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    At a late Thursday night, I have received word that I would perform in a fancy ball room. With only two weeks of experience I had a gig in front of a hundred people. Like many first gigs, the stage plays tricks on you and makes you feel inferior. Stage fright had to go away at some point, so I decided for it to be this Saturday night. Countless of hours put into this one night, I would practice day in and day out. There was something for me to prove. You don't have to be naturally talented and experienced

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    Rain was released in 1952 by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly. They explorer the thoughts & ideas on how movie production is being changed with new and improved filming equipment. Three main ideas that are explored in this movie are the transition of silent films to audio/voice recording films, how Hollywood produces movies, and a love story to tie it all together. At the beginning of the film you see Don Lockwood played by Gene Kelly, Cosmo Brown played by Donald O’ Connor and Kathy Selden played

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    footage was released into the world. In the film, it explores the idea of showing a romance between an actor and an actress, who at first thought movie production was sort of a laughingstock. Additionally, seeing some of the transitions between a silent picture to voice recording picture. Including how Hollywood assembles some of their movies in the paramount studio. At the opening of the film you see Don Lockwood [ Gene Kelly], Cosmo Brown [ Donald O’Connor] and Kathy Selden [ Debbie Reynolds]

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    Like many other heroes, Beowulf's ultimate goal is to be remembered as a brave, legendary hero. He wants to win fame and glory for himself, as that was considered very honorable in his time. Also like other heroes, Beowulf is very strong and skilled with fighting. There once was a little pig. The little pig wished to be big. No one knew why the pig wanted to be big. Everyone thought the pig was fine the way he was. But the pig was sad. He really wanted to be big. He didn't like his stubby legs

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    The motion picture of Singin’ in the Rain by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly was released in 1952. In the film, it explores the idea of showing a romance between an actor and an actress. Additionally, seeing some of the transitions between a silent picture to voice recording picture. Including how Hollywood assembles some of their movies in the paramount studio. At the opening scene of the film, Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly), Cosmo Brown (Donald O’Connor) and Kathy Selden (Debbie Reynolds) start off by

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    INTRODUCTION In the book 'Silent spring ' written by Rachael Carson we find a picture of Carson 's deep concept about the connection between nature’s equilibrium and the web of life that has been ruined by the uncontrolled use of insecticides which in turn affected the healthy livelihood of this earth’s creatures. Furthermore, she tells the readers of substitute techniques of achieving the same ends. The title of the book is enough to make us understand that it was a hint of a spring season with

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    Alexander Duan Kellie Oydna Honors American Literature 27 May 2016 Junior Paper From the 1970s through the 1990s, for the first time in America, a significant generational gap, followed closely by a second. As each generation sought to further its own interests, rifts developed between the old and the new as their goals diverged. As a result, there would be significant opposition between the generations to an extent not seen before. The first of these struggles would occur between those of the Greatest

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    The Classic Western genre is dead. Western films created now are not considered Classic Western, but are instead categorized in the Post-Western form. This happened because the overuse of filmic codes in the Western genre eventually led to predictability in the films. These “genre film cycles” occur because of the overuse of predictability. Film cycles are when a genre and its conventions become overused to the point of death to that specific genre. For example, if the film The Good, The Bad, and

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    Threat Of Talkies

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    Threat of talkies Up until the 1930’s all films had been silent. Theaters would hire piano players to give sound to the audience, and life to the films. This would soon change starting with the growing popularity to use soundtracks, instead of hired piano players, to accompany the film. Later leading to the use of full sound throughout the picture. Chaplin, who had acquired fame and fortune from his work as a silent film actor and director, was reluctant to make the move to full sound. Undoubtedly

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    Why are personal interviews so vital when trying to evaluate the past? Perhaps it is because their firsthand accounts of a particular occurrence are something that can not be obtained from a book. These primary sources are crucial to anyone trying to recollect information about a certain topic about the past. However, the interviewer must be cautious when taking someone at their word regarding a certain event for fear of bias and a possible hazy recollection of the actual circumstances surrounding

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