Using the director’s and prop managers’ choices of lighting‚ soundtrack‚ and certain camera angles‚ Double Indemnity manages to set a specific mood of dangerous and doomed attraction. This atmosphere is brilliantly conveyed through the strategic use of low-key lighting. In black and white cinematography‚ an effect‚ called chiaroscuro‚ is implemented to give the film an air of mystery and crime. Based on a painting technique of the same name‚ cinematographers set the scene such that darkness dominates
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Double indemnity was made just after the war‚ during a period of time where men felt insecure‚ as women had become more powerful and independent. This is represented in the film by a negative portrayal of Phyllis. A common type of woman featuring in noir films is the femme fatale‚ which challenges the most traditional role of the woman and the nuclear family. She refuses to play the role of devoted wife and loving mother that society prescribes for women. She finds marriage to be confining‚ loveless
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Double Indemnity: Love of Manipulation or Manipulation of Love? “The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words‚ you can control the people who must use the words” (Phillip K. Dick). Manipulation in this book can be summed up in one phrase: It takes two to tango. This dance takes total control of the manipulator and the person being manipulated. Beauty and lust are two common methods of manipulating others. This novel successfully
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The Seven Deadly Sins Brianna Kibler Introduction To Film Studies- HUM/150 Dominic Biondi The 1944 film “Double Indemnity” is about an insurance salesman‚ Walter Neff‚ who gets entangled in a plot to kill an unhappy wife’s husband‚ Phyllis Dietrichson‚ over greed. They work together to stage a suicide that should later be determined accidental. Little does the salesman know the wife will get what she wants‚ no matter the cost. This paper will dissect the movie to help illuminate underlying
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Compare and contrast the application and scope of express and implied indemnities in voyage and time charterparties I. Introduction: (i) Examining the different relationships which arise between the shipper/ the owner of the goods‚ the carrier or the shipowner‚ the charterer; when the shipowner directly or through an agent undertakes to carry goods by sea or to provide an vessel for that purpose‚ such an arrangement is termed as contract of affreighment. Such contract of affreighment may take a
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insured can succeed in a claim. b) Discuss the law of insurable interest c) Discuss the doctrines of indemnity and uberrimae fidei. AUTHOR: KATALILO JOY INTRODUCTION This paper is aimed at discussing the effect of misrepresentations on an insurance proposal form‚ the law of insurable interest and the two doctrines of Uberrimae fidei and indemnity. a) Facts Ms. Loveness Fyurila decided to insure her car. She gave answers‚ as a proposer‚ to questions
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Professional Indemnity Insurance in the UK‚ Key Trends and Opportunities to 2017 On 7th March 2014 The professional indemnity insurance category is projected to generate GBP2.33 billion in premiums by 2017 and premiums are forecast to rise at a CAGR of 2.57% over the forecast period (20132017)‚ with growth expected on an annual basis. An expected increase in the number of professionals subject to compulsory professional indemnity insurance requirements and insurers expanding into sectors with
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FACTORS AFFECTING THE LEVEL OF COMPLIANCE OF GATEKEEPERS ON THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION OF ADOLESCENCE IN LEGAZPI HOPE CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL By: Ma. Suzette Estipona Ronel Mediavillo Jon Hamlin Tan Rica Grace Tango Keywords: Gatekeepers‚ ASRHE‚ SY 2010-2011‚ Legazpi Hope Christian High School Introduction Today’s generation of young people is the largest in history- nearly half of the world’s population‚ some three billion people‚ is under the age of twenty five. (http://www
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first used? What kind of payment system is used‚ such as prospective‚ retrospective‚ or concurrent? Who pays for care? What is the access structure‚ such as gatekeeper‚ open-access‚ and so forth? How does the model affect patients? Include pros and cons. How does the model affect providers? Include pros and cons. Health maintenance organization (HMO) The idea and concepts of health maintenance organizations have been reported back to 1910‚ when the Western Clinic in Tacoma‚ WA offered plans to utilize
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10 Introduction and history of health insurance in the united states Chandra Westergaard Crowell & Moring I. Introduction and History of Health Insurance in the United States Health “insurance” provides individuals with protection against the financial loss that can result from accidents or sickness. In the United States‚ very few people continue to receive protection from losses against illness through what would traditionally be thought of as “insurance.” Instead
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