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    MO’AT Avatar required 10 years to complete and was a visually stunning. A film with visionary technology, graphics, and film techniques. Director James Cameron developed and pioneered many of these techniques while creating this film, and propelled motion capture technology and film to a new level. The characters were well written and the actors chosen fit their roles very well. One of the characters in this epic film was Mo’at the spiritual leader of the Omaticaya clan. (Khare, 2009) Background

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    The 2009 film Avatar directed by James Cameron is a stunning visual masterpiece that required state of the art animation technology. Avatar was officially budgeted at $237 million and became the highest grossing film of all time bringing in more than two billion at the box office. The film used a new form of stereoscopic filmmaking that was touted as a breakthrough in cinematic technology. Avatar was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, and won three, for

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    A Short Story : A Story?

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    It was a fiery and humid room. I was sitting in the back of the room looking out into space. “Emily, Emily,” my teacher yelled, “Do you know when Leonardo Da Vinci created the Mona Lisa!” “1855?” I answered hesitantly. Everybody laughed at me. I turned as red as a tomato. Mr. Lance replied, ”No Emily, at the end of class please stay a few minutes afterwards.” “Yes sir, “ I mumbled.

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    Imperialism: the process of a strong country taking control of what they believe to be an inferior territory or region. The similarities between the film, Avatar, and real life imperialism is very apparent, and James Cameron, director, conveys the ideas of imperialism through this. In Avatar, humans invade the planet, Pandora, to study the wildlife, and plants for scientific research. However, this made no money for business moguls like Parker Selfridge. Thus, he came to collect a resource called

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    Everyday there is a baby born into this world. Just like a snowflake, human DNA is always different from other people. There is not one person on this earth that is the same. You might wonder about twins, and if they are the same because they look alike. The answer is no, they are not the same, even twins have their own special DNA that make them, them. This causes everyone come into this world with a different appearance. There is no way possible for anyone to pick the way they look feature wise

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    Artificial intelligence is undoubtedly a widely debated topic in today’s society. Many groups suggest that it could soon enslave humanity, while others proposing that it’s harmless and only here to make our lives better. Mary Shelley’s 1818 Gothic text, Frankenstein, recounts the story of an ambitious, young scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who is intrigued by alchemy and natural philosophy. Victor becomes interested with these subjects after beginning at Ingolstadt and eventually executes experiments

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    In the 21st century, movies have become a platform for ideas and themes to be conveyed through a screen. Themes of change, environmental crisis, love, and death are all only a few of the most common themes that circulate through the Hollywood film industry. According to Annalee Newitz in her essay “When Will White People Stop Making Movies Like Avatar?”, a recurring theme she’s noticed is the theme of white guilt. In her essay, Newitz depicts the movie Avatar as nothing more than a colorful rehash

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    James Cameron film the Titanic (1997), is an epic romance fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. One key theme associated with the film Titanic is that Love is everlasting.The sinking of the Titanic was the dramatic story supporting the overall theme of the film. Titanic is a love story that takes place on the famous ship the RMS Titanic. Young, Rose is making her way back to America on the Titanic with her mother and fiance, where she meets Jack Dawson. During the voyage, despite

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    Introduction: The film Avatar (italics on titles - plus remove the bold writing on your paragraphs and remove all the planning above when you submit the final) directed by James Cameron is the story of Jake Sully; the man who is asked to take the place of his twin brothers place at Pandora for a scientific experiment. At the start he was very hesitant toward taking his brothers (apostrophe) place, there were times when he felt like not continuing with the program. Along the way he faced a series

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    Ever since Dr. Hoover mentioned in class that one discussion board would be around a movie that frames to “see and see again” some vital aspect of leadership, I have been thinking about James Cameron, Avatar. I remember seeing this movie when it first came out in while I was living in Seattle. I am not a science fiction movie person, but this movie had an element that was more than a science fiction flick. It has a lot of layers and messages, but the one thing that stood out to me was how one

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