Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 film based on the dysfunctional Hoover family who set out to fulfil their daughter Olive’s goal of winning the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant‚ directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The film serves as a satirical criticism of the American Dream through the exploration of the themes winning and losing‚ by exposing the flaws of society today‚ and advocating a loser status above artificiality. Through an array of film techniques‚ Dayton and Faris successfully
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1. The lighting and set design performance by Kristin Chenoweth looked more professionally overall compared to Ben Hensley’s performance. In Chenoweth’s performance‚ she was positioned stage left‚ and had calm blue lighting in the background with a grand piano. Additionally‚ the main focus was on Kristin‚ the camera person had an up close view that had lighting that flattered her face. On the other hand‚ Hensley’s performance was distracting because he was not the main focus. There were too many
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Women’s Renaissance Costumes Keywords: Women’s Renaissance Costumes‚ Women’s Renaissance clothing Although women’s Renaissance clothing styles changed from year to year‚ the basic styles remained the same. Long dresses with detachable sleeves‚ tight-fitting bodice‚ linen chemises and a fuller skirt that would hang down to the ankles. The sleeves often had a special relevance to the wearer‚ sometimes they were a gift from the groom to his newly-wedded wife‚ or a symbol of their family heritage passed
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actors and singers. A very precise performance with expert actors and actresses. Amazing voices came from the mouths of these young kids. The costumes were amazing and accurately portrayed for the play and each character. Because they were apart of an orphanage and very poor their costumes were raggedy and old and used. Yet‚ even though the costumes weren’t the prettiest they even fit each character perfectly. The sweet little girl of the show had on old girly clothes. With brighter‚ but murkier
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Character is the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual. Martin Luther King Jr. once said “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin‚ but by the content of their character”. What would happen in the world if people were judged by what is on the inside and not what you see? People would have to take the time to get to know people before they could conclude anything about them‚ and maybe if compassion
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of long life‚ a vault is an ironic place to be killed. Another‚ antagonist’s name and his dress the most significant ironies in the text. The antagonist wears a cloud costume which generally amuses people and makes them laugh. He also has a hat with jingling bells. It is again ironic that he was killed in such an amusing costume. Moreover the antagonist’s name is Fortunato and it means lucky but at the end he is killed by one of his closest friends. This also constitues an irony. Mottos which
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Bibliography: “Learn about Kabuki Onnagata.” Amason.com (accessed May 28‚ 2009) “Kabuki Costumes and Makeup.” Comm.unt.edu (accessed May 28‚ 2009) “Noh and Kabuki Costumes.” Comm.unt.edu (accessed May 28‚ 2009) “Noh Costumes and Masks.” Co
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Designer Profile Collette Dinnigan started her career in fashion in New Zealand attending Wellington Polytechnic in her late teens. After she graduated‚ she moved to Australia to begin working for the Costume Department of the Australian Broadcasting Commission in Sydney. In her time working at the Costume Department of the Australian Broadcasting Commission‚ Dinnigan developed an acute attention to detail and an authentic perspective on fabrication and design. External Factors Influencing Dinnigan
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and Ilsa are reunited in the presence of Victor Laszlow and Captain Louis Renault at Rick’s Café emphasizes the tensions which arise from Rick and Ilsa’s obligations to love and sacrifice. Elements of mise-en-scène‚ particularly lighting‚ acting‚ costume‚ make-up‚ and staging‚ reveal the tensions between Rick and Ilsa‚ generate different sympathies for each of the characters‚ and implicitly exacerbate the pervading Nazi threat. On a broader scale‚ the stylistic elements cultivate ideological sympathy
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him. This is an example of a man having great power over a woman‚ as Krogstad is able to blackmail Nora with something that she’s desperate to keep from her spouse. If I were directing this play‚ I would make specific costume choices for these characters. I would use the costume choices to further display the harsh division of status between the two genders. I would have Nora dressed in a long white dress suitable for the 1800s. The dress would be simple‚ plain‚ but frilly at the bottom. It would
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