Andy Serkis

was far from what most actual families endured. “Our most powerful visions of traditional families derive from images that are still delivered to our homes in countless reruns of 1950s television sit-coms” (Cootz 1992) . Leave it to Beaver and The Andy Griffith Show were the pinnacle of television sit-coms of the time. They both had the stereotypical all American family with hardworking fathers; stay at home mothers [aunt] and children who are responsible and well mannered. Life in the fifties…

Video Analysis One: Dealing With difficult people versus them dealing with you In 2007, psychologist Bill Crawford, produced a short video entitled “Dealing with difficult people versus them dealing with you” as one of a four part series filmed in conjunction with PBS (Crawford, 2007). The following video case analysis will compare the ideas present in the video to the ideas found in this week’s assigned readings - Resolving conflicts at work: Ten strategies for everyone on the job and…

Essay My English/Language Arts class has been reading and watching both of these shows and stories. “The Andy Griffith Show”, was produced in the Early 1960s, it is a TV sitcom based on an older sitcom called “ The Danny Thomas Show”. As i have done researched on this sitcom, i have come to realize that the sitcom has only produced a total of 249 half-hour episodes spanning over 8 seasons. “ The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street”, is episode 22 in the first season of “The Twilight…

APPROVAL OF JIM PATRINOS TO WARHOL BOARD- SHIRY • Dmitri Shiry welcomes the board to the last board meeting of 2016. • The Andy Warhol Museum board has been aggressively moving forward with respect to identifying new candidates for the Warhol board. • The Nominating Committee has identified a handful of individuals that are entering into the beginning processes, though some are further along than others. • The Nominating Committee would like to present the candidate Jim Patrinos to the…

Over the years, television has come a big part of American culture. Most houses have one if not more and it is common for restaurants and hotels to have them as well. We have gone from only black and white television to color television. We have gone from silent films to films with people talking with music playing in the background at the same time. Graphics have increased and acting has become and art. However, it is still all called television. Over the years, the way gender roles have been…

With time running out, and talk of finding a new homeland starting to gain traction, Caesar (Andy Serkis) must decide what's best for his followers, and not a moment too soon. The planet is in the balance, and whoever wins this ultimate conflict will be the decisive victor. The greatest compliment I can pay to War for the Planet of the Apes is that…

In this section, I will discuss how motion capture technology used in the making of ‘Avatar’ particularly via the swing camera. Motion capture in Avatar was exceptionally plugged for creating the realism of the film. However, motion capture was used in interestingly and creative ways in Avatar. One aspect of such use is employment of swing camera. People may ask what is swing camera? Swing camera is a virtual camera that could show the low resolution view of Pandora when shot the motion capture…

Rise of the Planets of the Apes is a chimpanzee named Caesar, who gains human like emotions and intelligence from an experimental drug. Caesar (Andy Serkis) acts and thinks like a human and he was raised up like a child would. Will Rodman (James Franco) is a scientist, who is experimenting with a drug that he hopes will cure his father's Alzheimer's disease. After his experimental drug failed with the ape named Bright Eyes (Caesar’s mother), Will takes in Caesar and raises him as his own. After…

Supreme Leader Snoke and Darth Plagueis Upon the release of the new Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens, many fans have speculated the origins of new characters. One of the most mysterious characters in The Force Awakens is Supreme Leader Snoke. There are many theories about Snoke being previous characters we’ve seen in the Star Wars saga before. Some of these characters are Emperor Palptine, Boba Fett, Jar Jar Binks, and Darth Plagueis. Other people believe Snoke is a Jedi in disguise, a force…

apes and humans. The film is the third installment of the Rise of the Planet of the Apes that was released in 2011. Since its release, the film has received critical acclaim globally and grossing 500 million dollars at the box office. Starring Andy Serkis as the CGI Ape leader Caesar and Woody Harrelson as the Colonel their character collide to create an intense and cinematic movie experience. In War of the Planet of the Apes, Caesar, the leader of the apes along with his fellow human-like apes…