1)Andy Warhol was born on August 6, 1928 and died on February 22, 1987. He was a famous American artist who used many forms of media, including hand drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, silk screening, sculpture, film, and music. He was also a pioneer in computer-generated art using Amiga computers that were introduced in 1984, two years before his death. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became a well-known and sometimes controversial artist. 2)Andy Warhol
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The Graduate Scene Analysis/Review Like literature, film is full of areas which can have deeper meaning than the actions occurring at the moment in the story. The magic of film however is that these actions can be visibly seen and can do this not only with the script but with camera angles, music, sounds, lighting and many other factors that would have to be imagined in a novel. One film that clearly uses this to its advantage is Mike Nichols “The Graduate” which is centered on Benjamin, a young
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In the third movie of the Toy Story series, there are many conventions that go along with the film. Toy Story 3 is about a grown boy who is going away to college and doesn’t know what to do with his childhood toys. The toys have been the main idea of the storyline in this series. I think that there are many coincidental characteristics that made this movie a very huge hit. The generation that was the main audience of the first two movies of the series were either already started college, getting
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of communication and entertainment. Most films before 1930 were silent. During the 1940’s, there was a desire for wartime propaganda in the film industry with realistic war dramas. The 1960’s brought an increasing awareness of foreign language cinema in America. During the 1970’s, audiences saw a dramatic increase in the popularity of martial arts films. The early 1990s saw the development of a commercially successful independent cinema in the United States. In general, motion picture films have substantially affected the
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Color: Race and American Culture," Michael Omi argues that "racism is a persuasive feature in our lives, one that is both overt and inferential". (625). Omi discusses that racism still remains in media today such as music, popular culture, and American films through stereotypes. In your own words, what does Omni mean by "overt racism" and "inferential racism"? Discuss how a specific ethnicity is represented in our current popular culture (news, television shows, movies, advertising, etc.) and how it
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The fact that animated films and cartoons affect the psyche of children creates no doubt, however the effect of Disney films on children’ mind and feelings, remains in the center of heated discussions. Many argue that Disney’s enchanting, wonderfully animated stories are infused with morals and leave children entertained, while memorable characters inspire and instil only good values. The criticism of Disney movies portraying negative stereotypes, violence and unethical for young children content
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with instructions. I. Love of a father for his daughter. A. Valentin had to learn to be a father by force. B. Love between parent and child is the purest feeling. C. Moving to other country was very difficult for Valentin. II. This film teaches us that there are things in life that come to us unexpectedly. A. How Maggie changes Valentin´s life drastically. B. No one teaches to be a parent. III. Drama of the movie starts when Maggie´s mother return. A. The return of
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terms we are trying to achieve. A lot of this information is useful as we start to think about film in greater depth, but in this course I simply want you to begin by learning these two definitions. PLOT: The “plot” of a film is what you see in the order that you see it. It is the sequence of events (occurrences, character actions, decisions, etc.) as it unfolds onscreen. The plot is the way a film tells its story, and the final shape a plot will take is completely up to the filmmaker, who decides
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Hum/150 6/6/2016 The film I chose to critique this week is the classic family comedy Home Alone (1990) directed by Chris Columbus. Leading actors in this film is eight year old Kevin McCallister played by Macaulay Culkin, along with Peter McCallister, the father, played by John Heard, Mrs. McCallister played by Catherine O’Hara, Marv, who is the first burglar, played by Daniel Stern, and Harry, the other burglar played by Joe Pesci. Other characters in this film are Buzz the brother, mean Uncle
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gallery, or a movie festival. 5. How does language, music or art from other cultures inform you? I love movies. They are probably my favorite thing in the world and have been since maybe middle school. I have developed a strong liking for foreign films because a
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