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    With this context in place, this film prolonged the execution scene of four conspirators. The footage of the scene lasted for 4 minutes and 43 seconds, while focusing on the forest surrounding the gallows. The audience desperately waits for John's appearance until the moment Mary Surratt is hung by a noose, which reinforces the notion of the audience that Mary should not have been hung in her son's place. The Conspirator is also portrayed in an objective narrative, which misleads the audience…

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    is the runaway from all their troubles, which leads to act III Thelma and Louise tries to escape and their official acceptance of an identity as criminals. The film sets up their escape perfectly through the methods of character development and foreshadowing. Character development allows the viewer to come to terms with the ending of the film. Furthermore,…

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    It chronicles his childhood as a computer programming prodigy from his making of a trivia game to aiding in the development Creative Commons, all before the age of fourteen. The film describes his success in founding Reddit, at nineteen, and his job held in popular culture for a time. The story then shifts to its argument of political and social corruption. At this time in Aaron’s life, he had aided in freeing public court records…

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    In the film, Furious 7(2015), Brian O’Conner and his crew are living in the United States after being giving amnesty for their past crimes. They were living normal lives until the assassin, Deckard Shaw, plots revenge on the crew for killing his brother in the previous film, Fast & Furious 6. The computer hacker, Ramsey develops a computer program called “God's Eye.” This computer program can be used to turn any technological device into a weapon. The Somalian terrorist, Jakarde and the…

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    (1998) are influenced by the background of the directors. These ideas are represented variously in the films through the characteristics of the characters and the cultures of the Native Americans. The portrayal of the characters can indicate gender inequality between men and women. Men are often portrayed as active and superior while women are portrayed as passive and inferior to men. In the films, men can play a role of leader such as the Chief of the tribe, the Governor of the colonizers and…

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    The film, The Central Park Five (Burns, 2012) talks about a true story of a group of innocent teens who gave false confessions that led to getting falsely convicted for the assault, rape, and sodomy of a young female jogger named Trisha Meili. On April 19th, 1989 in Central Park around 9:20pm, Trisha had been attacked. Her body was found barely alive at 1:30am the next morning; suffered from hypothermia, brain damage, and deep stab wounds. The police took this as the perfect opportunity to…

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    relationship (La La Land). Film critics and teenagers alike praise the film for its abstract direction, memorable score, and themes of reality and nostalgia.…

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    The film Zootopia follows a female bunny named Judy Hopps whose lifelong dream was to beat the odds and become the first ever bunny cop. She graduates top of her class from the academy and is assigned to the very heart of Zootopia. The new area is the complete opposite of her hometown Bunnyburrow where her parents own a carrot farm. On her first day the police Chief, Bogo, assigns officers to their duties, creating several teams to start the search for 14 missing predators in the city. Judy is…

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    In American Sniper, the primary character, Chris Kyle, is an American sniper. Through the whole film, Kyle was forced to make both right and wrong decisions. The actions that he performed illustrated several of the eleven Army Principles, Those actions were prevalent throughout the whole movie. The film starts with a vital choice making scene in which US Navy SEAL sniper, Chris Kyle is on a roof overlooking the course of a US military caravan through his rifle. While searching the area, he…

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    true identity is used to blend in with society and is used to draw away any troubles that may come in one’s way. The resolution of the film includes the parallel episode with Enrique and his fiancé to allow Mercedes to glance back and recognize how much she has to adjust in order to live peacefully in America and all the struggles used to participate in the American…

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