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How To Make A Movie
3999 Words - 15 Pages.... year is 1890. Directors, editors, and cameramen are making silent films with the help of a "scenarist," usually an ex-vaudeville actor who invents humorous situations. But where are the screenwriters? These early films don't need them. Without sound, there is no need for dialogue. ( Motion Picture Association of America [MPAA], 1999)
The Storytellers
All of that changed with the advent of sound for film in the 1920s. Suddenly, actors needed something to say. Writers flocked to Hollywood in droves from Broadway and from the worlds of literature and journalism. For a brief time in the 1930s, some of the world's most famous writers wrote Hollywood scripts: William Faulkn ....
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Civil War 3
2403 Words - 9 Pages.... enormous
amount of lives, but had more than enough to lose in comparison to the
South. General Grant became known as the "Butcher" (Grant, Ulysses S.,
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, New York: Charles L. Webster &
Co.,1894) and many wanted to see him removed. But Lincoln stood firm
with his General, and the war continued. This paper will follow the
happenings and events between the winter of 1864-65 and the surrender of
The Confederate States of America. All of this will most certainly illustrate
that April 9, 1865 was indeed the end of a tragedy.
CUTTING OFF THE SOUTH
In September of 1864, General William T. Sherman and his army
cleared the city o ....
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Boy Bands
977 Words - 4 Pages.... there are a
couple of Spice Girl clones, they aren't as prevalent as the boy bands that followed.
1998 had unleashed a torrent of boy bands on the US, many of whom spent time in
Europe to start a cult following. The following is a run down of the Boy Bands that have left
their impression in 1998.
Unless you've been living under a rock, the Orlando based group, Backstreet Boys
reigned supreme as the top Boy Band in 1998. With the top selling album in 1998 behind
Titanic, the Backstreet Boys have just released a new album and are planning a second world
tour. The band enjoyed 4 top 10 singles in 1998, including "As Long as You Love Me",
" ....
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High Noon
1052 Words - 4 Pages.... but he has second thoughts. He tells Amy that he's got to go back; the honeymoon will have to wait until his 12 o'clock showdown. The attitude of his wife is that she begs him not to be a hero, handing him an ultimatum on her wedding day. If he won't go away with her, she will go alone by the train, the one that leaves at twelve noon. He resolutely answers her, "I've got to stay." Kane, the anti-hero, is counting on getting special deputies sworn in to assist him.
Everything hinges on midday. The suspense builds and the tension mounts as the clock ticks ever closer to the inevitable fate of . The passing of the time symbolizes the idea of mortality, which is a form of exp ....
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Louis XIV, The Sun King
1034 Words - 4 Pages.... respect as a soldier; Louis served with the French army during
France's war with Spain. His biggest battle, however, was sacrificing his love
for Mazarin's niece for politics. In 1660 he married the daughter of the king
of Spain to bring peace between the two countries.
Mazarin
died March 9, 1661. On March 10, Louis claimed supreme authority in France.
Not since Henry IV had such a claim been made. Louis saw himself as God's representative
on earth, therefore, infallible. He oversaw roadbuilding, court decorum, defense,
and disputes within the church.
He had the support initially
of his ministers, then that of the French people. He had given ....
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Neil Simon Utilizing Charatter Exaggeration
1841 Words - 7 Pages.... of a well-established and loyal audience" (Litz 573). It is occasionally true that Simon sacrifices meaning and depth for a good joke, but "even in Simon’s lightest comedies there are undertones of seriousness" (Geitner 253). Simon illustrates serious themes through the medium of comedy. He conveys the conflict while at the same time, cracks a joke. According to Simon, "My idea of ultimate achievement in a comedy is to make a whole audience fall onto floor, writhing and laughing so hard that some of them pass out" (Geitner 254). Simon uses different elements to put stress on the conflict and also to aid in the humor of his plays. The jokes that Simon produces arise fr ....
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Civil War - Causes
1949 Words - 8 Pages.... other then the slavery issue, that the South disagreed on and that persuaded them to succeed from the Union. Basically the North favored a loose interpretation of the United States Constitution. They wanted to grant the federal government increased powers. The South wanted to reserve all undefined powers to the individual states. The North also wanted internal improvements sponsored by the federal government. This was more roads, railroads, and canals. The South, on the other hand, did not want these projects to be done at all. Also the North wanted to develop a tariff. With a high tariff, it protected the Northern manufacturer. It was bad for the South because a high tariff ....
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History Of Music
1071 Words - 4 Pages.... danger, to show your importance in society, it was also used as a healing power.
On the front lines of battle would be a soldier that would be holding a drum or a flute. When this was a common act the instruments would be spread around to different cultures after a battle. This brought on a new way of looking at music. Around the 16th century people started to collect instead of play music.
A persons hands and feet were the first of all the instruments and is still the most common, because every one has them. A persons hands and feet were readily available, and easy to use.
The drum is the second most common percussion instrument. Like most of the other instruments the drum ....
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