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The last thing we all want to do when we are reading a book is flipping the pages back and forth to understand the page you we are reading. Blackwater by Kerstin Ekman, was one of the most interesting and most complicated books I have ever read. Being used to American writing style, it was pretty hard to stay on track with Black Water since it’s a Swedish novel. Being a detective is the last thing I would of have thought of myself. The readers of The Blackwater have become an unlicensed…

Summary In theory, the researchers main goal in this study was to establish if there was a correlation in the intonation of someone’s voice and the desire to influence another individual to buy a product or answer a set of questions. How willing are we to just listen to someone based on the pitch or tone of their voice? Our brains don’t have any visual cues to know if we can trust this person or not, so that’s why when companies are trying to sell you something, they should be very particular on…

new, and he was asking her to make a change instead of merely watching her life go by. The second sentence of the text, “Her head was leaned against the window curtains and in her nostrils was the odor of dusty cretonne.” was written in a passive voice because Eveline was a passive person.…

Compare and Contrast between Singing and Painting Considering the art scene globally, music and painting come across as the most visible arts that most people can relate. “Singing, the production of musical tones by means of the human voice. In its physical aspect, singing has a well-defined technique that depends on the use of the lungs, which act as an air supply, or bellows; on the larynx.” “Painting, the expression of ideas and emotions, with the creation of certain aesthetic qualities…

Strained Voice (Vocal Cords) Overview- We rely on our voices to inform, persuade, and interact with other people. For this, a disorder of phonation may prove very limiting, interfering with the ability to communicate with normal daily activities. “Dysphonia " is the medical term used for Strained Voice to indicate a generic voice alteration, qualitative or quantitative, temporary or permanent, structural or functional origin of one or more organs involved in the spoken speech. This alteration…

One day I received a call for an audition at “The Voice Kids” in Miami, FL. My dad had send a video of me singing to their company and they reached me as soon as possible. I was afraid of going to the audition because I knew other kids with a better talent were going to attend to the auditions. I knew for…

skilled master, and on other days, the vocalist will make you want to crawl under your studio desk and find a happy place to hide. Ironically enough, it is the latter of the two that will be insisting that you share your opinion with him about how his voice really sounds. I have a friend who owns a nice studio with bragging rights for having recorded some very notable names in music. One grueling day, we were enduring possibly the worst vocalist we had ever heard. This singer sounded…

Using different techniques and manipulations of sounds, audiences are influenced by this and become more immersed in the film. Some manipulations that are used in various films that we viewed throughout the course are things such as voice over narration that acts as a bridge while not completely breaking the fourth wall. As well as the careful planning of what soundtrack to use, which help to increase the influence a particular scene has on an audience such as in the Red Detachment of Women.…

On the evening of March fourteenth, the talented singers of Carl Sandburg High School put on an excellent performance for friends and family to enjoy. Although it was rather short concert, I still had the pleasure of hearing eight diverse groups sing at this year’s Winter Choir Concert. At 7 o’clock on the dot, the women of Treble Choir came out on stage. As the chatter in the audience hushed, the president of the group announced who they were and briefly talked about the two pieces they were…

Broadway actors are required to maintain a higher state of physical, emotional, mental, and social stamina than many other modern day professionals in their careers. The social character that these performers have to possess not only affects their work based life, but also their personal lives as well. Once these artist debut in their first show, many people begin watching them. From people that love the show, to people that work within the industry. No other career parallels to the stress…