In the article “Aesthetic of Astonishment: Early Film and the (In)Credulous Spectator”, Tom Gunning argues that the first people who watched Lumiere’s Arrival of a Train at the Station were not in shock because they believed that the train was real, they were astonished by the illusion they witnessed before them on the screen. In contrary to the myth that people feared that they were going to be killed by a train, Gunning stresses that the Audiences’ astonishment was derived “from a magical…
Every audience member knows that each director has their own style to give of each movie. The director Tim Burton has a dark and creepiness style in each one of his movies. But the cinematic techniques that achieve that effect the most is lighting, editing and framing. In the movie Edward Scissorhands, lighting achieves the effect of mood during the scene of the neighborhood. During the scene of the neighborhood high…
Girl” which is the most recognizable photograph in the National Geographic. Although his work is world-renowned there are many critics and controversies over his photographs because of his misuse of Photoshop. Many photographers use Photoshop when editing their photos, but the extent that McCurry used it questions his integrity as a photographer. He did not edit brightness, or add focus, he warped entire photographs and added and erased subjects and landscapes at his leisure. I agree with the…
From a desk in their living room while they are in pajamas and editing, replying to emails on their computers, to in a forest taking engagement photos for some newly weds in South America. Photographers have the advantage to most by going to work in whatever clothes they decide depending on the work that day. In addition…
The first appearance of speech and music on the radio occurred in December 1906 (Gazi, Starkey & Jedrejewski, 2011), since then the radio industry has constantly been redeveloping in an attempt to keep up with new media and improve its ability to be a source of information and entertainment. Digital technologies have provided radio with the tools to radically change the way we produce and consume content in New Zealand’s modern radio industry. This essay will go into detail on the technological…
bacterial defense mechanism as a genome editing utility to cut, shuttle, or bind desired molecules anywhere within DNA as custom RNA harnesses the multi-tool Cas-9 enzyme (Gupta & Musunuru, 2014). Unlike other methods of genome engineering such as zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs) or transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs) that have massive barriers to entry in education and expense, CRISPR is a cheap, efficient, customizable utility in genome editing, whose accessible adaptability…
my first rough draft, I exchange my essay with a partner. For the first time in my life, I get introduce to peer editing. I discover these workshops are very beneficial in my making my essay better because I receive feedback from an outsider’s point of view. My partner told me what exactly I needed to improve, elaborate and what was the worst and best component of my essay. Peer editing is an essential that I will continue to use in future writing assignments because it tremendously helps shape…
Thomas Drake Jr. LIT 106 Professor Edward Kihn Short Paper Response Assignment 1 Question 1 Characterize some of the major changes from filmed “actualities” to early narrative cinema (5%): The characteristics of the major changes from filmed “actualities” to early narrative cinema began in the early 1900’s. An actuality film is a non-fiction film portraying footage through a real event. A narrative cinema was a fictional film presenting the audience a story. The audience’s attention…
craftsmanship. Every perceivable element of cinema is expertly utilized to drive the story, themes and tones that “Citizen Kane” present. This is especially apparent in the scene that follows Susan leaving Kane. This scene’s manipulation of mise-en-scène, editing and sound bring together all of Welles’ ideas and drive them beyond the finish line. Mise en scène is what appears in the frame, what the viewer sees. It creates meaning and enhances the story of the film. In the scene where Kane…
counter), Gimp, and many physical art forms too. Blender is where you create the models, animate them, and put everything together. It is a large application to handle and takes a lot a time to learn. Gimp is what they use for photo editing and is very complex. The photo editing is needed for the textures that you see on objects. They use textures…