Arthur C. Clarke Essay

Although Stanley Kubrick's film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, was first shown in theaters in 1968, it is still thought to be one of the single most phenomenal films ever released. For this reason, the film is shown in schools throughout the country, providing an example of exclusive style and visual breakthroughs. Kubrick avoids the use of dialogue throughout most of the film, displaying to people the importance of pure visuals and music. 2001: A Space Odyssey is paced at a slow and meticulous manner,

Human made structures in this film are curved and spherical. However, before our main characters are presented with the monolith for the first time the rooms and spaces they inhabit are square and sharp in nature. The meeting room on the Clavius, HAL’s core on the Discovery. This impending doom is a subtly hint by Kubrick, an indication that the monolith is about to appear, the sharp lines and dark interiors replace smooth curves and white walls. All this gives a sense of dread and powerlessness

A Film Review on Planet of Life Apes to Man Roshan Dominguito Dalapu BSA 2-5D NASC 1013 Professor Adrian Guinto Polytechnic University of the Philippines Planet of Life: Apes to Man is narrated by Stacy Keach, presented y the Discovery Channel. A must see documentary regarding the Theory of Evolution. This series, Planet of Life, presents the history of evolution on this planet. Originally produced for the Discovery Channel, each episode covers a separate chapter in the biography of the world

Star wars Film Analysis Star wars is an American space opera film directed by George Lucas. Star Wars takes place in a galaxy far away. We can establish that because the director started with a wide angle shot in the beginning to show us the preview of the setting. Throughout the movie, Lucas does this to emphasize where it takes place and how the surrounding fits with the characters. Star Wars doesn’t use many close-ups and I think Lucas does this to emphasize the characters and their costumes

     Donnie Darko and 2001: A Space Odyssey has central meanings that focus on science and religion. Richard Kelly's, Donnie Darko, introduces the protagonist as a teenage boy who is given the chance to live for twenty-eight more days after the mysterious jet engine crash that was intended to kill him. Donnie is plagued by visions of a giant sized evil-looking rabbit named Frank. Frank orders Donnie to commit acts of violence, warns of the impending end of the world, and

Don’t Fret: Technology Has Changed Our Brains Humans are creatures of habit. We wake up at specific times to go about our days and then we sit down at our dining room tables to eat at specified times throughout the day, usually habitually. But, humanity hasn’t always been this algorithmic. It wasn’t until the advent of the mechanical clock that our lives began to mold around time. We changed. I would like to assume that we became more productive because of this change. However, humanity historically

Nicholas Carr argues in his essay for The Atlantic “Is Google Making Us Stupid” that the internet is changing the way we think. Mr. Carr began his essay with the closing scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey movie by Stanly Kubrick when Gary Lockwood “Dave” taking apart the memory circuits that control HAL 9000, the computer that controls the ship. Carr introduces us in his essay on the idea of how the internet is changing us by making our minds process information differently from the past. Carr can’t

You might have watched The Lord of the Rings or The Harry Potter and have lost in the world full of magic, unusual creatures, and wizardry. Or you might have read One Thousand and One Nights, or The Jungle Book or A Space Odyssey. You may find them adventurous, imaginative, and fascinating but it is due to the element of fantasy which is common in them. Fantasy is defined in the Encyclopedia Britannica as “Fantasy, also spelled phantasy, [is] imaginative fiction dependent for the effect of strangeness

Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” is largely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential films ever made, especially when it comes to the science-fiction genre. It is Kubrick’s intriguing and unique take on the human life when it comes into conflict with many things like human behavior, social orders, and technology. Even though many films revolve around the idea of humanity, Kubrick takes it to a completely other level, by exploring the outer limits in which human beings reside

Stories have been a part and parcel of mankind’s collective consciousness and social culture since the dawn of man’s awareness. They have served as guidelines and a means of ingraining and maintaining values, norms, mores and in innumerable cases defined the precepts for acceptable behavior for men, women and children within a community. Many of them are based in pre-history (myth) and history while still others are based on and are a reflection of contemporary civilization and yet others are set