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    the Causes‚ Effects‚ and Legacy of Upton Sinclair ’s The Jungle and Rachel Carson ’s Silent Spring Period 2 Maxwell Wang 1906 would see the publication of Upton Sinclair ’s The Jungle‚ pushing through major reforms of the meatpacking industry and eventually causing the government to take actions to protect the health of its people; almost fifty years later‚ the publication of Rachel Carson ’s novel Silent Spring would invoke a similar‚ but changed response to the threat of DDT. Although both

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    dimensions. This allowed Lang to manipulate a highly subjective and psychological space altogether resulting in a nightmarish vision of distortion and chaos. Lang claims that he was ‘looking at Germany in the future’ when he made the film. The futuristic aspect of the film suggests there may have been a sense of conflict in relation to the state of contemporary Germany‚ and where the nation was heading on its road to modernization. The futuristic city held similarities to the vast physical dimensions

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    Silent Sacrifices: Voices of the Filipino American Family” by Dr. Patricia Heras is a research that was made to help the Filipino Americans family end the relationship gap between the parents and the children. This documentary encourages Filipino-American parents and their teen-aged children to talk so that suicidal attempts can be thwarted. It also talks about the cultural conflicts and the struggles of the Filipino immigrant and their children on a daily basis encounter. The video begins by showing

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    was different from his – ‘he was a man of dark blue silences‚’ while hers ‘hers was a silence of moons.’ Here the narrator suggests that contrary to the saying ‘silence means consent’‚ silence does not always mean ‘consent’ or agreement nor are all silent people to be treated the same. The ‘manna manna manna mahkita’ game establishes the communication between the narrator and Nathan. It has unspoken personal meaning for them and suggests that its ritual is saturated with almost religious or spiritual

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    There were many changes in marketing and distribution of films from end of the silent period to the modern digital period. There was a studio system that existed at the end of the silent period and collapsed in 1949 with a court ruling. During this same time a sales era of marketing existed. After the Second World War the sales era was replaced with a new way of thinking and sales and marketing were not synonymous anymore. Marketing after World War II meant finding out what consumers’ needs and wants

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    illustrate how people are supposed to deal with fast-paced living‚ when factories were starting to use machines and technology as their main ways to produce‚ and human labour were just assisting machines. There is no traditional voice dialogue in the silent movie‚ but voices and sounds do emanate from machines‚ television screens in the factory‚ telephones etc. Every time a person talks‚ he/she spoke through machines instead of through direct speech or face-to-face conversations. Examples include scenes

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    The social importance of film in the 21st century is extremely evident to be a powerful form of communication. Through sound and images filmmakers make use of technical‚ symbolic‚ audio and written codes to convey strong messages. These themes are portrayed in all types of films such as documentaries‚ commercials and even Hollywood blockbusters. As time moves forward so does the ability to connect‚ through film‚ with the social aspects of our age. Every story‚ every image‚ every sound has an impact

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    the spirit. If we do not have a good motivation‚ our life will be useless. Thus‚ sometimes we feel desperate if we cannot reach our goals. Being desperate makes us frustated. One example of this phenomenon is Charlie Chaplin‚ a famous comedian in silent movie era. Some people thought that he was crazy‚ but I think that his strange and funny performance affected us in life. Many of his jokes was related to our life and he used jokes as another way to communicate his opinion to the public. To sum

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    offices‚ in cars and buses‚ and on airplanes. We carry films with us in our laptops and iPods. We press the button‚ and our machines conjure up movies for our pleasure. For about 100 years‚ people have been trying to understand why this medium has so captivated us. Films communicate information and ideas‚ and they show us places and ways of life we might not otherwise know. Important as these benefits are‚ though‚ something more is at stake. Films offer us ways of seeing and feel- ing that we find deeply

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    Name: Institution: Professor: Course: Date: Film Development Industries are affected by many factors that play a role in its growth and development. The film industry started as a small entertainment business in 1880s when the first movie camera was invented but developed to a big industry that is worldwide. The reason for its widespread is attributed to its cheap cost as a source of entertainment. To protect the industry‚ governments of different countries have enacted laws that guide it

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