Page Introduction to Film Art Fall 2013 Malcolm Turvey Office: Heimbold 304F Extension: 2644 E-mail: mturvey@slc.edu Syllabus Required Textbook: David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson‚ Film Art: An Introduction (New York: McGraw Hill‚ 2012; 10th edition) Class Schedule: NB: Readings marked (X) must be downloaded from MySLC Week 1 Conferences 9/10: NO CONFERENCES Screening 9/10: Collateral (Michael Mann‚ 2004‚ 120 min.) 9/11: Read: Introduction: Film as Art Film Art‚ Chapter
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Female Genital Mutilation Female Genital Mutilation is believed to have started in Egypt 2‚000 years ago and spread from there. Only a few years ago‚ FGM was considered a cultural tradition‚ but now the United Nations has labeled it as a violation of human rights. Canada‚ Denmark‚ the Netherlands‚ and the United States has declared Female Genital Mutilation grounds for seeking asylum and is a punishable offense (1). Many of us never heard of Female Genital Mutilation until the story of Kauziya
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Music History 1st year midterm notes Chapter V: The Middle Ages and the Evolution of Polyphony Early Middle Ages (5th-10th century) High Middle Ages (11th-13th century) Late Middle Ages (14th-15th century) Composers: Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) Songs composed Plainchant Sequence: Comlumba Aspexit About: -german writer‚ composer‚ philosopher‚ christian‚ and visionary -had visions and later recognized as a gift from god. -was sent to the church in god’s service‚ due to her
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stoning‚ beheading‚ burning at the stake or being broken on a wheel were used. Hangings usually took place at high noon on a main street or in a town square to be viewed by the public. They were excitedly watched as if it were a new episode of the sopranos. In fact public executions often turned into outdoor festivals in which the city advertised the execution through posters‚ handbills‚ and notices in newspapers. In the 1700’s after being convicted and sentenced to death‚ unlike today‚ you would be
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New Complexity is a term originating from the 1980s‚ mainly applied to composers looking for a "complex‚ multi-layered interplay of evolutionary processes occurring simultaneously within every dimension of the musical material.” New Complexity describes a dense‚ difficult and rigorously academic method to Classical Modern works which became known in the 1980s. The term is used with English composers such as Brian Ferneyhough and Michael Finnissy‚ who taught at Darmstadt Summer Courses produced the
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clarinet and the trumpet. The saxophone was completed in 1845 and was quickly put to use by French composers. Adolphe Sax invented a total of 14 different types of saxophones! They range in size from 16” long‚ which is the smallest (called the soprano)‚ all the way to the largest‚ which is 6-1/2 feet tall (called the contrabass). B. www.the-saxophone.com. This website discusses the different brands and manufacturers of saxophones and how each brand varies in quality and in price. There
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Listening Journal 2 Title: Piano Concerto in G major‚ K. 453‚ I — 1784 C.E. Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Information: Lived from 1756-1791 C.E. German nationality Genre: Symphony Performing Forces: Solo piano with orchestra (pairs of woodwinds‚ horns‚ and strings) Timbre: Form: First-movement concerto form‚ with orchestral and solo expositions‚ then development‚ recapitulation‚ and coda Comments: I was impressed by the various piano sections‚ which display incredible moments of
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On May 7th‚ I went to see the musical‚ Urinetown‚ at the Lake Country Playhouse. The play was split into two acts consisting of music and lyrics written by Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis. The premise of the show is that a long drought caused a water shortage which made private toilets a thing of the past. Public restrooms controlled are by a corporation called “Urine Good Company” (UGC) and people have to pay to use amenities. The show opens with a 4th wall break from Officer Lockstock‚ a policeman
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Joy to the world Joy to the world the Lord is come; Let heaven and earth receive her King. Let every heart prepare Him room‚ Let heaven and nature sing‚ Let heaven and nature sing‚ Let heaven‚ let heaven and nature sing‚ Sing‚ sing‚ sing‚ great joy! He rules the world with truth and grace‚ and makes all nations prove The glories of His righteousness‚ and wonders of his love! Joy to the earth! The Savior reigns; Let everyone their songs employ‚ While fields and floods‚ rocks‚ hills and plains
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The Stranger (novel) From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search | This article may contain original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding references. Statements consisting only of original research may be removed. (September 2007) | The Stranger | 1st US version (publ. Alfred A. Knopf‚ 1946)[1] | Author(s) | Albert Camus | Cover artist | Jack Walser | Country | France | Language | French | Genre(s) | Philosophical novel
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