The documentary Paris Is Burning follows drag queens, living in New York City around the 1990’s. The film focuses on different aspects of the drag queen lifestyle and their “house” and “ball” culture. As discussed in class, it is important for individuals to have a way to identify with a certain group in order to feel empowered. Identifying with individuals whom are going through similar experiences can help one feel important and understood. Much of the documentary focuses on how different drag
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Traditionally, prior to the 20th century the world was relatively violent in various practices, activities, and beliefs pertaining to how people lived back then. However, where it was once a lack of understanding or discipline in how we should behave, act, or resolve conflicts, moving into the modern day the act of cruelty against humanity and evil displayed by individuals are not done due to a lack of understanding, but more so done with knowing or having a negligence to what we are doing, which
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If you’re looking for a film that showcases Australia, This is it! If you’re looking for a film that has an outstanding representation of our country, you’ve struck gold! If you’re looking for a film that shows Australians true blue Aussie traits, then you can’t go wrong with the film Beneath Hill 60! Ladies and gentleman of the tourism board, look no further, this film is a perfect representation of the Australian values and traits such as pride, camaraderie and sacrifice. These are all Australian
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the beginning so they did not miss the shower scene or discover the ending. All of these controversies were outrageous at the time but it was done to show that it could be done also to shock the audience even further. Alfred Hitchcock knew that the film would not be shown if it was filmed in color since it would be to
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work that I have done. I can also use the comments that were given to me through the survey I asked my peers to complete. Below are the advanced functions that I used in my animation. Scripting of Buttons To allow the animation to be controlled by the end user I made sure to insert buttons into my animation. This allowed the person viewing the animation to control when they moved forward to the next scene; it also depended on whether or not they choose the correct answer for the questions asked
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or view certain topics and events. Making films to stand as high influential to all of the viewers. Such as in Reel Spirituality, it states how people became inspired and empowered to step up for justice for people they did not even know. Such as the story of Christopher Meili, the janitor who saved important documents to give survivors and their families what they rightly deserved, even if it meant he faced a few consequences (Johnston, p. 26). But the film Schindler’s List, inspired him to step up
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The first lens I would like to cover is the marxist lens. The narrators loneliness, hated job and depression lead to him having insomnia and saying “When you have insomnia you're never asleep and never really awake” as he’s watching an infomercial suggesting that he’s not only half conscious because of insomnia but also consumerism. However “Fight Club” shows a world where efficiency is favoured over the necessaries of desires and traditions. So for example instead of getting gourmet cookies from
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Red (2010 film) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Red Red ver7.jpg Theatrical release poster Directed by Robert Schwentke Produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura Mark Vahradian Screenplay by Jon Hoeber Erich Hoeber Based on Red by Warren Ellis Cully Hamner Starring Bruce Willis Morgan Freeman John Malkovich Karl Urban Mary-Louise Parker Helen Mirren Music by Christophe Beck Cinematography Florian Ballhaus Edited by Thom Noble Production company DC Entertainment di Bonaventura Pictures Distributed
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The film deals with the loss of privacy in the digital age, and examines the effects of media on personal identity through Harris’ human experiments. Harris believes that the public will eventually trade their privacy for connection and recognition. While both McLuhan and Meyrowitz offer illuminating arguments that can be used to analyze We Live in Public, I think Meyrowitz is better suited to advance a critical reading of the film because he emphasizes the effects of
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Prompt One The fascination with violence seems to come from the American separation from actual violence and the glorifying aspect of fighting wars in service of a greater good. Although some portions of our society are extremely puritanical in regards to topics like sex and alternate views on issues, almost all of American society, from television to advertisements, accepts violent imagery as a legitimate form of communication and permits violence to be used to solve disputes. Some ideas, like the
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