Observational techniques

Sometimes I make the analogy that being organized or productive is similar to being fit. It‘s not about eating healthy one day or going for one five-mile run. It‘s about making a thousand choices a day to take tiny actions that over time add up to leading a fit lifestyle. Being productive means making the right choices over and over again, a thousand times a day with the most minute decisions and actions. Thinking of productivity as a lifestyle is what led me to find it so interesting. “What we know

One Scene: Camera Decisions and Sound Design of Nightcrawler A “nightcrawler” is someone that listens to police scanners and follows the calls to the location to get footage of the situation and sells the clips to news broadcasting stations. The movie, Nightcrawler is about a specific nightcrawler named, Louis Bloom, and he doesn’t follow the rules like most; he will trustpass just to get a better angle, or perspective that he could sell. The movie starts out with Louis stealing copper and steel

Singin’ in the Rain is a charming, film musical about two silent-film actors, a pianist, and a chorus girl, tackling the transition from silent films to talking films in 1920’s Hollywood. With talking films on the rise, this group must conjure up a way to save their latest silent film before The Jazz Singer and “talkies” take over and shut them down. This movie is one of the most beloved, classic films of all time. This film, co-directed by the leading male, Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, follows

In the film Bourne Ultimatum, the above link is a “chase” sequence. Personally, I felt this film wasn’t terrible, but there were bad sequences, especially the sequence I analyzed. This whole movie had shaky hand held shots, specifically in the sequence I analyzed. I understand war movies, and action movies are “allowed” to use shaky hand held shots, but it was shaky the entire sequence, and it wasn’t necessary for certain shots. Along with that, there were a few composition shots but everything

The title of the chapters in the book Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks, foreshadows the events that take place within each chapter. This foreshadowing and description intrigues readers to continue to read more. Chapter Five, “Sign of a Witch”, describes how Mem and Anys Gowdie were accused of being witches and the details of these characters reinforce the title. Chapter Twelve, “The Press of Their Ghosts”, describes Anna having a breakdown and her realizing how many close people she has lost.

not necessarily a harmful thing; it could be a motivating factor. However, very high levels of stress could be harmful to our physical and emotional wellbeing. This essay will examine stress, its symptoms, causes, impacts and stress management techniques. Chapter 1: Stress and its symptoms The environment that we live in is socially, physically and emotionally challenging. As a result, people have various mechanisms to address every day difficulties. However, some normal mechanisms of addressing

Briggs, staring Jessica Mauboy, Deborah Mailman, Shari Sebbens, Miranda Tapselland and Chris O'Dowd. The film was based on a true story exploring the themes of family, courage and race identity. Wayne Blair explored these themes by using various techniques throughout the film to have an effect on the audience. Three Aboriginal sisters, Gail, Cynthia and Julie living in outback Australia in 1968 have a passion for singing. When Julie meets Gail and Cynthia at a talent contest which Julie wasn't allowed

Prince Prospero and his friends lock themselves in a gargantuan abbey trying to escape the wrath of the Red Death. While the Red Death continually rages outside, Prince Prospero and his thousands of companions “retired to the deep seclusion of one of his castellated abbey… They resolved to leave means neither of ingress or egress… With such precautions the courtiers might bid defiance to contagion”(Poe 1). Prince Prospero and his friends ultimately trapped themselves in the abbey in their attempt

The Same Elements, the Different Feelings: A Comparison Between The Interlopers and The Machine That Won the War. Have you ever read a story that reduced you to tears or genuinely made you laugh out loud? Through the years, writers have utilized literary elements such as plot twists, foreshadowing, and the three types of irony-- situational, dramatic, and verbal-- as well as characterization, misdirection, and tone to play with the emotions of their readers. Today, we are going to focus on plot

One of the devices Golding uses to express the human behavior without laws is symbolism. For instance, during an assembly we see Jack breaking the rules by speaking when Piggy was holding the conch and Ralph shouts, “[P]iggy’s got the conch…. the rules! You’re breaking the rules!....... Because the rules are the only thing we’ve got!” (91). In the beginning of the novel, Ralph and Piggy use the conch to bring the boys together and established order on the island. In result, the conch grew to possess