...Thrillers and Drones: Morality vs. The Greater Good in Eye in the Sky Directed by Gavin Hood and written by Guy Hibbert, the independent British film, Eye in the Sky, is a thriller which centers around the premise of assault drones. The film falls between multiple subgenres of thriller, with elements of war film and crime drama. Several relevant criteria factors into this kind of genre including political and technological themes, suspense narrative, and an unexpected conclusion. To rank the criteria in order of genre importance suspense would be foremost, followed by an unexpected conclusion, and lastly political and technological themes. Using the aforementioned criteria to evaluate Eye in the Sky illuminates the manner in which the film adheres to – or defies – genre tropes. Ultimately, Eye in the Sky is a relevant and emotionally challenging work of film mastery....
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...Why is the sky blue? Many people ask this question and we think they come across as silly or young. But the ironic thing is, is that this question touches on some of the deepest aspects of astronomy and skygazing (Sky-Watch). The question is what causes us to see the sky as blue? There are a variety of answers and not necessarily all of them being true, like when you tell a child that it’s because God spilled his water. The sky is blue because of the wavelength of the colors in the electromagnetic spectrum, the atmosphere of Earth, and our eyes. Many people believe that the sky is light blue just because they have grown up to think only about the color blue when they are asked about the sky. But scientific studies show that the light from the Sun is all the colors of the rainbow. (Note card 3) The light travels in waves and consists of weightless particles that are moving around 200,000 kilometers per second (Sky-Watch). The range of light that our eyes can see is the electromagnetic spectrum. Each color in the spectrum has a different frequency-which is the number of cycles per second. The frequency of light is determined by color. For example, blue light has a shorter and highter frequency than the others. Furthermore, now you know that the light waves coming from the Sun contain all the colors with different frequencies and that the light with a lower frequency has a longer wavelength. For my second point, it is our atmosphere on Earth. In suppor of this we know that...
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...Cosimia to be aside a noble chief when she grew up. She wanted Cosimia to have everything. Crow Belly did not want his daughter to even show her face. He blamed Cosimia for her mother's death and he has never felt the same after her passing. Each and every night Cosimia ran away from the tribe to a creek. She sat on a tree that barely hung over the creek. It was, as Cosimia called it, her hideaway. She sat upon the tree praying to the brilliant stars. She believed there was a sky god. One that looked down on her and gave her anything she requested. Cosimia prayed of forgiveness from her father. She prayed for an handsome Indian boy to cross her path one day. This time away from her father made Cosimia feel like she could do something right for once....
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...passing. Each and every night Cosimia ran a mile away from the tribe to a hidden creek. She sat on a tree that had been struck my lightening and just barely fell into the creek. It was, as Cosimia called it, her hideaway. She sat upon the tree praying to the brilliant stars. She believed there was a sky god. One that looked down on her and gave her anything she requested, as long as it was reasonable not too extensive. Cosimia prayed of forgiveness from her father. She prayed for...
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...the natural world and industrial world to convey a certain message. In his painting Seascape with Sailing Vessels on the Horizon, Constable contrasts the pollution of the sea with the serene, vast sky to depict the grandeur of nature and its tenacity even in the face of industrialization. Constable noticeably uses color to describe the contaminated and tumultuous waves of the sea in opposition to the glowing and still sky. The viewer’s eyes first jump to the tide hitting the beach and creating a splash of water at the forefront of the painting. The colors used at this location are navy, mustard yellow, brown, grey, and creamy-white. These colors in the sea connote to filthy, muddled water. Furthermore, there are a couple of distinct dashes of deep, dark grey colors at the splash site that add to the effect of making the water seem dirty. The colors in the sea are most intense at this splash site but the viewer also notices specks of burgundy through out the sea that confirm the pollution and impure composition of the sea. In contrast to the sea, the colors of the sky are more uniform and brighter in shade. Constable uses grey and white in the clouds and the value of these colors are much lighter and more consistent than the grey and white used in the sea. The blue shade of the sky, similarly, is consistent through out the top half of the painting and conveys a sense of calmness. The clouds are highlighted with tints of...
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...Why is the sky blue? Have you ever wondered why our sky is blue? The molecules in our atmosphere are made up of about 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, .7% argon, and a small amount of trace gases. White light from our sun is made up of all the colors in the rainbow from red to violet. When the light hits our atmosphere the molecules scatter blue light more than red or green etc. so we see a blue sky! Let's do an experiment to see the effect of scattering, and some other properties of light. Get as many of the following materials as possible: A 1 liter beaker or 1 qt glass jar (a 12 oz glass will do), some milk, a laser pointer or other low power laser, a prism or diffraction grating and some lenses, and a lab notebook to record your observations. Fill the beaker with cold tap water and shine your laser through it. Mix 2-3 drops of milk into the water. Take the mixture into a dimly lit, or dark, room. Shine the laser through the side of the beaker and look through the top of the beaker, jar, or glass. What do you see? The mixture you made is called a colloidal suspension. Now shine the laser up through the side of the beaker toward the center of surface of the suspension. [Physics FAQ] - [Copyright] Original by Philip Gibbs May 1997. Why is the sky blue? A clear cloudless day-time sky is blue because molecules in the air scatter blue light from the sun more than they scatter red light. When we look towards the sun at sunset, we see red and orange colours because the blue...
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...Scrappin’ with poetry By: Poetic Device: Alliteration Definition: The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of organized or closely connected words. Example: Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. Poetic Device: Analogy Definition: a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification. Example: Obeying is to a servant, like ordering is to a master. Poetic Device: Allusion Definition: an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference Example: When she lost her job, she acted like a Scrooge, and refused to buy anything that wasn’t necessary. Poetic Device: Diction Definion: the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing Example: Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter: therefore, ye soft pipes, play on Poetic Device: Metaphor Definition: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable Example: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day Poetic Device: Simile Definition: a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid Example: as black as coal Poetic Device: Hyperbole Definition: exaggerated...
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...Screenplay EXT. DESERT - DAY Ember, a 22 year old with burnt orange eyes and long brown hair held up in a pony tail, combs over the sand with a metal detector and shuffles around to the music playing from a radio off screen. The sand covered radio is sitting on the pulled down tailgate of a Grey Ford Ranger coated with even more sand. RADIO And that was Bustin Jiebers new hit song Condolences. Before we go to commercial break I would just like to give a friendly reminder to keep an eye on the sky this week for the annual meteor shower. If you missed last nights sky show, no need to wory because it will be going on all week.. Ember clicks off the radio and plops down onto the bed of the truck. She wipes the sweat from her forehead and take a swig of water from the cantine sitting behind the radio. Ember lays down in the truck and stares into the cloudless blue sky. She notices a small red dot int he sea of blue and squints to try and get a clearer look at what it is. The dot seems to be getting bigger ever so slightly and then her eyes begin to widen. The dot was actually something hurteling down from the sky. Ember jerks back up to her feet and starts sprinting with her metal detector away from the car as the object crashes down into her truck right were she was lying. EMBER My truck! Ember tries to walk closer but a small explosion fromt he crash erupts and nocks her to the ground as she covers her face from the heat of the fire and bright...
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..."Early in the morning, rising to the street. Light me up that cigarette and I strap shoes on my feet." After losing her case of CD's a couple of years back, Betty only had the voice of Bradley Nowell, lead singer of the band Sublime, to lighten up the airwaves in the crevices of her Prius. When they had first met, Butch had given her the wrapped up CD as a gift. The Sublime CD had been sitting in her Prius' CD drive ever since. Strangely, the aging CD could now only play the song What I Got before scratching away into static nonsense. "Life is short, so love the one you got. 'Cuz you might get run over or you might get, shot." Her eyes automatically scanned the side of the neighborhood streets in search for recently emptied recycling bins as she remembered the note enclosed within the CD. Written in a childlike scrawl, it had explained the tragic success of Bradley Nowell. After being married for seven days, Bradley, a longtime heroin addict, overdosed one night and died. His band, which had just finished...
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...(Ooh) So keep in mind all the sacrifices I'm makin' To keep you by my side To keep you from walkin' out the door. 'Cause there'll be no sunlight If I lose you, baby There'll be no clear skies If I lose you, baby Just like the clouds My eyes will do the same, if you walk away Everyday it'll rain, rain, ra-a-a-ain I'll never be your mother's favorite Your daddy can't even look me in the eye Ooh, if I was in their shoes, I'd be doing the same thing Sayin' "There goes my little girl Walkin' with that troublesome guy" But they're just afraid of something they can't understand Ooh, but little darlin' watch me change their minds Yeah for you I'll try, I'll try, I'll try, I'll try I'll pick up these broken pieces 'til I'm bleeding If that'll make you mine 'Cause there'll be no sunlight If I lose you, baby There'll be no clear skies If I lose you, baby Just like the clouds My eyes will do the same, if you walk away Everyday it'll rain, rain, ra-a-a-ain Oh, don't you say (don't you say) goodbye (goodbye), Don't you say (don't you say) goodbye (goodbye) I'll pick up these broken pieces 'til I'm bleeding If that'll make it right 'Cause there'll be no sunlight If I lose you, baby There'll be no clear skies If I lose you, baby And just like the clouds My eyes will do the same, if you walk away Everyday it'll rain, rain,...
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...Essay on Novel Published by admin at 12:41 pm under Sample Essays Tim Winton’s novel, ‘That eye, the sky’ is a powerful exploration of such themes as loneliness, isolation and maturity within the context of Australian family life and landscape. These themes, which come to represent serious and grave difficulties for the protagonists, are explored somewhat differently across the mediums of film and text. John Ruane’s cinematic interpretation of Tim Winton’s text provides a useful and constructive alternative perspective of these thematic difficulties. The Australian Family depicted in ‘That eye, the sky’ is the quintessential Australian country family. The depiction of the Flack family in the novel describes the stereotypical image of the Australian family. More…They live in a country cottage with chickens in the yard, holes in the asbestos wall sheeting and Sam Flack, the head of this house, drives a Ute. This description places the family in a stereotypical Australian place. The narrator in the novel, Ort, provides the reader with an insight into life as a member of the Flack family. For example, the reader can understand what Ort is thinking, when he… This example shows us the thought process that Ort goes through and the reader views his perspective of his family. In the film, the casting of Jamie Croft as Ort is believable and appears as one would imagine. Not only is the image of Ort believable but also how and what he thinks provides the viewer with a greater insight...
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...Emotion Brushstroke Starry Night Composition Top Starry Night Vincent van Gogh The night sky depicted by van Gogh in the Starry Night painting is brimming with whirling clouds, shining stars, and a bright crescent moon. The setting is one that viewers can relate to and van Gogh´s swirling sky directs the viewer´s eye around the painting, with spacing between the stars and the curving contours creating a dot-to-dot effect. These internal elements ensure fluidity and such contours were important for the artist even though they were becoming less significant for other Impressionists. Thus Starry Night´s composition was distinct from the Impressionist technique of the 19thcentury. The artist was aware that his Starry Night composition was somewhat surreal and stylized and in a letter to his brother he even referred to "exaggerations in terms of composition. " The vivid style chosen by van Gogh was unusual - he chose lines to portray this night scene when silhouettes would have been a more obvious choice. In Starry Night contoured forms are a means of expression and they are used to convey emotion. Many feel that van Gogh´s turbulent quest to overcome his illness is reflected in the dimness of the night sky. The village is painted with dark colors but the brightly lit windows create a sense of comfort. The village is peaceful in comparison to the dramatic night sky and the silence of the night can almost be felt in Starry Night....
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...Throughout the prologue, part one, and part two of The Book Thief the author, Markus Zusak, developed/ utilized the use of colors. In the Prologue, the ‘story teller’ a.k.a Death tells of his small theory. The theory begins by claiming that “people observe the colors of a day only as it beginning and ends, but it is quite clear that a day merges through a multitude of shades and intonations, with each passing moment” (Zusak 4). The beginning of the theory helps support the use of colors by creating a image in the reader’s mind of the sun rising and setting. It also shows how in depth of how Death views the world around him, he almost seems to study the sky with every passing moment-- including when he is collecting souls. When Liesel’s...
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...drones for reasons such as keeping an eye on crops. Many believe that the constitution would be taking a back seat to let boys play with their toys if this were allowed. Too many things would happen if these machines were put in civilian hands. Violation of privacy, danger of bombing, and interference with commercial air traffic are main issues when thinking of letting civilians have this kind of technology. Drones, also known as UAV’s, have many different purposes. There are so many different types of drones in the marketing world. The most common ones have been used for military purposes. The US military has two types of drones. UAV’s, unmanned aerial vehicles, are used for high tech surveillance. UACV’s, unmanned aerial combat vehicles, are used for destroying targeted objects in war (Pugliese). There are many drones that can be mistaken for remote controlled helicopters as well. These are now issued to some police forces around the US in order to keep a closer eye on cities. Civilians are starting to demand the use of drones in many different areas. Farmers are asking for drones to watch their crops better, and to annihilate any crows that try to destroy them. Boarder patrol wants them for surveillance. This could help patrol the boarder between Mexico and the United States better. Newscasters want them to videotape footage that most reporters cannot get to very easily. Also police departments want to use them to keep an eye in the sky and watch out for crime in...
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...sure what to expect even her mark shocked them by becoming a full mark over one day. That was something that has never happened before. He explained how she would drink his blood at the right time for the two cursed bloodlines to start mixing, its timing was crucial to prevent the Mate from perishing. As the Mate sheds her old skin, it is replaced with new. He alleged that after the old skin sheds the pain eased while the new skin grows. He had described the beautiful markings that would appear around her eyes and on both...
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