...most recognizable and frequently imitated aspects of the tale. Walt Disney brought its version of Carroll’s story to the silver screen in 1951 in its animated film Alice in Wonderland. With its expertise in animation Disney was able to take Carroll’s narrative to the level of the fantastic that the author had envisioned when composing Alice. Within the confines of the scene between Alice and the Caterpillar, Disney did much to keep close to the text and images of the interaction inside the book. Although the outline of the caterpillar scene is in line with Carroll’s...
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...cultural identity. “Marie’s Dictionary,” a short documentary directed by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, explores the theme of perseverance through the story of one woman’s passionate purpose to preserve her tribe’s language from becoming extinct by creating the first ever Wukchumni dictionary. With the goal to revive appreciation for the art of Native American languages, the documentary focuses on Marie Wilcox, the last fluent speaker of the Wukchumni language, and her passion to save it from extinction. The film’s director, Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, first met Ms. Wilcox through the Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival. In a short article by the New York Times, Vaughn-Lee provides some background to the Wukchumni tribe. According to the director, the tribe resides in San Joaquin Valley, California, and is part of the Yokuts tribal group, but is not recognized by the federal government....
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...epigrams within the play could be followed, or contrastingly on the overwhelming ridiculousness of the language and actions. In the Oliver Parker’s 2002 film adaptation of The Importance of Being Earnest, the hypocrisy of Victorian social statuses and the very definition of truth are turned on their heads, highlighting with flippant humor the various struggles with self-identity, while serving a collaborative portion of Romantic and Postmodern concepts. Overall, the tone of the movie could be described as light and jovial, with spurts of solemnity amongst witty and nonsensical banter. While the lively music, beautiful scenery, and easiness of viewing produce a pleasant mood, they collectively toss a thin veil over the profoundness of Wilde’s comical, yet highly satirical, play. Quite a few measures of visual interference throughout the film are utilized, taking the attention off of the language, and rather onto the plot, including the added musical number featuring Jack and Algernon singing “Lady Come Down” to Gwendolen and Cecily. Furthermore, the star-studded cast, including Reese Witherspoon, Judi Dench, and Colin Firth, deliver talented performances, but act as visual roadblocks from the deeper meanings behind the irony and absurdity of the characters’ rationales. Representing this divide between plot and language are Romanticism and Postmodernism. On the sprightly side of the film, romantic and often fantastical elements constitute the main line of events. Notable features of...
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...-Shane DeRolf Overview: Research indicates that students learn concepts/ideas more effectively when they apply these concepts/ideas to everyday activities, films/movies, newsworthy events, etc. The crayons assignment provides you with the opportunity to view a film related to race/ethnicity and to apply key sociological concepts to this film. The film A Class Divided must be viewed in order to complete this assignment. It can be located at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/video/flv/generic.html?s=frol02p66&continuous=1 or by going to PBS Frontline and typing in A Class Divided into the toolbar. While viewing this film, take notes on the key points of the film and think about how the film applies to the following key concepts: race, discrimination, racism, stereotyping, and prejudice. Purpose: ➢ To demonstrate understanding of the film A Class Divided ➢ To define key concepts related to race/ethnicity ➢ To apply sociological concepts to the film The Paper (worth 100 points): The “crayons” paper must be no more than three pages in length (excluding the title page and reference page), double-spaced, with 1-inch margins, and 12 point font (Times New Roman or Arial). Submit through ECN assignments in Word or .rtf format. You may write the report in first person, using formal language. You must use subheadings, carefully structured by the following organization and you must have internal references (using APA format) and a reference page. (See...
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...is also found in the film ‘Edward Scissor hands’ as we see the main character, Edward, is inconsiderately isolated of the means of his odd physical appearance. The theme isolation is frequently highlighted in the film ‘Edward Scissor Hands’ as a series of chain events occurred due to him being isolated. Edwards isolation ushered him to be socially awkward, not knowing how to act around people. This means he hasn't had time to build his defence mechanisms, leaving him vulnerable to gossipy housewives and macho bullies. This is evident when Jim takes advantage of Edwards ability to unlock doors and when Jim is able to physically and mentally abuse Edward with out retaliation. Through all these events, Edward is not able to comprehend the fast pace society due to his isolation. In the society we live in today, we see and encounter isolation frequently. One of the most common types, is social isolation. Social isolation is a process in which someone stops communicating or cooperating with society. They are essentially mentally...
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...She sang and entertained for 16 years. Selena's murder sent shockwaves through the Latino community, and her fans around the world mourned the singer's passing. Selena's life story has been the subject of a 1997 film, Selena, which stars Jennifer Lopez as the Tejano superstar and James Edward Olmos as her father. In this biographical drama, Selena (Jennifer Lopez) is born into a musical family. Selena’s father Abraham (James Edward olmos) realized that his daughter Selena had a gift, Selena then started to sing and perform at small venues. Selena falls for her guitarist without her father's approval. Selena seeking mainstream fame, decides to start to record her her English-language album which tragically she will never finish. Selena confesses to her mother that she is having anxiety about her crossover album and also confesses about her and Chris wanted to start a family. On March 31, after arguing over the missing financial documents, Selena is murdered by...
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...“The whole universe depends on everything fitting together just right. If one piece busts, even the smallest piece... the entire universe will get busted.” (BOTSW) Hushpuppy was just a child who believed her world was coming to an end. This film was very rigorous and dramatic. It made you think, what if that was me in that situation, what would I have done? Beast of the Southern Wild was a film about a little girl who lived with her father at the “edge of the world”. Her father showed her the toughest love to prepare her for when he departed and she had to live on her own. Hushpuppy was so fed up with her father that she hit him and her world came “crashing down”. Her father very ill and was unable to take care of her as he was before. She began having to go out on her own and do what she could without him. When he finally left she realized that it was her duty to take care of the “bathtub” (the...
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...been around for centuries the modern world had to find a way to incorporate this story into the 20th century. Over all there has been four versions of the tale of The Beauty and the Beast. The best known version of the tale is the Disney cartoon film of it that was released in 1991. However, 2017 was also presented with a live action film of the tale. Both are very similar in the way they were produced, but they do have some differences that can be picked out without even watching the film, one could probably tell by the movie posters presented to advertise both films. In 1989, Disney had just released the film The Little Mermaid, the film ended up being a huge success for Disney and the producers. Therefore, when Disney wanted to produce another princess movie so soon after, they really had to do it thoroughly and perfectly to ensure another Disney success. The 1991 film of Beauty and the Beast was advertised with a beautiful representation of the film. The movie poster is very colorful and simple. As soon as you look at the poster you are overwhelmed with the colors gold and blue, evidentially because of the iconic big and beautiful...
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...Director Gary Marshall utilises the somewhat contrived elements of the Cinderella fairytale and the cultural suppositions regarding prostitutes in the film Pretty Woman, successfully positioning the audience to accept and sympathise with the lead character, Vivienne Ward. Marshall conveys Vivienne's journey to be akin to that of Cinderella, a woman who is by all means downtrodden and helpless, desperate to leave her current situation, and perhaps naively hopeful of her salvation. This is highlighted by the on-screen rags-to-riches transformation created through Vivienne’s appearance, body language and her interaction with others. Initially, the audience is introduced to Vivienne Ward, the prostitute, who wears stereotypically revealing clothing and interacts with ‘trashy’ people, emphasising the dominant cultural beliefs regarding...
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...short, curly black hair; in that moment, I felt inferior because I knew I could never be like the “real” Cinderella.” (Hill 83) “The Disney reference changed forever my mental image of how a princess should look.” (Hill 84) “In the movie, Cinderella was white, and all of the other Disney princesses were white as well; none of the princesses I saw in my favorite films looked like me.” (Hill 84) Diversity is one thing Disney lacks. Since all the princesses are light skin, little girls of color think they can not be beautiful, find true love, change the world, and can not be princesses. For example, Disney did not make a “colored” princess until Aladdin which aired in 1992. Even then princess Jasmine is very light...
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...In the 1966 film, Alfie, the character Alfie embodies different ideologies, which view the human person as “image of self” as opposed to “image of God.” The choices and actions Alfie makes and his relationships with others embody various ideologies, such as objectivism described by Ayn Rand. The standards Alfie live by, his moral code, treatment of other people, views on love and final self-reflection all include ideas from the Objectivism ideology, which views the person as “image of self.” For that reason, objectivism embodied by Alfie’s moral code and personal standard to live by can be contrasted to the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, which views the human person in the “image of God.” Alfie lives by a standard and moral code that coincide...
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...comorbid with autism. Arnie’s character is also stereotypic to some extent. Arnie is shown as being unkempt with hair that is unbrushed and always being covered in dirt. While it is likely that autistic persons do not care much about how they look, the trait is also sometimes true for people that are not autistic. Therefore, the fact that Arnie was the character whose appearance is untidy appears to point towards the fact that autistic persons are lesser in appearance and do not take enough care of themselves, but this is not true. Conclusion In conclusion, the film is an effective representation of mental disability and its probable implications to the family. Arnie’s family is constantly worried about him as would any family with a mentally challenged individual. While in some instances Arnie’s portrayal of mental disability appears to be farfetched, it is still a proper representation of the condition. In this case the film does a great job shedding light on the...
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...Women’s Film 10/5/2011 There’s Something About Mary! In the film There’s Something About Mary a few men fall in love with a beautiful women named Mary. This very attractive women is portrayed as a women who has it all, a great personality, spunky attitude, college graduate, smoking body, and a caring kind heart. She is portrayed as the ideal woman that any man would love to fall in love with and in fact in this comedy film some men did although some seemed more obsessed than in love. It all starts with a man named Ted, that fell head over heals over Mary in high school but unfortunately lost touch with her over the years. After a few years Ted decides to find her and hires a sketchy private investigator recommended by his friend Dom, named Healy to find Mary, who then falls for Mary when he finds her but in the process he crashes into a guy named Tucker. Tucker is also a friend of Mary’s and is head over heels for her as well and gets in the way of Healy’s schematic newfound relationship with Mary. All these guys knew Mary including Dom and had created a relationship with her but Mary had a slight more attraction for Ted and Healy. Unfortunately every man had lied about their lives to Mary in order to stay on good terms with her or to impress her. After Ted had regained contact with Mary and as Mary was falling for Ted and leaving Healy behind Dom wrote a letter to Mary revealing how Ted had found her and Healy as well and ruined the relationships between the guys and...
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...Lets turn a little more into the future with the 2003 film the hulk this is a incredible remake of the original film form the 80’s. All this man was doing is getting angry and it triggered him to become viscous monster but why does anger have to make him evil anger can make strong to defeat anger out of evil not a good hearted anger an anger reveled to the audience that he was the monster that stopped monsters.. moving forward years later another yet great remake the incredible hulk 2008 film directed by great man who directed other successful action films created hulk fighting a monster so big and crazy that his name was literally the abomination a scary animal with a spine like dinosaur back then he became outta hand but what can we say the hulk the incredible hulk comes in and saves the day once again. Lou was also in the avengers as the years went on all those nnede3d Mr. Ferrigno back in action!! Now let us get real here and talk about how he managed his hearing loss and ear infection all his life with it being a surprise that he can never hear again and sign to the whole world learning sign language for him was his next big challenge who could have known that the fact that we cant understand why things happen but he didn’t take as a bad thing in fact he took it as a blessing to learn new skills besides the monster...
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...As their relationship evolves across scenes 14 to 18 (it is interesting to note that Delacey’s character is blind, his not having to address the Creatures physical appearance perhaps being a reason why this relationship is allowed to develop further than the initial meeting) we see the Creature progress not only in the acquisition of language but also in his comprehension. Through DeLacey’s teachings and the passing of time the Creature develops from scrawling single letters and learning the simple breakdown of sounds in Scene 14, to discussing Plutarch’s ’The Lives of the Emperors’ and delivering sections of Milton’s ‘The Wakeful Nightingale’ in Scene 18. Here the Creature shows a real increase his understanding, even reflecting on what he has...
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