...Rear Window Film Review Dawn B ARTS/100 Introduction to the Visual and Performing Arts June 24, 2013 Alfred Hitchcock was considered the master of suspense, and with very good reason. Hitchcock had a very productive film making career in which he made 53 major films. His production of Rear Window, a movie based on the short story by Cornell Woolrich titled, “It Had to be Murder” ("A Work In Progress,” 2013) is one of his most famous. I have seen Rear Window several times over the years, the first time in an art house theater in Lake Tahoe, California. It is my favorite Hitchcock film, and I looked forward to watching again. I relaxed in my recliner with a glass of wine to enjoy this Hitchcock masterpiece after everyone had gone to bed on Thursday evening, June the 20th. Rear Window opens on an apartment complex courtyard- peering into the windows of the people who live there. The camera tracks up and shows the audience a woman getting ready for the day. The camera tracks down and to the left to see the milkman walking away and into the street behind the building before tracking back around to the protagonist, L.B. Jeff Jefferies (James Stewart) in his apartment. A close up on Jefferies reveals the sweat on his forehead before cutting over to a wall thermometer showing how hot it is. Panning over, viewers get a closer look at the various people from the apartment across the street. The viewer sees a neighbor with shaving cream on...
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...It is hard to imagine surveillance and voyeurism in film without thinking of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 thriller Rear Window. Rear Window is a film that has been connected to surveillance since its creation; the film manages to put the audience in the wheelchair of the main character L.B. Jeffries. From the beginning of the film when the curtain is raised it makes the audience feel like they are looking through Jeffries window and spying on his neighbours. It is hard to imagine surveillance and voyeurism in film without thinking of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 thriller Rear Window. Rear Window is a film that has been connected to surveillance since its creation; the film manages to put the audience in the wheelchair of the main character L.B. Jeffries. From the beginning of the film when the curtain is raised it makes the audience feel like they are looking through Jeffries window and spying on his neighbours. It is hard to imagine surveillance and voyeurism in film without thinking of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 thriller Rear Window. Rear Window is a film that has been connected to surveillance since its creation; the film manages to put the audience in the wheelchair of the main character L.B. Jeffries. From the beginning of the film when the curtain is raised it makes the audience feel like they are looking through Jeffries window and spying on his neighbours. It is hard to imagine surveillance and voyeurism in film without thinking of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 thriller Rear Window...
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...Customer satisfaction and identify the key factors determined sales of Skoda A Proposal Prepared for Kelly Services By Nabina Shrestha Kathmandu, Nepal 1. BACKGROUND Skoda European premium and luxurious car is one of the largest car manufactures in Europe and also famous automobile manufactures in Europe. 2. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES Conduct Quantitative interviews among existing consumer groups to evaluate/ assess the satisfaction level of customer and identify the most determined factors made sales of car. ← Identify the most determined factors made sales ← Consumer satisfaction (quality and convenience) ← Most effective Communication campaign ← Suggestion for further improvement etc.. RESEARCH DESIGN 1 Target Segment Respondent details Will be provided by Skoda ... 2 Sample Size : 48 |Age Group |Sample Size | | | | | | | | | | 3.3 Area Coverage Kathmandu Valley 5 Overall Survey Methodology The study will be quantitative in nature. The structured questionnaire will be canvassed to respondents selected. The investigator will be trained to be able to administer the set questionnaire. INFORMATION AREAS To avail...
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...The scene in the film Rear Window was about the community and the protagonist named L.B. Jefferies. The scene started with the window. Next appeared a cat walking in the alley, from that moment, the audience can see the whole set of the neighborhood early in the morning and L.B. Jefferies sleeping when he was sweaty. Next, the viewer can see the thermometer, the composer shaving his beard, the couple sleeping outside their balcony, the dancing woman in a pink undergarment, the dog’s leash tied to the lamppost, and the woman with a pet bird. Then back to the L.B. Jefferies. At that moment, the viewer can see him taking a nap in his pajamas, in a wheelchair, his leg in a cast with his name on it, his broken camera, his black and white pictures, and a magazine of a woman. Overall, Alfred Hitchcock filmed this scene to deliver the audience the idea of what the neighborhood looks like, who are the people in the neighborhood, and what they do in the everyday life. Some of the character names themselves gives the viewer background on that person. For example, Miss Lonleyheart tells the viewer that she has never been married and is not in a relationship. He also wants to show what kind of a person L.B. Jefferies is and why he is the protagonist of the story. In general, Alfred Hitchcock delivered his beautiful art of mise-en-scene and cinematography to covey this scene. In terms of mise-en-scene, the most noticeable elements observed in the scene were the production design...
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...The Dollar General Informal Analytical Report Professor XXX DeVry University June 1, 2014 999 West Big Beaver Road Troy, Michigan (USA) 48084 kfirst@kellyservices.com Dollar General is widely regarded as one of the chief discount vendors in the United States. Based in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, it has over 11,000 stores across 40 states, serving to customers with the idea of making shopping easier, and convenient, by carefully sorting out the goods, and selling them at spectacularly low prices, the store’s growth rate saw a decline Because the targeted audience of Dollar General looks for buying everyday household good at the lowest prices, they are suspended to growing more in periods of recessions. Such stores find themselves under pressure at times because they cannot increase the prices of their goods even when the costs of operations are on the rise. By analyzing the average earnings of household in the West of the country, as well as Upper-Midwest, there is room for growth courtesy of new stores. Opening of their stores in California could well be stressful for them, as the market is challenging, and there is little room for newcomers, unless they come up with impressive deals. On the other hand, their plan of having a merger with their rivals Family Dollar is on the cards, though it is hard to figure out the impact it would have on the two parties/the newly formed company. Also, Dollar General does not cater all departments...
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...Club IT Part II Ernesto Alcala University of Phoenix Business Information Systems BIS/219 Anthony Isom August 10, 2010 Club IT Part II Over the last few months after the business’ opening, Club It improves its systems to keep the business running such as intranet and strategy for competitive advantage. But, a recent study show to Lisa and Ruben; the company’s owners another kind of problems or topics who requires their attention: The company’s resources, customer’s relationship, and supply system. The Club IT’s owners, Ruben Keys and Lisa Tejada followed the first recommendations to keep their business ruling. Now the company still using the intranet system but, every employee use his/her own password to see his/her own information. Only the Ruben and Lisa can check the company’s information such as the company’s sales, stock, or, supply. The new intranet system allows the owners to evaluate their employees, how they manage their time and their efficiency. The customer’s feedback allows the owners to know their clientele’s likes and dislikes, music preferences, food and drink’s preferences. These issues allows Club It to take a competitive advantage over its competitors. However, a recent study shows that Club IT still need to improve three fields to keep and improve its success. The first one: the company resources as the technology. Currently, the intranet technology that Club It use allows the owners to know the currently issues inside the company. But, each department...
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...Mid-term Paper October 19 2012 Backstage Musical Evolution The backstage musical has been around for quite some time. From Busby Berkeley and Fred Astaire to more modern like Arthur Freed and Judy Garland, the backstage musical genre will always have a place in Hollywood history. What makes the backstage musical different from the typical musical is that the plot usually revolved around the theater and therefore can lead to natural breaks into song and dance. For example in Easter Parade Fred Astaire says that he can get anyone to become a great dancing partner, therefore Fred and his dancing partner, Judy Garland can break out in dance and the logic would not be questioned. This specific type of musical is very important in the history of American musicals. Like everything else in life, things change and mature and this form of musical is no exception to this. A lot of the movies in this genre started like a straight forward love story with singing and dancing but as time went on the plots for more complicated and mature. They also experimented with different idea and themes as time went on. As time went on the backstage musical changed. While there was a lot of change, one interesting thing that doesn't really change are the people behind these movies. Fred Astaire, Busby Berkeley, Judy Garland, Arthur Freed, and many more seem to have been the go to people for these type of movies. Understandably, they are all unbelievably talented and great at what they...
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... From: Kelly Services Acquisition Date: October 5, 2013 Subject: Talent Acquisition Partnership Dear AT&T Decision Makers, At Kelly Services, we understand the importance of hiring qualified, customer-focused individuals to fill crucial positions and key roles in an organization. We know how time consuming this process can be and we are here to help. Kelly Services has been connecting employees to companies since 1946. The name has changed a few times, but the excellent service has not. “Kelly Services has been recognized for its quality processes, management practices, supplier diversity, and community involvement with many awards.” (Kelly Services Inc., 2013). “We are an international company that provides employment for 560,000 employees every year which include many Fortune 500 companies.” (Kelly Services Inc., 2013) “Kelly Services offers a comprehensive array of outsourcing and consulting services as well as world-class staffing on a temporary, temporary-to-hire, and direct-hire basis.” (Kelly Services Inc., 2013). With our years of experience, we are confident that we could provide qualified professionals to AT&T and contribute to the growth of your organization. The chart below is from our supplier engagement survey and reflects the business assistance that we offer to our suppliers, to increase the bottom line. As you can see, 62% of suppliers indicated that they would be ‘highly likely’ to provide services as a supplier to another Kelly program...
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...Parjit Sigh Dhaliwal Mr. Mannello ENG3U0-I 2015-12-10 Donnie Darko and The Catcher in the Rye Comparative Essay: The Transition into the Adult World When one’s views contrast with those of society’s, a societal phenomenon of alienation occurs. Both, J.D Salinger’s novel, The Catcher in the Rye, and director Richard Kelly’s film, Donnie Darko, emphasise this estrangement by contextually presenting protagonists who suggest that teen discordance is universal due to their opposing collective perspectives. The book, The Catcher in the Rye, is about a young-adult’s three-day experience living in New York city after being kicked out of his school. The narrator, Holden Caulfield, recounts his experiences and interactions within those three days through thorough analyzation. The film, Donnie Darko, is about a teen, Donnie Darko, who is supernaturally transported to a tangent universe, guided by a ghost, Frank, in which his actions determine the future of the normal universe. In both the book and the novel, the ironic nature of societal seclusion being self-inflicted shown through the rejection of society by the protagonists themselves, both works are able to reinforce the universality of teen discord. Although there is trust to be found in adults, superficiality is present in the mass majority of the adult society. This phoniness amongst adults is present in both the book and the movie ultimately which contributes to the prevalence of distrust amongst the adolescent protagonists...
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...Edward (Ned) Kelly was an Australian Bushranger born in June 1855 in Beveridge Victoria, Ned Kelly was the Eldest son of John (Red) Kelly and Ellen Kelly. In April 1878 a warrant was issued on Ned’s brother Dan Kelly and Police Trooper Fitzpatrick going to their property to arrest Dan. Fitzpatrick later claimed that Ned Kelly had shot at him but facts show that Ned couldn’t have possibly been there. With Fitzpatrick’s report a bounty was placed on both Ned and Dan Kelly who then decided to go hide in the Wombat Ranges near Mansfield where they were joined by Joe Byrne and Steve Hart. With the bounties placed on Ned and Dan Constable s Lonigan, Scanlon and McIntyre who were joined by Sergeant Kennedy went out to search for the Kelly brothers. Ned spotted the Police camp...
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...Meliton cruz Professor Riedel STACC English 100 13 November 2013 RD Essay 3(Theme “Curtis Martindale”) In the book “Southland” by Nina Revoyr tells us about Jackie Ishida, a young Japanese American law student, has recently lost her grandfather, Frank Sakai. At the complex where Aunt Lois lived, there is discussion of an old will that leaves the store her grandfather owned for years to a strange man called Curtis Martindale. Neither one of them have ever heard of him. The mystery begins, although Jackie disagrees with this will, she later agree to try and find out about this man. Argue WHY HE LEFT The Store To CurTis!!!! -----Curtis was his son ---- This issue starts after Frank Sakai dies, which was a surprise for his daughter and granddaughter because he was an active and healthy man. Lois than finds a box in Frank’s closet full of papers, old pictures and articles but then she finds another box that had the name of store marked on it. That box was full of money, it was about $38,000, and they got shocked because they had never seen that much money in their lives. This is where the problem starts because they find a paper that they think was Frank’s will. Needs supporting details and concluding paragraphs The will of Frank surprises them because the store that owned Frank was left to this man called Curtis Martindele. “Wait. You think the money should go to–” She looked down the paper again. “–Curtis Martindale? Who is Cutis Martindale, anyway?” (Pg. 26) Jackie...
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...Club IT Part One Ernesto Alcala University of Phoenix Business Information Systems BIS/219 Anthony Isom July 28, 2010 Club IT Part One Club IT as a new nightclub recently in business, showing its organization by a description of Club IT’s mission, primary clientele, the system’s management, the role of the IT department, and, competitive advantage strategy which would achieve them success in its business. As an entertainment company, Club IT establishes a mission announcement: "We, Ruben and Lisa, offer you live music, DJ's, dance space and refreshments that suit your lifestyle. You are our friends, and we seek to build a community that meets regularly at Club IT." (R. Kelly Rainer E. T., 2008). As a night club, Club IT remodeled its interiors presenting great energy and a great place to dance, eat, or relax. Offering 6,000 square feet of fun with a short order kitchen for appetizers and also a bar. The club offers a variety of music, such as: Live bands, hip hop, techno, MP3, and, electronic. By providing a variety of music and merchandise as t-shirts, baseball cap, short glass, and glass mug, the company tries to match everybody’s life styles including older adults, married couples, singles, and young-adults achieving and building a community of friends who meet at the club frequently. As a small company, Club IT uses an intranet structure. A private network who allows the owners and employees to have access providing an excellent resource for the club. However...
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...Speech of Gratitude Peejay Arbado ?:-)>~ To our honorable guest speaker, Ms. Ruchira Mehrotra; our Campus President, Mr. Neil Bernardo; our College Dean, Dr. Rosario Golla; our Program Facilitator, Ms. Analiza Tadena; the members of the faculty; our beloved parents; friends; guests; fellow graduates. Ladies and gentlemen, I greet you all good evening. It was not long ago when our journey began as college students, where we came to dream of a bright future ahead of us. We took entrance and scholarship exams; college interviews. We thought of what would be the best course to take, where to enroll, who are the people we will meet, what would be the future ahead of us. We all did aspire for the best education in the best way we can have to make our dreams come true. We entered college life in many different ways. Some are confident and cool, some are afraid and cautious, some are quiet and calm, some are brainy and strange, and some are eager and enthusiastic to face what may lie ahead. We all began to learn that a new chapter in our lives is ready to take place, and it is the biggest challenge we are yet to face, for we know it is the deciding factor of what our future may become. We all officially started our college life by being asked by one question: Tell me about yourself. In every start of school year in our elementary and high school life, we are all asked by the same question. As time passes by, we restate our answer as we know of ourselves further. Then...
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...Seems like everybody’s got a price I wonder how they sleep at night They come knocking on my door To say hello But they never did this before Why is everyone so serious? Acting so mysterious They’re saying my pearl Is the key to the world And now it’s all that they adore Everybody look to their left Everybody look to their right Can you feel that yeah Kino’s pearl will be gone tonight It’s all about the money, money, money They just want my money, money, money Just wanna make a living Without all the deceiving Ain’t about the cha-ching cha-ching Ain’t about the ba-bling ba-bling Just wanna make a living Without all the deceiving We need to take it back in time When our songs made us all unite Together as one like one person There’s a ton of us getting tired Why are we so worthless? Money can’t buy us happiness Let’s all get down and step as one Guarantee we’ll be feeling obedient Everybody look to their left Everybody look to their right Can you feel that yeah Kino’s pearl will be gone tonight It’s all about the money, money, money They just want my money, money, money Just wanna make a living Without all the deceiving Ain’t about the cha-ching cha-ching Ain’t about the ba-bling ba-bling Just wanna make a living Without all the deceiving It’s all about the money, money, money They just want my money, money, money Just wanna make a living Without all the deceiving Ain’t about the cha-ching cha-ching Ain’t about the ba-bling ba-bling Just wanna make a living Without all the...
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...Some bad movies you slag off gleefully. Their awfulness inspires you to reach high for insults as witty as the film is terrible. Others provoke a certain disappointment at their failure, a kind of mourning at the difference between the film’s ambition and its execution. Richard Kelly’s The Box is such a film. Kelly is a trippy, sometimes loopy filmmaker whose Donnie Darko is one of the great cult films of this century. In that film, his far less successful Southland Tales, and now The Box, Kelly creates mind-twisting tales in which everyday conundrums unravel into conspiracies and plots of cosmic proportions. Picture him as Robert Towne with an overlay of Rod Serling. But Kelly spins paranoid fantasies with so many threads that he can’t quite keep track of them all, or make them connect in a meaningful way. That’s the problem with The Box: a great set-up leading to a muted, unsatisfying conclusion that doesn’t really pay off. His film, taken from a short story by Richard Matheson, is set in 1976, to tie it to the Mars landing program that produced the first photos from that planet’s surface. Arthur Lewis (James Marsden) is a NASA scientist who worked on that program and who is awaiting approval to join the astronaut program. His wife Norma (Cameron Diaz) teaches English at a private school near Richmond, Virginia, which their son attends. Portentously, she is teaching Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit. One day before Christmas, a box arrives on their doorstep, a polished wooden object...
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