do" or "to act". Drama is an art form that explores human conflict and tension. It generally takes the form of a story presented to an audience through dialogue and action. The story is conveyed using the elements of the theatre: acting‚ costumes‚ props‚ scenery‚ lighting‚ music‚ and sound. Drama has an emotional and intellectual impact on both the participants and audience members. It holds up a mirror for us to examine ourselves‚ deepening our understanding of human motivation and behavior. It
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Many films have come and gone without audiences remembering even the title of the film. However‚ Ang Lee’s film Brokeback Mountain (2005) (BKM‚ exp. 1) is a controversial film that stuck different emotions among viewers such as‚ “’Gay cowboy movie’ shatters stereotypes” (Clinton‚ sec. 2) with two handsome young cowboys Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) who fall in love‚ which is not viewer’s typical western genre expectation. While Ang Lee’s‚ Brokeback Mountain‚ will remain
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Mitchell Thomas certainly directed a show to remember with 100 minutes of intense suspense and grief. Thomas’s seemingly classic portrayal of Blood Wedding(Bodas de Sangre) did justice to the original by Federico Garcia Lorca under a new form by Tanya Ronder. Though Blood Wedding focuses on a tale of love and murder‚ Elena White (Death) steals the Porter Theatre show with her lurking darkness and creepy stares. From the start‚ Elena captivates the audience with her non-verbal communication through
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You may know Steven Spielberg as a famous director. As a child he has always took his dad’s camera to shoot his own films. He knew he has always wanted to be a director. So‚ he did He pursued his dream of making amazing movies we watch today. Steven Allan Spielberg was born in 1946 in Cincinnati‚ Ohio. He was born at the end of the war. His dad was in world war. Spielberg was probably glad he was born after the war since his whole family is Jewish. They moved all around the U.S.A. Because of his
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essential that teachers use a variety of strategies in their teaching‚ to ensure that EAL learners are being included into their mathematics lessons‚ at all times. Baker (2006) stresses‚ ‘BICS is said to occur when there are contextual supports and props for language delivery.’ (Baker‚ 2006‚ p.174) Therefore‚ non-verbal support by teachers can help to secure understanding for EAL learners‚ for example‚ using gestures with face and hands‚ or writing on PowerPoint and worksheets. The use of concrete
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maybe a strain when she has school work to correct and has a volleyball match that same evening. Setting is how we decorate our environment and the props we use. She might decorate with family photo on her desk and her degrees on the wall to distract the public to believing she is a loving‚ hardworking and a normal everyday person and the classroom props would be chairs‚ tables and books. The audiences are the persons who
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elements in addition with the intangible service‚ the guided tour. The colour scheme and layout of the tower is kept simplistic. Each room has a different story as you climb to each level of the tower. These stories are brought to life through the use of props and furniture‚ for example‚ one room has been designed as an old prison room to illustrate how the prisoners lived when kept in the tower years
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Setting the tone for a play early on is critical for the success of the play. The audience should have a sense of whether the play is fun and lighthearted‚ dark and scary‚ or classical and sophisticated. This is where the preshow comes in. The Nevada Conservatory Theatre’s take on Macbeth started off on a strong note thanks to a grand preshow. The play began outside with a witch inviting the audience into the theater. The preshow continued inside where the witches are ending their ritual. This all
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The play titled‚ Beowulf‚ Lord of the Bros was a very unique and interesting show. It was different than most of the performances I have seen before‚ maybe because I have never seen a college-performed show with all student actors‚ and also that this show was a new concept of Beowulf to be written. The name of the theatre it was shown in was Titmus Theatre at NC State University‚ which is an “end stage” theatre. It was directed by Kyle Dougan. Overall‚ I was pleased with how the whole show went‚
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Code and convention of horror film: A horror film follows certain code and convection to achieve its purpose of scaring and alarming the audience. The following are some of them: Setting/location: The location used for this genre of a film is isolated and lonely area that has been abandoned or an area where the victim will feel vulnerable. For example small communities‚ dark streets‚ narrow alleyways‚ roads‚ woods‚ haunted places‚ farms‚ country sides and cities etc… sometimes places with ‘dark’
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