Johnny Mercer

During the 1940’s, the idea of the auteur theory arose. It was crafted by Andre Bazin, who was a French film critic, and Roger Leenhardt, a filmmaker. They stated that a film should represent the directors vision. Another French film critic, Alexandre Astruc, enhanced the auteur theory by expressing that directors with their camera should be like writers with their pen. This would make a director’s films all have the same type of aspects. Once a director makes a number of films, a certain “finger

Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock" begins with a short six second intro consisting of a heavy snare beat and guitar. This short section differs in perceived tempo from the rest of the song. At 0:06, Presley's voice comes in, beginning the first verse and dramatically increasing the groove of the song. At the chorus, the guitar plays a repeated series of notes, increasing the song's groove even more. A piano also plays somewhat freely, adding a jazzy/relaxed/fun aspect to the song. Interestingly, it

Tim Burton, known for his movies that, most of the time, can fit into the horrific genre. As a result of his troubled childhood, Tim Burton directed mostly horror movies. He is well known for his films Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands and Alice in Wonderland. Tim Burton was looked at as weird when he was a little kid. He once said ”Everybody in the whole world has been misperceived. At school, you wanted something to come across this way and it didn’t come across… It’s why you

The Infection It started in the 1930’s, it was the time I (Jack) had just joined the Nova Core. A huge empire rose for gambling, alcohol, and distributing other hard core drugs. The one who set up the empire was the one and only Salvador himself. He was a big gun killing happy man who liked nothing other than to kill a man with nothing but his fist. It was a cold rainy night when we were doing our normal walk around the base when we heard of a break out in A6 area. So we ran over there and it was

In the streets of New York a Forensic Scientist named Barry Allen was examining a case where a bank was robbed and the security guards were killed. At the morgue there were no open body injuries but there insides were blended. All the security cameras got were a red flash. Barry’s family did not like the kind of work he was doing but they managed. His sister works for the newspaper and his father works as a police officer for NYPD. "How is this possible," said Barry. "What?" asked kaitlyn

Sky high, a movie favoured by children around the world. But did you notice some of its innuendo’s? This fantasy/coming of age movie was released in 2005 by the director Mike Mitchell (also known for Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chiprecked, Trolls and Shrek Forever After) was a success in the box office. In my opinion Sky High was an interesting movie that was captivating, but very predictable from the start, although a younger viewer which the movie was designed for may have not been able to predict

Beginning a theme of taking older films and recreating them in his own style, ‘Planet of the Apes’ was based off Pierre Boulle’s 1963 novel and a 1968 film version. The premise was about an American man that landed on a planet ruled by apes, which was released in 2001. Although the film has a rather shaky reputation, it forever changed Burton’s life. While filming, actress Helena Bonham Carter, who was playing one of the lead characters, caught Tim’s eye. The two would later start a professional

Johnny Cash Johnny Cash was a family farm raised kid in the state of Arkansas. There were many things that contributed to his love of music. Just like every other genre, the words come from emotion, experience, and hope. To personalize this to Johnny cash, he grew up on a cotton farm in Dyess Colony Arkansas and was one of seven children. He liked to sign along with his sibling while working in the field to make the time pass faster. In addition, his mother’s humming and singing gave him the inspiration

The tim burton films for an example as , Charlie and the chocolate factory , Alice and the wonderland and Alice through the looking glass.Are all done buy TIm burton . He is a famous Film director. He has made many different Popular movies . Like for instance , The nightmare before christmas, Alice threw the looking glass, Alice and the wonderland (the newer one ) , james the giant peach etc. My favorites are Alice and the wonderland , alice through the looking glass and the newer charlie and the

It’s the beginning of the 1950’s. The citizens of Chicago are awaken by gunfires of mobsters of the “Chicago Outfit's,” lead by Al-Capone. Al-Capone was one of the best mobster kings in America, he got away with multiple murders, bootlegged alcohol during the prohibition era, along with numerous other court cases. At a young age, Al-Capone was sheltered in a apartment with his mother, Teresina Capone, and father, Gabriel Capone, who immigrated from Italy to Brooklyn, and his two older brothers.