Name of the Film and Year: Amistad (1997) Director and Producers: Steven Spielberg. Debbie Allen‚ Colin Wilson Written by: David Franzoni Starring: Morgan Freeman‚ Anthony Hopkins‚ Djimon Hounsou‚ Matthew McConaughey‚ Nigel Hawthorne Stellan skasgård‚ Harry Blackmun‚ Anna Paquin. Genre: Drama Some awards: Best Supporting Actor (Anthony Hopkins)‚ Achievement in World Cinema (Stellan Skarsgård)‚ Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture (Djimon Hounsou) 2. Argument The movie revolves around
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Dean Professor Cassidy ENG1001 15 March 2013 “Exit through the Gift Shop” A Banksy Film The Banksy documentary‚ “Exit through the Gift Shop”‚ is effective in its attempt to uncover the underappreciated world of street art in a different form. Not only does the film intrigue you with its informative approach to different styles of art‚ but it exposes many talented artists and their brilliant work. The film in its entirety was interesting‚ motivating‚ and comical. This is a documentary that I
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Make Way “Movie Brats” In the late 1960s to late 1970s‚ as the veteran directors retired‚ a new generation gradually took their place. Associated with “New Hollywood‚” these young and diverse directors‚ often in their late twenties and early thirties‚ were considered “movie brats.” These new directors Some of the more famous were Francis Ford Coppola‚ Stephen Spielberg‚ and George Lucas; all of whom had an intense awareness of film history‚ worked with quotations and remakes‚ and created extremely
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Film Noir‚ meaning “black film’ in French‚ was the trending style and genre in American culture between the 1940s and the 1950s. It is a combination of European cynicism and the American landscape. Film Noir has its origins from German Expressionism and French Poetic Realism. Nino Frank‚ who was a French film critic‚ was the first to introduce this black and white genre to Hollywood in 1946. Many of the directors who introduced Film Noir where refugees from Nazi‚ Germany. From that moment in time
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DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS & PROBABILITY THEORY 1. Consider the following data: 1‚ 7‚ 3‚ 3‚ 6‚ 4 the mean and median for this data are a. 4 and 3 b. 4.8 and 3 c. 4.8 and 3 1/2 d. 4 and 3 1/2 e. 4 and 3 1/3 2. A distribution of 6 scores has a median of 21. If the highest score increases 3 points‚ the median will become __. a. 21 b. 21.5 c. 24 d. Cannot be determined without additional information
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Things That Drive Me Crazy Going to the gym to work out after a full day of classes is my chance to unplug and escape from the day’s tension. Once I warm up and begin to get pumped‚ I head right into my exercise zone and don’t want to be distracted. However nothing irks me more than someone using a cellphone while working out. There are signs everywhere asking patrons to avoid using electronic devices but some people completely ignore them. Listening to a girl carry on a loud lengthy conversation
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So I am learning to drive. I know‚ I am in my mid-thirties‚ I should have learned a long time ago‚ but that’s another blog. The thing is‚ I keep making these silly mistakes. Which not only gets me dirty looks from other drivers‚ but annoys me too. I want to be perfect. The problem is‚ the way humans learn in general is by making mistakes. It is so annoying! Maybe that is part of my problem‚ I expect too much of myself‚ not just in my driving‚ but when it comes to other things. Like my writing
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“WHAT DRIVES CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR” by Erika Rence Rence describes in her article how the consumer behaviours have changed during the last years and how it is affected by world events‚ uncertainty‚ insecure futures and many others. She describes that the change in Consumer Behaviour requires the distinctive marketing for separate age-groups‚ exactly 5 groups. Birth-12 years old: This group of consumers cannot be put under the same marketing scheme. Four distinct under-groups are needed‚ as
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Movie Reviews 42 (2013) gives its audience a feeling of sympathy towards Jackie Robinson while also having you feel a burning hatred towards the people that mistreated him. The movie 42 is a time portal back to the 1940’s when soldiers were returning home from war‚ baseball was America’s sport‚ and segregation was still occurring. It is the true story of Jackie Robinson’s (Chadwick Boseman) first two years in the big leagues of baseball. The trials and tribulations that he had to overcome as a
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leaves that viewer wanting to watch the entire movie. The Birds movie trailer builds tension in different scenes which makes the film achieve horror aspect in addition to suspense. Additionally‚ in film genre‚ suspense puts the audience in a state of excitement or in a situation of expectancy. Aspects such as graphics‚ sound and the language used in movie trailer help to create suspense and the urge to watch the entire film. Focusing on the three films; The Birds 1963‚ Texas Chainsaw massacre 2003
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