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    George Lucas's Star Wars

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    became freelancers or founded their own effects companies. It was also during this time period that a major blockbuster success that relied heavily on special effects was released. George Lucas’s Star Wars gave birth to a new era of science-fiction films with big budgets and impressive special effects. Lucas’s team of special effects artists further developed and refined many existing effects technologies. The team developed a computer controlled camera rig call the “Dykstraflex” that allowed for

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    Under the initial artistic directions of George Lucas, the multi-million dollar films of Star Wars, including the original trilogy, prequel trilogy, and future sequel trilogy, have transformed the stagnant mold of what movie making is, and still tend to push the envelope on the advancements of new electronical mannerisms. The impact of this

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    MUS 354 exam 2 c

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    Epstein  Mal Evans  Allen Klein  George Martin  Pete Best 2 ____________ is the composer and lead singer on this #1 song.  Paul McCartney  John Lennon  George Harrison  Ringo Starr  Linda McCartney 3 In September of 1978, Robert Stigwood 's film _______________ opens in theaters, starring George Burns, the

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    comparison or analogy between one object or idea and another’. In other words, if one finds that certain features or characteristics of two otherwise completely different and unrelated objects are similar in some way, a metaphor can be created (Galperin, 1977:140). These are not comparisons like similes, however, as metaphors are constructed in a way that clearly states that object A is object B, rather than object A is similar to object B (ibid.). As a result, we may regard these objects differently than

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    4 Little Girls is a 1997 documentary about the September 1963 murder of four African-American girls in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama. The film re-creates the day of the bombing through several mediums such as news footage, photographs and eyewitness reports. The film also places the bombing within the larger context of the civil rights movement, and includes information on the sit-ins, the marches, the songs and the murders. In 1963 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King arrived

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    Eraserhead

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    Eraserhead is a 1977 surreal, psychological horror film written and directed by david lynch. It stars jack nance and charlotte stewart...... Eraserhead tells the story of henry, a depressed, isolated man who after being invited to his girlfriend marys home for dinner is informed that she has given birth to a baby. Henry and mary get married and soon after his wife leaves him, leaving him to care for his horribly mutated offspring, all the while henry has bizare dreams and visions. Eraserhead is

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    Jacques Prévert (1990-1977) was a French poet and screenwriter. Some of the films he wrote are highly regarded by film critics. Most critics believe his film, Les Enfants du Paradis, to be one of the greatest films of all time. He even influenced another famous filmmakers such as Renior. Prevert's poetry influenced the youth of his time and remains a insight into the young mind even today. Also, his collaborations with filmmakers set new standards for the French film industry. Jacques Prévert was

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    important figures in the gay rights movement. In 1977, he became the first openly gay man to be elected to public office. A year later, he was murdered. Harvey’s story is an epic and tragic tale of strength against hatred, his journey was made into the award winning film Milk in 2008. The movie was praised for it’s historical accuracy and excellent performances by Sean Penn and James Franco. After studying Harvey Milk’s biography and analyzing the film, it is evident that the director Gus Van Sant put

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    we fear the unknown? In the process of answering this question, science-fiction genre films successfully capture the history of American society at distinct points in time. The genre is so closely linked to social and historical contexts that its development relies solely on this connection. Sci-fi myths and conventions have remained static for decades, and the only measurable change in the genre lies in the films’ themes (Gehring 229-230). For example, Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

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    business men that utilized the four minutes that it took for them to change a movie reel to communicate with the audience in between movie screenings about war-related issues. The four-minute men were used to supplement other forms of propaganda such as films shown in theatres, posters, handbills, magazine stories, etc. The CPI represents the foundation of modern wartime propaganda. The CPI symbolizes the first-time modern government used propaganda on a large

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