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Bigger Than I Really Am It was a normal summer afternoon when my mom called me into her bedroom. I had no ideas what to do for my 15th birthday on July 16th. I figured I would just see a movie, just like everyone normally does. I recently picked up an interest in Marvel movies and characters and my mom had actually taken notice. “Why don’t you go to this Wizard World thing? That Stan Lee guy you talk about is going to be there, and some Walking Dead characters.” Stan Lee is one of the original…

expansive experience as a professional recording engineer. He manages a world class studio and has worked with some of the biggest bands. So he has clout, street cred-ethos. From his perspective he sees me as a knowledgeable engineer, a professional guitarist that works with top notch musicians and writes great songs, that’s my ethos. He can trust that I’ll be professional in the studio, have a band ready to perform in the studio, knows we haven the songs, and he knows us…

Medium • What medium or media does the communication take advantage of?  The advantage of this advertisement is it has a well know character known as the Hulk from the popular Marvel franchise. Also it helps kids who see this advertisement lose the fear of getting hurt since their favorite character also gets hurt. • What are the strengths and limitations of the media used?  The strengths of the advertisement are that people that who watch the Avengers and read the Marvel Incredible Hulk…

Flying across the ice, the two time U.S. gold medalists Alex and Maia Shibutani danced their hearts out to Paradise by Coldplay only to lose their third gold medal at the National Figure Skating Championships. Their dance and song choice touched the lives of people all around the world, but wasn’t enough to hold their own against the skaters to come. Although the title was the lost, the words to the Shibutanis song of choice speaks volumes. Songwriter Christopher Anthony pulls at the string’s of…

create Spirited Away after noticing that young girls don’t have much to look out to in the media other that romance, he wanted to create a film “in which they could be heroines” explains Miyazaki. “The film was translated by Walt Disney Studios and Pixar Animation Studios in 2003. It has also been translated in to eight other languages” (Dugdale). Within the context of this seminar paper, elements such as the narrative…

Introduction Mass media has been successful in presenting quality and block buster films that Filipinos have been patronizing over the past years since the inception of the Golden Age of Philippine Cinema in the 1950’s. Cinema has been part of Filipinos’ lives. Watching movies for Filipinos is one of the ways to relieve and amuse themselves and to escape from their despairs for a short time. In our society, mass media has a great influence. It plays a vital role in forming and reflecting public…

Tudor England. This essay will show this through an analysis of the appropriate films and scholarly literature that exists. It will begin by discussing how film studios in Britain and ‘Hollywood’ begun using historical films on Tudor England to portray an anti-Nazi sentiment to a wide audience. It will become evident that some film studios during this period did not wish to cause offence, and therefore utilised historical films on Tudor England to put forward their own political agenda. This…

Introduction This career episode is based on my summer training. As per my university curriculum, during the end of 6th semester of my study everyone has to undergo a summer training for the partial fulfillment of Industrial Training Seminar conducted at the mid of 7th semester. The main objective was to apply procured knowledge to the live scenario and also gain hands-on experience working in a real-time and practical environment. Details of this training are as follows: Background…

careers is rooted in the abundance of freelancers within the industry, giving the multinational firms the ability to hire and fire creative professionals as they wish. While the content-producers are able to provide creative input, it is ultimately the studio or broadcaster that has the final say, and it is entirely their prerogative to fire the freelance producers at any time if they are unsatisfied (Davies & Sigthorsson, 2013). Given the short-term nature of most contracts, independent…

The Evolution and Commercialization of Irish Dance Since Riverdance Since Riverdance hit the world stage in 1995, the culture of Irish Dance has evolved and grown. However, experts within the dance community disagree whether and to what extent Riverdance has played a role in these changes. The scholarly articles, dissertations, and books examined in this literature review examine different aspects of the art and sport: changes in costumes, technique and demographic of the dancers. Most rely on…