La La Land and the use of Mise en Scene La La Land (2016) is a film directed and written by Damian Chazelle (dir.) known for directing the film Whiplash (2014). The acting stars‚ Emma Stone (perf.) as “Mia” and Ryan Gosling (perf.) as “Sebastian”. Mia‚ an aspiring actress and Sebastian an aspiring jazz musician. The film location is set in a modern-day Los Angeles and was shot on location and in Warner Bros. Studios. Chazelle states “it’s an homage to the musicals of the 1950’s and the
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Kimba K Cine 105-Tues/ Thurs 6:00 p.m. Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas/ Film Analysis August 14‚ 2011 In the film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas‚ Johnny Depp delivered an over the top performance with his depiction of Hunter S. Thompson‚ the notoriously wild and drug addicted father of “gonzo journalism.” His acting is considered “believable” as Depp applied a variety of techniques to accurately portray this author. Depp used facial expressions to convey the roller coaster of tumultuous
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Throughout the dystopian novel 1984‚ Orwell illustrates a country with no ambition by incorporating varying tones‚ irony and paradoxes into the writing. Irony and paradoxes meaning possess similarities because the two literary devices contain contradicting thoughts. However‚ a paradox reveals the truth through a contradicting statement while irony differs by containing humor. Furthermore‚ the authors’ tone creates a tremendous influence on the citizens’ judgments by putting emphasis on certain words
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Success by Chance? In Gladwell’s opening chapter of Outliers‚ he begins to tell us about where success comes from. Right away he makes clear that people do not come from nothing‚ to be successful‚ all on their own. He does this because you often here sports broadcasters say‚ “John Doe‚ came from absolutely nothing‚ to become this sports All-Start.” Gladwell uses the analogy of the tallest tree in the forest. He says that that tree does not get to be the tallest on its own. Gladwell reminds us that
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For my art analysis essay‚ I decided to analyze the statue name “Offering Bearer” located in the Egyptian gallery 105 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This statue’s artist is unknown‚ it belongs to the Dynasty 2‚ early reign of Amenemhat I (ca. 1981-1975 B.C.)‚ its dimensions are H: 112 (44 1/8 inches)‚ W: 17cm (6 11/16 inches) and D: 46.7cm (18 3/8 inches). This Egyptian statues material used are wood‚ gesso and paint. The museum provides a brief description about the Offering Bearer saying that
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subject genre is still life. The image is impressionism. Oil and Crayon Watercolour paint was used with a variety of different style brushes. It is a natural piece The Rain of Auvers can be found at the National Museum of Wales Analysis The colours used in the artwork are earthy tones with various browns‚ greens‚ yellows‚ blues and some violet. These colours create a sense of harmony on the painting as each colour moulds into the scenario thus heightening the expressive qualities
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George Buttrick was (for many years) pastor of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York. One week he had been off on a speaking engagement and was flying back to New York City. On the plane he had a pad and a pencil and he was making some notes for next Sunday’s sermon. The man seated next to him was eyeing him with curiosity. Finally‚ the curiosity got the best of him‚ and so he said to Buttrick: "I hate to disturb you-you’re obviously working hard on something-but what in the world
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George Gershwin (1898-1937) was taken from this life tragically at the early age of 38 by a brain tumor. While he was here he demonstrated to be not only one of the great songwriters of the contemporary time period‚ but he was also considered one of the most gifted composers of the twentieth century whose contribution to music history included conjoining the genres of popular and classical music. George Gershwin’s impact has been felt on Broadway as well as the jazz world through his various works
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Saturday Night and Sunday Morning focuses on Arthur Seaton (Albert Finney) who would rather spend his time drinking and womanising than being “ground down” in a domestic lifestyle. It has been argued that British New Wave films are very focussed on this nature of the male identity. The film is regarded as a “kitchen sink drama” due to its blunt realist portrayal of England’s working class. Screenplay writer Arthur Sillitoe was regarded as an “angry young man” and Saturday Night and Sunday Morning clearly
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Technique Analysis of ‘Shooting an elephant’ Written by George Orwell Essay by Arthur Diennet In 1936‚ George Orwell published his short story ‘Shooting an elephant’ in an English magazine. Since then‚ it has been republished dozens of times and holds a place as a definitive anti-colonial piece of literature‚ in an era where the British Empire was at its peak and covered almost 1/3 of the Earth’s surface. George Orwell believed that “…imperialism was an evil thing...” and uses much themes
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