Papers on Plays and Movies
Man With The Movie Camera: Shot Change Constructs A New Perspective
Words: 860 - Pages: 4.... and camera movements
was he wanted to make sure people remembered that they were watching a movie and
that they were not in some fantasy land. At one point in the middle of the film
there was a scene with Vertov's wife clipping and editing the movie in a studio.
Then there was a still-frame before the movie continues. This was done so
viewers would again realize they were watching a movie, because too often people
take things for granted.
Other uses of time were implemented by Vertov to ensure the viewers
understood they were watching a movie. There were a multitude of different
sequences involved in this film.
One intriguing occu .....
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Character Analysis: Athena
Words: 628 - Pages: 3.... might have taken his
father for dead and encouraged his mother to marry one of her suitors. But
Athena, under the disguise of Mentes advises Telemachos to go on a journey
to try to find out what happenened to Odysseus. This is important because
the journey of Telemachos played an important part of his becoming a man.
Athena also rescued Odysseus from certain death at the hands of
Poseidon Earthshaker and brought him to the island of Phaiacia. "Now it
was the turn of Athenaia the daughter of Zeus, and this was her plan. She
tied up the courses of all the other winds, and commanded them to rest and
be quiet; but she sent a steady wind f .....
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Macbeth: Macbeth A Tragic Hero - His Strengths, His Weaknesses, His Tragic Flaw And The Effect Of Outside Influences On His Nature
Words: 700 - Pages: 3.... passage, Till he fac'd the
slave." (Act 1, Scene 2, Lines 16-20). However, after the murder of Banquo, his
ambition and superstitious nature clouded his morals and common sense. Pride and
ambition were a main contributor to his faltering public image of a brave hero.
Macbeth's own nature and "metaphysical" influences is a lethal cocktail
which propels him to his fate. The witches' ambiguous prophesies affected
Macbeth by making him curious to why they greated him as Thane of Cawdor and
why he would soon become king. Ambition seemed to be Macbeth's forte but after
the murder of King Duncan, which led to the murder of others, includ .....
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The Crucible: Characters
Words: 1502 - Pages: 6.... of the accusers have ulterior motives, such as revenge, greed, and
covering up their own behavior. Many of the accusers have meddled in witchcraft
themselves, and are therefore doubly to be distrusted. (Warshow 116) The court
convicts the victims on the most absurd testimony, and the reader has to wonder
how the judges and the townspeople could let such a charade continue.
The leading character of the play is John Proctor, a man who often
serves as the only voice of reason in the play. He had an affair with Abigail
Williams, who later charges his wife with witchcraft. Proctor is seemingly the
only person who can see through the childre .....
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Massurrealism
Words: 1907 - Pages: 7.... Pop art also spawned of its times caught the fancy of the main stream in a very commercial way, but because of its thin content could not flourish beyond the party of the sixties. In retrospect each could have used the other to create the staying power both lacked. (Carrillo, Massurealism: A Visual and Conceptual Hybrid)
takes the surrealism aspect of its dream like psychic imagery and interprets it into amore mass popular, usually appealing entity. Pop arts influence on is more form a creative standpoint, which is extremely vital in today’s age of overflowed media influence. (Carrillo, Massurealism: A Visual and Conceptual Hyb .....
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Macbeth Is A Tragic Hero
Words: 464 - Pages: 2.... by Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth is the evil one who poisons
Macbeth's mind; although, she is only encouraging her husband to do what she
feels is in his best interest.
The hero's downfall is his own fault, the result of his own free choice,
not the result of an accident or fate. An accident and/or fate may be a
contributing factor in the hero's downfall, but are not alone responsible.
Macbeth's downfall is entirely his fault. He chose to listen to the witches'
prophecy. Banquo heard the same prophecy, but chose not to allow himself to be
duped. Macbeth could have done the same thing. He, instead, chose to accept
the prophecy and act .....
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What Men Really Want
Words: 1850 - Pages: 7.... formal cake. Almost one that you would eat without any regard to its significance. Instead of the traditional bridegroom figurine on top of the cake, we have a real live woman in it. She has, of course, blonde hair, which appear to be brown eyes, perfect body, and it just so happens that she is wearing a yellow two piece bikini. Now that we know what these two cakes are, we can judge for ourselves, which seems to be the most appealing to us. Since this is an alcohol ad, I would say that the one to the right, the little Miss Yellow poke-a-dot bikini, would be the more appealing of the two. Where does the alcohol fit in with the wedding cake? .....
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Analysis Of Clockwork Orange
Words: 1215 - Pages: 5.... good is it if his parents don’t get involved in his extracurricular activities. He goes out all night doing wrong, and his parents think he’s out working, c’mon!! In today’s society, many parents are at the source of why a child may start to commit crimes. They are not involved, or in some cases just don’t care enough about their children to teach them the rights and wrongs of society.
Alex seemed to find the love he didn’t get from his parents in his friends. Alex and his friends did a lot of damage to others, but of course they did it as a group. They beat up an old man who asked for change, they fought another group of p .....
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Romeo & Juliet
Words: 622 - Pages: 3.... your households
rancour to pure love."(Act 2, Scene 3), he is saying that the only reason
he will marry Romeo and Juliet is because he hopes that the marriage will
end the hostilities between the two houses. When he says "Shall Romeo by
my letters know our drift, and hither shall he come; and he and I shall
watch thy waking, and that very night shall Romeo bear thee to Mantua."
(Act 4, Scene 1), he tells Juliet how everything will be all right.
Unfortunately, for all his good intentions the play still ends in tragedy.
Friar Lawrence is a man who is not afraid to take risks when he feels it is
neccesary to help someone. For example in A .....
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The Dead: Summary
Words: 1345 - Pages: 5.... film may not live up to their physical descriptions made by Joyce, yet it is not so drastic and is only a mere technicality.
At the banister, Aunt Julia and Aunt Kate anxiously await the arrival of their nephew, Gabriel, whom they hope will arrive before the infamous drunk, Freddy Mallins. As one guest after another arrive James Joyce’s prose is eloquently translated into dialogue by director, Hutson and thus, Actresses Cathleen Delany (Aunt Julia) and Helena Carroll (Aunt Kate) create an element of suspense more so than in the words of Joyce. Upon his long awaited arrival, Gabriel’s greeting and idle chitchat is identical to that of .....
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