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    1.08 Dialectical Journal

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    most peaceful days to take lunch outside. Now, as he ties up clutter around his desk, he is paged by his darling partner and secretary Janet who announces, "Gough, Brady is coming in." Right then, the voice of Brady Gough drifts closer, and joined by his distinctively slow but obnoxious footsteps through Janet's hall. His nothing above normal compliments towards Janet echo, along with her fiddle laughter, until he opens the door to Van Buren's office. Van Buren is in slight relief. The few previous

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    Born on August 29th, 1728 in Gary Indiana, Michael Jackson would grow up to be one of the most iconic pop stars in the 20th century. From the first moment on stage when he was five, Jackson had a long and amazing career in front of him. Earning the title as the King of Pop, Jackson went from being the most loved star of all time, to losing all his fans overnight. Nobody could believe that the police department opened an investigation on Jackson on August 17, 1993. The accusations against Michael

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    Michael Jackson is known as the King of Pop and during his time he created multiple songs that hold deep meanings and positively promoted what individuals morality should be composed of. One of Jackson's world renowned pieces was a song called “The Man In The Mirror”, which represents change and making a difference. When you hear about an artist having a new music video out one would assume that they would be in the video, but in Jackson's video this is not the case. In “The Man In The Mirror” Jackson

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    Michael Jackson, full name Michael Joseph Jackson, was most common for being an American singer, songwriter and dancer. Named “The King of Pop”, he lived to be one of the most popular artists and entertainers in the world. He was very well known for performing amongst audiences from age five up until the time of his death. Michael was born on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana to Joe Jackson and Katherine Jackson. He was the fifth child of nine. His parents tried to make him and his siblings happy

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    Hitchcock had to make Psycho in a time of very strict censorship in the USA. To get the film to the maximum audiences without having to change his ideas he showed in the film, Hitchcock used devious techniques to get past the strict censors. Janet Leigh (the actress playing Marion) said in an interview that she thought the strict censorship rules made Hitchcock a better filmmaker, as he had to be more creative. This is a good point as if you have a film were there is a killer

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    Universal Studios presents the 1960 film “Psycho” by Alfred Hitchcock, adapted from the Robert Bloch novel by Joseph Stephano, and scored by Bernard Hermann. The film stars Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Janet Leigh, and a very creepy house. This film falling under the horror genre was based loosely on the novel of the same name which drew inspiration from real life serial killer Ed Gein, who has been the motivation for two other popular movies, “The Silence of the Lambs” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”

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    Film Review : ' Psycho '

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    When looking at the first film chosen Psycho (1960) Hitchcock used detailed visual and aural compositions to express his characters feelings of paranoia and claustrophobia, along with his experienced editing skills to create suspense. With a fine-tuned sense of irony, Hitchcock examined the abnormal perversions and obsessive desires lurking beneath the surface of ordinary lives and societies, enabling him to become a smart observer of America in the 1950s, the decade during which he directed his

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    The Music Of Music Videos

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    The development of music videos throughout many years has changed rapidly due to the relationship between media forms and platforms of different media kind of texts. Some issues in contemporary music videos are from the evolution of new technologies, social media and politics. Thus, artists throughout time have taken advantage of music videos in order to use it as a site for debates about politics of representation. Nowadays the majority of music videos are transforming and turning into short films

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    Is there pressure on music artists to be sexual in order to be successful? Introduction The music industry can be an awfully harsh environment for young impressionable music artists. Along with extremely impossible body image standards, some say there is an even bigger pressure to be sexualised or objectified to be successful. There is no doubt that music artists have become more and more sexualised in music videos and in the media in the last decade or so. Originally the research topic was based

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    The Song’s Information The sensual and romantic song “That’s the Way Love Goes” changes Janet Jackson into a confident, self-sufficient, and glamorous musician from the girl next door. As the lead single on her fifth studio album, Janet, it achieved a great success not only in the U.S. but also around the world. The song entered the Billboard Hot 100 and became the number one song on the list for eight weeks. It was also reigning the most famous hit on Hot 100 Airplay for ten weeks. Moreover, the

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