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In Muriel’s Wedding identity is represented by numerous film techniques. The dominant ones being acting, music, design, camera angle and editing.The two aspects that evidently represent the identity are acting and music. Of these two acting is the most effective film technique in capturing Muriel’s individuality and unique approaches to life.Throughout the film with Muriel’s…

Brains Only Get You So Far and Luck Always Runs Out Thelma and Louise is a 1991 film about two good friends who set out on a road trip to relax from their hectic lives, but find themselves anything than relaxed. They are tired of their boring, routine lives, and find excitement on the road,…

Borrowed and Thompson inform us, “Elements Of miss-en-scene accentuate action and engage attention… Many of our most vivid memories of movies stem from miss-en;scene” (pig 112). The film Jurassic Park (1993) is a great example of how miss-en-scene can shape our experience of the film through specific components such as setting, lighting, and costuming. The…

Both Dickens and Plath use a variety of writing techniques to create sympathy for the two main characters – Pip and the narrator. Although the writing styles and settings are very different, first person narrative from a child’s point of view are used to effect in both stories to develop characters with which readers can…

The period between the early 15th and the early 17th Centuries heralded the conscious revival and development of certain elements of classical Roman and Greek though and material culture.  Renaissance Architecture was born out of this resurgence of classical contemplation and culture. Fillipo Brunelleschi blazed the trail as a trendsetter in Florence, Italy from where…

Movie Review: Pursuit of Happyness Being homeless, separated, and forced to raise a five year old isn’t exactly the ideal state for most people, but this is where Chris Gardner (Will Smith) finds himself. The year is 1981, and Chris has completely gambled away all of his money into buying bone marrow scanners to sell….

‘Billy Elliot’ In the film ‘Billy Elliot’, 11 year old boy Billy is bought up into an economically repressed mining town without the care of his beloved mother. Billy lives in a small cramped English house with his bad-tempered brother, out of control father and his delirious grand-mother. All Billy wants to do is dance…

The film is an emotional experience highlighting the tragedy of innocence, using the point of view of an eight-year-old German boy to expose the raw psychological devastation of the era. It’s an unnerving film with a knockout punch for an ending, but it feels more acceptable as an educational piece than a profoundly rewarding work…

The Awakening Plot view          The Awakening opens in the late 1800s in Grand Isle, a summer holiday resort popular with the wealthy inhabitants of nearby New Orleans. Edna Pontellier is vacationing with her husband, Léonce, and their two sons at the cottages of Madame Lebrun, which house affluent Creoles from the French Quarter. Léonce…

The Cure formed during the Punk era of the 1970’s and they released “The Lovecats” in November of 1982. The song overall has a happy feel, which is supported by the use of an E major key. The song starts off with a snare drum beat which continues throughout the song giving it the same…