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    How does the director Steven Spielberg, use film techniques to convey one or more themes in his film, War of the Worlds? Steven Spielberg utilizes many techniques, in his film, War of the Worlds, including camera work, actors and sound effects to convey various themes such as family relationships. An initial scene, ‘Eve of the War’, establishes the relationships amongst the family especially around the central character Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise) which are built upon in ‘Coming of the Invaders’. ‘Worst

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    In the novel “The War Of The Worlds” there are 8 main characters the first being the narrator. They don’t have very much information on the narrator and his brothers life before the martians came to earth but we do know that his brother was a medical student and that the narrator works a job as a journalist he is also the person whom of course narrates that is almost all he does. He seems as if he is just a person that was there instead of being a main character. The second main character is the

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    War Of The Worlds Effect

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    What would you do if you hear in the radio that there was a alien invasion in Halloween night.The radio drama titled War of the Worlds. Author Orson Welles explains about an alien invasion broadcast in the radio. War of the Worlds was radio broadcast made by Orson Welles in Halloween night setting New Jersey. In 1938 War of the worlds was part of a radio show named The mercury theatre on the air. The show said there was apparently an alien invasion and only gaved a total of two warnings saying it

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    The American Dream in the 1930’s: Focused on Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Through realistic news coverage scenes, War of the Worlds tells the story of Martians invading the United States of America. Orson Welles formated the show like that because he wanted to create a show that felt real as you listened to it, and be distinct from any other radio show playing at the time. He got the idea from Ronald Knox's radio hoax Broadcasting the Barricades, about a riot overtaking London, even though Knox’s

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    Comparing Adaptations of Books and Film: The War of the Worlds Adaptations of books into movies are very common. In comparing the book by H.G. Wells, The War of the World, written in 1897 and the film with the same title directed by Steven Spielberg released in 2005 there are many similarities and many differences. Based on many of the facts of this story I believe this to be an intermediate adaptation. An intermediate adaptation is defined as, “Some elements of the story are kept in the film

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    Analysis of the Audio Version of War of the Worlds In the audio version of war of the worlds the telling of the story is in a radio broadcast format. The way that the broadcast was presented was very believable and caused Moral panic when it was first broadcast. The way that the broadcast was presented was in a very real sounding news report. This causes seriousness and makes you realise how if tuned in 10 minutes after the start of the broadcast could and did

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    The War of the Worlds by HG Wells In the novel The War Of The Worlds, there is a constant feeling of terror and dread, which is heavily influenced by the Victorian sense of anxiety and worry about the world around them and their sudden rise to almost absolute power. Wells manipulates the culture of the time and so creates a novel which preys upon their underlying feelings of anxiety and resentment of the people they conquered. Having said this, there is an argument

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    CBS Broadcast Conspiracy

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    CBS broadcast in 1938 that was narrated by Orson Welles reading his version of the novel “War of the Worlds” by H.G. Wells. CBS is responsible because it broadcasted the show and if the show hadn’t been broadcasted, the panic would have never happened. “The radio play, narrated by Orson Welles, had been written and performed to sound like a real news broadcast about an invasion from Mars (“’War of the Worlds’: Behind the 1938 Radio Show Panic” 1). CBS broadcasted the story like it was a real news

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    Chaos In 1938

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    what had created chaos in 1938? “The War of the Worlds” radio drama by Orson Welles had received a lot of criticism due to the fact that the broadcast had created chaos through the area of New Jersey to New York. The radio was the main use for information at that time. It gave people information on weather and news. “The War of the Worlds” radio broadcast was set in New Jersey and aired in 1938. Radio listeners created chaos over the radio drama "War of the Worlds" on Halloween eve. Although the show

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    H.G. Wells’ Novel The War Of The Worlds Successfully Creates A Thrilling Climate Of Terror Which Often Reflects Late Victorian Insecurities. Discuss This Statement With Reference To The Purpose And Craft Of The Author – 1994 Words H.G. Wells’ novel “The War Of The Worlds” depends upon late Victorian insecurities to generate a thrilling climate of terror. Wells feeds off of the politics at that point in time, the ethics and beliefs of his contemporaries and also the sense of false pride and

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