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Steven Spielberg as Inspired by Frank Capra Throughout the short history of film, many directors have arisen that stand out in history. These directors have defined generations and created lasting legacies. These legacies carry on to future directors of future generations; be it the techniques used by directors, or the ideas and themes in their films. One such director that has been credited as an influence for a modern director is, Frank Capra, who inspired the works of Steven Spielberg. Steven…

Most people would agree that Steven Spielberg is a talented film director who has made some of the greatest,influential, and most iconic films of the past few decades. While all that may be true, I have much more to say about him. To me, he is much more than just the average film director, he is like a close friend. Even if I have never met the man in real life, I still feel a strange fondness for him whenever his name gets mentioned in conversation. I love him for reasons like his empathetic…

Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner takes on six different topics with an interesting type of thinking. Throughout the book the authors question what causes the variables of x and y. In this they go over if one causes the other or if they are just related and causes by another factor z. This brings to question many topics and goes deep into the analysis of what causes what and if there are hidden factors that people don’t see. To do this they use many sources of statistics to…

including the Warner Bros. hits Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Toonsylvania, and Freakazoid!, for which he collaborated with Jean MacCurdy and Tom Ruegger. Due to his work on these series, in the official titles, most of them say, "Steven Spielberg presents" as well as making numerous cameos on the shows. Spielberg also produced the Don Bluth animated features, An American Tail and The Land Before Time, which were released by Universal Studios. He also served as one of…

James Roy Horner (1953 – 2015) was an Academy and Golden Globe award-winning American composer; conductor and orchestrator of film scores. He was mostly known for the vocal and electronic elements in many of his film scores. Horner was also a respected composer of concert music before he started writing film scores. His first major film score was for the film "The Lady in Red," but he did not establish himself as a well known film composer until he worked on the 1982 film "Star Trek II: The…

Steven Spielberg’s hugely successful film War-Horse, based off a 1982 novel by Michael Morpurgo, was nominated for and won numerous awards. It describes the journeys of young farm boy Albert and his beloved horse Joey during the perilous time period surrounding World War I. The TV movie The Lost Battalion, while it did not receive nearly the same level of recognition as Spielberg’s work, is still an impressive drama that portrays the historical events of Major Charles Whittlesey’s 800-men…

Steven Spielberg is one of the greatest directors of this generation. He has directed countless films and the three that stand out the most are Jurassic Park, Jaws, and Schindler’s List. Steven Spielberg has used many cinematic techniques such as specific color scheme and camera movement. One technique that he is mainly known for is the use of tracking shots. An analysis of these techniques will show how Spielberg uses cinematic techniques to capture his artistic vision. In the film Schindler’s…

The novel “Jaws” by Peter Benchley presents Amity Island, New York as a nice and sunny vacation town. The citizens are good people who are making an honest living, in which most of the income comes in during the summer. When a shark attacks and kills a young woman who is vacationing in Amity, the true nature of this town starts to show. The main character in the middle of the conflict is Chief Martin Brody. Amity relies on him to rid the town of the shark to help it survive. In the book and…

Death Penalty Capital punishment is an issue that has been questioned on whether it is an effective method of deterrent or a flawed system. The U.S. Supreme Court declared the unconstitutionality of the death penalty as “cruel and unusual punishment” in the 1972 case of Furman vs. Georgia. A four year moratorium was put into effect evoking numerous studies evaluating the effectiveness of the death penalty. The legal proceedings involved in capital punishment is a lengthy process that concludes…

though as a form Supreme Court justice he had always believed that Capital punishment was a good thing however, now stating it is a terrible action saying “ killing is killing”, he shows how in the last few years the government has become unlawful. Steven states that sometimes the government does not know if a person is guilty while facing execution, to defend themselves for committing the wrong action countries like Georgia who executed the wrong person say “there is nothing unconstitutional…