Ever since my mother put me in tiny ballet slippers when I was three, I have been dancing. Throughout high school, dance was an important part of my life and I wanted to continue my passion for dance in college. At the college club fair the first week of school, I was looking to see what interested me and I saw the booth for the Emory-Oxford Dance team. I was informed that dance team performs at half time of the basketball games. I immediately signed up for the email list, because if I made the…
Every so often, there is a moment when people feel the need to temporarily escape from reality. Entertainment has been one of the most common outlets people turn to. Movie theaters, specifically, have served as that intended space that allows people to do just that. Although it is known as a space where individuals can watch new motion-picture screenings, it has also served as a getaway of relaxation and entertainment. It has continuously offered joy to people’s lives. However, on July 20th 2012…
Downtown Los Angeles holds L.A. Live, a sports and entertainment district that houses a wide variety of live entertainment all in one location. Whether you are looking to enjoy a sports game, go to a club or watch the newest movie in a cinema, the campus of L.A. Live can offer live entertainment for almost anyone’s taste. Located at the intersection of Olympic Boulevard and Figueroa Street, L.A. Live is directly across from the STAPLES Center, which is an arena hosting over 250 events annually…
Spirited Away rightfully qualifies as Hayao Miyazaki’s magnum opus, winning fifty-two awards after its release in 2001. The movie describes a young girl’s journey of trepidation and discovery after becoming trapped in the spirit world. There, an almost byzantine story unfolds containing complex relationships, unwritten rules and profuse emotions. As with any work of this scale, a mosaic of themes and motifs riddles the production, but I wish to discuss one of the major “paths” we, as the…
In the early to mid-20th century, the studio system of the movie industry was a powerful and very profitable business; the vertical integrated structure had proved to be successful. The nine or ten major studios made big profits from both the production of movies and the distribution and screening of their own movies. This was possible because most of these studios owned a chain of theaters in the major cities. With the independent theater owners, they made money by a system called “block…
Who Do You Think Is The Hero In The Movie "Spirited Away"? by Jenny Vue Many people believe Chihiro is the hero in the movie, but personally, Haku is the main hero even though he doesn't have screen time as much as Chihiro. He was the one who found Chihiro in the spirit world, he was the one who gave her something to eat so she wouldn't disappear, and he was the one who helped her get a job in the bathhouse. The first reason why Haku is the main hero is because when Haku first saw Chihiro, he…
powerful and renowned Osamu Tezuka, whose TV series and manga were exported worldwide. Miyazaki had a serious case of “anxiety of influence;” because of this, it wasn’t until 1963 when he graduated and was appointed as an animator for Toei Animation Studios that Miyazaki developed his own illustration style (Cavallaro…
Born on December 6, 1950 in Nakano, Japan, Joe Hisaishi is a Japanese composer and musical director known famously for his scores in animated films from his professional partnership with Studio Ghibli's co-founder, Hayao Miyazaki. (Brightwell) Although known professionally under the name of Joe Hisaishi, or Hisaishi Jo, his real name is Mamoru Fujisawa. His work consists of different works such as European classical, Japanese classical, film scores, experimental electronic, minimalist, and…
One of the features of the Death Note is an organic fusion of realism with fantasy, with the apparent superiority of realism. Despite of that fact, Shinigami is acting along with people, and the intrigue revolves around the notebook for the murders. Shinigami Ryuk purposely dropped his notebook on Earth, which gives the power to kill people. As he explains it later, he was bored with life in the world of Shinigami and decided to have some fun. Eventually, the notebook quickly finds its owner…
Exam- Question 1 During the mid to late 1950s, television networks and major film studios were not willing to work one another. There were a number of reasons why these corporations. One early problem for the motion pictures studios attempt to sell films to television was their issue with exhibitioners. Exhibitioners threatened they would boycott studios who sold features to television or studios who moved to telefilm. They were forced to take the threats seriously because the exhibitioner’s…