Hollywood Sign

about her new companion, she looked at her friend above her head. She says "Wangero sent eye signal over my head" (Walker 89). The lifted gaze shows how Dee placed herself above other members of her family. Her eye contact and high lifted gaze are a sign of power. After African Americans were granted voting rights, they were encouraged by their leaders to take pride in their African identity as a way of propagating self-esteem (Gale 7). This could be the reason behind Dee’s lifted her gaze and…

Signs, written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, is a story about the testing of one man’s faith, the sacrifice of a loving mother, and the repercussions that occurred because of an alien invasion. The sacrifice tore the family apart, and the alien invasion in a way “forced” the family back together. The director tries to convey the message that everything happens for a reason, and that nothing is coincidence. Graham and his children, Morgan and Bo have suffered the loss of their mother,…

Queen’ perfume advertisement with a semiotic analysis approach. Furthermore, it analyses the conglomeration of connotations, denotations, indexical signs, symbolic signs, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations represented throughout the advert. It additionally explores the approaches of Ferdinand de Saussure and Charles Peirce’s and their views on signs within advertising. Moreover, it considers the deeper ideological representations of wealth, power, beauty and authority along with freedom,…

In the 1949 film The Third Man, protagonist Holly Martins arrives in Vienna to work for his friend Harry Lime only to discover Lime died right before Martins landed in Austria. Without giving too much away, Martins ends up uncovering the circumstances surrounding his childhood chum’s death may be more complex than what’s visible on the surface. The mystery genre -- for both literature and film -- often plays on the idea that the evidence available may not always have the meaning it appears to…

need signed, without your signature, I’m going to have to cancel your policy, if that’s what you want, that’s fine, but if you do want our business, I need you to sign this form.” “Listen!” he roared, at that point, I thought I was about to have it. But instead, he mellowed down and said “Fine, what is this form, why do I have to sign it?” Even though I was shocked that my ears hadn’t bled this time, I quickly got back into professional mode, and explained. He asked for my name afterwards, and…

Are we alone in the universe? Men have struggled with this idea throughout the whole of human history. M. Night Shyamalan takes a fresh look at this idea in his sci-fi blockbuster film Signs as he follows the journey of a family in crisis as they face an alien invasion. As the story unfolds, Shyamalan reveals his ideas on the universal theme of man’s struggles with faith and a belief in the divine design of the universe through his use of allegory, conflict, and character. The primary way…

One of the primary goals that social psychologists have always worked towards is understanding the process of social influence. More specifically, how one individual can influence the attitudes, behaviors, and thoughts of another individual. This goal has been continuously researched for many years, and multiple social psychologists have developed theories that explain how individuals motivate, influence, and alter other individuals’ behaviors, attitudes, and thoughts. Although numerous…

several Blacklists or through prison sentences. The state of the film industry during the Cold War was undeniably affected by the rampant spread of McCarthyism, as shown through the censorship of anti-American sentiment through means such as the Hollywood blacklist. [TRANSITION SENTENCE]…

California and song plays on the jukebox which reminds him of his former life in New York City. In the flashback, we learn that Al was bitter about his talent going to waste in a cheap nightclub and so was his girlfriend, so she decided to seek fame in Hollywood, leaving him behind. Later, he decides that he cannot live without her and wants to marry her, leading him to hitchhike his way across the country. In Arizona, Al hitchhikes on a ride from Charles Haskell who is going all the way to Los…

get dark out, and proceeded back into my car to drop off everyone to their own cars. There was only one car parked which was still running with no one in it. There wasn't anything special that was in front or around the Jail House except for their sign stating what the building was. This building is also made out of brick like the library was. A Jail House is an inmate, usually awaiting trial or sentencing, who claims to have been the recipient of an admission made by another prisoner awaiting…