Writing Style/Technique Essay

Advertisements are designed to get us to buy a particular product In “Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising” by Ann McClintock, the author explains several ways propaganda is used in today’s advertising as suggested in the title. She begins with what she refers to as Name Calling, Glittering Generalities and Transfer. She goes on to discuss four additional topics, which she states as Testimonial, Plain Folks, Card Stacking and Bandwagon. All of which can be seen being used constantly, if…

officer, Doug Neidermeyer(Mark Metcalf) brutally hazing their fraternity pledge, Kent Dorfman(Stephen Furst) only to then start to embark in a game of golf to hit Niedermeyer and the horse he’s mounted on (19:44-22:21). In which Landis uses the film techniques, a low-angle…

INT: Hello, I’m here with Lucy Brown who has just viewed, The Shawshank Redemption for the first time, and is willing to answer a few questions. Firstly, what qualities of Red and Andy’s characters do you believe brought them together? Brooke: Fantastic question. I believe that Red and Andy’s friendship developed majorly throughout their time in prison. Both Red and Andy started out as complete social opposites, Red from a poor background and Andy from a privileged white background. They both…

Aristotle’s theory of poetics is a very important element that dramas can incorporate. It allows plays to have depth and similarities to historical literature. One drama that has these qualities is the play “Trifles”. “Trifles” includes a complex plot, a constant protagonist, thought, diction, and spectacle which therefore, allows it to fall under Aristotle’s theory of poetics. By incorporating elements of this theory, including both Mythos and ethos, the play forms an experience of catharsis…

Throughout the literary world in the early 20th century, no one had quite ventured into the heavy topics that were seen far too often in society- topics such as sexism, racism, and hypocrisy. Kate Chopin dared to change this. Having suffered through the death of her husband, Chopin looked for an outlet to relieve her depression. She began to write about topics seen as extremely vulgar and controversial during the early 1900s. One of her works, Desiree’s Baby, illustrates some of the worst…

The setting plays an extremely central role in that it sets up the tone for the story. The great detail Eggers provides really puts the audience in his eyes where we can see what he is seeing. The descriptive details made me feel like I was watching a movie with extravagant scenery rather than reading words on a white piece of paper. Eggers describes the company's building as, "30 feet high [that] shot through with California light . . . the front hall was as . . . tall as a cathedral." Every…

CINEMATOGRAPHY This idea of truth will also cross over into our photography - Nothing should be over-styled or over-lit to avoid the contrived look,. I am thinking that beautiful Nordic Noir, something edgy and modern, but at the same time human and organic - something that you can touch which feels authentic. Sunlight streaming through coffee-shop windows, moody skies, atmospheric landscapes, we want to use our environment to develop a tone, add drama and provoke thoughts, which will, in…

8. Describe how stress and emotional factors can lead to the development and exacerbation of cardiovascular disorders, asthma, and tension headaches Well, stress can have a major impact on our bodies and can cause a myriad of illnesses. The reason why stress affects the body is because it is an innate response to a threat which causes your body to focus on the threat more than the other functions. While having these stressed for prolonged periods, it starts to take a tole on the body because of…

In several of the scenes, we see news reports about Kane’s death, we see Kane’s life through several other people’s point of view. This was greatly due to Toland’s self-styled “pan focus” photography and the “soft style” of photography favored by the studios in the 1930s. Welles’s use of the deep-focus sequence shot in Kane demonstrated a mastery of composition in depth. Not only did he use the format functionally, to develop scenes without resorting to montage, but…

In her novel Push, Sapphire uses multiple literary techniques to demonstrate how Precious creates a self-identity and a form of independence. As Precious learns to read, write, and create perceptions of her life and the world, she realizes that she is an individual that is unique and beautiful. Through Precious’s character, Sapphire reveals the emergence of a persons self-identity and newly discovered independence through a story of traumatic experiences. From the beginning of the novel,…