Howard Hawks

As we move through our lives, experiences can cause our perception of our lives to change. Sometimes exposure to a different lifestyle can reveal that the life we were living was missing something. In Howard Hawks’ Bringing Up Baby (1938), the carefree Susan (Katharine Hepburn), tears David (Cary Grant) away from his mundane life of working on a brontosaurus reconstruction, and takes him on a wild adventure across the countryside. David’s glimpse into Susan’s chaotic lifestyle helps him to reevaluate his work-centered life and to accept that he wants a more exciting existence. Howard Hawks illustrates David’s growing desire for a more exciting lifestyle through David’s behavior, the settings, and the use of sound in the film. David’s behavior…

Howard Hawks and John ford were both American film directors of the late twentieth century classic Hollywood era. Howard Hawks worked on many film genres from screwball comedy to western. Howard Hawks most notable films each served as an excellent representation of each genre he worked on. Credit for hawks’ success could be due to his freedom as an independent producer, making a number of films in his own manner. Most of Howard Hawks films centered on the themes of friendship, trust, and…

One of the best classic western films ever made by a director who was so versatile that many people might confuse him with other great western directors like John Ford or Anthony Mann, but Howard Hawks had an eye for character driven stories, had an expert sense of visual style, and knew how to use actors better than most. Hawks was one of those classic Hollywood directors that could easily orchestrate the action and compelling aspects that make a great western, and Red River is one. The film…

In Alfred Hitchcock’s film, Rear Window, he uses elements of film in a way that expresses to the audience what the character desires and the power relations that exist between them. In the sequence where Lisa and L.B. Jeffries have dinner from “21 Club,” their contradicting desires are expressed through these various elements. For example, Hitchcock uses framing, editing, and character positioning within the mise-en-scene to portray that Lisa desires Jeff but he doesn’t feel as strongly of her.…

Skateboarding Rolling down a hill, vision blurred so that I saw only streaks of blue sky before I saw the brown leaves on the ground. Pain shoots through every part of me that hit the hillside covered in sharp, pointed sticks, and large, uneven rocks. Finally, the rolling stops my face planted in the dirt, as I pushed myself upward, my family was already at the top of the hill screaming at me “ARE YOU ALRIGHT, HE DEFINITELY BROKE SOMETHING.” There voices sounded like I was underwater. Only one…

People have known that people who are rich can do whatever they want. All that money they have, they can spend as much as they want with no complaint. Especially that power they have which makes it easier for them to enjoy life. While the poor have no power so they can’t do whatever they mostly want. They also can’t spend a lot since they don’t earn as much as a rich person. We don’t have much of a choice to obey so we can earn money. But the rich abuse their power and use the poor people like…

Secrecy and Power Hidden in the Silver Sparrow. Silver Sparrow is a novel based on lies, secrecy, and bigamy. Intertwined in this is the legitimate family to the character James Witherspoon, his wife Laverne and daughter Chaurisse. On the other hand is his illegal wife Gwendolyn and illegitimate daughter Dana. These individuals are all intertwined within each other’s life, some of them know about the others and some are simply unknown. There is a certain power that lies within individuals who…

every few years. Skateparks.org have the same thought process when it comes to skate parks needing no maintenance for years: “When a skate park is built correctly it will require virtually NO structural maintenance for years.” Once a skate park is built, it provides a perfect facility for all types of people to learn how to skate or even just hang out. My third paragraph is about how professional skateboarders should put money back into the industry where they got it from, to help provide…

“Boy, you know you can’t make that,” JJ’s little brother Ray said. “Bet,” JJ exclaimed as he took the shot. The shot sank right into the hoop, as JJ gave a deadly stare to his brother Ray. “You’d only make that shot once out of ten times,” Ray said. “Ray, I play point guard for the Atlanta Hawks. I think I can make that shot,” JJ laughed. “You know I should be the one playing right?” Ray said. “Just a couple more years Ray,” JJ explained. “Then I can finally make some real money!” Ray exclaimed.…

In the article “Do What You Love”, the author Tony Hawk claims that we should listen to our inner desires and has faith in it, even when it is not accepted bases on what is called normal by numerous people. To begin with, Tony says that he is an avid skateboarder for 24 years and people loath that job in personal levels followed by lots of unaccepted names which were set. He mentions that his job often conceives as a childish, time-consuming, critical and lawless job. He states that, by the time…