Shane Smith has a “theme song” at the beginning of his documentary with pictures of where he has explored and done some research. HBO’s documentaries are now for being sound in research and credible. In the documentary, there is video of Smith and his crew going to the places being talked about by the scientist like Antarctica. Smith also builds credibility by showing the audience how the data was received. The data was received by a laser that calculates density, temperature, and depth of the ice
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The Call is a movie that builds great suspense with such an amazing plot. In the movie The Call by the director Brad Anderson, Jordan who is an 911 operator, got a call from a teenage girl named Casey. Jordan works closely with her boyfriend who is a police officer in order to save the girl’s life. Thrillers are movies that heavily stimulate the viewer's mood, gives them a high level of anticipation with suspense, anxiety and terror. The Call gives off all of that which makes it a great thriller
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Presentation of your choice: Hollywood Hollywood is a district in Los Angeles, California where the well known American film industry is located. Therefore, it is associated with the center of motion pictures and also movies. It has evolved to become a symbol of movies, stars and also glamour, however, that was not the main purpose. Initially, Hollywood was a small community in 1870 before Hobart Johnstone Whitley also known as “Father of Hollywood” arrived in 1886. He decided to establish the
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‘“Hollywood’s biggest box office bomb of 2013”’ (Variety.com) is commonly associated with the release of the Ender’s Game movie. While not a bad movie in any sense, the movie lacked an engaged fanbase that other sci-fi series like Hunger Games and Twilight have. Compared to the book, the movie leaves out details such as Demosthenes and Locke, Peter’s rise in political power, and Ender’s voyage to the bugger home world. In the book, Ender starts his journey off at Battle School. After a few years
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The film, 12 Years a Slave, was based on the nonfiction novel 12 Years a Slave, written in 1853, depicting the life of Solomon Northup after he was abducted from his home in New York and forced into slavery. The film was released 2013, directed and produced by Steve McQueen, and written by award-winning John Ridley. Furthermore, the movie has won numerous awards in the past two years, including an Oscar for best motion picture and a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor. It has also been
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Everything is a Remix Filmmaker, writer, and speaker, Kirby Ferguson, in his speech, “Embrace the Remix,” implicates that everything in the modern day world is a remix. Ferguson’s purpose is to spread the idea that no matter how many new products are created, that they will always be a remix of something else or at least composed of a remix. He adopts a respectfully pleasant tone in order to appeal to similar thoughts and ideas of his audience. Ferguson begins building his credibility with facts
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Zombies have taken over the world, but not in the way we expected. Instead of rising from their graves and devouring our brains they have instead taken over every and all forms of pop culture. Whether it be movies, books, television, video games, or music, its all about Zombies. Every year they seem to become more and more prevalent in our daily lives. Unlike other crazes such as Aliens or Vampires, Zombies and Zombie Apocalypse scenarios have captivated millions of individuals for over 50 years
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events that happens in our lives. They state that after the age of eleven “positive emotions” drop rapidly in “frequency and intensity” (Keltner and Ekman). In this movie the main character Riley is mostly expressed in Joy, nonetheless, the star of the film is Sadness, demonstrating it “as a drag” in Riley’s life. Sadness plays an important role due to the fact that it shows how Riley perceives certain phases of her life;
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Me, like most other people have developed a sort of dependence on Netflix. It provides entertainment when my friends are away or when there is simply nothing to do. It even helps to ease the stress of homework. In fact, it’s running on the other tab as I’m writing this paper right now. Even though the options seem endless, in reality the majority is composed of undesired shows that are a few seasons behind. Unfortunately, after a year of perpetual watching, the choices are less and less enticing
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United Artists studio was established in 1919 during the “Silent Era” of film by Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, D.W. Grifftih, and Charlie Chaplin. The reason they worked alone was because they had their own interests and in which they didn’t want to depend on big commercial studios. The fact that there were no facilities or theater chains allowed United Artists to maintain their own share of business in the studio era. During the 1930s, it was a time of poverty; better yet known as the time
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