...Heathers is a satirical black comedy directed by Michael Lehmann, starring Winona Ryder as Veronica Sawyer and Christian Slater as Jason “J.D” Dean. Veronica Sawyer is a new addition to the most popular clique comprised of three other girls in her high school, all named Heather, but Veronica does not approve of the other girls’ petty and malicious actions. When Veronica and her unorthodox new acquaintance, J.D., attempt to confront the clique leader, Heather Chandler, they accidentally poison her, and make it out to be a suicide. As a pattern of similar suicides breaks out, Veronica realizes that J.D. may not be all that she had hoped for. Heathers features many literary elements throughout the film to add depth and meaning to the characters...
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...Kirsten Orshal English-10 Greer Author Paper 4/10/14 “A queen is never late, everyone else is simply early” (Queen Clarisse Renaldi the Princess Diaries). This is a quote that I live by. Whenever I walk in late somewhere I will utter this quote and get surprised smiles and people saying “Oh the Princess Diaries I love that movie!” That movie was brought to life by a wonderful author Meg Cabot. Although the Disney movie did not directly follow the book it was based off of it, and there are many similarities. Meg Cabot is quite like Mia in the sense that she is tall, and has lived in an apartment, yet unlike little Mia she’s not a secret air to a small kingdom. When Meg writes a book she is sure to put a piece of her into it. Meg’s mystery series really ties into her life. Meg lived in New York City, she was an assistant residency hall director, and she attended college just like her main character Heather wells. Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967 (“Contemporary Authors Meg Cabot”). She is a number one New York Times bestselling author for all ages. She writes for adults teens and tweens alike. Meg Cabot grew up in Bloomington Indiana a relatively small town. She also lived in Carmel California which is also the setting for her mediator series. (Abbots) Meg also has a college education. She received her bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Indiana College. (Cabot) Contrary to popular belief, not all authors live alone with their cats, although Meg does not have any...
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...The movie beginnings with Morgan Freeman asking the high school from Charleston to make a integrated prom and that he would pay for it. At that time there was two different types of prom: a white prom and a black prom. The school declined the idea and the main reason they declined was because of the school board and the parents. Years later in 2008, Morgan Freeman goes a second time to Charleston High School and asks if there can be only one prom and he would pay for it. The principal and assistant principal agreed to one integrated prom. Morgan Freeman then went on to talk to the senior class and told them about having one prom for everyone. Most of the kids are excited and agree. Then the movie shows little stories about different students at Charleston High....
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...Compare and Contrast If you want a complete story, read the book. If you want a shot version, watch the film. Although there are many similarities and some differences this could still take away from the Movie if you watched it first instead of reading the book. Laurie Halse Anderson In the movie I think there are a lot of things that could have been compared and contrasted. In the Movie there was not a no mirror scene or no prom scene. In the book Andy does not stand up for Melinda in the movie he does. In the movie Andy is not Portrayed as a monster or at least to the extent of the book deceptions. In the book she gets raped under a tree, but in the movie she gets raped in Andy’s jeep. In the book it seems like her parents and her never...
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...There were a lot of differences and similarities from the book to the movie. For example Andy Evans also known as “IT” actually took up for Melinda when the girls at her lunch table began making fun of her once she had left. But in the book it was never said that he did. Also in the book Melinda was raped in the woods while in the movie she was raped in Andy’s jeep. Melinda met Heather on the bus while in the book she met her in the auditorium. In the book most of the narration takes place in Melinda’s head while in the movie it doesn’t. Since the narration took place more outside of her head there wasn’t really any dark humor. Because there wasn’t really any dark humor it took away from her personality and her just being a teenager. Without the dark humor we didn’t really get to know her in the movie as much as we did in the book. Whenever Andy assaulted her in her closet she just put a glass shard to his neck and said “I said no” while in the movie she threw something in his eyes and then had him backed into the corner with the glass shard pressed against his neck. In the movie she only writes foreign exchange students are ruining the country on the bathroom stall and nothing about Andy Evans being bad or to stay away from him....
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...The film Heathers uses the psychological ideas of conformity, antisocial personality disorder, and humanistic perspective to portray the tragic events surrounding Veronica Sawyer. Throughout Heathers, various characters make tragic mistakes by conforming to society, rather than questioning the practicality of the situation. Veronica Sawyer is the first to do this, as she desires to join the Heather and move up in social hierarchy. To appease the Heathers and not cause social distress, Veronica finds herself emotionally sabotaging others. Although she knows that her actions are wrong, she is compelled to do as the Heathers wish as a result of the forces of groupthink. Groupthink, researched by Irving Janis, describes the systematic error that...
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...Throughout the book and the film, Speak, there were lots of things that weren't the exact same throughout the two. The theme, however, did not change throughout the film or movie, even with the differences. Throughout the book and film, there were numerous similarities. An example of a similarity would be Melinda wanting to start off high school as someone who doesn't want to stand out to everyone. She wants to keep her emotions to herself and not tell anyone about them. Another similarity between the book and the film would be Heather and Melinda having the same relationship in both sources. This included Heather dumping Melinda being her friend which was included in both the book and film. The similarities tell the viewer that the book...
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...3D) is a 2013 American slasher film directed by John Luessenhop and written by Debra Sullivan and Adam Marcus. It is the seventh film in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, and was presented in 3-D. The film stars Alexandra Daddario, Dan Yeager, Tremaine Neverson, Tania Raymonde, Thom Barry, Paul Rae, and Bill Moseley. Texas Chainsaw 3D follows a young girl named Heather, who is travelling to Texas with her friends to collect an inheritance from her deceased grandmother, whom she had never met. centers on Heather, who discovers that she was adopted after learning of an inheritance from a long-lost grandmother. She subsequently takes a road trip with her friends to collect the inheritance, unaware that it includes her cousin, Leatherface, as well. Filming began in the summer of July 2011, with Kirsten Elms and Luessenhop providing rewrites to the script. The Texas Chainsaw 3D full movie was released on January 4, 2013. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is an American horror franchise consisting of seven slasher films, comics and a video game adaptation of the original film. The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre full movie, directed by Tobe Hooper and written and produced by Hooper and Kim Henkel, was released in 1974. Hooper also directed the first sequel to the original film; however, the other sequels have had various writers and directors attached to them. Hooper has not had any direct involvement with the rest of the sequels; however, he did co-produce the original film's remake...
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...Heathers review This musical is based off of a black comedy movie and is about a major problem with teen depression. It all starts off as the normal first day of school where you are completely lost and you meet a girl named Veronica who is not liking the year so far. Though, the only way she could get on top of the crowd is by hanging out with the Heathers (popular girls). As for them being late for class, Veronica uses her Forging skills to help them from getting detention as they bring her into their inner circle. Though, we figure out that being popular could also be bad as to lying to a friend. Which causes a whole other story based off of how one thing could mess up a friendship. Veronica is too caring to do something like that until it might ruin her social life. Furthermore, they weren’t the only ones around but hearing over the threats was a mysterious trench coat kid named Jason Dean (JD)....
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...In this Essay I was suppose to compare and contrast of the novel Speak by Laurie Ann and The movie Speak. As we talk about the novel and the movie my reflection has changed. First she was talking about how Mr. Neck was his nickname in the novel but in the movie it was his actual name. The Novel it shows that the family was sending notes to each other but in the movie they talk normal. In the Novel of speak it actually talks about more specific things like when Melinda went to the prom and she got into a fight Rachel. Hair woman also started as a dull person but through the season its like she got her a man or something because she started looking/dressing alive more colorful and the hair-cut. In the First Marking Period She writes and show...
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...Alexa St. Angelo Mrs. Wahlberg Grade 10 Period 7 CP 11 March 2013 A Silent Outcast's Dark Secret The novel "Speak" written by Laurie Halse Anderson is a story known to most teens. Laurie Halse Anderson did a great job of interpreting many modern struggles most teens may face today. Not every teen is enjoying their high school experience or may have it as easy as their peers do. Freshman Melinda Sordino did not have her ninth grade year go as planned for her. Her story is told in this book. This is a powerful novel that is great for opening discussions and shining awareness on topics such as violence, sex, language, drinking, drugs and smoking. "Speak" tells the story of 13 year old Melinda Sordino, who has a rough first year of high school. The previous summer, Melinda busted a party by calling the cops. No one understood why she did so, and this one act of hers is what made her an outcast her freshman year. It was made known what she had done that night and people weren't easy on her for this. With her friends not talking to her and the constant judgment of those around her who didn't even know her, this caused Melinda unbelievable stress. Melinda, now a mute and friendless, only found comfort in herself but she could never remain eased for too long because there was something else that happened that night that was causing her nonstop stress. She couldn't find the voice to speak about what had happened to her, and she didn't have anyone she could talk about...
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...Page 1 Yuvraj Sihra Professor. Heather Maclean ESL-100 College of the Canyons September 24, 2014 3. Find your favorite part of the article. Underline it. Explain why it resonates with you. • I found the article really interesting even though it was based on the movie “Groundhog Day”. The article focuses on explaining the message of this move. My favorite part from the article was “When we get beyond denial and resent over the conditions of life and death… and accept our situation”. I have a fixed mindset which sometimes causes me to be in denial. I am trying to change my ability of how I think. To accept a situation means having a growth mindset. Phil Connors had fixed mindset when he first became aware of what was happening to him. He was in denial until he changes his mindset and ability to learn. It resonates with me because the message is closely tied to my life. 4. Is there anything in the article with which you disagree? Find it and explain. • Personally, I couldn’t find anything not disagree upon because the article was well written. This article was based on pursuing a message and true fantasy. And I believe anything is possible in fantasy. 5. The following is from the article. Paraphrase it. “In telling this story, the movie hits on a message that is commonly found elsewhere and that appears to express an essential truth. When we get beyond denial and resentment over the conditions of life and death…then he accepts the fact that everyone else is condemned to die.” Page...
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...The Blair Witch Project | A report for advertisement | | This report includes the marketing analysis of this project, including the PESTLE and SWOT analysis. It also includes the problems this project faced and solutions to them, with the comparison to some similar movie projects. | | | Submitted to Prof. SHAM SHARMA | | A presentation report for advertisement Submitted by: Name | Roll no. | Section | Ankit Tomar | 10 | FA2 | Deepanshu Tyagi | 13 | FA2 | Neha Srivastava | 19 | FA2 | Ritika Chhabra | 31 | FA2 | Vaishali Dhiman | 47 | FA2 | Acknowledgement Any accomplishment requires the effort of many people and this work is no different. We take this opportunity to thank Prof. Sham Sharma for providing us valuable guidance at various stages of my project. Well! We do not have any long list of names to give them any credit for this project report as the credit mostly goes to us. But as we are being humans by the time of our birth, we are also dependent. We owe our sincere thanks to the college faculties, who always believe that the last bencher is not capable of doing nothing, their criticism challenged us to prove them wrong. We like to thank all our colleges at IIPM, New Delhi who always do their best by helping us to enjoy the life at its peak by bunking the lectures and spending time with PVR cinemas. We like to remember the wisdom provided by GOOGLE and ALTAVIST.com, for their valuable suggestions and auto completion dialogue...
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...Malana, Ynna P. TM6B Personality Development TTH 1:30-3:00pm Prof. Ulep Title: John Tucker Must Die 2006 1. If you were Kate and you had Katie’s Mom, how would you feel about your family’s lifestyle? Well If I were in her situation, I would accept the fact that she is the only family I have. And I would not take advantage of the fact that she couldn’t focus her full attention to me. I will not let our situation ruin our life or my relationship with my mom because she’s the only ally I have. I would also do the same thing that Katie did to her mom when she scolded her about her dating issues. I think it’s my responsibility to protect my Mom and I have the right to know who she was dating. But I still have my limits and I have to give her respect and privacy. 2. If you were to be John Tucker’s date, would you react the same thing like the three other girls? Why? Honestly speaking, If I were in that kind of situation, I really wouldn’t mind. I will take our date as a pleasure of meeting him and asking me out. I’m not the kind of girl who’d be so kind of obsessed in a guy in our first meeting. Most especially if I know that guy is kind of so popular in school. I’ll be just glad that I was once his date. It’s always important to take precautions before you go out on a date. You really have to know who the person is so that you’ll have a little background and that you’ll know how to treat him. But if the case is like this one, I’ll be slightly devastated...
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...Unfriended¨. However ¨Friend Request¨ is by far the best. Watching both ¨Friend Request¨ and ¨ Unfriended¨ the pair have similar plots and features such as, second-screen-watching. In ¨Unfriended¨ the whole movie takes place entirely online, in fact more or less entirely on one (really crappy) skype chat . Despite the fact Director, Leo Gabriadze made this movie in 2015 the quality of the production...
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