1 Proseminar “Born to be wild”: The 1960s in British and American Cinema in their Socio-Cultural Contexts A Cultural Studies Analysis of Alfie Table of Contents Introduction: Michael Caine - the phenomenon of stardom 1. 2. 3. 4. Great Britain in the Swinging Sixties British Cinema in the 60s Production background to Alfie Socio-gender situation of the Characters 2 3 5 6 7 7 9 11 13 14 4.1. Gilda 4.2. Lily 4.3. Ruby Conclusion: Alfie as an indicator for the cultural history of the 60s
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13/10/1996 Personal I am a determined individual that can work effectively in a team and has a burning passion for sport. I work with sheer determination and achieve whatever I set my mind to which will contribute to the success of when working in a team. My ambition is to gain a degree in Sports Coaching and pursue a career within the game. I am seeking to combine my qualifications and overall experience and challenge myself with different roles within the area of sports for example: Rugby.
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considered a cheaper, simpler way to provide entertainment to the masses. Movies became the most popular visual art form of the late Victorian age. It was simpler because of the fact that before the cinema people would have to travel long distances to see major dioramas or amusement parks. With the advent of the cinema this changed. During the first decade of the cinema's existence, inventors worked to improve the machines for making and showing films. Initially, there were technical difficulties in synchronizing
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How you got interested in film making? When I was ten years old and i have been youngest of five. I got interested in the activities they were doing and I eventually noticed that I am capturing their moment on my camera and viewing it externally. I was making scripts for my friends and brothers and we were playing this game and I would divide the members based on their characters and would make them understand their role. It was very interesting and at the same time very fun to do so. Then I begin
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2014) www.joinfilms.com www.joinfilms.com 2014 Praveen Pandey Thakur insititute of management & research 2/17/2014 Preface | In this internship report I will describe my experiences during my internship period. The internship report contains an overview of the internship company and the activities, tasks and projects that I have worked on during my internship. Writing this report, I also will describe and reflect my learning
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The cultural and economic trends of Cinema in Ireland and Wales Acknowledgements This audit of cinemas in Ireland and Wales was commissioned by Sgrîn Cymru Wales and the Arts Council. The study was financially supported by the Ireland/Wales Interreg IIIA Community Initiative Programme: ERDF 2000–2006. Throughout the study we have been fortunate to benefit from the knowledge, enthusiasm and commitment of Rhian Iolo (Exhibition Manager, Sgrîn) and Siobhan Bourke (Film Adviser, Arts Council)
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An artistic movement whose influence on film has been as profound and enduring as that of surrealism or cubism on painting, the French New Wave (or Le Nouvelle Vague) made its first splashes as a movement shot through with youthful exuberance and a brisk reinvigoration of the filmmaking process. Most agree that the French New Wave was at its peak between 1958 and 1964, but it continued to ripple on afterwards, with many of the tendencies and styles introduced by the movement still in practice today…
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characteristics and potencies however as in the teaching of history, there are times when their relationship is evident. According to CCP (1994) historical films are “films based on biographies and events in the distant past.” Following this definition, it has been said that there are two kinds of historical films, one that uses history only as a context and the latter that attempts to directly represent a historical period, place or personality. (Navarro 2008, 134 as cited in Campomanes, 2015) The amount
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explosion of the 1900’s until present has shaped our culture. From the beginning with Edison’s Kinetoscope audiences have been amazed with the technology of film making. In the beginning it was very short and common everyday scenes that audiences watched, this has grown in the last 100 years into an industry that can duplicate any scenario and put the viewer in the front seat of any number of experiences right from the comfort of their home. The industry has shaped our values as Americans in many
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skills that are gained from this and how they can be used in other fields within the creative industries. Lastly, I will include the potential impact this has on technological, health and safety, legal issues and business support. Film is the chosen occupational area within the Creative Industries that will be discussed. The main goal of a film can be anything from to entertainment, to create shock and awe, to inform and also tempt people into going to the cinema to watch their work thus making a
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