than of a fiction film. When I first viewed ‘Senna’‚ I was made to go with what the film maker had put and my response was a visceral response feeling compassion with his parents. I was less critically aware of what I was watching as I was lead to believe what I was watching. However‚ on the second viewing I thought more about and questioned what I was watching and hearing on the screen‚ so my response was more intellectual than visceral. Before watching a documentary film I believe that it
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Spanish Traditions and Folk Song Musical traditions have been taking place for centuries in all countries‚ ethnicities and cultures. Each group has specific musical stylings‚ sounds and instruments. Here we will take an in depth look at the musical traditions of the Spanish traced back to the mid-1500s. St. Augustine‚ FL was founded by the Spanish in 1565. This was the beginning of traditional sounds‚ folk songs‚ hymns‚ and dance. It was discovered that these musical sub groups‚ reflected Spanish
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walked into the first class that I have ever took and confronted chaos. The four students in my Spanish class were engaged in a heated spitball battle. They were all following the lead of Andrew‚ a tall eleven-year-old African-American boy. Andrew turned to me and said‚ "Why are we learning Spanish if no one speaks it? This a waste of time." I broke out in a cold sweat. I thought‚ "How on Earth am I going to learn this?" It was my first day of Winterbridge‚ a nationwide collaborative of thirty-six
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early as 1533‚ a debate arose in Madrid‚ Spain’s capital‚ over whether or not descendants of Spanish men and Indian or African women should be acknowledged by the Crown and educated as servant of the empire. Skin color mattered to the Spanish. There was no word for mixed-race people in the Spanish language in the mid-sixteenth century‚ there was only an official measurement of blood mixture‚ the Spanish based their definitions of race and social belonging to Limpieza de Sangre‚ the purity of
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instruments or dance. In the spanish culture music is expressed both with instruments alone or dancing. The spanish have groups of people playing many different caustic instruments these bands are known as meriachy bands. A group of usually men stand around in a half circle playing violins‚ trumpets‚ Spanish guitar‚ a vihuela (a high-pitched‚ five-string guitar) and a guitarrón (a small-scaled acoustic bass) these bands can be up to 20 people. As well as a meriachi band the spanish culture celebrates through
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death of Mary Queen of Scots‚ religion‚ refusal of marriage‚ Dutch revolt and the French civil war. But even before the Spanish set sail like in 1587 Drake attacked a large number of ships at the Cadiz harbour‚ then the barrels of food and drink went mouldy and sour because the barrels were made from new wood and were still damp which made them mouldy and sour. Then the Spanish tried to pick up some Dutch soldiers but there was confusion on where they’d be picked‚ because communication was very poor
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SPAN1021 Introduction to Spanish Culture Essay topic: Youth Problems Among Spaniards and Hong Kong people Introduction Youth is a stage where every individual have to pass through. During this stage of life‚ there are huge amount of problems to deal with as he or she grows up and are inevitable. Juveniles from different countries and places may have a variety of growing-up issues but are generally similar. In this essay‚ it is going to discuss about the youth problems faced by teens in Spain
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The science fiction thriller film ‘Gattaca’‚ directed and written by Andrew Niccol‚ set in the “not too distant future”‚ it portrays a society in which genetic engineering has created an advanced yet dystopian world. In this world‚ we can clearly see that people have secrets and they are willing to lie‚ cheat and even kill to get where they want to be and to be their very best. No one is who they seem to be and everyone has something to hide. Throughout the film‚ there are 3 main characters that
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In October 1927‚ the first feature film was presented as a silent film‚ The Jazz Singer. Made with a Vitaphone‚ “an instrument that synchronizes motion pictures and sound perfectly‚” it was a major hit to the general public (Eyman). After years of silence‚ someone finally decided to change the disc on the Vitaphone to film‚ introducing audible movies. Since then the introduction of Technicolor‚ Cinemascope‚ and Aromascope used first by the 1960 film‚ Scent of Mystery. All of these new cinematic
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Thesis Statement: There are a wide variety of films out there‚ and they are categorized into many different types however there are 6 major types or genres those are‚ action‚ drama‚ comedy‚ horror‚ musical and science fiction. Types of Films | Characteristics | Examples | Action | Highly charged‚ violence‚ shoot outs‚ car chases‚ kung-fu‚ hero and bad guys | Avengers‚ James Bond‚ Resovoir dogs‚ Departed‚ Kill Bill‚ Dark knight‚ Expendables | Comedy | Humor‚ filled with jokes and loose plot
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