Buster Keaton

Journal five- Stephen Crane “The Open Boat” Four men are in a lifeboat, lost at sea, off the coast of Florida. The oiler and the correspondent are taking turns paddling with the oars they have. They eventually see a lighthouse. As they try to get closer to the lighthouse, they use the captain’s jacket to make a sail. It works until the wind dies down. Eventually they get closer to the land but they are amazed that nobody sees them. They try to paddle towards the land but the waves are too…

This paper shall compare and contrast between ``Our Hospitality film by Buster Keaton and The Gold Rush by Charles Chaplin’’. The Gold Rush is a comedy film that narrates fun and complicated experiences of Charles Chaplin who was in search of gold which he believed was to free him from poverty. It was an insecure mission though he was determined to accomplish it; he starved for a long period until he decided to feed on his shoes and other times he thought his friend was big chicken. The main…

Alexandria Creative, Caring, Protective, Loving Wishes to go to Paris, France and see the eiffel tower reams of writing songs for song artists Wants to be a singer or a songwriter for other singers I wonders if I will ever find a true friend in this world we live in I am deathly afraid of spiders which means I have arachnophobia I like to dance I mainly dance in my bedroom with the music very loud I love my girlfriend Kayla Bidinger I want to see the world, the inside of the White House, and…

“Well, I hit on Andover as the first town because it seemed like a quiet and likely spot where an old, frail little lady who owned a shop would be killed. I found Mrs. Ascher when I was in that town for personal business about a few months ago, and I had noticed that she was often in her little shop alone. For letter B, I had to use slightly different tactics. By now, lonely women in shops would have been warned about a killer on the loose, so I had to change the characteristics of my next…

Describe an activity that you find boring in your life (e.g., taking out the trash). I find cleaning the car extremely boring which in fact, just thinking about it puts me in a bad mood. Don’t get me wrong - I love having a clean car, but when it comes to me cleaning it, I rather pay someone else to get the job done. I honestly don’t know why I find it boring but it’s just one of those things I cannot find the passion to do. Especially, here in Florida where we have this bipolar weather I rather…

In this portfolio, included is my final revised personal narrative essay entitled “My savior and Lighted Path,” my first graded draft of this essay, and my letter of Final Essay Reflection. The “My savior and Lighted Path” paper contains the reasons as to why I am college and why school is so significant to me. In this essay, I speak about my life growing up with a poor, sickly mother in a poor neighborhood where my mother had abusive boyfriends to help pay her medical bills and finances. I go…

When My Great Grandma Died The school day had just ended and I was on the pick up list, so when the bell rang I went to the main lobby. I saw my mom and she saw me too and then she came up to me and said,”your Great Grandma had just died.” When she said those words they made me speechless. I was thinking of all the fun times we had had together, then her death happened so sudden. All that I could think of is that the fact that my Great Grandma is dead…

Curious, Desperate, and Gullible “The X-Files is an American science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter, which originally aired from September 10, 1993 to May 19, 2002 on Fox.” (“The X-Files”). The episode known as “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose,” which was released on October 13, 1995, shows two FBI officers who track a serial killer of fortune tellers, but encounter a genuine psychic. The episode showed watchers a realistic aspect of the show that was brought to light.…

Through the silent film Buster Keaton Sherlock Jr.(1924) the filmmaker managed to portray Sherlock Jr's vaudevillist roots by imposing a deadpanning persona centered on burlesque comedy. The protagonist Sherlock Jr did not show any emotional reactions instead he performed actions that would alter laughter to the viewers. These actions would be out of innocence, and his unawareness would result in laughter. For instance, when Sherlock Jr. imitated every movement the culprit of the watch did in…

Golden Age of Film comedy and the silent film medium extend this to its maximum. Exaggerated actions and visual gags with occasional intertitles explaining the situation became the centerpiece of attraction and entertainment. Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton were two legendary comedy filmmakers emerging from this era. Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights was a combination of Chaplin’s skills from previous movies. In this movie, he employs purely innocent jokes under the famous Tramp image. It…