...3434 11/23/15 V for Vendetta Analysis WR 111 C Analysis In the film, V for Vendetta, the director James McTeigue implies that ideas are bulletproof because the idea lives on through the people you've touched. The movie starts off with V saving a fearful women named Evey. She is scared of everything because her parents were killed and she watched her mother get beaten by government officials. V then goes on to explain his beliefs and ideas, and he even shows her his first act of rebellion by destroying the Old Bailey. They then run into each other a couple more times before the main events of V imprisoning Evey to help her lose her fears. She ends up wanting to die rather than give up any information for V's arrest. V does this to help her lose her fears and see what he had to go through partially. His main thing was for her to lose her fears so she would help him execute his main act of rebellion to free the society of their fear and for his ideas to live on. Once he gets all of London to follow his idea, he knows his idea will be bulletproof and it will live on through everyone he touched. V was a victim of a government ran epidemic. The government was experimenting on London natives trying to find a substance to make a super soldier who held a cure and use a illness to be a devastating chemical warfare weapon. V actually held the cure and he was the super soldier the government was trying to make. The whole laboratory went up in flames and burned down unfortunately...
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...Written and directed by Paul Haggis, the 2005 film Crash displays a 36-hour period where multiple people’s lives tie together in Los Angeles, California. The main topic of this film is race relations. With the film being centered around such a heavy topic, it didn’t receive much media promotion. As time passed, Crash became a commercial success grossing 55 million dollars on a six and a half million-dollar budget. The film begins with Graham and Ria, two LAPD detectives, being involved in a car accident. Once that scene concludes, the film goes into past tense and introduces more characters that will have their own encounters battling with race relations. Crash makes the viewer think: Are race relations this bad? If they are, how am I perceived? Is this how others of different races are treated regularly? In one of the earlier scenes of the film, Anthony and Peter, argue over...
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...Running Head: P.S. I LOVE YOU 1 An Analysis of P.S. I Love You Tammy McDaniel ENG 225 Jonathan Beller August 15, 2011 P.S. I Love You 2 An Analysis of P.S. I Love You The 2007 film, P.S. I Love You, is a film about learning to let go and move on with your life after the death of a spouse. The Film stars Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby and Gerard Butler, 300. It also stars Lisa Kudrow as Denise, Gina Gershon as Sharon, James Marsters as John, Kathy Bates as Patricia (Holly's mom), Nellie McKay as Ciara (Holly's sister), Harry Connick Jr. as Daniel, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan as William. This paper will critique the film, 'P.S. I Love You,' through textual and formal analysis focusing on the following elements.. Storytelling, Acting, Cinematography, Editing, Sound, Style and Directing, Societal Impact, Genre, and Film Criticism and Analysis. By examining the films technical elements, you can gain a better understanding of the director's vision of the film. P.S. I Love You is a 2007 American drama directed by Richard LaGavenese. The screenplay by LaGavenese and Steven Rogers is based on the 2004 novel P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern. This film was shot on locations in New York City and county Wicklow, Ireland.(Imdb.com) In this film, P.S. I Love You, Hilary Swank plays Holly, an American who marries an Irishman,Gerry (played by Gerard Butler). Gerry is Holly's soul mate, the love of her life. A few weeks shy of her...
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...City of God/Liberating God of Life Critical Analysis Essay: The Decision You Make Determines Your Fate The cinematography was impressive and magnificent. Even though it’s fast paced the story doesn’t lose its meaning. Shocking and uplifting the movie shows the decision of two kids that take them on two different paths. The film shows hope when Rocket makes a decision to become a Photographer to get out of the slums. Lil Ze becomes mesmerized by power to be the boss of the slums, he’s obsessed using violence to gain respect. The actors played their roles well for first time actors. From opening scene the story is stunning and intense. The documentary style and compelling photography is amazing. Acting style are impressive. City of God leaves you feeling sympathy for kids that are in this cycle of violence and wrong decisions and turns. It opens to reality of the true lives of the kids who live in these areas. The opening scene of the film shows what is to come using the camera to tell the story, without dialog, a chicken looks on...
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...Analysis and interpretation of Susmita Bhattacharya's short story "Dusk over Atlantic Warf" The short story “Dusk Over Atlantic Warf” is written by Sismita bhattacharya in 2006. The Story “Dusk Over Atlantic Warf” takes place in Cardiff the capital of Wales, which the narrator informs us about. The story is taking place in the present time, because movie theaters, nightclubs, high school, Hollywood movies and Jennifer Lopez are mentioned in the text. The social environment in the text, is much as it is today in Cardiff, with nightclubs and movie theaters. The text start in Medias res, and the narrator is from a reliable third person narrative. The story is about Lata and her husband Anuj. Lata is married off by her father, to an Indian man named Anuj. The Indian couple is living in Cardiff. Anuj has lived in Great Britain for six years and Lata has been in Great Britain for 4 months. One day she is looking out of the window and thinking about her neighbors. She finds the day dull and she want to do something exciting. Lata and Anuj were going to the Atlantic Wharf theatre and watching a Bollywood movie. Lata is fascinated of the movie because it is an Indian movie and therefor recorded in India. Instead of watching the movie, Lata is telling about the things in the background. After the movie she is sad and crying. Anuj is overwhelmed and ask her if she is alright. She said that she is alright and wants to go home. Lata is the main character in the short story....
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...Fauzan Plasticwala Social Psychology 230 Assignment 1: Film Analysis March 15, 2015 A Beautiful Mind John Nash was a graduate student at Princeton University and was well talented mathematician. Starting his graduate school year, the prodromal phase of schizophrenia began to emerge. Prodromal phase is a time period where symptoms for schizophrenia begin to appear but not yet recognized until the active psychosis takes place (Cameron, 1938). He was socially awkward and suffers social rejection. His social behavior was often mocked upon by classmates but did receive support by his close friend, Charles. There are many occurrences of social psychological theories that were depicted in this film. Some of the many social psychological phenomenons that were used in this film were person perception or attribution theory, the self, cognitive dissonance, attitude, and conformity. The self theory is "the individual's belief about himself or herself, including the person's attributes and who and what the self is" (Baumeister, 1999). Nash had distinct sensory ability and high self esteem in regards to his intellect. Self esteem is the degree to which we comment ourselves (Morse and Gergen, 1970). Nash had a positive view of himself. He was able to see the light pattern through a glass and was able synchronize it with patterns on the tie of his classmate. This shows that he considered himself intellectually superior than his classmates. The grandiosity of his intelligence was well...
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...This film, written and directed by Noah Baumback, takes place in Park Slope Brooklyn 1986. Some critics claim that the film reflects the writer’s personal experience of his parents divorce. Both were involved in the literary field. The film was cited as a letter of hate towards the writer’s own father. While the film is ostensibly about a divorce and a family in crisis it is in principal a sensitive coming of age story primarily from the perspective of a 16-year-old adolescent. It is also a fascinating portrayal of the obstacles that a parent with narcissistic features can present in the child’s struggle for independence. The Squid and the Whale is about divisions, about clashing forces; the mother and father, the child and parent, the intellectual and the philistine, the appearance of things and their true nature. Underlying each of these conflicts and every scene in the film is the battle between cynical detachment and vulnerability. The opening lines “Me and Mom vs. You and Dad sets the stage for an excessively competitive doubles tennis. Younger son Frank sides with Mom where older brother Walter proudly joins the father who gives some questionable advice regarding her backstroke. Competitive games are repeated throughout the film’ boxing, ping-pong. The fiercest competition is the literary competition to publish that both parents are engaged in. In this area the father condescendingly tries to give advise for his wife to improve her writing. Characters ...
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...Nafees | Submitted by:Ram Narayan 11HR-023Shilpi Pachauri 11HR-027Shravani Kosana 11HR-028Indraneal Balasubramanian 11FN-043Aparna Vyas 11FN-019Prashant Garg 11FN-134 | | | TABLE OF CONTENTS Section one: Brand Campaign Descriptors…………………………………………………..03 1. Brief Description of the campaign……………………………………......................04 2. Communication………………………………………………………………………05 3. Advertising Agency…………………………………………………………………..05 4. Frequency of the campaign and the media used………………………………….......06 Section Two: Campaign Analysis……………………………………………………………07 1. Video………………………………………………………………………………....07 2. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………..07 3. Striking features of the campaign…………………………………………………….08 4. Execution of the campaign…………………………………………………………...09 5. Target Audience……………………………………………………………………...09 6. Critique/Recommendations…………………………………………………………..09 Section Three: Brand analysis………………………………………………………………11 1. Value Proposition…………………………………………………………………….11 2. Brand Essence………………………………………………………………………..11 3. Brand Elements………………………………………………………………………11 4. Vodafone Brand Equity………………………………………………………………12 5. Segmentation……………………………………………............................................13 6. Brand Positioning………………………………………………………………….....13 7. Brand Personality…………………………………………………………………….14 8. Vodafone 360 – Value Added Service to build customer delight……………………14 9. Building Culture at Vodafone………………………………………………………...
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...This English class required me to focus on four different learning outcomes: writing, reading, researching, and reflecting. The writing learning outcome included creating an effective and flexible writing process to evaluate various rhetorical situations. The reading learning outcome included reading complex sources from a variety of Medias to also evaluate rhetorical situations. The researching learning outcome included searching for print and electronic sources and imply their information to ideas and integrate them into the writing projects. The reflecting learning outcome required me to look back at previous works and decide what changes can be made and how future works will be improved. This English course successfully improved my...
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...that uses artificial intelligence. Breakthroughs in robotics and intelligent vehicles can also help the heath-care system support the physically infirm, officials said. “We’re here today to mark the beginning of an unprecedented commitment," said Kiyotaka Ise, chief officer of Toyota''s R&D Group, during a webcast of the California press event. "We will initially focus on the acceleration of intelligent vehicle technology, with the immediate goal of helping eliminate traffic casualties and the ultimate goal of helping improve quality of life through enhanced mobility and robotics." Toyota also announced that Gill Pratt, the former program manager at DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) and leader of the Robotics Challenge, has joined the company to oversee the research as executive technical director. Pratt wants to avoid the need to take car keys from an aging parent; or move people from their homes into care facilities. "Autonomy is not just for machines," he said. He wants to give people the ability to move about safely, regardless of limits of age or illness. That movement can be in a car, or within the home. “This bold...
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...asked why Robinson was selected and what was Branch Rickey’s motivation? While Robinson was the first Negro player to break into the ranks of professional baseball, it can be argued that he was not the first to attempt the undertaking. In actuality, Jackie possibly was not even the first player the Brooklyn Dodgers’ organization considered for the job. The Warner Brothers film, 42, The Jackie Robinson Story (2013), highlights the accomplishments of Jackie and rightfully so, as he was an amazing man. The story actually starts prior to 1947 and ends years later in 1959, three years after his retirement in 1956. Early in his career at Ohio Wesleyan University, where Branch Rickey played and coached baseball, an incident occurred with one of his young black players, Charlie Thomas, which would forever change Rickey’s life, the future of integration of major league baseball, and would have an impact on the civil rights movement. Jackie Robinson’s amazing accomplishments, not only as a ballplayer but also as a spearheading civil rights leader are a direct result of this happenstance. The film is set in 1947, and was conceived with the purpose to highlight Robinson’s...
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...largest coffeehouse company in the world, with 17,009 stores in 50 countries, including over 11,000 in the United States, over 1,000 in Canada, and over 700 in the United Kingdom. Donald, Jim (2007) Starbucks sells drip brewed coffee, espresso-based hot drinks, other hot and cold drinks, coffee beans, salads, hot and cold sandwiches and Panini, pastries, snacks, and items such as mugs and tumblers. Through the Starbucks Entertainment division and Hear Music brand, the company also markets books, music, and film. Many of the companys products are seasonal or specific to the locality of the store. Starbucks-brand ice cream and coffee are also offered at grocery stores. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/starbucks_corporation/index.html Starbucks was founded in 1971 where the first store opened in Seattle, Washington. Part of their mission is to positively contribute back to the community and environment. Many of the employees who work at Starbucks take this mission personally and they volunteer throughout the communities in which they work. Part of the Starbucks training encourages employees to go out and do volunteer work in their community. Starbucks also has each store pick a charity in which they donate pastries and coffee to each month. They work with quite a few charitable organizations and are a huge part of the communities that they are in. Starbucks was brought into the market to offer the Coffee drinker a new and pleasant experience. Since Starbucks...
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...mother lived throughout their childhood. When Anh’s Father is forced to almost single-handedly take care of his brothers, it builds and changes his personality and makes him far more responsible. When Anh’s uncles are put into a re-education camp, Anh’s father shows the leadership qualities and courage that he built over his childhood to free them from slavery. Chapter 1. From the start of the chapter, we can see the traits of an outsider, namely being a non-evident sense of belonging. When the communist guards were harassing the young lady; she was an outsider as she was being ostracised and segregated from the rest of the group in a nasty and threatening way. This was evidenced in the text from the quote “ ‘Lift up your trousers’ the guard demands. The girl lifts her black cotton pants to her ankles. ‘Lift them higher,’ he leers. ‘In fact take them off.’” From this quote, we can see that this person was an outsider momentarily as she was not safe in the eyes of the reader. There was no-one defending her nor was there anyone who was willing to take on this role. This was quickly rectified and the young woman was no longer an outsider but now had a close group around...
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...a Trinidadian novelist and essayist of Indo-Trinidadian descent. He is widely considered to be one of the masters of modern English prose. He has been awarded numerous literary prizes including the Booker Prize (1971) and the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in British Literature (1993). V. S. Naipaul was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001. In 2008, The Times ranked Naipaul seventh on their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". The Book Miguel Street is usually treated as a “semi-autobiographical” novel by V. S. Naipaul set in wartime Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Naipaul wrote it while employed at the BBC. Miguel Street won the 1961 Somerset Maugham Award. Narrative Structure and Style Analysis A. The whole story is separated in 17 disconnected episodes, each one starts a new beginning and a temporary end, focusing on one major character. B. The story is written primarily in the first person, with each character getting his or her own chapter; the narrator's experiences are woven...
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...Trinidadian novelist and essayist of Indo-Trinidadian descent. He is widely considered to be one of the masters of modern English prose. He has been awarded numerous literary prizes including the Booker Prize (1971) and the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in British Literature (1993). V. S. Naipaul was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001. In 2008, The Times ranked Naipaul seventh on their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". The Book Miguel Street is usually treated as a “semi-autobiographical” novel by V. S. Naipaul set in wartime Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Naipaul wrote it while employed at the BBC. Miguel Street won the 1961 Somerset Maugham Award. Narrative Structure and Style Analysis A. The whole story is separated in 17 disconnected episodes, each one starts a new beginning and a temporary end, focusing on one major character. B. The story is written primarily in the first person, with each character getting his or her own chapter; the narrator's...
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