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Through the use of minimalism and animals as characters, Art Spiegelman incorporates a unique art style to illustrate his parent’s past during the Holocaust in his graphic novel, Maus. In the beginning of the Book II of Maus, Spiegelman introduces the aftermath of the critical and commercial success of his graphic novel, as well as personal events that occurred after the publication of Book I (Spiegelman, 201). In the opening panels of Auschwitz: Time Flies, the perspective and portrayal of…

In the two filmic portrayals of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the directors Baz Luhrmann and Franco Zeffirelli use music and camera angles and movement to accurately depict the ignorance of the character’s newfound love. Both Luhrmann and Zefferelli used music to convey a feeling of urgent ignorance in the balcony scene. Luhrmann accurately depicts the feeling of ignorance in this scene throughout it. He uses fast and lively music whenever Romeo and Juliet are together. The music tempo…

As you notice the camera zooms out which gives you full few of the bathroom, i noticed it was dark and looked quite cold, as is the rest of the house. In this scene Hicks uses the shadow over Davids face to show his mood and how he is feeling. When Peter realises that David has…

My lifetime goal is to become a High School Softball coach. I’ve been playing softball since my Freshman year. When going into Highschool I wanted to try at least one more sport then what I usually played which was Volleyball and Basketball. My freshman year I played all 3 sports. My sophomore year I got cut from the volleyball team so only played basketball and softball. The 2 years I’ve been playing softball I developed such a deep passion for it, so my junior year I dropped basketball to…

In the short film “falling sparrows” directed by Murray Keane, the director simultaneously uses techniques to portray the idea that younger people are vulnerable to mature situations to the audience(New Zealand teens). The techniques I think were most effective towards portraying this idea throughout the film are imagery, music, camera work and acting. the technique of imagery/Symbolism is used to portray the idea of younger people are vulnerable to mature situations an example of this is when…

Nurses play an active role in the community by developing evidence-based, cost effective, high quality, and useful ways to provide care for community members or patients (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2014). The high cost of medical services nowadays has prompted the need for measures to prevent diseases and promotion of health living. Community-based nursing and public health nursing play a vital role in achieving this goal. This paper will attempt to discuss the findings of my clinical experience at…

A woman’s silhouette is seen through barred frosted windows. The camera cuts to a surveillance camera and zooms out to reveal that woman in a skin colored bodysuit stretched out on a moss green sofa like a marble sculpture. She appears to have no contact with the world outside except through the intercom and dumbwaiter. Her room is populated by reproductions of Louise Bourgeois’ fabric works created by ripping apart the dresses in her closet that she refuses to wear, and covered by texts that…

Everyone is familiar with the dreaded feeling of losing someone. An advertisement for the website 13Quit which aired on television in 2008 plays directly from this ubiquitously felt emotion. 13Quit is a website created to assist people in quitting smoking cigarettes. This video received a lot of publicity when it first aired because the content of the video affected the viewers so greatly. Now available on YouTube, people continue to watch the sad story of the little boy lost without his mother.…

The silent film, The Crowd, produced in 1928 by King Vidor is truly an American classic. This film takes place mainly during the 1920’s featuring the main character John Sims who since childhood always thought he was going to become someone important. However, he never really truly achieves that dream. This film showcases the struggles John and his family went through in search of that dream. King Vidor incorporates various film techniques from Cinematography and characteristics from Classical…

death: “No one can confidently say that he will be living tomorrow.” In Dickinson’s poem, even the ignorance of conventional rules becomes a part of the poetic devices and delicately depicts a mundane scenery into a piece of artwork. As the readers zoom-in to the stunning view of sunrise and sunset, they step into the words of the poem as a substitute of the speaker. When they reach the end of it, where ‘a dominie in gray’ is waiting in the gathering home of a flock, this beautiful artwork of…