female roles in movies. This test is extremely simple and only has three criteria that need to be achieved in order for a movie to be classed as having a female character that is integral to the plot. These criteria are that the movie must contain at least to named female characters who talk to each other about something other than a man (Feminist Frequency‚ 2012). I think that these criteria themselves show that there was‚ and is‚ a big problem with important female characters in movies. These criteria
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Ashley Bujanowski Professor Farve English 68 11/5/2012 Illustration Essay Benefits of Viewing Movies At Home Throughout generations‚ watching movies has been one of the most popular forms of entertainment. Motion pictures were originally developed as a carnival novelty and have developed to one of the most important tools of communication and entertainment. Most films before 1930 were silent. During the 1940’s‚ there was a desire for wartime propaganda in the film industry with realistic
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Running head: AMERICA AND THE MOVIES OF THE 1920’S February 13‚ 2012 US HIS II ABSTRACT The movies of the 1920’s provided one of America’s most forms of entertainment after World War One. Americans were able to spend a little extra and enjoy such events as they were not devastates during with war. The movies for the American people began soon after the invention of automobiles. The movies provided communications and entertainment and soon began to open the American people to ideas
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Restaurant Reviews: a Genre that Rants and Raves Introduction For the past century people have turned to restaurant reviews to guide their culinary experiences. More and more we see this genre becoming apparent in our every day lives. With iPhone apps like Urbanspoon‚ Yelp‚ Forkly‚ Foodspotting‚ and the New York Times‚ reading restaurant reviews has become accessible by the touch of a button. However‚ this new generation of discussion forums and rating systems has made it difficult for the general
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"Antecedent Genre as Rhetorical Constraint" declares that discourse is determined by the Rhetorical Situation‚ as well as antecedent genres. Antecedent genres are genres of the past that are used as a basis to shape and form current rhetorical responses. When placed in an unprecedented situation‚ a rhetor can draw on antecedent genres of similar situations in order to guide their response. However‚ caution should be taken when drawing on antecedent genres because sometimes antecedent genres are capable
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Movies: The Changing Society in the 1920s Tina Wang US History March 7th‚ 2014 2 The 1920s was an important time period in American history due to the significant transformation of the film industry that further influenced the economy and the society. Both silent and sound movies were largely produced during the time that not only made the entertainment more popular but also created a new trend in the society. With such big influences‚ the economy in the United States also relied
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audience feel the total impact of the movie. The movie industry became a huge part of American industry in general. Movies became America’s favorite form of entertainment. “Early movie stars such as Charlie Chaplin‚ Mary Pickford‚ and Douglas Fairbanks became idols to the American people who set trends in clothing and hairstyles” (James‚ 2009). Although the movies were a
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Textual Analysis and Genres Auteur theory holds that a director’s film reflects the director’s personal creative vision‚ as if they were the primary "auteur" the French word for author. In spite of—and sometimes even because of—the production of the film as part of an industrial process‚ the auteur’s creative voice is distinct enough to shine through all kinds of studio interference and through the collective process. In law‚ the film is treated as a work of art‚ and the auteur‚ as the creator
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watching educational television programs. When the parents watching violent movies in front of their kids the parents don’t realize that this is affecting the children. “ Media is the most ubiquitous source of violence encountered by the majority of children. (Erwin‚ Pg. 105).” The government had created a strengthen the reflexes of military personnel. The creators of video games base their games on the violent movies and TV shows. Many third party game inventors came out with poor quality games
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commercials‚ men typically advertise things like tools; while on the other hand‚ women would be advertising household cleaning devices. I will be explaining how another form of the media—specifically Disney movies‚ also influences the construction of gender roles in society. I chose to explore Disney movies‚ because a lot of people have watched Disney films while they were young. Many girls‚ such as I‚ wanted to be a princess living in a beautiful castle‚ while many boys wanted to grow up to be strong and
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