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    In today’s popular culture it is expected of people to have the newest and most popular items‚ and this reflects back on one’s social status. The message that is being pushed at people is that we need more stuff and the stuff we already have isn’t good enough. People watch reality television shows such as Keeping up with the Kardashians and watch people who not only have the ability to own multiple cars and have walk in closets filled with the newest fashions but normalize this behavior and make

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    Film and Vertigo

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    Film Theory & Analysis Vertigo (1958) Vertigo‚ directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1958‚ is a psychological thriller that is said to be Hitchcock’s most personal and revealing film. Vertigo was a failure in the box office‚ but later became to be the premier of pure cinema. Through the use of formal elements such as lighting‚ color‚ spacing‚ and sound Hitchcock brings the film off of the screen and into the audience’s head. The themes presented in Vertigo: love‚ sex‚ obsession‚ and

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    Film 100

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    Notes from film: What is Cinema January-10-13 8:13 PM • An art form‚ an artistic spectacle‚ an aesthetic language with its own grammar and style‚ a ‚medium of communication and expression • A series of still image on a strip of plastic which‚ wen run through a projector shown on a screen‚ creates the illusion of moving images.     • Form ( film language) and content ( message) are linked. The message is understood through its form or language by exploring how it uses

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    Parody In Popular Music

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    There are many reasons why people would rather listen to song parodies rather than their original counterparts. Song parodies give people who are either not informed on current mainstream music‚ or people who do not enjoy trending popular songs ways to enjoy the music without the original artist and lyrics‚ while also giving the audience that enjoys the original versions a humorous alternative. Musical artists create song parodies because they are not meant to be taken as a genuine piece of work

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    George Melies and his contributions to cinema history The film industry encompasses technological and commercial organizations of filmmaking. The story of the Kelly Gang was the first feature film to be produced and its production was done in Australia. This film was produced and directed by Charles Tait and Dan Barry in 1906. By 1911‚ other countries were also beginning to show some interest in feature films. The modern film industry has evolved over the years and it is still evolving. Famous

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    In the article Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema‚ published in 1975‚ Laura Mulvey‚ a British film critic‚ has set out the concept of visual pleasure named scopophilia (Mulvey 485) and explained its presence in Hollywood cinema. She points out that this scopophilia is taken from “the pleasure in using another person as an object of sexual stimulation” (Mulvey 487)‚ explains that when men looked at women‚ men as the subject can get scopophilia by looking at women in the object position. In contrast

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    Evolution of Film

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    creating movies and just as much is spent on viewing them. To keep up with popular demand‚ the industry is always changing and the equation to form a great movie is continually developing. While at one time the public ran to the nearest theater to view the latest silent slap stick comedy‚ today we reserve tickets through Fandango and watch blockbusters with multi-million dollar superstars. Beginning with short silent films‚ movies have evolved over the years in different stages including: the Golden

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    Hong Kong Popular Music

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    Da Yuan Instructor: Nicholaus Meyers MUSC 100: Music Appreciation 11th November‚ 2012 The Popular Music in Hong Kong When talk about the popular music we know the 1960s was the golden age of world’s popular music‚ and also the rock and roll. Hong Kong also followed the world’s step. The Hong Kong music was full of happy and freedom atmosphere since Hong Kong economic started to fly at that time. Young people began to contact the western trend. Radio became the main channel of music. The

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    Baseball Popular Culture

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    Baseball and American Popular Culture Baseball is an integral part of American pop culture. Many Americans grow up with baseball‚ playing it before they can even count all the bases. It is glorified‚ taught‚ and fed to us. When we play baseball‚ we find a respect for the game. The respect we gain from playing it has turned the game into a tradition of American culture. It has formed itself into the business of professional baseball‚ namely major league baseball. Professional players have become

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    Fandom in Popular Culture

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    River Steinberg Fandom in Popular Culture Everyone is a fan of something. Whether it’s a sports team‚ celebrity‚ or television show there is at least one thing that a person enjoys to partake in‚ talk about‚ etc. Yet when does becoming too much of a fan – or a fanatic – become a problem? This question raises concern because recently many different fan bases or fandoms of certain movies‚ books‚ etc. have been criticized over the last decades due to their extreme dedication and obsession. Some people

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