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    Essay on Sound and Image in Motion Pictures

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    Sound and Image in Motion Pictures Motion pictures and television are audio-visual mediums and so of course engage both our visual and aural senses. The meaning and emotion of a piece is commonly thought to come from the image and that the sound at best just duplicates the meanings from the image. For example Aaron Copland has said that a composer can do no more than" make potent through music the film's dramatic and emotional value." (http://web.archive.org/web/20041210081146/http://citd.scar

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    WHERE’S WALDO: THE MOTION PICTURE SCENE 1: FADE IN: CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT – EVENING *A man is present in an interrogation room in the present day, trying to remember a devastating yet wonderful series of events. Another man is present, listening intently.* MAN It’s hard for me. My memory of the last three weeks is quite hazy. I was under the influence for most of what went on, so almost everything is unclear. But, if I’m sure of one thing, I know this – he’s gone. *The other man in the room

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    The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the people in charge of what you and your family can and cannot see at the theaters. The idea of the system is quite helpful. They regulate the amount of violence, sex and nudity, and coarse language that is allowed in a G, PG, R and NC-17 ratings. They determine the ideal age group that will watch the movie and the age group that is not permitted to see it. In retrospect, movie ratings are great and quite helpful when deciding to what a movie with

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    the cost and management accounting considerations in the motion picture industry by addressing the following issues: 1. The Value chain of the motion picture industry; 2 The competitive landscape in the motion picture industry using Porter’s five forces analysis; 3 The notion of net profit in the motion picture industry and cost allocation considerations; 4. Key elements to consider when conducting a cost variance analysis for the motion picture industry. The Value chain of the film making process

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    of the Motion Picture Hall Of Fame. Vin Diesel passed all of the requirements with no problem to become a part of the motion picture Hall Of Fame. His worthiness of this award is shown in his awards, professionalism and popularity. The contributions to the motion pictures demonstrated by the career of Vin Diesel proves beyond a doubt that the Motion Picture Hall of Fame should induct this actor. Most importantly this award belongs to Vin Diesel because of his massive impact on the Motion Picture

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    “The desire for a sense of motion, action, and narrative (cinema’s roots) stretch all the way back to prehistory with cave drawings… In fact, the entire history of human accomplishment in the visual arts seems to reveal a deep seated desire to represent time, space, and action visually- and as vividly as possible”. (Lewis 5) Throughout history, people have exhibited a need to be entertained and a need for hope or something to look forward to. Without anything to live for, something to strive for

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    the public and entertaining to make it a popular hit at the box office. Using a sample of 100 motion pictures from 2005 and numerical methods of descriptive statistics, including measures of location, variability, distribution shape and the detection of outliers, the motion picture industry can be analyzed more specifically in order to learn how these variables play a part in the success of a motion picture. The main concern of management in this case would be with regard to revenue, profit, and entertainment

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    Pearl Harbor      The major motion picture, Pearl Harbor, reflects upon a war that occurred a few decades ago rather than the documentary filmed very shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Both movies depict the attack as one that will live on in infamy, but the documentary takes a spiteful vengeance towards Japan because it was filmed during a time of hatred towards the Japanese, our enemy. While the newer movie has given us time to reflect upon the war and realize

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    Alfred Hitchcock’s motion picture Psycho, released in 1960, contains peculiar placement of predatory birds and other fowls with corresponding lines regarding birds from Norman Bates, the primary antagonist. Throughout the movie, various references concerning birds are can be drawn through the use of bird’s eye view camera angle, location names, and character names. As the movie begins, the first camera angle used is bird’s eye view. Viewers venture, bird-like, into Marion Crane’s apartment complex

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    The Harry Potter series is one of the most exceptional book and motion picture franchises for all of the 1990s children. The posters encountered the responsibility of retaining the audiences’ exhilaration, for the films, over a period of 8 movies and 10 years. The posters play on a powerful and influential role in order to persuade the audience to see each new film. The visual rhetoric of the Harry Potter film posters propitiously creates eagerness, suspense, mystery, and gets the audience to question

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