William the Silent

When I first started this assignment I thought I was going to be completely bored. I thought that since it was a silent film with music, I would not be able to understand what was going on and for a while I was right but as I continued to view the film, I completely understood what was going on. The Jazz Singer sparked a revolution by the film industry to have synchronized speech, singing, and music using the vitaphone. Even though the film only had two senses where the characters actually spoke…

released a book named Silent Spring, which addressed the harmful effects of pesticides and would also completely revolutionize how people thought about the environment, causing the start of environmentalism, a movement in which people seek to protect and improve the natural environment. In addition, the controversial book sparked much debate within the American society over how the environment should be treated and whether the environment needs to be protected or not. In Silent Spring, Carson…

The One Hour With You directed by Lubitsch in 1932. It is the early sound film in the film history. It combines sound effects, dialogues as well as background music in one film. The director used two tracks of sound for one scene. In this film, we could hear the characters’ dialogue and the background music at the same time many times. At the beginning of the film, when chief talks with his subordinates, we can hear the chief’s words and the passionate symphony at the same time. This is…

Rachel Carson was one of the most influential and is often attributed with starting the modern environmental movement. Her work with Silent Spring, a book documenting the harmful effects on the environment, and other writings are often credited with moving the environmental movement forward. Rachel Carson was born on May 27, 1907, on a small farm near Springdale, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Maria Frazer, and Robert Warden Carson, an insurance salesman. Carson was an avid reader, and…

Silent Spring written by Rachel Carson was the spark to a great controversy over the use of pesticide ever since it was published in 1962. This novel was a great influence over the abuse of chemical insecticides and succeeded in banning some dangerous chemicals such as DDT from the United States. Even though Silent Spring chastised the use of these chemicals, Carson never intended that all of the pesticides should be banned, instead the use of them should be controlled to prevent harm to the…

Thanks to Rachel Carson’s book, Silent Spring, we now have many laws, guidelines, and even bans to ensure the safety environment and those who live inside it. Recently, some controversy has developed over the use of a pesticide known as Naled. Naled is currently being used to treat areas plagued by mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus and some people are debating whether the use of Naled should be discontinued due to its toxicity. The use of Naled is safe for our environment and should continue to…

the war effort on home ground (Nisen, 2013). The men in this group were regarded as having a duty to their country and working hard to better themselves and their family situation. Those who were too young to serve in World War II are called the “silent generation,” a story in Time…

Recorded sound had just stepped onto the scene, moving out of the silent film era. Although for the era the sound technology was brilliant, the technology itself was fuzzy, unfaithful and inflexible. Much time was put into improving the microphones, recording media, editing instruments and other equipment that would help…

The development of sound in the cinema happened around the time two major social commotions were going on: the Great Depression and World War II. Before sound came about, most silent films were accompanied ranging from a piano/organ to a full orchestra. Inventors tried joining images to reproduce sound through phonograph records, but it was too difficult to synchronize the sound due to the inadequacy of loudspeakers for theater auditoriums. Finally in 1927, the Warner Brothers released The Jazz…

There is a generation that is 80 million strong and who are pioneering the start of a new millennium. The people of this generation are called the Millennials. The advances in new technologies and ways of growing up has set this group apart from all generations before them. Many think of them as entitled, lazy and narcissistic. Yet, the true identities of this group are just starting to be revealed. They are the most diverse and open minded generation. They show a lot of potential and could…