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therefore contributes to the trending factor of which we all know so well. An example of this is from "Humankind 's Ouroboros" by J. Reagan Tankersley, He talks about how Monster movies became popular in the golden Hollywood age and how once the first film came out many people liked it therefore they created more monster movies of which helped to increase the industries profits. By the use of such media and the increase in profits industries have learned over the years how to suck their viewers…

In 1960, a telecast was recorded featuring George Balanchine’s Apollo Musagete. It was premiered on a DVD later released with the name New York City Ballet in Montreal, Vol. 5. This version of Apollo was choreographed by George Balanchine. The score for Apollo was done by Igor Stravinsky. The performance was done by Jacques d’Amboise, Melissa Hayden, Jillana, and Patricia Neary (New York City Ballet). This recording of Apollo emphasized George Balanchine’s aesthetic of ballet. In the…

way that people enjoy a story since the structure discussed has been in practice as early as Greek literature such as The Odyssey in the 8th century. For Seger’s Hero myth to adapt to literature written as far back as the 8th century and to work for films such as The Ring, it speaks to the depth that story structure can go and allows for more ideas to be created that will most likely follow the same structure as Seger…

The Lion King movie was released on June 24, 1994. The film lasted a total of an hour and twenty-nine minutes, there were many children and even parents that could not wait to go and see it. A very talented man played the main character, Simba. Matthew Broderick was the famous man who played Simba in the movie, he was very good with the voices he used. Jeremy Irons played uncle Scar, he is also one of the main characters. Uncle Scar was known as the “bad guy” because he killed Simba’s dad and…

Music in film can have many purposes. It can change the mood of the audience, alert them to danger, or even be used to give exposition of the story to the audience. The latter, along with its variation, such as a monologue delivered in song, are used to create musicals--a genre used by Disney since its very beginning. For this journal I watched Disney’s Moana to see how it used music to move the plot, and influence its audience. The song “Where You Are” is used in Moana to tell exposition and…

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST by Ken Kesey is, “A classic book that has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time” according to its back cover. A statement like that put this book on my list of books to read at some point, and this seemed like the perfect time to do so. I struggled to stay interested throughout both the book and the movie, and I’m not sure if that was because of the subject or just the drawn out way it was told. As far as the movie goes (and the book for that…

for celebrations such as the birth of royalty or marriage. Royalty also enjoyed participating in the joust, but for some like King Henry the second it led to their death just as it did with the knight William was a squire for in the beginning of the film. A Knight’s Tale had similar facts. In the movie, the royal family always had front row seats to watch the jousts. At one part of the movie, the Prince Edward of Wales joins into the jousts. In both the movie and in history royalty plays a…

First there is Grey’s Anatomy, Shonda Rhimes’ first and longest running series in Shondaland. Currently in its 14th season, Grey’s Anatomy is continuing to be a success, the entire production from cast to producers, to writers won a total of 69 awards and 206 nominations. (IMDb contributor, 2017) As of 2015, Ellen Pompeo the actor who plays Meredith Grey is the highest paid actress on a television series. The lead protagonist, Meredith Grey, who starts as surgical intern and later becomes a…

Casablanca, a world renown film with many Academy Awards, was filmed based off of the play Everybody Comes to Rick’s. Casablanca is a movie directed by Michael Curtiz and was released in 1943. Everybody Comes to Rick’s was a play written by Murray Burnette and Joan Alison, written 1940. On the cover of the movie poster, Burnette and Alison are not mentioned. This has become a very controversial topic whether or not Burnette has gotten enough credit. “The play was not produced when the Warner…

The scene that I chose to analyse is one of the most captivating scenes in Australian director, Peter Weir’s, The Truman Show. Through effective acting, camera techniques, sounds, lighting and careful mise en scène, the scene informally named, “Do Something” is a critical segment in the movie. The scene shows Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey) completely lose his sanity in front of his wife, a moment that the previous tension built up for. The scene begins with an eye level mid shot of Meryl Burbank…