Antoine Fuqua

This crime-dram movie by Antoine Fuqua Training Day is a spectacular and dingy tale of morality overflowing with great acting, wonderful pacing, and themes that are simultaneously prescient and timeless. The film resonates louder and louder with each instance of police violence across the nation, as those in power bend their institution to subdue those in their communities. At the same time, the film deals with ambition, the length that “heroes” should or will go to do desirable things. In a realistic

follows a corrupted detective’s day to day mischief as he schools a rookie cop. Training Day depicts a product of the matchup between screenwriter David Ayer, who grew up in South Central Los Angeles, and director Antoine Fuqua, who grew up on the rough side of Pittsburgh. Both Ayer and Fuqua are highly familiar with the highly intensified relationship between police and criminals. From the moment you set eyes on him you can relies that Alonzo is a strong willed individual who demands respect from everyone

In the film “The Equalizer”, a thriller/action directed by Antoine Fuqua, there are several key scenes that build the storyline for the movie, however there was one scene that engaged my attention and I found had great relevance as I studied this film. It is the first fight scene where Robert McCall fights a Russian group holed up in a hotel room. Significant aspects that I noticed Fuqua use in this scene were the characters actions, camera techniques and lighting. I feel as though these 3 techniques

Training Day (King Kong Clip) ENG225: Introduction to Film (GSK1301D) Instructor: Helene Kiser 1/10/2013 Tenika Rodgers During the process of envisioning and designing a film, the director, production designer, and art director (in collaboration with the cinematographer) are concerned with several major spatial and temporal elements. These design elements punctuate and underscore the movement of figures within the frame, including the following: setting, lighting, costuming, makeup

Training Day In the Training Day film, directed by Antoine Fuqua (2005), it depicted many cop code regarding police subculture. Subculture is "a subdivision of a national culture or an enclave within it with a distinct integrated network of behavior, beliefs, and attitudes" (Collins English Dictionary, n.d., as cited by Jones, 2005, p. 60). Although subculture has its positive impacts, the negative ideas about police subculture are more likely to garner attention. Alonzo and Jake portrayed many

Among the array of cop movies out, there is one that has continued to stand out above the rest: Training Day. Although it made its debut some time ago it became an instant award-winning cop film. Training day is a crime thriller film that follows Los Angeles Police Officer Jake Hoyt’s first 24 hours in training with the veteran, corrupt, Narcotics Detective Alonzo Harris. The film takes place on the streets as Detective Harris shows Officer Hoyt’s what a day in the life of a narcotics detective really

motion pictures such as video tape, CD, or flash drive. With the help of digital cinematography filmmaking has become relatively easy allowing filmmakers to produce various types of films. Southpaw, an action/drama film released in 2015 directed by Antoine Fuqua is about a boxer who is subjected to a real if strenuous transformation reeling from tragedy. While movie critics found the film to be a bit cliché the viewers didn’t seem to mind. What set this film apart from most boxing movies was Fuqua’s display

Walloon like Dufay, whose name appears among the pontifical singers in 1431, composed motets, including a four-part "Fortis cum quevis actio" and a critically acclaimed "Ave Maria". The next generation of composers included Johannes Ockeghem and Antoine Busnois. Okeghem was a priest, and was principal chaplain to Charles VII of France and, to Louis XI, canon and treasurer of St. Martins at Toursbeing. His motet, "Alma Redemptoris", displays much contrapuntal ingenuity, and he also wrote a motet for

Background of “The Arabian Nights” The Islamic Golden Age Among several renown works of the Islamic Golden Age is The Thousand and One Nights, which was consolidated between the 10th and the 14th centuries, and which later became a source of inspiration for not only many writers, but also for the Arabian Theater. The Islamic Golden Age refers to the period when the Muslim world was ruled by various caliphates, which came to an end in 1258 due to the Mongol invasions and the sack of Baghdad. Nonetheless

Antoine Lavoisier: The Father of Modern Chemistry Antoine Lavoisier was born to a wealthy family on August 26, 1743. His father was Jean-Antoine Lavoisier, who worked in the Paris Parliament as a lawyer. His mother was Emilie Punctis, who was from a wealthy family that owned a butchery business. Antoine pursued a degree in law in accordance with his family’s wishes, despite his personal desire to study science. During this time Antoine studied science along with his law studies. In 1764, Antoine