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    The Godfather Violence

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    of a kind film. I consider it one of the best American classics. This film has it all from amazing action scenes that have you on the edge of your seat wanting to know what is going to happen next. The film also includes incredible famous actors, which includes Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, and James Cann among many others. Throughout the film the main theme of the film overall is violence. It is either really happening in a scene or it is being talked about between the characters in the film. But in my

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    Hitchcock's The Lodger

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    It is a warm summer day on June 10th, 1927 and you decided to take your family to the movies. The new film “The Lodger” directed by Alfred Hitchcock staring June Tripp and Ivor Novello was just put into the theatre. As you walk into the building you notice the extravagant decor and humongous curtains that cover the screen. You are also amazed by the detail in the railings, balcony and the chandeliers that are placed in every room. As you walk into the theatre to find your seats and are given free

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    Director, Lee Daniels presents the film, Lee Daniels’ The Butler; based on the true story of Eugene Allen. In the film, Daniels’ presents the racial issues that were happening in the 1900’s. It’s hard to imagine what colored people were being put through and the process over the years on how long it took for colored people to receive “equal” rights from just reading about it, but Lee Daniels’ The Butler brings a visual picture and teaches multiple viewers about the suffering and harsh treatment colored

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    adaptation of The Merchant of Venice, directed by Michael Radford in 2004, is the first full-length sound film in English, of Shakespeare's play. Radford’s adaptation helps the modern day moviegoer understand the complexity of the plays sensitive and controversial topics. There are a litany of differences between the two. However, the storyline and themes remain closely in line with one another. The film differs from the play in some chronological instances. For example, the play has Lorenzo and Jessica

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    sound in the film. Mise-en-scene is utilized as a part of a couple of scenes of Do The Right Thing to feature their significance to the plot. For example, Close to the begin of the motion picture, Mookie advises Buggin Out not to contend with Sal about the photos on the divider. As they leave the pizzeria to talk outside there are no cuts until the point that Mookie gets back to the restaurant. The issue of the photos later heightens to the uproar toward the finish of the film. In a later

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    An example of this is Terry Malloy who was pulled in by his brother (Charley) who had already secured his involvement with the mob. Throughout the film Malloy witnesses murder, has his life threatened by mob-affiliates, is assaulted, and as a result of these experiences challenges his own beliefs on criminal activity, morality, and such. Like others, Malloy turned from a mob-member/errand boy into a canary (police informant) in an effort to vindicate himself of any guilt and establish himself as a

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    A Mockingbird has a few difference and similarities between the novel and film. One of the differences, for example, is that in the movie Dill is Miss Stephanie Crawford’s nephew, but in the book Dill is actually Mrs. Rachel’s nephew. A similarity that both share is when Atticus kills the mad dog that is disturbing the neighborhood. These are only two examples of the many similarities and differences among the novel and film. There are quit a few more differences between the movie and the book, To

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    began to draw the attention of studios. Since most of the movie making patents were owned by Thomas Edison’s Motion Picture Company, in the 1900’s, film makers began to move to the Los Angeles, area in order to avoid the many lawsuits brought on by the Edison Company. By 1948, at the end of the silent film era, Hollywood movie studios controlled which films were shown across the country. Later in 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that studio producers cannot own their own theatres, where they

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    Career research paper By hambone The career I'm interested in is Film and Video Editor I'm interested in this because I want to learn how to edit moving images on film, video, or other media. edit or Synchronize soundtracks with images If I were to do this job I would need to know stuff about multimedia,computers and electronics and how to manufacture and distribute products also you need to know how to speak English also you would need to be able to listen to others and don’t interrupt

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    Arabs,” Shaheen articulates that certain stereotypes remain in movies surrounding the depictions of Arabs. Of the five basic Arab character types which include Arabs being portrayed as Villains, Sheikhs, Maidens, Egyptians, and Palestinians, in the film Raiders of the Lost Arc directed by Steven Spielberg, Arabians are conveyed as individuals sought to destroy Westerners by helping Nazi’s. To remove any doubt that Egyptians were not American allies, one of the first scenes shot at Egypt includes an

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