Budget Cuts: Cutting More Than Just Finances Seeing that the importance of a legitimate education is flourishing, it is safe to assume that a plethora of funding is set aside for these schools, right? Unfortunately not. Budget cuts to education have started to become steadily frequent. Since the “national recession of 2008 that forced every state to cut money for colleges and universities,” putting budget cuts at their all time low, “at least 31 states provided less funding per student” (Leachman 2). With these cuts, the first to go are usually the art and music programs. This execution of art and music unequally funds other programs, diminishes chances or students to be creative and have their own sense of individuality, tarnishes exposure…
Godard used a few difference camera angles and styles such as iris shot, close up, medium and wide shots, and camera movement. Godard also used many jump cuts and quick cuts to shift between scenes. For instance, in the beginning, he used jump and quick cuts of close up shots of Michel and a woman that let the audience have the illusion of Michel is having a very close relationship with with that woman. As Godard switch to a wide-angle shot, that’s where we know we have been fooled and they were…
1. I started the activity on 9/9/16 at 3:06 pm and completed it on 9/11/16 at 5:45 pm. 2. I had to look up cryptomnesia, which is when one forgets to cite a source because of losing track of a source and then remembering the thought as an original idea (Cryptomnesia, 2011). 3. I know that the source is scholarly and credible because it was published by a well-known and respected journal and has the authors’ credentials. 4. The author is a respected authority on the topic and has published…
How do you mow a lawn? Anyone new can experience that mowing your lawn is more than just getting a lawn mower and cutting a patch a grass. They are multiple ways to mow a lawn and where you live is going to be a big factor on how you mow your lawn. Mowing your lawn is crucial and with these steps you will be able to tell when to mow your lawn, what tips you should know and what equipment you will need. Knowing how to tell and when to mow your lawn is key to this simple but yet essential task.…
It was a hot summer afternoon. I had been working all day. Normally I would be with a crew of 4 to 5 people all the same as the day before, but today was different today i was working with a whole new crew of men I had never seen in my life. It was especially weird when the guy in a all black suit pulled up. He got out and said he was my new boss but when I had asked him what happened to the rest of the crew and my old boss he told me to be quiet and do the work I was assigned. It wasn’t till…
considerable amount of money, which effects the pensioners using this fund. Because of poor investments made during the recession the Fund is projected to be insolvent by 2025 if there is not a change made to the pensioner’s payments. The Fund must decide whether or not to cut the pension payments each month. The first option we have is to continue with the regular pension payments each month, but that would leave the Fund insolvent within the next ten years. The alternative is to cut the…
It was, at one point, taking every shot filmed on location, and putting them all together in a way so that the film makes sense. Nowadays, the editor may also add special effects or background music, in addition to selecting and combining the scenes. There are several major techniques of editing, including thematic montages, sequences shots and various types of cutting, such as classic, abstract, and continuity. In Now You See Me, all editing techniques are expressed within the film, but not all…
Cherry yelled, "I ain't bloated, I'm knocked up." Zodiac replied, calmly, "how do you know?" Cherry continued to yell, "Zodiac, I took a pregnancy test and it said, Pregnant." Zodiac replied, with disbelief, "nah, pregnancy tests be lying, you should go to the Doctor, to get the real results." Cherry was upset, she shouted, "I fucking did ..... I'm about three weeks pregnant." Zodiac paused for a second, then he said, "since you are so early in your pregnancy, maybe you should get an abortion…
In this essay I will be analysing the film Goal (2005) to understand the technical reasons why I enjoyed the film. To do this I will be picking my four key moments in the movie and critically analysing them with the use of film terminology. By the end of the essay I should know why I consider this to be my favourite sports film of all time. The first scene I want to analyse is at 19 minutes. There is a sequence where the main character (Munez) has to work to get money to travel to England.…
national deficit, economist and former member of the White House staff, Amitai Etzioni, discusses where cuts should and should not be made to the national budget in order to balance the fund shortage. He criticizes the U.S. government’s backing of banks and Wall Street as the money may be made up by cuts to social programs. Etzioni states that these cuts would in turn affect the lowest social class who tend to benefit from these programs. Etzioni’s journal reflects the liberal perspective of a…