Music in Cuba Throughout history and in modern times‚ music has played a pivotal role in the Cuban culture on the island and in other areas around the world. The roots of Cuban music originate in West-Africa and Spain‚ which coincides with a history filled with settlers and their slaves. Unfortunately‚ there are almost no traces of musical roots back to the pre-colonial tribes which inhabited Cuba.This is because of the massive colonization that basically rendered those civilizations extinct.
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There were many changes in marketing and distribution of films from end of the silent period to the modern digital period. There was a studio system that existed at the end of the silent period and collapsed in 1949 with a court ruling. During this same time a sales era of marketing existed. After the Second World War the sales era was replaced with a new way of thinking and sales and marketing were not synonymous anymore. Marketing after World War II meant finding out what consumers’ needs and wants
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Performance Management Platform – A Pivotal Foundation for Breakthrough Performance Ravee Ramamoothie University of Liverpool Abstract Strategy execution is a topic of practical importance and its success depends on how an organization integrates and aligns the business units and the employee performance to the strategic goals of the organization. However‚ many organizations find that their strategic goals realization is not optimized. One of the key issues is that the strategy and the
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Eye Witness Testimony “Eyewitness testimony is so unreliable that it should never be used in convicting criminals”. Eyewitness testimony is a legal term. It refers to; an account given by person(s) of an event they’ve witnessed. Eyewitness testimony is admissible in a court of law to assist in the conviction of individuals. In 1976‚ the Devlin report examined over 2000 identity parades in the U.K. Of the 2000 parades‚ 45% resulted in a suspect being identified and out of these‚ 82% were eventually
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Approaches to Drama: Portfolio Assignment 1 Film Drama and Review Writing: Hamlet on film Gregory Doran (dir.)‚ Hamlet (2009). [RSC production on film; David Tennant as Hamlet] Gregory Doran’s adaption of Hamlet‚ puts a modern-spin on one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays. Filled with scheming‚ betrayal‚ violence‚ and intrigue‚ the cast of talented actors including David Tennant (Hamlet)‚ Patrick Stewart (Claudius)‚ Penny Downie (Gertrude) and Oliver Ford Davies (Polonius) provide a refreshing
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THE IMPACT OF FILM Since the start of the 20th century‚ Film has been used to reflect specific cultures as well as affect them. It is an important art form‚ a source of popular entertainment‚ and a powerful medium for educating or indoctrinating citizens because of its visual basis‚ which gives it a universal power of communication. Every country has stories to tell‚ about their past‚ present‚ and what the future will look like through their eyes. Examples of how Film has been used to reflect
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Although that the film is a rural comedy‚ Berlanga imitates some of the most important film genres: western‚ film noir‚ epics and Soviet Realism. These different genres‚ most of them American‚ are used in the dream sequences of the film. With those dreams‚ the director tried to explain the fears and ambitions of the characters and to make a relationship between the genres and the ideology of the characters. The first character that we see dreaming in the film is Don Cosme who is the priest of the
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of many great talents. He is someone who pushes himself beyond our imaginations to provide his audience with entertainment. Looking at the two films My Left Foot and Gangs of New York‚ we are presented with two controversial characters played by Day-Lewis. Presented in these two films‚ Day–Lewis allows the audience to forget that they are watching a film by allowing them to become part of the world that has been created by the actors as well as the directors and their incredible filming techniques
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Characters- be they villains‚ vagrants‚ kings‚ or commoners – are the essence of Shakespeare’s plays. The essence of anything lies in the set of attributes that render it the characteristics of its substance‚ purpose and function. In Shakespeare’s play‚ “Macbeth”‚ the essence of the play are the characters. Shakespeare uses a variety of different characters and all of them carry a different idea about our society. This includes kings‚ who carry the idea of chivalry‚ majesty and kindness; villains
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In the article “Are We Witnessing the Death of Modesty?”‚ the author discusses her viewpoints on modesty. She points out that the absence of modesty is becoming increasingly more evident in today’s society‚ while the values of self-respect and purity are declining. She also expresses her deep concern for future generations in regards to the impact that immodesty may leave. According to the author’s beliefs‚ people are losing sight of the importance of modesty and the significance it should hold within
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