Emotional Freedom Technique

Advertisements in modern media strive towards not only selling a product, but making it emotionally appealing to the audience as a means to attach the product with desire. This longstanding tactic has been used by big companies, like Apple, to sell medicore products. Advertisement directors have taken notice that smartphones have created this utopia effect on millennials - creating a bubble of comfort in a portal metal box that tells them whatever they want, whenever they want. It creates a cave…

Literary Techniques and the Horror of The Turn of the Screw One purpose of Henry James’ gothic novella The Turn of the Screw is to instill fear in the reader. There are several features of this work that make the story horror inducing; first, James’ deals with the idea of the corruption of innocence of children. In the story’s opening chapter, the observation is made that the corruption of a child in a ghost story “adds a particular touch” (James 115). Fear is also associated with the…

In “Superman and Me” Alexie begins by telling a short story about his childhood where he lived on an Indian reservation. He presents us with a few tales about how as a kid he was always interested in books and he compared paragraphs to fences as well as his siblings. Alexie viewed everything in his young life as pieces of paragraphs which made up the entire story of his life. Subsequently he transitions into the next part of the story where he presents us with the idea that an indian who views…

The first was the mind-to-muscle relaxation technique: Meditation. I’ve tried this in the past for a few months and I did not like to do this with other people around. I found it hard to concentrate on my breathing while hearing other people’s meditation cues. So I thought I’d give it another try. When…

My mise-en scene of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is an analogy adaptation based on the events of Chapter 54. The setting occurs on a street of New York apartments on a cloudy, gloomy day. After a dinner in which the Bennets met Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bingley, Elizabeth goes outside to sit on the stairs of her porch and think about her current state of mind. The scene is symbolic for Elizabeth’s conflicting feelings for Mr. Darcy. Through the use of diegetic sounds, the scene will give the…

accomplished helps the athlete get into the right state of mind but can also be used right before a specific motion like shooting a free thrown or hitting a golf ball (Lesky, 2016). Olympic athletes use visualization techniques to prepare before specific events from start until finish. This technique is very import in…

Ancient omens and Prophecies An omen is a technique used by writers to foretell the future, an omen is another way of foreshadowing. It provides hints throughout the text giving the readers signs or clues as to what might happen in the future for a character or in the plotens. The characters are connected to some ancient prophecies that are obscure, partial and confusing; and all along the plot unexplained incidents keep taking place to make these dreadful prophecies come true. The characters…

28/60  47%  E BAZ LUHRMANN ESSAY A real, emotional, moral story is one which tugs on the strings of the viewer’s heart. It should bring out the emotions of the viewer, and have those asking morally challenging questions. It must feel real, it must excite and enthrall its audience, and create a passion for the film from the opening scene. This is a difficult task to achieve by any director, and in my opinion, Baz Luhrmann has evolved into such a director who has achieved these things, however…

the idea of that happening to the headless horsemen. A close up shot of Ichabods face shows the realisation that the headless horsemen cannot enter the sacred grounds giving the audience and characters hope of survival. Tim Burton uses the camera technique of panning the camera behind the headless horsemen as people try to…

This information can be helpful if there needs to be an interrogation by identifying certain characteristics about both the suspect and the crime that was committed (Orlando, n.d.). Another technique that the Reid Technique uses, the behavior analysis interview, is a non-accusatory interview. The criminal investigator will ask background questions. In other words, ask personal questions of the suspect that will allow the criminal investigator to evaluate the suspect’s “normal” verbal and…