Explain at least two ways in which ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ entertains the audience and keeps them interested. The epic movie‚ ‘The Shawshank Redemption’‚ directed by Frank Darabont is a compelling film that has entertained and kept audiences interested for years. The ways in which the film does this is through the use of emotive language‚ contrasting of colours (lighting)‚ settings‚ effective camera angles‚ sound effects and engaging music. These techniques are effectively used to convey the
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whether social media brings people together or tears them apart. On one hand‚ social media argues that it has brought people together because it lets you talk to whoever you want whenever you want all around the world. On the other hand‚ social media brings us apart because it is not letting you talk to someone face to face‚ therefore they might be lying about who they are. Also‚ it makes common day relationships more stressful than they have to be. Others even maintain that social media is unnecessary
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Media affects everyone’s life that comes into contact with it. There are many disadvantages and advantages to media and advertising. This essay will talk about the advantages and disadvantages evolving around the media. A few advantages that this essay will talk about is that media can target a global audience as they can reach out to us and that it can be used for educational purposes to help people learn all around the world. A few disadvantages are that it can be manipulated very easily and that
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Does the media only inform us? Mass media plays a crucial role in forming and reflecting public opinion‚ connecting the world to individuals and reproducing the self-image of society. The media have a strong social and cultural impact upon society. It is a unique feature of modern society‚ its development has accompanied an increase in the magnitude and complexity of societal actions and engagements‚ rapid social change‚ technological innovation‚ rising personal income and standard of life and
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Speech to Entertain: An Overview The primary purpose of a speech to entertain is to have the audience relax‚ smile and enjoy the occasion. The speech should have a central theme or a focus. A series of jokes will NOT work well for this type of speech. Good speeches to entertain typically mix humor with more serious morals‚ lessons learned‚ or experiences. In other words‚ they have a real point to make… they are not just silly‚ slapstick humor. You can tell a lighthearted‚ personal story that reveals
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INDIAN CINEMA... EDUCATES AND ENTERTAINS? Award winning film-maker and actress Nandita Das once said‚ “Without poets‚ artists‚ and film-makers‚ men would soon weary of nature’s monotony. The sublime idea that men have of the universe would collapse with dizzying speed. The order which we find in nature‚ and which is only an effect of art‚ would at once vanish. Everything would break up in chaos. There would be no seasons‚ no civilization‚ no thought‚ no humanity; even life would give away‚
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from others because they do not have a group of friends to socialize with. After struggling to find people to sit with at lunch‚ Natalie Hampton‚ who is sixteen years old from Sherman Oaks‚ California designed an app called Sit With Us. Elyse Wanshel states that‚"Sit With Us helps students who have a difficulty finding a place to sit that is welcoming in their school lunchroom." The reason behind why Natalie made the app was because when she was in seventh grade‚ she ate lunch alone which gave the kids
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is undeniable that US media is prevalent. As more television shows‚ radio programs‚ movies‚ news channels‚ internet websites and magazines are being produced in the United States‚ the same soaring amount of products are being introduced to this society. Despite this‚ however strong the influence of American media‚ the values and traditions of this country are twice as powerful. Although US media does arguably affect and influence the general public to a certain extent‚ it does not threaten Singapore
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How does Bill Bryson use humour to entertain his reader? ‘Notes from a Small Island’‚ written by Bill Bryson is a reflective travel journal comparing Bryon’s past views and opinions of Britain‚ his expectations and thus the reality of what he discovers it to have become. Bryson uses satire‚ humour‚ irony and sarcasm to generate a pace and lucid flow within his writing‚ and for the reader this can be thoroughly captivating and entertaining. Immediately as the book opens‚ Bryson establishes an informal
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Cinema Only Entertains; But Does Not Educate the Masses Cinema is one of the major upcoming entertainments in this global village. There are prodigious numbers of films released worldwide every year. It was in those days that cinema both entertained and educated the masses; but in these days it is only just meant for entertainment and it does not teach moral values to the people. There is no doubt that cinema from Hollywood to Kollywood entertains the masses; but it does not educate them
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