Silent Hill 2

DDT had the capacity to eliminate hundreds of species of insects at once, unlike the normal pesticides of the time that only had the ability to destroy a few.2 It had the ability to disrupt our natural habitat. In her book, Carson accomplished exactly what she had intended; bring awareness to the potentially deadly effects of DDT on our planet.2 She made the public aware that nature could be affected by human interference, even if it is unintentional. The public had to step up and defend…

plays a famous movie star who is completely set on his ways and views of silent cinema. His movies are some of the biggest in Hollywood and he believes that his films will stand the test of time. George meets a young background actor named Peppy Miller with whom he connects with immediately. He helps her take her acting career to new heights but just as actor do, they come and go with the change of an era and George’s silent movies are no longer making the cut when it comes to the audience. He…

“You think I 'm a pig, don 't you kid?” The cop had been driving aimlessly for what felt like hours. During that time, he hadn 't spoken a single word. Instead, he turned on his radio and turned the volume up on a rock radio station. The day light outside the windows shifted radically as we drove. Sometimes, it disappeared entirely for minutes on end behind skyscrapers. Other times, it fell right in my face and into my eyes. It felt good. An itch went up and down my back, but by twisting…

The 1920’s saw a big boom in the entertainment industry. After World War 1 many Americans had money to blow and turned to entertainment as a way to spend their extra cash. Music, movies, radios, plays, and sports all became popular forms of mass entertainment during this time period. Music was a big part of the Roaring Twenties. In fact, the Roaring Twenties is also known as the Jazz Age. Jazz became big after New Orleans closed its ports and most musicians had to move north to find work.…

him in the Art classroom. He nodded his head and looked away and said, “It’s not like that.” “It’s not like that? Then how is it because you have been ignoring me all day!” I said while trying not to break down and cry. After that, everything went silent between us. He wasn’t able to look at me in the eyes. I felt like my heart was broken into million pieces. I tried so hard to breath but something was stopping me. When the bell rung for eighth hour I took the quickest way possible to Mrs.…

Johnson, Meagan. "Stop Talking About Work/Life Balance! TEQ and the Millennial Generation." Workforce Solutions Review 6.2 (2015): 4-7. Business Source Complete. Web. 31 Mar. 2016. In the article “Stop Talking about Work/Life Balance” the author Meagan Johnson begins by introducing what exactly the millennial generation is by saying that they are people who are born between the years of 1980 and the year 2000. They are often called "the generation y". She talks about how the new generation is…

The contrast between “The Enchanting Shadow” and “A Chinese Ghost Story” The Enchanting Shadow in 1960, which was the first color film to participate in Cannes Festival. Compare to amount of the following Nie Xiaoqian story, A Chinese Ghost Story in 1987 was the most similar to The Enchanting Shadow in various respects, such as plot, setting and style of film making. For some of people, the neither familiar with nor enjoy The Enchanting Shadow. However, A Chinese Ghost Story was a remake of…

“One person’s craziness is another person’s reality.” - Tim Burton. This quote is unquestionably shown in Tim Burton’s twenty seven movies in addition to various short films and TV shows. Tim Burton uses a mix of cinematic techniques corresponding in his films to replicate outcasts living in a so called normal world. This is exemplified in both “Mrs. Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” and “Edward Scissorhands”. Tim Burton uses similar techniques in lighting, sound, and camera shots to…

By now we are familiar with Charlie Chaplin’s silent films and his talents; not only as a pantomime actor but also as a writer and director. Certainty, his 1931 silent film “City Lights” is a proof of his talent as an actor, writer, chorographer and director (Kamin) . The film gave Chaplin the opportunity to display his creative talents within the silent film industry. Although, Chaplin’s talents are numerous we are going to concentrate on his acting performance in the “City Lights” film. In…

the magic of movie making, the field experienced monumental growth in a short period of time. From short pieces, grew full-length pictures, capable of expressing complex storylines and entertaining subplots. The early 1920s proved a time where the silent film could capture not only the attention, but also the hearts and minds of moviegoers, entrancing them in ways they had never been before. This is never truer than in the case of the 1920 romantic drama, Way Down East. The film by D. W.…