ Quentin suffers from neurosis and melancholia‚ and Jason is a monomaniac. However‚ of the three brothers‚ Quentin deserves our special

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    falls in the woods and no one is there to hear‚ does it make a sound as it falls?" Capricious as this query may appear I have had occasion to entertain just such a notion when‚ as a youth‚ I found an exploratory journey down a deep wood ’s path abruptly halted by the greeting of an enormous fallen tree. The colossal obstacle lay across my path and presented itself a motionless‚ silent guardian that protected that which lay beyond from my further intrusion. What a monumental disturbance must have

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    The excerpt from Silent Spring began by describing a scene we all could recognize: a prosperous farmland‚ with a successful and healthy people inhabiting it. Every detail and description was clear and tangible‚ almost as if the readers could see the scene. This did draw them in‚ but the lack of information found at the end of the piece was able to captivate the readers even more so. At the very end of Carson’s tale‚ we see that the dreary and forlorn town was sprinkled with “a white granular powder

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    Tomorrow‚ and tomorrow‚ and tomorrow Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time‚ And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out‚ out‚ brief candle. Life ’s but a walking shadow‚ a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage‚ And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot‚ full of sound and fury‚ Signifying nothing. (Macbeth: V.v.18-27) These Shakespearean verses lend William Faulkner the title of this novel

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