Melissa Mathison wrote the screenplay‚ but the essence of the story for E.T. actually came from several inspirations of Spielberg. After the tremendous popularity and success of Close Encounters of the Third Kind (it was nominated it for eight Academy Awards and winning two)‚ the studio (Columbia Pictures) urged Spielberg to make a sequel‚ but he was reluctant to do so at the time. He eventually wrote a treatment for a planned sequel and commissioned screenwriter John Thomas Sayles to complete a
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Oskar Schindler stated‚ “I hated the brutality‚ the sadism‚ and the insanity of Nazism. I just couldn’t stand by and see people destroyed. I did what I could‚ what I had to do‚ what my conscience told me I must do. That’s all there is to it. Really‚ nothing more” (AZ Quotes 1). During World War II‚ Oskar Schindler stood up to the Nazi party in Krakow‚ Poland by using false labor records and pleading with Nazi leaders‚ so they would not send his Jewish factory workers to concentration camps. Oskar
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In the 1997 movie Amistad‚ Steven Spielberg illustrates the events that took place in 1839 on the Spanish ship‚ The Amistad (La Amistad). The movie travels through the events with vivid and powerful emotion. The slaves‚ even though they could not speak English‚ undoubtedly demonstrated their intense longing for freedom in Spielberg’s version of the historical event. The setting of Amistad proved to be frequently accurate. The backdrop of the movie was unfailing to the period in which it occurred
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Airport lighting systems are the only devices that provide the pilot with a visual cue of exact aircraft positioning‚ even under the most severe meteorological conditions. Because of their instrumental role during the most critical phases of airport movement – approach‚ landing‚ taxiing and take-off –‚ they must fulfill the highest degree of reliability‚ while at the same time conforming to the strictest international standards. For civil airports‚ aviation lighting standards and guidelines are
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ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING lecture notes Dr. Habil. András Majoros Figures‚ images and tables by Levente Filetóth Budapest University of Technology and Economics Faculty of Architecture Department of Building Energetics and Services www.egt.bme.hu 2011. Prof. András Majoros: Artificial Lighting – www.egt.bme.hu 1. LIGHTING AND THE VISUAL ENVIRONMENT THE COMPONENTS OF THE VISUAL ENVIRONMENT The goal of lighting is to make the environment visible‚ the visual environment is a visible environment. The
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the iron was placed in contact with the other‚ it attracted it. In ancient times men knew of a special kind of rock that could pull other rocks of the same kind and pieces of iron toward itself. Such rocks were called lodestones. In modern times man uses the same force exerted by the ancient lodestones to generate electric power‚ to store information in computers‚ and to study the secrets of the universe. The force is called magnetism‚ and objects that exert it are known as
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Deguzman Leadership in Schindler’s List Leadership has played a valuable role throughout history in countless leaders and even followers. Although some of the greatest leaders in history lead for a more notorious cause‚ the leadership skills they conveyed and followed were key to the success of their goal and accomplishments. I believe Oskar Schindler was a great leader for many reasons because of how he dealt with the Nazi party during the Holocaust and how he adapted to change and from that change
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LED Lighting Business Case Study – Raleigh‚ NC Convention Center Underground Parking Deck (Raleigh‚ NC) The City of Raleigh‚ NC was building a new downtown convention center as part of a downtown revitalization plan. The City had an objective to implement many elements of sustainable design in the design and construction of this new complex. The construction project included a new three-level underground parking deck serving the convention center as well as a new hotel across the street from the
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I have been going to malls ever since I could remember; I always had my favorite stores normally due to their products. However‚ recently I have been very interested in how the stores were set up visually‚ including lighting‚ fixtures‚ and music. Throughout this quarter‚ I have learned so much about lighting in general and how much of an influence it has on the outcome of the store’s presentation. For this assignment for my store‚ I really wanted to create a store with my personal style‚ bohemian
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award winning books‚ movies and documentaries to his name. However‚ it is arguable that Schindler was nothing more than an opportunistic entrepreneur who cleverly took advantage of the oppressed Jews as an army war profiteer. While others remain certain that this unlikely hero was truly a saviour and virtuous gentile who risked his life to do what no other German man had the courage to do. As a youth‚ Schindler joined the Nazi party simply because “it was good for business” and the appeal of making
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