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    In some stories, there is one main incident that sets the entire theme throughout the story. In Life of Pi, Pi Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry, who explores many different religions from an early age, is part of a family who owns a zoo. The Patels decide to move their zoo from Pondicherry to Canada on a cargo ship. Unfortunately the ship sinks, and Pi is the only human to survive. “The ship sank. It made a sound like a monstrous metallic burp.Things bubbled at the surface and then vanished

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    Life of Pi Film Analysis Introduction Life of Pi was introduced to movie goers November 23rd, 2012 with the bold claim that once one hears protagonist Pi Patel’s story that one would believe in God. Audiences around the world were captivated by the visual eye-candy and an unbelievable story, directed by Oscar winning director Ang Lee. Dazzling the senses, Life of Pi won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Best Achievement in Music and Best Achievement in Visual Effects. The film adaptation

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    Life Of Pi Human Nature

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    Mother Nature has its own unique presence in this world an almost indescribable sentiment to just be in the middle of the sea or in a forest to just sit there in awe of its beauty and aurora. Mother Nature has always been simply stronger than man and technology. Human nature always tends to dominate nature with technology and weapons. Mother Nature can heal, nurture and destroy. In the end it constantly comes out as the strongest. Mother Nature known as the mysterious secretive and most powerful

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    Blumhouse Unfriended

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    Blumhouse is responsible for the making of Fifteen (2015) and Unfriended (2014), which were considered to be new approaches to the horror genre. Blumhouse stirred away from the traditional way of making horror films, when creating the 2 films. Fifteen was filmed live and shown on Periscope. Unfriended is a film that is entirely shot during a Skype call between friends. Both of the films cooperated social media within the film, which is something new and unique. Blumhouse made the film Unfriended

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    sloppy or slow in her duties. Then, nearly a moon into their journey, her very life reached a dark and sinister climax. One night, when he had impaired his senses with fermented drink and sacred herbs, he stumbled into her small tent with impure motives. Her master began to rip her robes off one after the other. She struggled against him, but he always kept her bound at night so that she couldn 't run away, it was useless. She forgot her pride and begged him to stop, sending pleas to the gods to protect

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    Hess family undergoes great struggles internally and externally, building the movie as a whole. Through the characters issues, philosophy and the home invasion panned out in the film, comes out a story of a test of faith in the movie Signs by M. Night Shyamalan. The director combines all of these components to formulate a strong movie and effectively send across the story of a test of faith. The movie follows a family of four, the dad named Graham, his two kids Morgan and Bo, and their uncle named

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    In order to compare the realities of Puritan life with M. Night Shyamalan’s theatrical interpretation, The Village, it is important to understand who Puritans were and what kinds of beliefs they had. Puritans, different from Pilgrims, attempted to “purify” the Church of England in the seventeenth century as they felt it had been insufficiently reformed. Their idea of reformation consisted of a Calvinistic approach to society; believing in the absolute sovereignty of God, absolute dependence on divine

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    In his sci-fi drama Signs, M. Night Shyamalan demonstrates personal spiritual development alongside the thrilling occurrence of an alien invasion. Using parallel storylines, Shyamalan presents the journey of the Hess family, while the reoccurring theme of coincidence vs. destiny serves as a guide to test one man's faith in God. By addressing a religious tone in accordance with the presence of the aliens, the director establishes a relationship between contrasting philosophies. Family issues are

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    M. Night Shyamalan’s movie ‘The Sixth Sense’ is a psychological thriller. The director use lighting, symbolism and cinematic conventions to manipulate the audience. The audience is manipulated into thinking that Malcolm is alive instead of dead. The manipulation starts at the beginning of the movie. The movie starts with Malcolm getting shot by one of his ex-patients. After the attack the audience is shown Malcolm months later working as a child psychologist. This reinforces the idea that Malcolm

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    such as the House of Usher. Some traits of Romanticism include high drama, pathetic fallacy, and shocking climax, which are a few pillars of the Romanticism style. These pillars still hold up in modern day art, with many filmmakers, such as M. Night Shyamalan who also exemplifies traits such as high drama, pathetic fallacy, and black and white characters. Edgar Allen Poe was an American author who wrote many short stories and poetry that has glorified him as a master of horror, suspense, psychological

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