Spectacle

Nettie Wild’s intellectually provocative composition, titled Uninterrupted, is a stunning representation of the essentiality and effectivity of moving images. Projected as large-scale images, the spectacle utilizes the pillars and underside of Vancouver’s Cambie Street Bridge as its film screen to exemplify the major disconnect between our city and the river habitat below. Uninterrupted- comprised of vivid illustrations and breathtaking scores composed by Owen Belton- demonstrates the impact of…

The corporate sport model demonstrates all of these aspect to be true, in regards to sport becoming more about brands, marketing, franchise and such. In the notes, it is mentioned that “spectacles” are “a sort of athletic variety show… an event where the game is not the (only) thing” (Bustad, lecture, 2017). This relates back to both “sportainment” and the corporate sport model. All three of these terms relate back to the fact that sport…

by a globe of water. "Letters, however small and indistinct, are seen enlarged and more clearly through a globe of glass filled with water." This particular manner of observing things was not utilized much until the end of the 13th century when spectacle makers were producing lenses to be worn as glasses. Around 1600 AD it was discovered that optical instruments could be made by combining lenses (History,…

Robert Flaherty released the first documentary, Nanook of the North. This narrative documentary film essentially led to generic conventions that documentaries then developed over decades (Fisher 13 September), despite its portrayal of its subjects as spectacle. Soon, film had also found its way into the anthropological world. Anthropologist Margaret Mead and her partner Gregory Bateson applied the camera as a medium for scientific observation. The two took their ideas of filming and…

a fantasy poetry, and dramatized like angels’ dance, it is unbelievable to be a fight. It is more similar to a swordplay pleasure (Harrison 570). This is the loveliest scene ever filmed and among the spectacles that the film gives to the audience who must be ready to be amazed. Spectacle instead of storytelling is a way of unlocking “Hero’s” intricate sphere (Harrison 571). “Hero” places narrative into an inquiry. In the narratives the protagonists convey (narrated alternately…

of the things he studied was poetry, or as he referred to it, Poetics. Aristotle’s Poetics consists of a list of principles which he believes makes up “good” literature. These principles include plot, character, thought, diction, melody, and spectacle. Aristotle felt that in order for a piece to be considered “good” literature it must include those things, but was he right? This essay will analyze these principles in the Epic of Gilgamesh. In doing so, it will also determine if Aristotle…

The six elements that belong to every tragedy are the plot, characters, diction, thought, spectacle, and melody. The most significant elements of tragedy are the plot and character. The plot is the arrangement of the incidents in the story, whereas, the character is the morality given to the characters of the tragedy. Although the character defines the qualities of the character, the action of the plot itself makes them feel the emotions. Therefore, the characters contribute to the action of…

progressed, playwrights have made a great use of modern technology in order to create a greater sense of realism and immersion for the audience. This ingenious use of technology to create spectacle is demonstrated perfectly in Tennessee Williams' play, The Glass Menagerie. One way that Mr. Williams used spectacle to establish realism was through his use of screen projections during the play. This was ingenious in that it took modern cinema technology, and incorporated it perfectly into the…

Aristotle developed a series of six elements that he thought every production should have. Within his six elements, there are: plot, characters, theme, diction, music, and spectacle. Each element is different in its own way and provides a new way of direction in each production than before the poetics were developed. The first element is plot. Aristotle describes plot as why things happen, not just that they do. In his view, there is a reason for why each action in a movie or play happens and…

On March 17, 2016 at eight o'clock pm I attended the play at the Wells Theatre put on by The Virginia Stage Company entitled Grounded. The play writer of this one women show wrote exactly twenty-one plays in his lifetime. Some which include, Grounded of course, Elephant's Graveyard, All Talk, One Hand Clapping, The Royal Historian of Oz, Lovely Letters, Three Men in a Boat, Borglum! The Mount Rushmore Musical, Tights on a Wire and Night of the Mime just to name a few. His plays have been…