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Imagine this; you are extremely happy and carefree, having the best time of your life with your family. Suddenly, your mother is trying to hide you and is telling you that you need to get behind her. Your emotions are a mixture of confusion and worry but you follow your mum’s order. Then, a tall white man approaches you and your family and grips onto your arm. You cry out in pain and fear, as you have heard the stories about all the other half-caste children that are taken away from their…

Where is the most magical place on Earth? Some may say the enchanted forest, witch’s house, or even heaven in a religious context. But, if we revise this question by referring to a place that has proven existence with solid evidence, what comes to mind? The Magical Kingdom that Walt Disney produced is specifically marketed to be the most magical place on Earth; many children will attest to this statement. Not only does Walt Disney convey this magical message in their theme parks, but they…

Not a tale told by an idiot “Life… is a tale told by an idiot,” the title character laments in Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy, Macbeth. Not if Mark Brozel were the director, Tiffany Hales discovers; his 2005 adaptation of Macbeth an artful study of the human psyche that both Shakespeare aficionados and film buffs will love. When it came to translating Shakespeare’s bloodiest play into a modern context, Mark Brozel set himself a hard task. With some suspicious – and racist – witches,…

For our first promotion Family Night, the organization wants to target families within the area. Baseball is an American pastime, and what a better way to spend a hot summer night than watching a baseball game. Families could see attending a minor league baseball game as a cheap night full of entertainment. The organization is offering a meal package with the purchase of four tickets. Families will receive four Friendly Franks and four medium drinks. Our proud sponsor, Friendly’s will provide…

Women in Movies Support Normalizing Male Dominance Boundaries of gender as social structures are constructed by taboos, which reinforce social powers. The interpretation of gender is often the product of popular culture and an important part of this process is the arrangement of a patriarchal structure. This development of a patriarchal structure is often reinforced and maintained through modern media. Products of modern and popular culture are furthermore erect from inscribed ideological…

I don’t know where to begin. After watching Adaptation and reading Kaufman 's speech, I’m overwhelmed by ideas and thoughts. These ideas and thoughts are not only on creativity and screenwriting, which is what I expected them to be, but also about myself as an individual in the world. I don’t consider myself a writer, to be honest, I really don’t like to write, never have. The strange thing is, I’ve always considered myself a storyteller. Over the last few years at Humber, my creative drive has…

10 Unmissable Survival Films You May Have Missed “That survival instinct, that will to live, that need to get back to life again, is more powerful than any consideration of taste, decency, politeness, manners, civility. Anything. It's such a powerful force.” - Danny Boyle (director and co-writer of the critically acclaimed survival film, “127 Hours”) The primary difference between survival films and other genres, including adventure, is that they are less romanticized and are thus more dark…

Cultures differ from one place to another. Hearing this word brings curiosity to everyone's mind. All you can think about is different kind of habits, different customs and traditions, food, art, language, festivals, music and even difference in buildings and houses. Culture is a set of several behavior and habits that people carry from one generation to other. However, culture isn't standard because people through time and years can add new habits and traditions that might be found strange and…

The psychological condition of understanding is not binary. Life is understood by all through different lenses, and that lens is known as perspective. One’s frame of reference creates their outlook, and that outlook generates an individual’s reality. Emotions, intellect, and feelings represent the spectrum of an individual’s kaleidoscopic reality, though all are displayed at one point in time, and at another point in time their arrangement may be entirely different, the colors remain the same.…

was the research said: “...they also discussed the way in which women are portrayed in the media, how advertisers target their campaigns to decide how they, the students, should spend their money, the ways in which products are marketed after a blockbuster film to saturate the market and make huge profits, the notion of web TV, the glorification / presentation of violence on TV, film and video games, children 's programs on Television, and many other such issues (Yelland)". The first pro in the…