Double majority

James M. Cain’s Double Indemnity, published in 1935, was adapted into a film in the year 1944. This film brought in over $5.7 million in gross net, changed how Hollywood censored films and shaped the path for numerous controversial films to soon be produced. Although Double Indemnity left its impact, the strict Production Code prevented the film adaptation from reaching the full potential sent forth by the book. In her book, Blackout, film noir critic Sheri Chinen Biesen explains how the Motion…

This essay will provide an overview of a clip from the beginning of the movie Double Indemnity. The clip has a runtime of two minutes and thirty-three seconds and contains five shots in total. This paper will provide an in-depth analysis of each shot in the clip. It will examine the types of camera angles used, the lighting direction and the composition of objects and figures on the screen. The elevator encounter between Walter Neff and the Watchman in the first scene is a two-shot captured at…

Violins are the most popular and the most well known instrument in the strings orchestra. This often leads to some people thinking of every strings instrument in terms of the violin. For example, a cello is a “big violin.” Lots of strings players who don't play the violin are often enraged by comments like these, but how close are cellos to violins? Cellos are actually very similar to violins, as their alias suggests, but violins and cellos are also very different. Violins, for starters, are…

Throughout the timeline of Music, There has been many different genres and styles created by Musicians, throughout this timeline we received the 20th Century genre of Impressionism. The genre focuses on conveying emotions and moods behind a pacific event or a reflection on how the composer is feeling, an example of Impressionism genre that gives the audience the feel of emotion is Krzytof Penderecki’s Impressionism piece Thernody for the Victims of Hiroshima, which he has transformed the…

confusion crossed her face. “Why does Michael need another hearing? I thought the he wasn’t guilty.” “That’s true. However, a not guilty verdict only establishes acquittal. He will never have to face another trial for the same crime. That’s what they call double jeopardy. That is completely different from finding someone innocent. Unless his arrest gets expunged, it will stay as a permanent mark on his record.” “So, in essence, he has to undergo another trial?” “Pretty much. This time it will…

through you look for something different. Maybe the first time you look for grammar and then go through periods and commas, then missed spelled words, and overusing words. This will fix anything you might have missed you could also have someone else double check your work as well. Then go back one last time a do some proofreading check for MLA formatting, spacing, capital letters, page numbers, your word choice, and then spelling. After everything looks perfect you should make the changes and…

The idea of a String Methods class in undergraduate study is to explore the different approaches that happen around the world. There will be some methods more renowned than others, and of course, those will prevail and outshine the rest. However, this class will go into specific details of the classical instruments like Violin, Viola, Cello, and String Bass and how they are used throughout these String Methods. Consequently, these string instruments play a huge role in the music world around us;…

performers as his henchmen that I knew would be able to handle the pressure of working around an a grade actor like Hugh. How did Sharlto Copley’s suit factor into your stunt coordination? Both Sharlto and his Stunt double Ian Stock had a lyca suit on with various plastic pieces added to create the size and shape of the droids. These plastic pieces made it difficult to move and or Fall with, so for some of the sequences we either removed them or had foam ones…

In his two volume books, New Method for the Double Bass, Simandl breaks down the bass neck into hand positions, designates the first, second, and fourth fingers for playing in the low register (the third and fourth working as one), and introduces the thumb position; using the thumb, first, second…

In an ever changing world, there are some things that will forever seem to be the same; the sky has been and shall be blue, people have and will constantly fall in and out of love, the fear of the unknown has been experienced by many, and many more will experience such a feeling, and an orchestra has always been seated that way it has - string instruments in the front with brass, woodwinds, and percussion in the back. Various things that function in a certain way, and continue to function in…