The jury room is the center stage of the movie as a diverse group of 12 jurors assembled to deliberate on the evidence and facts presented in a murder trial and decide on the innocence or guilt of the accusedâa young 18-year-old boy for the death of his father. At first instance, it might look like a premeditated murder case but as the movie slowly unfolds, even the tiniest details of the case were re-examined with scrutiny with the jurors...
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Music is everywhere. It is heard, it creates music everywhere. Everyone listens to and produces music, no matter what their job or status in life. The inclinations or the type of music we like are different. Sometimes the music we listen to depends on our mood. Sometimes jazz, sometimes classical, and who knows what else. We are united by music, giving each other the opportunity to be with each other, to express feelings or emotions using music. Sometimes we describe...
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Eric Whitacre were two of the most cherished composers of their corresponding times. Mozart was a prominent composer in the 18th century whereas, Whitacre is a notable composer in the 21st century. Moreover, Mozart was an Austrian composer that lived from 1756 to 1791. Eric Whitacre is an American composer that was born on January 2nd, 1970, and is currently still alive. Mozart composed music from the age of 5 until he died at the age...
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âShrekâ (2001) tells the story of an ogre whose land has become overrun with fairy tale characters, the way to restore everything to normal is for Shrek to go on a journey to save Princess Fiona at the request of Lord Farquaad, who needs a princess to finally become King. The film is based on William Steigâs book of the same name. Steven Spielberg gained the rights to the book in 1995 and thus began its journey to film, eventually...
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Horror films are unsetting films centered on the dark side of life, designed to frighten and cause dread and panic through invoking our worst fears, often in a terrifying finale, while at the same time captivating and entertaining us. But what is it that makes a âgreatâ horror movie? What is âgreatâ can be subjective â what some people like others may dismiss â however I consider some of the most successful horror movies of all time share certain features...
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âForrest Gumpâ was released in 1994, directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Eric Roth. The film was based on the novel âForrest Gumpâ by Winston Groom. In the first eighteen days after its release, it took in $100 million at the American box office. Two weeks after, the movies intake had doubled to over $200 million. The film itself covers thirty years of history, from the 1950s to the 1980s, and centers around the life of an intellectually disabled...
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Humanity has always sought to capture certain moments and feelings and that way give it immortality. Hence film, bearing the features of an art form operating within the narration of time and space seemed to be a perfect medium. The world of film seems to support the illusion of immortal and immutable reality in the likeness of artificial sleep and rule the subconscious instincts of the viewer. Sleep, consciousness and subconsciousness are the first intuitively found psychoanalytical threads in cinema,...
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âVibrantâ can be defined in a few different ways, one can describe vibrant as âpulsating with life, vigor, or activityâ (Marriam Webster, 2021), whilst anotherâs definition of the word is an adjective of âsounds that are strong and resonating or colors that are bright and strikingâ (Cambridge Dictionary, 2021). This essay will be focusing on the latter definition for the word. I will delve into the comparison of 1960s animation from animators such as Ryan Larkin, Norman McLaren and Walt...
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With the significant development of technology within a few decades. A great number of teenagers are drawing attention to the Internet gaming. According to the latest survey results of China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), by the end of December 2018, the number of Chinese Internet users had reached 829 million, making China the largest Internet user in the world. The majority of China’s Internet users are still young people aged 30 and under, who account for 68.6 percent of...
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Many philosophical films are currently available. These films dealt with all kinds of subjects such as social life, work, health, race, etc. The most interesting subject in âA Beautiful Mindâ, one of the famous philosophical films, is the difficulty of the main character to distinguish the difference between the two, reality and imagination. The film’s philosophical argument is very important because it is based on the true story, which only occurs in rare cases. After watching the movie âA Beautiful...
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When it comes to propaganda, the creator of it wants the audience to agree and support their cause and their views. Propaganda can be anything from commercials, magazines, posters, movies, cartoons, and more. Although, a majority of the time propaganda is biased and full of fallacies. Only depicting what they want the audience to see and how they want it to be seen. For example, if there is a war between two countries, each one is going to create propaganda...
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Science fiction deals primarily with the effects of imagined or legitimate science upon individuals and/or society. Often, texts of the genre provide commentary on or caution against events occurring in present-day society. Andrew Niccolâs âGattacaâ (1997) and Aliette de Bodardâs âImmersionâ (2012) explore the present-day overdependence on technology, but while âImmersionâ uses character to convey individual overdependence, âGattacaâ uses setting to convey the overdependence on technology of society as a whole. However, both texts incorporate the theme of loss of...
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Science fiction utilize textual forms and features to speculate possible futures and critique modern day values. The futuristic aspect of this genre allows readers to view current societal issues such as discrimination and social conditioning through different perspectives. Andrew Niccolâs âGattacaâ (1997) and Aliette De Bodardâs âImmersionâ (2012) explore the unreasonable discrimination against those who refuse to conform to the society causing the audience to reconsider the validity of social norms that repress people into behaving a certain way. Science...
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One hundred and three years ago, on February 26, 1917, the first recording of jazz âLivery Stable Bluesâ performed by the original Dixieland Jazz Band was released in the United States. But it was a problematic âfirstâ as these young musicians claimed to have âinventedâ jazz. But it was published at an interesting moment in American history, when the emerging African American blues and jazz genres broke into American consciousness and spread throughout the country and the world. African American...
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Have you ever caught yourself whistling at work? Perhaps you have told yourself to just keep swimming? Maybe even had your knee kissed better when you hurt it as a child? Are these phrases ringing any bells in your head? If yes, you have likely been influenced by the monstrous bundle of movies created by Walt Disney. If not, I am guessing you are not part of the 116 million subscribers of Disney+. Nevertheless, you are still influenced by Disney...
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The movie âThe Truman Showâ directed by Peter Weir reflects some of the issues within our daily society such as truth, privacy and relationship. These are the values that are important to us both personal and social. They are important as being essential to us. Everyone deserves to know the truth because it helps to strengthen the relationship between each other. Thus, we can build our relationship based on the belief towards each other. In addition, we have own life...
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âLife is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna getâ, explains Forrest Gump. Certainly, life is full of unpredictability and wonder, establishing questions such as: Why did a movie so full of simplicity earn over than six hundred and seventy million dollars around the world and win the Oscar for Best Picture in 1994? Because of the childlike, yet determined main character. This fictional character is iconic in our culture. Gump, despite being disabled, found himself...
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World War II was a horrible war that killed millions, but sadly most of the casualties were innocent civilians. The Nazis were the driving force of killing civilians during the war with their death camps, or as they are known as concentration camps. During the war they targeted mainly Jews and the handy capped. âNightâ and âThe Boy in the Striped Pajamasâ both gave views of the Holocaust; one from the view of a Jew, and one of a fictional...
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Andrew Niccol uses dialogue, camera angles, and symbolism to show the main themes of his film âGattacaâ – discrimination, perfection and determination. âGattacaâ is about a seemingly utopian country with no illness and no disease. Though these people are genetically made, making it physically impossible to find an imperfection. The film is about how people are treated unfairly due to being imperfect in their pristine economy. Vincent born as an âin-validâ has to prove that he is just as worthy...
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âA Clockwork Orangeâ has created a debate over the legitimacy and the effectiveness of using violence to combat violence. Within the film, Kubrick depicts a socially and politically degenerate environment inhabited by fearful citizens, violent thugs and an authoritarian government. His dark and sensationalist scenes of rape, murder and violence from our young narrator Alex De Large and the violence imposed by the state through the Ludovico technique all assist in expanding the understanding over who is legitimate to use...
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In this essay there will be an analyzes on five movies by different writers on films impacting motion pictures. These essays acknowledge the significance either positive or negative of the films to motion pictures as it focuses on a specific framework each film possess. The films include âTriumph of the Willâ (created in 1934 by Leni Riefenstahl, analyzed by Mary Devereux and put together by Noel Carroll and Jinhee Choi), Ingmar Bergmanâs âPersonaâ (created in 1967, analyzed by Lloyd Michaels),...
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Numerous academic research journals can be found into the study of the progression and portrayal of Disney princesses and their impact to childrenâs self-esteem and self-identity. This literature was reviewed to determine the conclusion on if both environmental and biological processes are included in the discovery of the impact that Disney princesses have on childrenâs self-esteem and how the two approaches interplay. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches to such research have found negative representation of women (Lacroix, 2004; Dundes, 2001;...
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The boom of South Korean pop (K-pop) originally expanded to few Asian countries in mid-1990s; however, in early twenty first century, it has gained global popularity in the twinkling of an eye. The latest BTS â a Korean idol group which consists seven boys – got the first place on Americaâs Billboard album chart (Dal and Lee, 2019). It was also for the first time to get that record as Asian music stars. The announce means BTS got international fame...
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The Golden Era of K-pop debatably started from 2008-2012, which was the second generation of K-pop, which started when TVXQ! debuted in 2003 with the song âHugâ. Itâs called the Golden Era because the second-generation groups like TVXQ!, Super Junior, Wonder Girls, BIGBANG, Girlsâ Generation, SHINee, F(X), APink, Infinite, 2PM, KARA, etc. popularized K-pop and made it a trend overseas showcasing their Korean vibe in their music. This was the time when âfan-warsâ had no meaning and everyone knew the...
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In a modern world where everything is now digital, what does this mean for the future of 2D animation? This essay discusses the differences between 2D to 3D animation and examines the widely debated question, ‘Is traditional animation a dying art form?’. The History of 2D Animation From âDespicable Meâ to âFrozenâ and âFinding Doryâ, the bulk of contemporary animated films are created using CGI or computer-generated imagery. This is a stark difference from the popular animated films throughout 20th...
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As far back as the foundation of photography individuals discovered that if pictures of moving items were taken in a speedy arrangement and flipped through in progression to make the bogus impression of a moving picture. Stoneware is a standout amongst the best instances of early craftsmanship still around today. One of the absolute first endeavors at making an interpretation of the unmoving picture into a moving picture is found on such bit of earthenware. About 5000 BC a piece...
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The K-pop industry is a music industry like any other industry in the world. It produces groups and artists who dream of singing and dancing on stage in South Korea. The K-pop industry is a rough industry for artists and aspiring artists. It produces the highest quality and production of content. The export of K-pop has made the K-pop industry worth five billion dollars. Itâs a term known as Hallyu, which is the spread of the Korean wave or Korean...
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Among one of the episodes of the American documented television series âExplainedâ is âWhy Diets Failâ. The episode, which is dated 2018 is narrated by Maria Bello. The main idea of the film is body weight loss, which is believed to be related to dieting. For a long time, beauty standards have been set to make people believe that those who have a perfect body are the âthinâ. The introduction of the film, with no doubt, makes mention of this....
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I am listening to classical music as a I write. I am always listening. A sense of calm fills me as sonatas and symphonies ring in my ears. The gentle precision of each plucked string and pressed key helps me focus on the task at hand whether that be practicing my golf swing or revising my work from the tedious day at school. There is no doubt that classical music has lost its popularity since the age of pop music,...
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The Beatles have influenced the world in unimaginable ways. âBeatlemania: extreme enthusiasm for the Beatles, as manifested in the frenzied behavior of their fans in the 1960sâ (Oxford Languages). The Beatles have sold over 600 million albums worldwide (CBS). 600 million is an unfathomable number but in the case of the Beatles, it makes complete sense. The Beatles were a group of British men composed of Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison. These men met through the...
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