Phonograph

The beginning of film making is important event that has helped shaped our media in today’s society. Back during the early 1900’s, the world was dramatically changing and this process needed to be captured. Through early pioneers who accepted a challenge to change the way citizens view the world, they found a way through different styles to capture the changes of the world with film. These pioneers used their creative minds to bring their personalities to life with the films they produce about…

The years after the American Civil War have been characterized by Mark Twain and others as “The Gilded Age”. By this statement he means, this period was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath. Historians have come to the conclusion that there was a decline of human value and low morals from 1870-1910. This was a period of greed, corruption, with Robber Barons, shady business tactics, and horrible political power. However, this era was the making of the modern world. We now have…

In this passage, Odets highlights Jacob's age as one of the character's major obstacles. Jacob cannot incite the revolution because those around him dismiss his ideas due to his age, thus he must put that burden onto Ralph. The most obvious way Odets emphasizes Jacob’s age is by having Jacob refer to the younger Ralph as "boychick" (74). This Yiddish term is used to refer to young boys, and since Ralph is given as in his twenties, for Jacob to be using such a term he must be significantly older…

string was tied to two ends of a painted plank and were moved very quickly in order to make a moving picture (“The History of Film The Pre-1920s”). The next great advancement was called the Kinetophone. It was a projector that was connected to a phonograph with a pulley system, but it didn't work very well and was difficult to to match the sound up with the video and soon proved to be unsuccessful since competitive, better synchronized devices were beginning to appear at the time (“The History…

Music, an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony and colour (Dictionary.com, 2015). Music in it’s purest form transcends language barriers and borders. A melody can alter our emotions, soothe us, rile us, and make us wonder. The power of music cannot be understated in it’s ability to shape ones emotions and to change how we are meant to think, this is nowhere more apparent than film. Music adds energy to stories…

Betrayal rarely comes from an enemy. People are commonly betrayed by close friends, or even family members at least once in his/her life. In William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, the deceased Addie Bundren is betrayed by her family. Addie’s dying request is to be buried in her hometown Jefferson with dignity; even though Addie is successfully buried in Jefferson, she by no means has a respectful burial. While the Bundrens thought they were honoring the late Addie by taking her back to her hometown,…

Hope according to the dictionary is looking forward to something with confidence and desire (“hope”). During the nineteenth century hope was a hard thing to find. This century was filled with disease, immigration, unthinkable working conditions, and crowded cities. People who seemed to bring hope where the inventors, like Edison. Thomas Edison brought hope to the nineteenth century and people today with his brilliant mind and invention of the light bulb. The nineteenth century was the time of…

Who were some of the most significant American inventors? Thomas Newcomen created the first practical steam engine for pumping water, the Newcomen steam engine. Thomas Edison and his workshop patented 1,093 inventions. Included in this were the phonograph, the incandescent light bulb, and the motion picture. He was the most famous inventor of his time and his inventions had a huge impact on America's growth and history. Samuel Morse invented the telegraph which greatly increased…

Inventions at Menlo Park phonograph, improved telephone transmitter, the electric pen, light bulb. Edison worked so hard sometimes he would work for 16 hours without sleeping. The laboratory had 2500 bottles of chemicals lining the walls. Edison worked with Charles Batchelor came…

Effects of News Media Slavi Iordanoff HUM/186 08-07-2017 Allyson Wells Effects of News Media People look to various news media outlets for sources of information. Some sources are more reliable than others but how can you know which sources are credible and which ones are not? What kind of affect does the media have on American culture? Do people think that the media should be responsible with the information that they present? The media has become a staple in our society for delivering the…