Reid technique

Shot 1: Dissolve into a master shot and long shot of a man and a woman inside a bedroom of the women’s home. The man dries off his face while the women groans and complains of a nagging toothache. The shot slowly dollies in as the door closes and then subsequently opens a few seconds later. When the door opens, the camera tracks in to a medium shot where the man and woman share a short dialogue. There is an almost tranquil but somber music playing in the background. We can tell the scene is set…

Have you ever thought about whether you should do what you love in life, or if what you would love to do would be enough to support you or a family? In Gordon Marino’s “A Life Beyond ‘Do What You Love’” Marino discusses that people look to pursue what they love in life, and whether this is always the best course of action. As Marino goes further in his essay, the idea is brought forth that doing what you love in life is not always the rational choice, but doing what is necessary to support…

This year in English 10H has allowed me to hone and improve my reading and writing skills. With this class, I have been able to be challenged far more than I would have had I not chosen to stick with an honors class. My writing has improved leaps and bounds over the course of the year due to the large amount of papers we wrote that covered vastly different subject matters. The first paper we wrote to start off the year was a thesis essay based on an independent novel that we read over the summer…

Of the eight million high school students who play sports in the United States, only 460,000 will compete at NCAA schools (“Probability of Competing beyond High School”). This means that only about 5.75% of high school athletes will pursue their athletic careers at the college level. Excelling in athletics is the goal of many young kids for their future. They idolize the sports stars they grew up watching whether it be an NBA player, local track super star, or older sibling. As children grow up,…

There are many different themes in “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas”. However, the most prevalent of these themes is that no good can exist without something bad to balance it out. Since Omelas is such a happy city, it could be presumed that a monarchy rules over the kingdom. But, there is no king. One could assume that slavery would the evil undermining the good of Omelas. Slavery, too, does not exist. In fact, Omelas really does seem like the perfect town (1). Any “destructive” technology…

of films, that they will be recognizable as the creative force behind each film they produce. There are three premises to auteur theory that film viewers can use to identify a director through the techniques used in the film. The first premise is that the director must have knowledge of film techniques such as lighting, color, and editing and the skills to utilize them to create a picture that fulfills the narrative…

scene by showing all of the characters for the first few minutes of the film not talking and having creepy music playing in the background. The lighting in this was very low-key which contributed to grabbing the audience’s attention. By using these techniques, the directors had the audience asking questions like “why this music”, “what does this have to do with the rest of the movie”, and “why would this be important”. With questions like this running through the minds of the audience how could…

Ginger Snaps is a Canadian horror film released in 2000 and directed by John Fawcett. The story is set in a suburban Canadian town and focuses mainly on two premenstrual adolescent sisters Ginger Fitzgerald, 16 and Bridgitte Fitzgerald, 15. The two girls are social outcasts who are labeled as freaks in their high school, and like most teens, the sisters are rebellious and apathetic. On the surface, Ginger Snaps can be easily dismissed by critics as a typical B-rated teen-turned-werewolf movie.…

it—earlier films of the decade had far more positive outlooks on the war (propaganda). This film’s narrative, however, evoked the actual emotions those going through the war felt. Similarly, this film broke stylistically from earlier Soviet films, using techniques that harken back to the Soviet Montage era of silent filmmaking. The film boldly experiments with camera angles, editing, long takes and close-ups, and perspective shots to create an emotionally affecting story. In…

Literary devices impact the emotion, the heart, and the feeling of the story. Two authors who use literary devices well are Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner. Faulkner’s dark raw tone deepens the plot and keeps the reader interested. However Hemmingway’s writing flows with dialogue. Making the reader feel as if they are in the setting of which the story is taking place. Knowing the emotions behind Faulkner’s characters helps the reader connect and hold on to the hope that is revealed by the…