FTVS 598: TAKE HOME FINAL ESSAY. By Vivek Nipani 1. In Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979) what qualities does Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) project or possess that make her seem so tough? How or where does her femininity figure in her toughness? According to Sherrie A. Inness in “Lady Killers, Tough Enough?” what are two ways that Hollywood cinema undermines and punishes tough or powerful women? How is this twice demonstrated in Elizabeth (Shekhar Kapur,1998)? And how does Elizabeth
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Smarter Ideas More Log in Create Account August 24, 2012 weird-news The Internet Newspaper: News, Blogs, Video, Community Edition: U.S. FRONT PAGE Politics Ann Romney's Heartbreaking Loss 7k Why Do Fox News Female Anchors Wear So Much Makeup? 4k Mitt Romney Makes Birth Certificate Joke 31k Leaked Documents Link Romney Money To Some Shady Business 24k Paul Ryan Weighs In On Chick-Fil-A's 'Free Speech Rights' 4k Go to Politics More
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John Carpenter’s Halloween: A Film Critique Michael Chapes Instructor David Hayes ENG 225 February 13, 2014 “It's Halloween, everyone's entitled to one good scare.” - Sheriff Leigh Brackett As long as there have been stories, there have been stories about the other, the unrealities we might categorize today as fantasy... Early myths in all cultures are populated by demons and darkness, early Egyptian mythology resounds with
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make people want to smoke more. (page 15) Sex doesn’t sell, controversy does. (Page 183) We instinctively copy other people. (Page 53) Sexy models in ads appeal more to same-sex readers and watchers. (page 191) People love products that look like babies. (page 31) Senses influence us more than features. (143) Rituals and superstitions influence buying decisions. (page 99) Product placement works only when it’s related to the story. (Page 44) The lessons are culled from the research project which
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family affairs to the social situation as a whole. This social stratosphere of revolving and intricate subjects of change and progression represent a multitude of conflicting ideologies, theories and realities. The media serves as an informational anchor, particularly in its portrayal of social situations and change, primarily divided into Western and Eastern media. The broader subject at hand is gender and social change in the Middle East, but specifically, how women, as the primary subject of the
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A Brief History of Music in Film Going to the movies is one of America’s top favorite pass times; and no movie-going experience would be complete without the accompanying sound tracks. The music in movies often heightens the suspense and deepens the drama. The right background music can make us fall in love with a character, be terrified of the villain, or even adore an unlikely hero. Starting with Silent films and continuing until today, music has been an important part in the movie industry
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[pic] AQA GCSE Science A Biology Summary Notes B 1 1.1 Keeping Healthy Balanced Diet A healthy diet contains the right balance of different foods. A healthy diet contains the right amount of energy. It will provide carbohydrates for energy. It will provide fat for energy and insulation. It will provide protein for growth and repair. It will provide vitamins and minerals to help our bodies function well. It will provide fibre to ensure food moves through our digestive
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a soft drink with good times by showing you numerous ads pairing the drink with young people having fun. Suppose a company wants you to believe that its tissues are soft. Its ads might show the tissues together with clouds, piles of cotton, and/or babies. Question: Why are cigarettes associated with being macho and mature? If the nebs and nerds on TV
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Controller 4. The Associative Machine 5. Cognitive Ease 6. Norms, Surprises, and Causes 7. A Machine for Jumping to Conclusions 8. How Judgments Happen 9. Answering an Easier Question Part II. Heuristics and Biases 10. The Law of Small Numbers 11. Anchors 12. The Science of Availability 13. Availability, Emotion, and Risk 14. Tom W’s Specialty 15. Linda: Less is More 16. Causes Trump Statistics 17. Regression to the Mean 18. Taming Intuitive Predictions Part III. Overconfidence 19. The Illusion
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