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According to a study done by USC, “across 100 top-grossing films of 2012, only 10.8 percent of speaking characters are Black, 4.2 percent are Hispanic, 5 percent are Asian, and 3.6 percent are from other (or mixed race) ethnicities.” Moreover, the remaining 76.3% roles in these films were given to White actors. Whitewashing and misrepresentation needs to stop because, Hollywood and many other forms of media don’t bother with casting POC in movies. Hollywood gets praised for this, and the white…

This need not deter you from respecting him as one of the greatest directors of all time, for this resembles the careers of renowned filmmakers Stanley Kubrick and Alfred Hitchcock. Two directors with no academy award wins for best director who, without question, are labeled as some of the greatest directors of all time. Kubrick most notably similar to Nolan in the way that he lets his vision drive his work and strives to create a perfect film for his audience…

suggested that I look into the United States Naval Academy. At this point, I had never heard of the Academy. I performed extensive research on the academy and decided it was a path that I would like to pursue, despite the challenge it posed. While I should have also given thought to the other service academies, I was blinded by the opportunity incorporated into Naval Academy, so I never even thought about doing research on the other service academies. It is with these great opportunities that I…

Movies are evolving every day, but some may wonder what movies were like before today, perhaps movies in the 1920s may help give an idea of what that was like. Movies are things that people watch to get away from their own life. What kind of movies people watch can show how they feel or how they would like to feel. When movies start to change to become better and better, the more likely people would want to watch to get away from their own life for a little while. Movies gave the world a new way…

Moviegoers and film industry professionals as one of the greatest awards to receive praise the Academy Awards. Every year the Academy has to make a hard decision and choose the best of the best of that year. One of the most sought after awards is Best Picture. In 2014 the movie Birdman won, but should it have? One of the films that was also in the Best Picture category was Whiplash. This paper will compare and contrast the two films and look at why Birdman won and Whiplash did not. First lets…

healthcare careers. 4. How would you rate your academic performance at Oakmont so far? How can the academy help you improve or continue your success? So far, I would rate my academic performance at Oakmont a 9 out of 10. Through hard work and perseverance, I have performed well in my academics at Oakmont. Grades are important to me, and I work hard to maintain straight-A’s. However, I want to attend Health Academy to continuously challenge myself and broaden my knowledge in math and science.…

this renowned and distinguished “High School” is Phillips Exeter Academy. Despite the fact that this school remains to be the Harvard of all High Schools, it's commonly unheard of. Political and social status encompassed with extreme intelligence dictate any chance of being excepted there. Upon closer examination the interrelation of rank and social circumstance form the framework for these elite attendees. The Phillips Exeter Academy boarding school is quietly tucked away in a small charming…

Have you ever had the passion for creativity? Have you wanted to create movies, videos, or be a famous Youtuber? In an advertisement produced by Samsung titled “The Rest of Us,” Samsung highlights the features of their new phone and products that can be used in film-making and production. In the advertisement, it uses Casey Neistat, a famous YouTuber with over six-million subscribers, to deliver a powerful monologue about creativity. He is known for being a top filmmaker on YouTube, producing…

Twenty years later, and the past two Academy Awards have had all white actresses and actors nominated as best roles. Why is this? As of 2015, Henriksen, a published reporter from the AltPress database, stated “The majority of the Oscar voters are nearly 94 percent Caucasian and 77 percent male” (Henriksen). There is a need for a more diverse Academy. I interviewed Michael Green, a professor at Arizona State University that focuses on racism…

astronaut and Naval Academy graduate, Ken Ham. He inspired me to not only begin my own flight training, but to start investigating the Naval Academy. The more I learned about the Naval Academy and the different opportunities that serving as an officer in the military presented, the more determined I became to attend. I understand that the decision to attend a service academy is not to be taken lightly. Besides researching online and reading books, I have attended service academy day in…