...Stagecraft Essay Since ancient times, people have been enjoying the delights of theatre and play enacted and carried out on stage. The history on lighting for the theatre is very interesting and innovative. As technology has developed over the years, theatergoers have been witness to extraordinary progress as innovations took over and added unique contributions to stage craft, architecture and theatrical lighting. The history of stage lighting and lighting cues in theatre dates back to Greek and Roman times. Light has always been an important component for theatrical storytelling, and various lighting techniques have evolved over the centuries, Before the 20th century, many experimented with electric lights but it was until the turn of the century where electric lights were used exclusively in most theatres. During the 20th century, stage lighting design became an art in its own right, emerging from the obscurity of props, set designs, and costumes. Great efforts were to bring the subtlety and drama of effective light on the stage. The American playwright and producer David Belasco and his assistant Louis Hartman had developed many light instruments. Jean Rosenthal, another pioneer of American stage lighting, invented a system for recording a particular lighting sequence so that it could be faithfully repeated. Going into the 1940s and 1950s, stage lighting kept on evolving and improving. Many technical advances included special lenses, reflectors, projectors,...
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...personal essays to submit as part of their college applications. UT this year made the essay a required part of its applications. The priority admissions and scholarship deadline is November 1; the regular application deadline is December 1. “UT’s new requirement for short-answer essays gives our team an opportunity to learn more about the student beyond the academic benchmarks of test score and GPA—and in their own voice,” said Kari Alldredge, interim associate provost and director of undergraduate admissions. “As part of our holistic review process we consider a number of factors, and while we want to see strong academic preparation, we also want to learn more about our applicants’ goals, interests, and how they will contribute to our Volunteer community.”...
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...witch craft was around, Mather was familiarized with the Salem witch trials; therefore, the writing of Essays to do Good was established so witch craft can be avoided at all costs. Cotton Mather’s goal in life was to understand the beliefs relating to Christianity. Essays to do Good was Mather’s best write up that relates to God, and how good deeds can be achieved. Cotton was known to be a Christian and following its belief. Excelling in his entrance exams in Latin and Greek, young Cotton began his schooling at Harvard at only 12 years of age. After receiving his M.A. at age 18, he felt to a life of service in the clergy (Walker, 2001). Within the New World, there were two different sides of the coin of Bonifacius. The late medieval epoch of which Puritanism emerged and modern epoch of self-determined individuals and voluntary associations (Hall, 2003). Witch craft was Mather’s biggest concern due to the spread of small pox. The disease infected majority of the population with a high percentage of thirty three percent out of 3 people. Cotton blamed the witches for the spreadable disease. However, immunity from the disease was very rare but fatal to some...
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...working with clearly stated strategies to meet its vision. The strategies have changed from the 1970s to now. In 1970s strategic management was mostly centred on the ideas of size, growth and portfolio. This means managers saw the need to seek growth through size and increased portfolio. By portfolio we mean different investment opportunities or diversification. In the 1970s there was emphasis on market growth strategies. The main emphasis was on extending the markets as a means of harnessing more profits. By this time firms were market oriented. Their strategies were to control as much market as possible. Impact of market shares has led to the concept of increased profit based on reaching as many people as possible. There was the need to craft strategies that affected the entire organization not sub units. The need for overall company orientation was important. Strategic planning has changed a bit from that time. The focus has changed. The earlier focus was on growth and market share. Now the focus is on an efficient organization that has greater coordination and viability. The strategies have changed. Companies are no longer market oriented as before. Their focus is now on the overall organization. Departments can have their own strategies. In the 1970s only a centralized strategy was required. There are things that have remained the same. The need for clear objectives is still the same. The need to study the environmental factors and create a strategy based on that is still...
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...English 105 28 February 2013 Though some may believe that good writers are naturally born, a writer is excavated; much like a paleontologist excavates an ancient fossil; through the careful process of rewriting and perseverance a writer is revealed through the rubble. I began this course I suppose like many of my classmates…little to no college experience and no classroom interaction within the last decade. Again, like many in class this semester I come from a military background; I served in the Air Force for 14 years. Much like the Air Force, writing has rules; grammar, punctuation, syntax, clarity, purpose, the list goes on and on. You must follow these guidelines in order to produce an effective product. It is often said that good writers are not born but rather created. EN105 begins this process with students and has done so for me. It has broken the rigid walls of military style writing (cut and dry) and began the process of exhumation to reveal my hidden inner essayist. My experience in EN105 began at a pinnacle time in my life of complete change. My transition from active duty back to the civilian world came at an unforeseen time and I had to change quickly. I had to learn to speak civilian English again and now I had to learn to write it. Through collaborative interaction with my peers via threaded discussion boards and insightful weekly reading assignments, I have gained a vast amount of knowledge; experienced different unique writing styles and...
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...g to ECU study book (2011), learning organization is an organization in which everyone is engaged in identifying and solving problems. The characteristics of learning organization are creating shared vision, team-based structure, employee empowerment, share information, participative strategy, adaptive culture and so on. In order to build a learning organization, the whole levels of company staff need to contribute. Firstly, the top management plays the most important role for transfer organization into a learning organization. They need to do a better job on introducing the plans about changes carefully and deliberately. According to Samson & Daft (2009) management is the attainment of organizational goals in an effective and efficient manger through planning, organizing, leading and controlling organizational resources. So the top management is the maker of company’s strategy. They guide the direction of where should company go. When there is a change within organization, some problems can not be avoided, such as resistances from lower level staff. So top management does a good job on introducing change is necessary. They need to introduce the plan in detail to make staff and middle managers to better understand the plan. They can show the evaluation about the advantages and benefits of the change to employees. With that, the plan can be accepted by everyone in the company. In Electra-Quik, Martin needs to keep enthusiastic all the time and support Barbara’s ideas in order...
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...From the Writer When I first read The Picture of Dorian Gray, what struck me most, and what inspired me to write my essay, was the irony that Dorian exhibited in his life. In pursuing aestheticism—a philosophy based in the simplistic beauty of things—the pursuer may, in the end and without notice, emerge uglier than ever before. Dorian, the once wide-eyed innocent, buckles and caves in to depravity while practicing an aesthetic lifestyle, despite the beauty that such a life idea claims. I began to wonder what Oscar Wilde intended to convey with his portrayal of the Aesthetic Movement incarnate and its often harsh consequences, especially given the well-documented involvement of Wilde in promoting aestheticism in his contemporary society. The juxtaposition of Wilde’s support for the Aesthetic Movement with Dorian’s corruption at the hands of it provided a great jumping-off point and a lingering question with which to begin an essay. What exactly is Wilde’s view of aestheticism when one bears in mind the story of Dorian Gray? In writing my essay, I realized Wilde’s outlook is not as straightforward as it may first appear. Throughout the writing process, a difficult task I faced was to encapsulate the aesthetic position when the philosophy often meant different things to different people. In researching the movement, I found that the moral philosophies of various proponents of aestheticism often varied and, thus, it became difficult to nail down the aesthetic tenets and apply them...
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...Bryanna Miller English 2 L1 The Crucible essay March 13, 2014 “Because it’s my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them to hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!” (43) This is the reasoning John Proctor, a tragic hero, gave to why he wouldn’t sign his name on the document confessing to witch craft. This is also one of his last statements he made before he was hung to prove that he is a hero. John Proctor is a tragic hero because not only does he bring trouble on people, but in the end he tries his hardest to fix his mistakes, making him a hero. Proctors mistakes and attempts to fix them also helps the author, Arthur Miller, of the play The Crucible, get the theme, your mistakes will catch up with you, across. John Proctor is known as a tragic hero because he has made many mistakes and brought trouble into people’s lives, but he tried to make up for the mistakes and fix the problems he caused. The mistake he made in the play was when he had an affair with Abigail. This causes troubles, with not only his wife Elizabeth’s life, but also with Abigail’s life. This causes great trouble for Goody Proctor because she had to live with the fact that her husband cheated on her, because divorce was very looked down upon in the community. To try and get over the affair John had, she tried her best to pretend that it didn’t happen, and that everything...
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...Part I. The aspect selected must focus on some pertinent link between the chosen works and may reflect the interest of the candidate. The paper must be at least 1000 and no more than 1500 words. It should be appropriately documented. Everyone in a given class will have a different topic. Text Choices for World Lit paper: You may choose two of the following: Siddhartha, Hesse Candide, Voltaire A Doll’s House, Ibsen (if you don’t use it for the presentation) The Stranger, Camus General Types of Topic Choices for Essay: Topics may be based on any aspect(s) of the work(s) studied: • cultural setting of the work and how it and related issues are reflected • thematic focus as reflected in craft • characterization techniques • technique and style • author's attitude to particular elements of the work(s) such as character, subject, form, setting, narrative technique • international perspectives on common human problem (essay) • cross-cultural perspectives on the artist’s role in society • interpretation of particular elements from different perspective Focus for Paper: Your focus will depend on the nature and scope of your topic. The sophistication of literary criticism expected in elaborated in your rubrics. You will be expected to show: • thorough knowledge and understanding of the work(s) • thorough appreciation of the aspect discussed, appropriate similarities and differences between the work(s) • knowledge and...
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...the leader of the country and standing next to him was the Minister of Science and Progress, twenty-six-year-old Major General Franklin Hoenikker. John then decides to go on a trip to this small island, San Lorenzo. John learned from this advertisement on the New York Sunday times that the island of San Lorenzo was fifty miles long and twenty-mile-wide and they had a population of four hundred, fifty thousand people. He also referred to San Lorenzo as the barracuda capital of the world. John got his hands onto an essay titled, “What San Lorenzo Has Meant to One American.” This essay was actually written by Franklin Hoenikker, the blood son of Dr. Felix Hoenikker. John suspected that this essay by Franklin Hoenikker was not actually not written by Franklin himself and he thought that someone helped him write it. Franklin told the tale of when he was starving aboard a Chris-Craft and stumbled upon San Lorenzo. We have no clue what he was doing aboard the craft of how he magically got to San Lorenzo. He said once he actually got on land in San Lorenzo he was placed into jail because he had no passport with him. The ruler of the country, called, “Papa” Monzano came to see if this mysterious man was actually the son of the legendary Dr. Felix Hoenikker. Frank told the truth and said that he was of relation to Dr. Felix Hoenikker, and when he did that the dictator of the island let him free of captivity. Then the story goes back to John as he describes his journey to San Lorenzo...
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...format for writing a Critical Analysis constitutes an excellent initiation to the literary essay. These steps teach you to write, and think ‘up’ the Taxonomy. These are the preliminaries to the literary essay. DESCRIPTION: Give a brief description of the scene (comprehension, interpretation). This paragraph also includes a thesis statement from which this short essay flows ANALYSIS: In composing the analysis you are ‘writing to learn’ as you examine how the devices work in the literature. As you go through an analysis, select only those details on which the effect of the selection most obviously depends. (Whether or not the author ‘meant’ to use the elements in the way they did is a moot point.) Analyzing the creative product and how it works. (application, analysis). INTERPRETATION: Use all the knowledge gained from reading and analyzing the scene and put it together into a short discussion of the overall effects. Some questions to examine may be: What is the purpose of the scene? How does it develop character, conflict or theme? What are the explicit and implicit messages? What is its effect on its audience’s sympathies? (interpretation, analysis, synthesis) JUDGEMENT This is a summative statement about the learning / insight / understanding gained through the analysis of the scene. What have you learned through studying it – about the play, about the theme, about the craft of thegenre ingeneral, about the manipulation of the elements of drama? What can you carry...
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...Year 12 AS Literature Coursework Planning Sheet Prose Essay: Tess Of The D’Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy. Essay Titles: 1. Explore how Hardy uses Form, Structure and Language to present Alec D’Uberville as the predatory villain of the novel. Weighting of Marks: AO1: 12/30 AO2: 15/30 AO4: 3/30 Notice that AO3 (comparison and different interpretations) is not given any marks in this essay, unlike the Drama Essay. In this essay, you are marked mainly for the style and structure of your argument, the use of terminology, and foremost, your ability to analyse Hardy’s use of Form, Structure and Language in shaping meaning. In looking at Alec’s characterisation, there needs to be a clear focus on how Hardy crafts his writing to manipulate the readers’ feelings and thoughts concerning Alec. An attention to close textual detail, analysing use of dialogue, description, narration, and settings will be needed. You also need to engage with how Hardy has used Form (the conventions of particular types of novel) and Structure, showing your awareness of the Chapters and Phases of the novel, signposting your writing clearly and showing understanding of how Hardy structures events to shift and change or develop our understanding of Alec’s character. Context is only a small aspect, but should be embedded in your response, with comments linking to specific details in the text. PLANNING: If you want to organise a good party, planning is important. If you want to put on...
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...me to maintain a commitment to professionalism. TheTwice per year there are conference times set up for the parents to meet with teachers regarding to the progress of their child and what we will be working on for the remainder of the year. The parents are encouraged to attend one or both of these. If the parents have questions or concerns, they are encouraged to ask at anytime, whether it is daily or at the time of the conferences. Also if a parent would like to have a consultation before or after the arranged times, they are encouraged to seek this To maintain a commitment to professionalism dedication is the key to success. I dedicate myself to my job by going online to research what I will put in my lesson plans such as arts & crafts, songs and sensory projects. Most of the time I bring work home with me to finish last minute projects that I like to display on my boards. This includes printing out an activity descriptor and pictures that go with the art work the infant/toddler has done. I also like to take a lot of pictures of what we are doing in the classroom especially showing the infants and toddler working on art projects to have it displayed on my board. Every week I work on a lesson plan and newsletter. My lesson plan has a break down of what we are going to do for each day. It will show what we will learn in circle time and what kind of art project we will be doing that day. Every week is a different theme so that is also incorporated in my lesson...
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...The Veldt Craft Moves Essay Technology is something that people take for granted and it can take over their lives. In “The Veldt” the technology of the new world has taken over the kids lives and their parents lives. The kids have been taken over by the nursery and they have been acting weird and the parents try to fix it. Ray Bradbury focused on multiple craft moves such as descriptive language, foreshadowing, flashbacks, similes, and inner thinking to show what the characters are feeling and to make the reader think. The author uses foreshadowing to help the reader comprehend what will happen later in the story. Foreshadowing is a hint to the reader of what will come later. Sometimes it is used to show something that will be reiterated throughout the story. An example of this in the story is that the character hears a scream that sounds familiar and throughout the story that sounds comes back and they hear it many times. In the text it states, “Did you hear that scream?” This is something that the characters hear all throughout the story and it gives you a hint to what is next. The author uses descriptive language throughout the story to give detail and give the reader a good idea of what the...
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...Causes Of Computer Addiction (Cause And Effect Essay) Cause and effect Serious causes of computer addiction Technology has developed so much that it is almost crucial to have electronic devices at home. Our life has gotten so used to having technology around us that we can’t imagine our lives without them. However, while having electronic devices at home could be comfortable and handy at times, it could also have negative effect on children, especially on teenagers. Parents usually buy computers for their children’s educational resource. But teenagers, who always seek fun activities around them, use computer to play games, chat with friends and to catch up with the latest gossip on celebrities. And before they know it, they are addicted to computer. Computer can cause teenagers to be physically, and mentally ill, and the more the child spends more time on computer, the more he/she loses time to focus on academics, and to talk to their family. Many teenagers who use the computers don’t seem realize that sitting in front of the computer is harmful at all. The electromagnetic waves from the computer-screen make our brain cells get stiffen every second. Human eyes can also lose its focus and get dehydrated easily because the ELF, VLF, RF and MICROWAVE (types of injurious electromagnetic waves). These harmful waves can cause headache, drop in eyesight, a brain tumor and leucosis in the worst case. Moreover, sitting in front of computer without exercising makes the teenager...
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