The Wizard of Oz

Edward Muybridge was an English photographer that really contributed to and led the evolution of photogenic studies of motion and motion picture projection. Edward was born in 1830 so he lived through the age where photography was really picking up in popularity and a lot of that was due to him. Edward's most notable work had to do with horse. He was hired by a wealthy race horse owner to help solve their debate. They question at was whether or not all four feet of a horse were off the ground at…

book and wait the three days it took Barnes and Noble to ship it in. In case not everyone knows, being a teenager is weird. One day you see the exact path you want to take and where it will end up; the next day you’re basically Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, thrown into a different universe by a tornado of drama. Let’s just say that my sophomore year was…

The Parisian “Exposition Universelle” of 1889, held to commemorate the storming of the Bastille, mesmerized the world with its artistic and architectural elegance. America, on the other hand, exhibited a humiliatingly lifeless and motley arrangement. Intent on redemption, America, lead by architect Daniel H. Burnham, organized the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, or the World’s Columbian Exposition, to honor the quadricentennial of Columbus’s “discovery” of America. To establish whether the fair led…

now has to live a new life without his father. Teddy understands the fact that he must live life normally even when times are tough because escapism does not provide the individual with a solution. When questioned by Bean about the tide in The Wizard of Oz, Teddy answers that "It's the high tide” and it even brings home “Daddy," (103). With full consideration of Bean, Teddy decides to reveal the truth about their father’s death. Teddy now shows signs that he has fully matured. He no longer…

Walter Elias Disney was fascinated with the arts and it helped him through his very busy childhood. Disney was kept busy with chores and secretly sketched nature and animals all around him. From an early age Disney drew sketches whenever he could, but when his father fell ill he had to put away the sketchpad and become a man. After Disney’s schooling ended, he enlisted in the “American Ambulance Corps during World War I (Slayman, 2).” The Disney brothers used this fascination with art and…

World. (JoeHisaishi.com) Hisaishi also contributed to animated TV series such as Sasuga no Sarutobi, Kiko Soseiki Mospeada, Sasrygar, and Two Down Full Base. He also did film scores for Techno Police 21c and Ozu no Mahotsukai, an adaptation of The Wizard of Oz. By then, Hisaishi established his own music…

A Middle School Tragedy Middle school was supposed to be a time to learn new things, meet new people, and prepare the young students for High School. Mostly, a great time for teenagers to find themselves. Well, not at the Middle School I attended. I attended my seventh and eighth grade years at Athens Middle School. Before actually attending the Middle School, there were always horror stories going around about how terrible it was. The teachers were supposed to be the devil and the eighth…

Shwickerath Autistic V. Artistic Now I know the title seems offensive, but full disclosure, I did ask the permission of both parties prior to the title and they both agree that they have higher than average Aspie scores.(One of the top Asperger’s test that helps define whether or not a person has said disease or not.) So basically I have two very near and dear friends of mine who are so stupidly similar it is terrifying. For the sake of anonymity, I am only going to use their first names.…

The Flashing of Lights and Cameras Energy. It flowed through my veins in place of blood; the tingling sensations filling me with a sense of nervousness. After so many years of doing theatre, you would think I would have learned to be calm, but I wasn’t. Far from it, actually. The butterflies in my stomach made me queasy, the waiting made me anxious, and the noises that surrounded me gave me a headache. I wanted the wait to be over; I wanted to get on that stage and just start acting so I could…

Ignoring all criticism, MacArthur continued with what he believed was best for the country. “Aloof and vain, Viceroy MacArthur was almost as reclusive as the Wizard of Oz” (“How Douglas MacArthur…” 2). MacArthur made sure to keep Japanese culture alive and kept a “distant command and remote government” (“How Douglas MacArthur…” 2). MacArthur treated Japan as his own country and helped restore its government practically…