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Selena was a popular Tejano singer, in an article by biography.com states that she won an award for best vocal female vocalist and performer of the year awards at the Tejano Music Awards in 1987. Her death was a sudden surprise; her fan club leader killed her. She died at the age of twenty-three and did not have a chance…

John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. In a career spanning over six decades, Williams has composed some of the most popular and recognizable film scores in cinematic history, including the Star Wars series, the first two Jaws films, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, the Indiana Jones series, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Superman, the first two Home Alone films, Hook, the first two Jurassic Park films, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan,…

The reason is the producers and directors of Transformers: Age of Extinction worked so hard to enter China’s market that they even had official state broadcaster from China’s Movie Channel produce and distribute the movie to help assure that it would succeed in China. The deal mentioned above does not happen without consent and approval of the Beijing government and the Chinese Communist Party,…

The television show “Power” broadcast on STARZ network directed by Anthony Hemingway and produced by Curtis Jackson. This show has a brilliant title sequence created by this multi-talented individual, David Brodeur. Power is one of my favorite television shows that still have new shows and the only show I that I would watch the title sequence play through. I will be analyzing Power’s title sequence characteristic, motion graphics addressing the overall concept. In “Power” the texture goes…

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” As a child and throughout our lives we have and will continue to ask and be expected to answer this question. When asked this question, college should be the first thing to arise in our minds. Thus, this leads to the big question of “What should I major in?” Deciding what your major should be is the most difficult decision one will make. We all would like to pursue a career in a field that we enjoy, but unfortunately for a lot of people this is cannot…

This afternoon I attended a Sunday matinee for the production of This Random World written by Steven Dietz and directed by Paul Steger put on by the Johnny Carson School of Theatre & Film. I thought that the play tied all of the characters together extremely well and it was incredibly well preformed. Although I usually find plays of this genre of no interest to me, this play changed my opinion. I thought that it was really well done. First I would like to discuss the character of Scottie Ward,…

Consequently, at the time when we were given a choice for Play #5, I was also lucky enough to receive an opportunity to see the “The Great Comet of 1812” with my residence hall. Since the tickets were significantly discounted and right at my disposal, of course I took the opportunity to go. When the show was announced, I was very excited as I had heard a lot of buzz about the musical. First of all, it stars Josh Groban in his debut on Broadway, which obviously would direct a lot of attention…

The Evil Dead is one of the best horror films of all time. Its greatness due to a great original screenplay and directing. The film Evil Dead has a cult following and for good reason. It is highly praised by names like Stephen King. Evil Dead was written and directed by Sam Raimi. It stars Bruce Campbell in the leading role as Ash Williams. The story is about a group of five college kids go who to a cabin in the woods for a vocation. Once there they find an audiotape that unleashes evil…

The way the camera was positioned in the shots makes it appear as if the audience is actually there. We get the view of what the characters see when looking out the window and looking through binoculars. Needless to say it is visually pleasing. The actors did an amazing job in portraying their characters. The excitement, fear, and anger were all believable. I love Alfred Hitchcock, but in my opinion this is not his best work. Everything was great except the fact that the film is slow. The film…

The three articles I selected to analyze from the New York times are “‘Grease’ in a Nairobi High School: Saheem Ali on His First Time Directing” by Shahem Ali, “Broadway’s Bathroom problem: Have to go? Hurry up, or Hold it” by Michael Paulson and “Using Shakespeare to Ease the Trauma of War” by Laura Collins-Hughes. In “Using Shakespeare to Ease the Trauma of War” Hughes characterizes the significance of theater for veterans in post war conditions. Paulson addresses the issue about bathrooms in…