order to make a bullet spin as it is fired . The two types of markings that rifling produces is grooves and lands. What is a distance determination? How is this done? Distance determination is the process of estimating the distance between where a shot is fired and it’s target. This is done by examination‚testing and comparisons of residues. What is the Greiss Test? The Greiss test is a test that uses chemicals to develop gunpowder residue patterns‚ particularly around bullet holes. When a bullet
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After the completion of the Hammerklavier‚ Beethoven’s passion for the piano sonata refused to dissipate. The next three piano sonatas‚ written over the span of three years‚ have consecutive opus numbers: Op. 109 in E major‚ Op.110 in A flat Major‚ and Op.11 in C minor. Beethoven clearly approached his last three piano sonatas as a single project. In the letters to Adolf Schlesinger dated 30 April 1820 and 20 September 1820‚ Beethoven mentioned that: “I am also very willing to sell you some new sonatas
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One literary technique that authors often employ is to use a character who is a “visitor” to provide insight into a society’s culture. In Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Player Piano‚ the author employs the Shah of Bratpuhr in such a manner. Instead of seeing a society that is better because of its reliance on machines‚ the Shah instead observes that the people of Ilium have become slaves to their machines instead. Instead of observing a society that worships a religious God and looks to him for inspiration
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The scene from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest has many cinematographic meanings. Like most movies made nowadays‚ the way it is shot‚ the camera angle‚ the frame of the shot‚ all those elements were made with a purpose behind. In this clip‚ the frame shows the actions and expresses meaning more is being portrayed in the frame. The clip starts off with a medium close-up of Jack‚ screaming. This close-up can show how frustrated he is at this point‚ which makes the women stop throwing fruits
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There were many mise-en-scene incorporated in the Strip Mall trilogy. This was shown by the flashing lights and letters that seemed to come together as words. In the Dreamscapes film the content was stronger than the Strip Mall trilogy. Because there was a story based around the pictures‚ than just letters thrown on a screen. Although each film had a different storyline‚ they both use similar techniques to show it. Whether through sound‚ lighting‚ or soliloquies. Manipulating time and space involves
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Thanking My Mother for Piano Lessons as an example‚ she was able to escape by playing the piano. In fact‚ she “[…] played her way through fear‚ through ugliness […] and lonely afternoons‚ days‚ evenings‚ nights […].”(Wakoski 56) The need to escape reality is something everybody has felt once in their lives‚ even without realizing it. It’s‚ indeed‚ the reason why so many nightclubs exist in big cities like Montreal. Just like the speaker of the poem was able to escape through a piano‚ some people‚ after
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In Steven Soderbergh’s 2011 hyperlink movie‚ Contagion‚ the scene that I felt was the most significant was the scene when the main character of the movie‚ Mitch‚ witnesses his wife‚ Beth‚ collapse in their kitchen which occurs within the first 20 minutes of the film. The significance of this scene is that this is the first time as a spectator of the film‚ that one realizes how truly sick Beth was. We also are able to realize that up until the point of Beth collapsing and seizing in her kitchen‚ Mitch
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A clear similarity can be seen between; the opening scene of ‘Hamlet’ and the Banquet scene in ‘Macbeth’. They both contain the appearance of a supernatural being‚ in both cases‚ a ghost. He uses the appearance of these characters to appeal to the audience in different ways. The response would definitely vary from groundlings‚ the audience members that pay very little for their tickets and stand beneath stage level‚ to the stands‚ higher caste people which occupy the higher stands with clearer view
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The scene with the street riots in Virginia establishes the conflict between the two races in this environment and many other places similar to it‚ like that of Maycomb County (the setting of To Kill A Mockingbird). The way the two races are separated on opposites sides in the scene symbolises what the way of life is for each both the white and black people. This is similar to in the novel how the whites were prejudiced against the blacks‚ and the separations between the two races‚ but there is
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Discuss the ways in which Hitchcock sets the scene for the audience in the opening minutes of his film ’Rear Window’(1954) - 500 words Camera shots - Close up‚ medium shot‚ long shot‚ wide shot‚ framing. Camera Movements - Pan‚ track‚ crane‚ zoom‚ reverse zoom‚ tilt Editing - Cut‚ montage‚ fade in/out‚ dissolve‚ super impose‚ slow-motion Sound - Soundtrack‚ musical score‚ sound mixing and editing Other useful terms - scene‚ sequence‚ mise-en-scene‚ lighting‚ actor‚ theme‚ narrative‚ style and
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