...posted as a pdf-file on the Blackboard Learning System at www.mytutor.tut.ac.za (Assignment Dropbox) 1 ------------------------------------------------- Projects should comply with the regulations as set out by the University, according to the prescribed Harvard method of citation. 2 ------------------------------------------------- No project handed in late will be accepted. 3 ------------------------------------------------- All projects must be typed. 4 ------------------------------------------------- Projects to be assessed according to the criteria stipulated below. PROJECT 4: FILM REVIEW ESSAY: To Wong Foo – Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar. This film will be watched during class time, accompanied by the lecturer. After watching the short film “To Wong Foo – Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar” , write a review, focusing on the following: The Film Production and characterization * A short outline of the story; * A concise overview of the specific production, with special attention to the director, art director and make-up and hair stylists. * The actors and the characters* they portray in the production, comparing the look of the actor and the character created for the film. * The styling and make-up (body and face), the hairstyling (hair, wigs, beards and moustaches). Male and Female. * The specifics regarding Trans-Gender appearance. Make use of graphic material in order to substantiate. * The integrated ‘entertainment...
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...Away From Her The only thing we can say about Sarah Polley’s screenwriting and directorial debut is: wow! Basing her script on the short story “The Bear Came over the Mountain” by Alice Munro, Polley had created a masterpiece. Julie Christie plays Fiona, a woman suffering from the beginning stages of Alzheimer’s Disease. She and her husband, Grant (Gordon Pinsent), have not been apart from each other for nearly four and a half decades, so understandably he takes it quite hard when she decides it would be best for her to enter into a nursing hope for people suffering from Alzheimer’s. Over the course of time, Grant becomes somewhat alarmed, and even a little jealous, over the strength of friendship that she develops with a fellow patient named Aubrey. As can be expected, Grant has to struggle to come to terms with this new relationship and with Fiona’s fading memory. Although Julie Christie has been widely recognized for her performance (nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, winner of the BAFTA, Golden Globe, and National Board of Review, Screen Actors Guild for the same, as well as numerous film critics societies), and not to take anything away from that, the story is driven by Gordon Pinsent’s performance (he won the award for Outstanding Male Performance from the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television, and Radio Artists…they’re version of the SAG Awards). Also of note is Olympia Dukakis playing Marian, Aubrey’s wife, as she also...
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...When people talk about books and their movie/versions usually people say that the book is better because it pays more attention to the details. One movie and book that portrays this is The Hunger Games because in the movie they left out most of the main details that help explain the plot of the story. Another example that also portrays this is “Harrison Bergeron “and the short film “2081” because they both have similarities such as the characters and they both have differences such as in the short film “2081 they never talked about beauty handicaps. When Comparing the passage “Harrison Bergeron and the short film “2081” They have different details. In the passage Harrison scares the audience with his strength by spinning the people of the orchestra and flying as stated in the passage “snatched two musicians from there, chairs waved them like batons”. This made Harrison seem like a monster. However, in the film he just threatened the audience with a bomb which was a backup broadcaster the reason they might have done that is to make Harrison die with pride by showing the whole world the guy who spoke up about the handicaps and also showing the world even his dad himself and by showing how cruel the handicapper general is. When comparing and contrasting “Harrison Bergeron “and “2081” have similarities such as the ballerina dancing with Harrison at the end. As stated in the passage “Harrison placed his big hands on the girl’s tiny waist letting her sense the weightlessness”...
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...The story Harrison Bergeron was written by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. The story was published in 1981 in the Fantasy and Science Fiction magazine. The story took place in the year 2081 where everyone is equal. To make everyone equal everyone that was above average had to wear handicaps. The protagonist or the main character of the story is Harrison Bergeron as you would expect from the title. In the story the main conflict is Harrison against the government or the Handicapper General (HG). Harrison goes to jail for the count of suspicion to overthrow the government. Which that lead to him escaping jail and interrupting the ballerina performance, which his parents Hazel and George were watching. George wore an earpiece that gave a ringing sound so...
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...particularly in the auto or aerospace industries, are willing to take good use of C.P.I. (Continuous Performance Improvement) (Julie Weed, July 10, 2010) to gain a great benefit, such as Toyota. In this ‘Hospital Case’, we want to figure out whether C.P.I. is fit for hospital’s operation. We also would like to know who can finally make the decision, who can seriously affect this decision and who will be influenced by this decision. In order to know these, firstly, in the political perspective, we will map and distinguish the different stakeholders and their stated and root interests. Secondly, based on these interests, how much power do these stakeholders have to affect this decision and where are these powers from. Thirdly, find the supporters and blockers and analyse how to let the different stakeholders ‘Buy-in’ and finally build coalitions. In this case, initially, the supply system at Seattle Children’s Hospital was so unreliable, ineffective and inefficiency. Ms. Mattesws, a nurse in the intensive care unit, was not the only one figure out that it is not convenient for her to get the medical tools timely because of the disorder and shortage of the tools’ stock-age (Julie Weed, July 10, 2010). But recently, ‘it took Ms.Matthews just a few seconds to find the specialized tubing she needed to deliver medicine to an infant recovering from heart surgery’ (Julie Weed, July 10, 2010). This is the positive result of a new supply system, which is the only one special part of Continuous...
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...Harrison Bergeron was a short fictional and fantasy story published in 1961 by the author Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. in Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine. The story takes place in the year 2081 where everyone was finally equal. This equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and the 213th Amendments to the constitution. Also it was due to the continuous watch from the agents of the United States Handicapper General. Nobody was stronger, quicker, smarter, or better looking than anybody else. If they were above average, they would be given handicaps from the government to make sure they were equal to everybody else. Handicaps included weights to make the people weaker, a transmitter to cause people to lose their track of thought, and accessories to make people less attractive. Despite the fact of the government being so strict, there was one brave young man that was tired of the society being equal. Although the society being eerie of standing up to the government, there was one brave young man, and that man’s name was Harrison. Harrison is strong, handsome, athletic, and a genius, but then he escaped from jail where he was there on suspicion of overthrowing the government. He was also the son of George and Hazel. George had handicaps on him and also a transmitter on his chest, which went off about every 20 seconds. Asfore Hazel had no handicaps which meant that she was average. The setting mostly takes place in an arena, where the ballerinas dance, and in George and Hazel's house, where...
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...The Lion King: A Live Theatre Report On February 12, 2015, the African savannah was packed up in a box- lions, hyenas, birds and giraffes included- and shipped to Memphis, Tennessee where it transformed the stages of the Orpheum theatre! The Lion King, an adapted musical from the book by Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi, is an exciting and relatable tale of a young lion, Simba, and his journey growing up as the next in line to be king of the savannah. The production takes the audience from the birth of the prince through his rambunctious, care-free childhood and follows all the struggles and triumphs he faces leading up to his crowing as king of the pride. The Lion King takes full advantage of the audience’s senses, and the theatre’s space. From the very beginning of the production the viewers are surrounded by the show and enveloped in the music! Drummers beat on their bongo drums high above either side of the audience, and immediately the attention shifts to the parade of animals coming down the aisles directly though the audience! The costumes keep the eye moving and there are constantly new things to see. They utilize every inch of space, waddling hippopotamuses filling the width of the walkways, to silk birds that “fly” over the audience on sticks with string. Large animals were made up of multiple people, in almost mechanical-like contraptions. For example, Pumba, was made from rib-like strips protruding out from behind the actor, and the actor was in the middle of the...
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...Nancy Moreno Professor McCracken Spanish 120B December 3, 2009 Through the eyes of tradition People express themselves in many different ways throughout their lives. Painters are known for using there past experiences to illustrate their lives and feelings. Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter with a passion to paint. Her paintings portrayed very strong messages throughout her life including the tragic events that helped her shape who she was. In Julie Taymor’s film “Frida”: her private and professional life was depicted through different events. In this film as well as in people’s daily lives ethnicity is a factor, which, influences the actions and practices that construct your character. As Taymor opens the film with a scene of Frida laying on her bed to get to her exhibition, she shows how she never gave up on her commitment to what she started. As a result to a horrific accident that enables Frida from time to time in her life she starts painting portraits of her family and herself. Taymor shows the role of supra-ethnicity through the character of Kahlo using her lifestyle, clothing, and traditions. Taymor draws the viewers into this post-revolutionary era in Mexico by constructing Frida’s style of living in a different time. Through her life Frida dresses and acts out the role that the indigenous women in Mexico live by, but includes her own style to it. By using the traditional clothing of an indigenous woman she shows the beauty and empowerment that the...
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...Research Paper: The Sound of Music The Sound of Music is an American Musical Film. Being released in 1965 The Sound of Music was directed and produced by Robert Wise, although he was not the first choice, he did indeed proved to be the best. It won five Oscars and it was nominated for another Five (The Sound of Music). Richard Rodgers wrote the music with the lyrics done by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on the true story of the Von Trapp family, who escaped Nazi-ruled Austria in 1938, this film dominated the 1965 Academy Awards, winning Oscars for Best Picture, Director, Score Adaptation and Editing (The Sound of Music (1965)). The Sound of Music is based on a true story. At the end of the 1920s Maria moved into the house of Captain von Trapp to work as governess to his 6 children. After a year, they got married and added another 2 children to their family circle. Von Trapp was a highly decorated World War I veteran and a widower with 7 children, living in Salzburg. Because of an unfortunate financial crisis, Maria started to arrange concerts with the children singing, making a family hobby to a profession. In 1938 when Austria was affiliated by Hitler Germany, Captain von Trapp refused to join Hitler's army. The family had to flee. According to Actlingua, they packed with only their Rucksacks they left all their fortune and belongings behind them and crossed the Alps heading for Italy (The Sound of Music - The Trapp Family). In 1938, they arrived in New York with no money...
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...Harrison Bergeron is set in the year 2081 where everything in society is fully equal in order to disallow people from being ugly, having weaknesses, etc. Instead of police and a president, the government is run and enforced by the Handicapper General and her team of agents. The main characters Hazel and her husband, George, are watching ballerinas dance on the television. George is intelligent and due to that intelligence, he must wear headphones that create sounds that distract him from thinking, while Hazel is not as bright; therefore, she does not have to wear headphones and can only think for certain amounts of time. Their son, Harrison, was captured at the age of fourteen by the government, but they are not completely aware of him being gone. While George and Hazel are watching the ballerinas, Harrison appears having escaped from prison and he rips off all of his handicaps that make him equal and reveals his true form, similar to a god. He begins to dance in the air with one of the ballerinas and both of them are then shot by the Handicapper General, leaving them both dead. Hazel and George witness the act, but forget about it immediately with no recollection as to what had just occurred except for Hazel’s tears. The stress on equality in this society is detrimental to the society itself. Although the idea of everyone being equal seems perfect and is what we as a world strive for, a world with perfect equality does not the drive the world and its societies to be better....
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...Revenge is the driving force behind Shakespeare's play Titus Andronicus. Tamora seeks revenge against Titus for murdering her sons. She refuses to stop until she destroys Titus' entire family. Titus seeks revenge against Tamora for the loss of two of his sons in the war with Goth. As each one of them continues to extract revenge against the other, nothing is ever settled. In fact, the lust for revenge against each other, only increases to new heights. The vengeful spirit that exists between Titus and Tamora is only compounded by the total absence of any remorse for the pain and suffering that they are inflicting on each other. Titus and Tamora will go to great lengths to make sure that the other ones suffering is greater than their own. Titus' quest for revenge ultimately causes him to go insane. And by her actions, Tamora is just as insane as Titus. In Act 5 Scene 2 of the play, Tamora and her two sons approach Titus' house in an effort to convince him that she is the spirit of revenge. Titus recognizes Tamora immediately but Tamora tell him "Know, thou sad man, I am not Tamora; She is thy enemy, and I thy friend. I am Revenge, sent from th' infernal kingdom To ease the gnawing vulture of the mind By working wreakful vengeance on thy foes. Come down and welcome me to this world's light." (McDonald, Russ. Titus Andronicus. New York: Penguin Group, 2000) At this point, Titus acts as if he believes Tamora and convinces her to leave her two sons, Chiron and Demetrius behind...
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...Vengeance does not Provide Everlasting Satisfaction William Shakespeare’s literature has history of staged and film reproductions. Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare’s famous revenge tragedy play, stands as no exception to the previous statement. David Foley McCandless uses Julie Taymor’s play and film versions of Titus Andronicus to show the opposing impacts of violence each has on the audience (489). Taymor’s visions correlate to modern society’s tendencies of vengeance, and how the characters in the play were shaped by revengeful occurrences over the course of the play. McCandless signifies the chaos and vengeance displayed by Titus throughout the play result from the failure of traditional power in Rome (490). During the first acts of the play, Titus returns a military hero and shows his beliefs in traditional Roman culture. In both of Taymor’s renderings of the play Titus shifts from armored warrior to weeping grandpa in distressed appearance (490). Titus’s shift from valiant to helpless is provides the audiences of both the film and staged production to sense the effects of a corrupted Roman empire. McCandless connects Titus’s demise from military hero demeaned by Roman society, to the Vietnam vet’s dislocation in society after the war (490). The mood of the audience is sorrowful, as Titus appears to be directly following the path of Rome, in what traditionally is such a powerful and fair empire, in falling apart as a result from a corrupted emperor and revenge minded wife...
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...It is the year 2081, and everyone is finally equal, because of the 211th, 212th , and 213th amendments. No one is smarter than anyone else, or better looking, thanks to government issued “handicaps.” Everyone seems to be at peace. However, one boy; Harrison Bergeron, is a threat to the piece that has finally been achieved. In both “Harrison Bergeron” and 2081, Harrison Bergeron is a villain. “Harrison Bergeron . . . has just escaped from jail, where he was held on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government.” This is a statement that most likely would not be used to describe a hero. Harrison was said to have been plotting to overthrow the government, which is not only illegal, but is an act of Terrorism. He also escaped from...
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...at you” I sat there. Tears streaming down my cheeks. I just sat there. Was I supposed to remain seated until the credits came up at the end? Or walk out? If I knew before entering the cinema that I would be put in this predicament, would I have continued to go inside? These were the questions that have played on my mind since April 14th 2010. But now, I’m glad I went inside as it allowed me to show emotion through physical tears after seeing my life story being played out on screen. Being a teenage girl, Miley Cyrus is one of the greatest people alive; hence, when she releases a new movie, box offices are bombarded and overwhelmed by teenagers, much like my friends and I. The Miley Cyrus film was titled “The Last Song”, directed by Julie Anne Robinson and based on the book written by Nicholas Sparks. I had previously read several books by Nicholas Sparks, but not this one; this story had obviously been kept for a time that I would be able to truly relate to; a time when I was ready to fully accept what had happened. “When the waves are flooding to shore and I can’t find my way home anymore, that’s when I look at you” Growing up, my best friend was my Dad. In my eyes, he was the greatest man alive; he was some form of superhero, powered to make everything in my life better again. Before I could even speak, my Dad and I spoke our own language, a language that only the two of us could comprehend. I was forever told by spectators that we had something not every father...
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...“How Does Harper Lee Present Her Ideas About Childhood in the Novel ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’?” In the novel ‘‘‘To Kill a Mockingbird’’’ written by Harper Lee, childhood is expressed throughout the story. The narrator of ‘‘‘To Kill a Mockingbird’’’ is Scout, an adult when the book was written, but a child when the story was lived, with this narration Harper Lee, uses Scout to portray the events which, normally would have had a biased review by adults at the time, but because it is written by a child it has non-judgemental views. Therefore, because of the child narrator, and the other main characters being children, this shows that childhood in ‘‘‘To Kill a Mockingbird’’’ is important and crucial. In the chapters 1 to 12, childhood is presented by friendship, gullibility, pride, questioning and fear. The fear element, is a major part through ‘‘To Kill a Mockingbird’’, because at different stages of the novel at least one of the main characters is scared. The Finch children first experience real friendship in ‘‘‘To Kill a Mockingbird’’’, when they meet Charles Baker Harris – Dill. Before Dill has passed the ‘Jem test’, Dill boasts to Scout and Jem that he can read. Which was not usually common in Maycomb at the time, but Jem and Scout could both read, which meant that they thought Dill was showing off and they wouldn’t want to be friends with him. Also what makes Dill become an issue about friendship, is how he introduces himself. He recites his entire name, and makes fun of...
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