Creators’ Life Depicted in Death Imagery The imagery used in the films of Wolf Children, Grave of the Fireflies, and Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind to visually engage the themes of life and death within the constructs of their respective stories. The creators of these worlds of art, whether it be the; writer, director, animator, or another member of the team, shape the final product through their skill and their personal experiences. The artists’ personal experiences that help motivate the creation and that builds the worlds that are universally relatable across cultural and generational boundaries. These animated films showcase stunning visuals that draw the viewer into the message of the film without having the utter shock of the reality…
How did transcontinental contact lead to the emergence of a global exchange in the 1500s? Claim: The contact between Afroeurasia and the Americas in the 1500s influenced trade through the exchange of new agricultural products of which changed the diets of individuals as well as the use of peoples for slaves in the Americas due to the many plantations used to cultivate crops for export, both of which increased trade, for the purpose of increasing income and economic growth, benefitting only the Europeans through the use of African people and the brutal treatment of Native Americans, generating a one-sided global exchange between Europe and the Americas. ¶Paragraph 1:…
Ivory Christian By. Cito Pantoja Ivory Christian is a boy who has a love and hate relationship with the game of football. He loves playing and the aggressiveness it brings also the adrenaline and yet he is very shy. Ivory gets his aggressiveness from being big built and having the strength of being able to bench press 275 pounds and being able to run a 4.7 40 yard dash at the age of sixteen years old, but isn’t too sure about colleges.…
Racism in Disney movies is a problem especially in the movie “The Princess and the Frog”. Many children don’t understand what is happening in the movie but there are hidden messages that need to be addressed. Disney movies have influenced many children over the years, from making kids happy, sad and learn valuable life lessons. One lesson that needs to be addressed is racism in Disney movies, such as The Princess and the Frog, young children aren’t old enough to comprehend racism in Disney movies, but it is a problem that needs to be solved.…
Sarah Wentworth Morton’s, “The African Chief” intensely illustrates the horrific event of the transatlantic slave trade. Sarah uses vivid imagery of inhumane conditions the African slaves had to endure, both mentally and physically merciless. “The flinty path-way drench’d in blood; He saw with cold and frenzied mind”(Morton 728), demonstrates a violent and destitute tone. Morton’s poem ends, “ Whose only refuge was the grave” (Morton 729) exemplifies through death was the only haven to freedom.…
The third article I read is called: “If We Can.t Do It, Our Children Will Do It One Day”: A Qualitative Study of West African Immigrant Parents’ Losses and Educational Aspiration for Their Children. Written by Sonia Roubeni, the purpose of this article is to look at the traditional values associated with the lifestyle of West African immigrant parent and the high educational expectations placed on children of West African immigrants households (Roubeni p. 276). Findings from this article specified that West African Immigrants primarily relocated to the United States due to civil war, political conflicts, and economical mobility. As a result of the hardships in the native land, many West African parents place high hopes and expectations on…
There have been many animated movies that were very popular during the 1940’s and 50’s. Some are still watched and have been recreated in today’s times: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, and Dumbo. Although not the first animated movie to be created, Fantasia (1940) was the first movie to connect classical music with animations. Directed by James Algar and released in 1940, this movie was the first of its kind, using classical music and creating scenes with animations around that music or vice versa. This movie contains eight musical segments all narrated by Deems Taylor with different music and animations like Mickey Mouse, fairies, flowers, dinosaurs, figures from mythology, animals, and spirits for each of the scenes.…
A great number of Yoruba folklores relate back to the gods. For example, a story can be found on Shango, explaining his life and how he came to be. It is said that “from his place in the sky Shango [keeps] watch over the going-ons in Oyo and [punishes] those who [speak] evil against him” (Courlander,210). The Yoruba believe that when thunder and lightning strike, Shango, the orisha of the thunderbolt, has thrown a thunderstone unto earth (Courlander,200). The sound of thunder is said to be from Shango banging his drums.…
MAGSALIN, CAMILLE NADINE T. COM709M CRITICAL ESSAY # 2 Toshio’s Emancipation: A Comparison of Ju-On The Grudge (2003) and Ju-On The Final Grudge (2015) This paper will talk about the two instalments of Ju-On, the motion picture delivered and co-composed by Takashige Ichise and coordinated and co-composed by Masayuki Ochiai – the similitudes and contrasts between the two and how can this mirror Japan's culture all in all.…
Hayao Miyazaki it is a Japanese animator that very influential in animation area. Thus, there are many featured film that he made such as Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke and many more and every of his film that his made there are several of similarity that can be found on hisfilm such as the technique that he uses, the styles and the concept of his story. However, Hayao Miyazaki had his own uniqueness when he made an animation film even though it has a similarity from with his other film but what make a different it is the way his express his feeling which it is very interesting especially in Ponyo film. Ponyo film it is about a fish girl that want to be a human. In this film, Hayao Miyazaki wants to show to his viewer the way his see this world.…
The Wizard of Oz, when analyzed, reveals itself as an exceptionally well thought out film. The fact that literature critics consider it a better version than the original text should help illustrate that point. The use of screen elements (color, light, sound, mise en scene, etc.) coincide with the various twists and turns of the plot as Dorothy moves from Kansas, to Oz, and back again. When we are first introduced to Kansas, it appears entirely in black and white. From a modern perspective grown accustomed to seeing color on screen, this world seems "less real than that of the Technicolor Oz, however, at its time of production, color was still relatively new and uncommon in such a plot driven movie.…
And, most impressive was the fact that the entire film team was in their 20s and most of them were amateurs and for some Thithi was their debut film. Film Co- writer Ere Gowda’s hometown is Nodekoppalu, shooting site of the film and some of the actors in the film are his close relatives. Having grown-up in the village, he brings in distinct local dialect of the place (Mandya district) in the dialogue making it simple, humane and humors; aiding the non-professional cast to transform into the reel character naturally and this gives nativity to the medium. Indeed, this method of “collaborative” work also indicates a fine line between participation and more subtle forms of indenture. It has brilliant sound-design, the back ground sounds are immersive to the story and different bird sounds are used for different characters instead of music.…
The short story” Talk African (Ashanti) Folk Tale” asserts the theme don’t put down the non-important things in life. In the story a gardener was headed out to his garden to get his yam, he started to dig his yam up when all of a sudden the yam said, “Well at last you’re here. You never weeded me, but now you come around with your digging stick. Go Away and leave me alone” (358). This helps explain my theme because the man was putting down his yam but then the yam talked to gardener and scared him.…
In ‘Music and the Silent Film’ by Patrick Miller the writer comments that from the earliest days of the cinema, commercial films were accompanied by music. From the fairground nickelodeons where player pianos churned out popular favourites to the glittering movie palaces where large orchestras accompanied the images on the silver screen, film music flourished. Music for the movies not only heightened the emotional response to a picture, but also served the practical purpose of drowning out the whirr of the projector. This helped the researcher to understand from a different angle how the music adds to the value of the films under consideration for the purpose of this research. (Miller, 1982)…
These stories have been collected by white immigrant people from native tellers (similar to the Joe Hayes or Joel Chandler Harris situation) or collected by native Africans who have been educated in English by white immigrant audiences. Where do you see the English-speaking, European influences? What instructions would you give to these collectors in order to get accurate stories? This question is similar to the one asked about Joe Hayes, the Anglo who collects Mexican fairy tales. The most obvious English-speaking influence is that the stories were retold in English by storytellers from America and the United Kingdom.…