The Thematic Intentions of Sunset Boulevard The film Sunset Boulevard directed by Billy Wilder and staring the main characters of Norma Desmond‚ Joe Gillis‚ and Max Von Mayerling is ideal example of how important film making techniques help depict a movie’s core theme intentions with vivid clarity. Classic Hollywood is the first thing that comes to mind when one speaks about this film’s style. This signature category combined with the visual style of realism and it’s continuity editing; detailed
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I chose a book named The Hunger Games: Catching fire written by Suzanne Collins and it is a second book of the trilogy. This book has 439 pages and the first published was on September 1‚ 2009. I choose this book because I love this series and I saw all the movies and this is why I choose this book. Suzanne Collins is an American novelist‚ best known as the author of The New York Times bestselling books named The Underland Chronicles and The Hunger Games trilogy. Setting of this book is Panem
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car rides listening to music on my mom’s iPod. Her music might have been a little old‚ but I didn’t really mind. Most of the songs passed by in a blur of 80’s synth or soulful guitar‚ however‚ there was one song that caught my attention every time‚ Billy Joel’s "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant". Growing up on Long Island I’d always been a fan‚ but at such a young age I could never fully grasp what most of his songs were about. Instead‚ every time it would come on I would just dance around snapping
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“Going through thick and thin to attain own objective.” The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins‚ a young girl named Katniss Everdeen faces her fate that was decided by herself. When her younger sister‚ Prime‚ was chosen a tribute to the hunger game‚ she stepped forward to become a volunteer instead of her sister. Katniss has a strong sense of responsibility because she supports her mother and sister instead of her father. She has a decency‚ so sometimes her temper tends to higher. However‚ that action
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In the story The Landlady by Roald Dahl‚ the main character‚ Billy Weaver‚ needs a place to stay. On his way to the Bell and Dragon‚ he crosses paths with another bed and breakfast. Even though he’d never heard of this place‚ he goes in. Trust of the unknown place plays a large role in the story‚ altering the life of Billy forever. The fares were cheap…. to cheap. How could they be so low? “Five and sixpence a night‚ including breakfast‚” the kind lady‚ who seemed to be in her mid-forties to fifties
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Veronica Collins-Bailey April 12‚ 2015 Week 1 LOM ASSIGNMENT Question 1: a) When I used the text book “Language of Medicine” I was able to get some help but I got more help understanding the meaning from the medical dictionary and from online. Cystoscopy I found this to help me with the meaning: {cysto + scopy}It is an examination of the bladder using a cystoscope. (A thin tubular instrument with a light used to examine the interior of the bladder) {cysto + scope}| Cysto = an abnormal sac-like structure
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According to Kraut‚ Klinger‚ and Collins’ article‚ "Choosing the High Road‚" in the 1980’s established a significant gap between the living wage and minimum wage. Both living and minimum wages have about a two dollar difference‚ as oppose the pervious years‚ and the difference is only increasing. In 1985‚ minimum wage was about three dollars and the living wage was around five; this was approximately at the time of the Hormel/P-9 controversy. Not only was the alteration between both living and minimum
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Gary Ross’s interpretation of the award winning young-adult novel‚ Hunger Games‚ written by Suzanne Collins‚ exemplifies the inevitable changes that have to be made whenever a book is adapted for film. It is through this which we can comprehend the characteristics of the medium of film and text. Of how each one creates meaning in their own way‚ either by using a set of rules and conventions such as literary terms or by utilizing film techniques. All of‚ which enriches and enhances the reading or
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Billy Elliot Topic: “Societies often create gender stereotypes that set impossible standards for men and women‚ leading to unhappiness‚ loneliness and possibly violence.” How apparent is this problem in English society of 1984‚ as seen in the film‚ Billy Elliot? Stereotypes are generalizations‚ or assumptions‚ which people make about the characteristics of all members of a group‚ based on an image about what people in that group are like. For example‚ in the Billy Elliot‚ Jackie Elliot had to
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totally and utterly shocked to discover that Billy Joel was not on the schedule. I checked it over and over‚ but his name wasn’t anywhere. I couldn’t believe it. To my surprise‚ I actually began to get angry. Right now as I am writing this I am listening to Billy Joel’s Songs in the Attic‚ and I am becoming more and more furious as I think about it‚ which can only mean that I am really passionate about music‚ and Billy Joel in particular. In my opinion‚ Billy Joel is one of the greatest rock stars
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