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    The evolution of sound in cinema Jay Beck General histories of the relationship between sound and image in cinema tend to perpetuate an ocular-centricity (emphasizing vision over the other senses) that dates back to the very earliest experiments in “moving pictures”—a term which itself serves to confuse historians. The vast majority of cinema histories tend to relegate the subject of sound in cinema to a subordinate position by studying the transition to the sound period in the late 1920s and

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    Sound of Thunder

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    A Sound of Thunder‚ Part 1 Ray Bradbury The sign on the wall seemed to quaver under a film of sliding warm water. Eckels felt his eyelids blink over his stare‚ and the sign burned in this momentary darkness: TIME SAFARI‚ INC. SAFARIS TO ANY YEAR IN THE PAST. YOU NAME THE ANIMAL. WE TAKE YOU THERE. YOU SHOOT IT. Warm phlegm gathered in Eckels’ throat; he swallowed and pushed it down. The muscles around his mouth formed a smile as he put his hand slowly out upon the air‚ and in that

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    Perception of Sound Hearing allows us to do our everyday activities and improves our lives. It enables us to communicate‚ socialize‚ and interact in our environment. Good hearing also helps to keep us safe‚ warning us of dangers or alerting us to someone else’s distress. Hearing is necessary for us to be able to participate in life more fully. Our hearing provides us with a huge source of information; some of it is known to us and some we don’t even notice but when combined‚ this information gives

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    Sound of Waves

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    two main characters in William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet was in many ways very similar to the love affair between the two main characters in the book The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima. In both stories‚ the romantic couples had a relationship that was undesired amongst their families‚ they both had obstacles that kept them from each other‚ and both couples had friends that influenced the outcomes of their relationships. The complicated ramifications of two people in love are very clear and

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    Sounds and Smells

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    The place was new to me‚ but the scents and sounds of the countryside pressed round and embraced me. The morning breeze coming fresh from the newly ploughed land‚ the sweet and tender smell of the flowering mustard‚ the shepherd-boy’s flute sounding in the distance‚ even the creaking noise of the bullock-cart‚ as it groaned over the broken village road‚ filled my world with delight. The memory of my past life‚ with all its ineffable fragrance and sound‚ became a living present to me‚ and my blind

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    Sound and Speed

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    SPH3UC – Lesson 1 1. A) Amplitude is the distance between the equilibrium and the maximum displacement. In this wave‚ it would be from the equilibrium to the top of the crest or bottom of the trough. B) C) Speed: m/s Frequency: Hz D) Speed: because speed is constant and not affected by the change in frequency. Wavelength:0.4 Hz. 2. In transvers waves the motion of the particles is perpendicular to the direction of the energy. In longitudinal waves it they are

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    Sound of Thunder Essay “A Sound of The Thunder” is a short story written by Ray Bradbury. This is a story that takes place in the near future where time travel is possible. This story has a lot of adventure‚ fearful‚ and mysterious things that could persuade you to read this story. One thing though‚ is that changes are forever. The story that Ray Bradbury puts in‚ is that if you go back on the past or future‚ it will never change anything even if it’s a small thing because not only that

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    Victor B. Andrews IV Sean Ennis Writ 102 April 24‚ 2013 “Speech Sounds” Speech Sounds is a fictional story written by an African-American science fiction author by the name of Octavia E. Butler. Octavia Butler received both the Hugo and Nebula awards for various works of hers. At a very young age Octavia was diagnosed with dyslexia and had acquired a slight speech impediment‚ which led to ongoing teasing and humiliation from her peers. She was often belittled and bullied by this and also affected

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    Anahi Miranda English Period 6 The Sound Of Thunder WOW! Ray Bradbury explains how easy it can be to the future. In his own story The Sound Of Thunder using imagery and creating suspense using tone and mood. The book can keep uou in suspense on what will happen next because of Rays imagery and tone the book will keep you interested. Everything about his story catches my attention. He goes into time to travel back into the past to see how it was. Second‚ they step into the time

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    determines what instrument is being played. Timbre is created due to the overtones generated by a specific instrument. 4. Track 1: “Stubborn Love”. Each individual instrument adds to the atmosphere created by the instruments as a whole. The song sounds slow‚ emotional‚ and uplifting as a result of the instruments used and note progressions played‚ an example being when the guitar and violin are played together. Track 2: “Wait For Me”. By using loads of different instruments the band has created

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