Essays on Viewer

Pygmalion is one of the most famous plays created by Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw. The play is named after a character of Greek mythology, which, according to the legend, fell in love with the statue he created with his own hands. The name symbolically reflects the plot and the main argument of the play with some difference. The events described in the text take place in England at the beginning of the XX century. Henry Higgins, professor of phonetics, once meets a poor flower girl, Eliza, who sells flowers on the street. Her manners and speech are far ...

Michael WIlliams

DAD.PSD, 2016 Edition of unique lithographs (monoprints) on grey Rives BFK paper 21 7/8 x 29 in.

Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Description: Michael Williams’ lithographs are actually monoprints, which means that they are printed from a design created digitally, but from looking at this ‘design’ it is not clear that it is only a print. Thought the print seem the same texture as the paper, it looks like a painting with the help of markers, for example, water based markers that create a similar effect. Because of this and the colors used, the painting reminds the viewer child’s artwork. What at first ...

Short Answers

In my opinion, Alan Watts (n.d.) means that search of significance for an individual is not just a process but a state of mind, which leads the person further. Alan Watts (n.d.) gives an example of photos of peeling paint on old doors. By providing this example, Alan Watts (n.d.) is trying to say that photographers, who shoot this kind of photos do not follow a purpose to show the viewer the qualities of paint or the door either, what they are trying to show is that this process exists as it is. It is just there in a ...

Introduction

This essay will review the movie “Down in The Delta” that deals with the depiction of autism. It is an interesting movie that seeks to enlighten the viewer ON the plight of a young mother (Loretta) whose daughter is diagnosed with autism. Her struggles are explained in the difficulties she faces in raising her children, especially after her husband runs away upon learning about the condition of his daughter. The essay will be helpful in learning the stereotypes that are associated with autism by answering some questions that will guide this understanding. Does the movie support the current legislation ...

Film Studies

In this essay, we are going to talk about a movie ‘Tape’ directed by Richard Linklater. In order to reveal the main idea of the movie, we are going to analyze it due to the list of following aspects: setting, characterization, plot, structure, a point of view, theme, etc. As there only three characters in the movie, we are going to choose one and provide his full analyses. In order to achieve the best result, we will provide a complete wide picture of characters’ relations with each other. 1. Setting The first scene of the film as all the ...

Introduction

As the world develops, more people expect a higher and better quality of life. In the 21st Century, architecture has evolved significantly and it seeks to maximise the quality of life that people have across the world. Thus, several works have been done, seeking to blend traditional architecture with other disciplines in order to enhance the nature of the built environment. The purpose of this paper is to conduct a book review on Cognitive Architecture: Designing for How We Respond to the Built Environment by Professors Ann Sussman and Justin Hollander. This book review will include an overview of ...

René Magritte's oil on canvas painting The Son of Man (1964) has become a very popular visual text in a short period of time. The symbolism and unusual and enigmatic create a holistic picture of the semantic code that every viewer tries to interpret. Although the canvas contains a fairly small number of different details, as contrasted with Bosch or Rubens' paintings, yet there is a deep consisting of several layers meaning in it. The painting contains a number of visual symbols, which have already become some kind of the archetypes of modern society. The Son of Man (see ...

1566, oil on wood

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium "'THE CENSUS AT BETHLEHEM'". Google Cultural Institute, https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/u/0/exhibit/zQKyGcrY3z1hKQ. The Census at Bethlehem (also known as The Numbering at Bethlehem) by Pieter Bruegel is a part of the collection of Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Brussels, Belgium as Bruegel was Flemish renaissance artist. The painting can be seen in great detail through Google Cultural Institute, which is very handy because, similarly to Bosch, Pieter Bruegel includes a lot of details and a diverse number of actions going on. Because of that the viewer may be looking at a painting for a long ...

The political elements of Star Trek show that the series had more insight than what is apparent. The show started in the 1960s when the Cold War was at its height. Many authorities argue that Star Trek is an exploration based on self-interest, colonialism, collectivism and control . However, George Gonzalez takes a different approach in The Politics of Star Trek where he undertakes a critical review of the story within the context of the actual implications of the actions of the characters. This paper will review the first two chapters of the book in order to present the critical ...

Since I started expressing myself through visual thinking and design, it has been three years now down the road for me, which have been very resourceful in expanding my art practice. My specialization in the practice is on the moving image pathway. On a personal level, I particularly enjoy doing interactive design, visual design as well as photography. Although my most preference in art and design lies towards graphic design, I have come to learn that good and smart work is developed once a person steps out of the comfort zone and tries new ideas, which are challenging and ...

The movie “Monster” leaves a viewer with the controversial thoughts about the focus of the film. On one hand – it is more than obvious that Aileen Wuornos, the former prostitute, has been justly condemned to the death sentence, taking to the consideration all the murders she has committed. On the other hand – Aileen Wuornos’s conscious has been harmfully injured after being repeatedly raped by her father’s friend. This so – called “event” has marked the beginning of her hate towards men. The catalyst, which has led to much deeper mental disorder and to murders as a disclosure of ...

Background

Successful modern business marketing lays emphasis on meeting the needs of the customers. This focus is a departure in the opposite direction from the traditional business whose major concern was selling its products or services. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is one way of meeting not only the direct customers’ desires but also the needs and expectations of all the stakeholders of a business (Ortenblad 2016). Unethical profiteering practices of large companies and customer awareness due to free flow of information have forced many companies to make CSR a key strategic focus in their conduct of business. Besides enabling a ...

Gothic Literature Gothic novel originated in England, in the last quarter of the XVIII century. It opens up a world, freed from the everyday plausibility. This world is fantastic, with a gloomy color and plot, covered with historical and geographical romance and sinister atmosphere. Gothic novel is more than two hundred years; it has changed, has become modern, but have not lost its essential characteristics – pleasant horror, tension and excitement.

British Gothic Novel

Gothic novel in England has been very popular since the XVIII century. The “father” of this genre of literature is considered to be Horace Walpole, with the novel The ...

Living in London which is a cosmopolitan city, one gets to know people from all over the world. People, who are not all coming from different parts of the world, which also means from different cultures, but also from various walks of lives and realities. London is one of the hubs of Europe which has received people from all over the world, who were escaping from a painful reality. Beginning with the World Wars, Communism threatening eastern Europe countries, African struggles, and not necessarily war or conflict areas but also running away from poverty and seeking new opportunities. We ...

Kamal Hussein’s Thartharah fawqa al-Nil (Adrift on the Nile, 1971) is the film adaptation of the 1966 novel by Naguib Mahfouz. The film was released in 1971, four years after the Six-day War and a year after the death of Gamel Abdel Nasser, the second president of Egypt and the man behind the Revolution of 1952. The movie stars some of the most iconic actors of the time including Emad Hamdy, Ahmed Ramz and Adel Adham. The film focusses primarily on the protagonist Anis, a civil servant, and his experiences with a group of men who have created ...

History

Fashion photography is the use of a photograph to display clothing or accessories. Typically, fashion photography has a marketable intent as it is used in documenting or selling the particular fashion in the photo. Fashion photography has the ability to expose attitudes, ambitions, sense of taste of time, visions, desires, values, sexuality and self-image. The photographer hopes to give the viewer something to believe in. Baron Adolf de Meyer was the first American fashion photography to have impact on the fashion photography industry with the use of form, and light. Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue were the first fashion ...

Summary, Explication and Analysis Quiz

The description of Marvel Universe by Quesada is an explication because it involves developing a principle or idea in a detailed manner. Accordingly, explication involves the process of describing or scrutinizing something in detail (Mandell 43). In this case, Quesada provides a detailed insight into the Marvel’s comic series as well as the things that go into the Marvel universe. In the interview, Quesada describes the creation and development of the Marvel comic series and expounds on the concept of superheroes. The video helps a viewer to gain a better perspective and understanding of what goes on in ...

The ideal viewer of this image is a person who is studying gender roles in modern culture and society. This advertisement is not typical because it represents a woman as the power-holder who looks down on men and controls them. This image is trying to reach both men and women who are ready to question the position of women in the world. Males and females may view this image differently because the opposite sexes are put in completely different roles. Men are reduced to the labor force being muscular and naked while the woman is dominant and holds the ...

The film depicts the fear and terrors that children in Beirut faced during the 1975 uprising that divided Christians and Muslims. The film is based on the boyhood memories of the director and writer. While the film presents an adequate progression and a series of characters and events that portray the fearful state of the children at that time. However, the narrative, to some extent, departs from the confines and structure of the classic narrative. Classic narrative requires a depiction of the emotional life of the main character which is lacking in the film. The director's focus is on ...

Product placement is a non-traditional method of promoting brands through making them appear in media such as films and videos in a way that looks unplanned. In the early 19th-century cinemas were popular among most of the Americans. In their free time, people will crowd the cinema halls to watch their favorite plays. With the technological advances, people were able to afford personal TVs to watch movies from the comfort of their homes. More movies and films got into the market attracting million of viewers from all over the world. In the mid-1930s, TVs started to outdo radios in ...

Analysis of the Showtime Series Shameless

Analysis of the Showtime Series Shameless Over the decades, there have been a lot of television shows that attempted to reveal the inner workings of American working-class families. Shows like All in the Family, Good Times, Roseanne, Malcolm in the Middle and many others have portrayed ordinary people (and mostly ordinary families) and their struggles just to get by. Virtually all of them have done this using comedic elements. A few years ago, a new series appeared on Showtime called Shameless. At first glance, Shameless appears to have a good deal in common with all of these other sitcoms ...

Racial inequality has always been rampant in many societies, as it is reflected in white privilege seen not only in the United States but also in Canada, Australia, Israel, and in many countries in Asia and Africa. In white privilege, there is racial advantage on the benefits of the Whites, as they enjoy greater earnings, life expectancies, and access to high-quality education and healthcare services, as compared to the Blacks. This is the effect of what is called stigma—a sociological concept that Erving Goffman developed in his book in the year 1963. Kowal (2011) repeated the words of ...

Introduction

Photographs save moments. The most efficacious and optimum images provided in the news capture the viewer. The viewer not only sees the news moment, but also feels it through the presentation of the image. These images are seen as reality by viewers. Viewers hold the news images as truths. This was the case before video and digital photographer and it still applies today with the exponential advances. Advances in technology and the image on news photography has been both advantages and disadvantages to newspapers and electronic news sources. The way in which the news captured images prior to the ...

Racial inequality has always been rampant in many societies, as it is reflected in white privilege seen not only in the United States but also in Canada, Australia, Israel, and in many countries in Asia and Africa. In white privilege, there is racial advantage on the benefits of the Whites, as they enjoy greater earnings, life expectancies, and access to high-quality education and healthcare services, as compared to the Blacks. This is the effect of what is called stigma—a sociological concept that Erving Goffman developed in his book in the year 1963. Kowal (2011) repeated the words of ...

It is 1987 in New York City, and the audience is introduced to our main character, Patrick Bateman, who appears instantly as an intellectual, wealthy, young, playboy, who plays investment banker by day and serial killer by night. The dichotomy of this film is that the viewer is dealing with what seems to be an upper-class, possibly narcissistic, young man in the prime of his life with a beautiful fiancé and plenty of women willing to be with Patrick who do not acknowledge the engagement Patrick has with another woman. Then, on the other hand, you have a man ...

The piece in question is on display in Jundt Art Museum at Gonzaga University. The author, A. Lee Ayars titled it All in Itself. Although created by American artist, the sculpture seems to be reminiscent of ancient Greek art because of the colors and some of the shapes present on the piece. It can be argued that the piece belongs to representational art because if one were to look only at the sculpture’s silhouette, it would have looked like a three-dimensional bust of a snowman. On the other hand, however, the body of this particular snowman consists of ...

Introduction

If an individual were to compare and analyze the film “Othello” written by Allen Parker with the film “O” which was directed by Tim Blake Nelson, they would find a variety of similarities and differences amongst the two pieces of works. Though both the film “O” and the film “Othello” is based off of the original play done by William Shakespeare, there are distinct differences between the two films in context and basic thematic elements. There is also an array of similarities correlating to social context that are prominent throughout both films. Whereas; most viewers will notice right away ...

Don Eddy (American, 1944-)

acrylic on canvas

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Don Eddy is often referred to as photorealistic painter, inspired by photography for interpretation of images from real life. Naturally, the works of such painter often does not render the photo-reality of the world, but the distinction is not noticeable from the first sight. As in Don Eddy’s famous work New Shoes for H, which shows the window of the shoe store pretty realistically, but a human eye as well as photo camera cannot focus on the shoes, the reflection in the window and on the background at the same time, however, it is possible ...

The movie, which has been chosen for the discussion is Lord, Save Us from Your Followers, directed by Dan Merchant in 2008. This film is rather documentary, created in the form of dialogue between the host and the audience. The Lord, Save Us from Your Followers tells its viewers about the religious situation in the USA back in 2008 and it appeared. The documentary represents it from the various angles, depicting different religious and social movements. The plot of the Lord, Save Us from Your Followers is the following: referring to the most bothering aspects of the modern society, ...

Ways of Seeing and The Matrix

Ways of Seeing by John Berger is one of the most talked about and influential books on art ever published in the world and The Matrix is one of the most famous films in cinema history. It was written based on the famous BBC’s film and was first published after its premiere in 1972 (Richardson 111). His book is not a traditional view of the authors and artworks from a historical perspective, but rather an invitation to go behind the scenes and into the kitchen, where the mystery of creation acts, no matter how trivial it may seem ...

American Pastime opens with a Japanese family living in Los Angeles. This is the Nomura family and it is evicted from its home and business after Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Executive Order 9066. The family is rounded up into Topaz, an internment camp in Utah’s arid area. Here, they meet many other Japanese from different parts of the country. Nomura starts a baseball league in the camp. While in the camp, Lyle, Nomura’s son gets into a relationship with Billy Burrell’s daughter, Katie. Billy Burrell is one of the guards at Topaz. The climax of ...

Management

Planning is deciding in advance what to do, which have to it and how it should be done. It stands as a bridge between where the organization is and where the organization wants to go. It can also say that decision-making is a process to achieve the desired future, taking into account the current situation and the internal and external factors that may influence the objectives achievement. Planning involves a process of decision-making, a process of anticipation, visualization (representation of the desired future) and execution (take action to achieve the future concept). Every plan has two characteristics: it must ...

Retroactive I is a silkscreen painting that Rauschenberg made in 1963. He used silkscreen and oil on a canvas to come up with this painting. This silkscreen work is considered the best of Rauschenberg's works of this nature. It falls within a series of similar paintings done by Rauschenberg between 1962 and 1964. This piece of art is drawn from the popular press and is, therefore, a representation of Pop art. Rauschenberg was keen in representing American iconography and Pop culture (Shanes, 175). He was, throughout his career, identified with Pop culture. He developed a style that emphasized on ...

American painter John Frederick Peto created mostly still-life painting. A distinctive feature of his paintings was similar theme of dilapidated, time worn nature of what is depicted on his paintings. The objects of his attention include old books, lamps, boards, tubes, photos, everything that bears a particularly visible impact of aging, the inevitable influence of time and use. In the XIX century, when the artist lived and created his paintings, such images were not popular among the general audience preferring to see on the canvases something luxurious and rich. Only after his death, huge interest arose to Peto`s ...

The global financial crisis of 2008 has left its indelible mark on history. A series of explanations, which appeared along with difficult economic terms, abbreviations, and other puzzlingfactors were published in every newspaper. It is impossible to explain all this in a few words, so the media began to fill long texts with detailed explanations of economic phenomena. And seven years later comes the picture of Adam McKay's "The Big Short" which sets itself the task to tell the real story as simple as possible for the viewer in a simple language. Adam McKay managed to create an impressive ...

Zero Dark Thirty is a film that has sparked a great deal of debate. The debate centers around the ethical and moral issues it presents, which will be discussed. The film is a darkly realistic unfolding of the events following the September 11, 2001 attacks. The film climaxes with the discovery and killing of the sponsor of the September 11 attacks, Osama bin Laden. The film is presented from the inside point of view of the CIA agents involved with the gathering of information. The thought-provoking film forces us to question government secrecy and counter-terrorism. The main focus of ...

Zero Dark Thirty Essay

Zero Dark Thirty is a film that sparked a great deal of debate. The debate has been elevated by the controversy over the events depicted in the film, and their implications. The film is a darkly realistic unfolding of the events following the September 11, 2001 attacks in The United States. The events climax with the discovery and killing of the suspected architect of the attacks, Osama bin Laden. This film is like an exposure from the inside point of view of the agents involved with the gathering of information, the CIA. The thought-provoking film almost forces us to ...

Aesthetics refers to the philosophical comprehension of taste and beauty, especially in relation to the perception and interpretation of appearance. In most instances, people look critically at the appearance of others to judge them, and it affects more than the persons in question. Since time immemorial, women have always put their best feet forward to look beautiful and achieve somehow a “perfect look”. All the same, the concept of beauty has always been misconstrued and many times people tend to look at the outward appearance of clothing, and physical appearance to rate the beauty of a person rather than ...

Poetry, though it dominated literary studies for centuries, has declined in recent years for various reasons. From Homer and Virgil to T.S. Eliot and Walt Whitman, poetry was a literary mode held in greater regard by the general public than mediums such as the novel and theater. While one may argue, this decline results from verse being an obsolete mode of expression, the more likely cause for poetry’s growing obscurity takes the form of growing elitism that excludes anyone who has not studied poetry from enjoying verse. The modern era has brought with it a culture that values ...

Final Essay: Robert Bresson’s Dictum & Film Analysis of “A Man Escaped”

Introduction The modern film-viewer may anticipate feeling abashed, or risk feeling bored when scrutinizing an old, black-and-white movie that lacks an action package. However, Robert Bresson’s film made in 1956, A Man Escaped, offers a compelling example of filmmaking skills which captivate the attention of its audience. One of Director Robert Bresson’s favorite dictums asserts that “What is for the eye must not duplicate what is for the ear” (“Notes on Sound”). Control of narrative space, and command of sound perspective strategies in the film demonstrate an exercise of the filmmaker’s philosophy. The film analysis herein, ...

Nicotye Samayualie, Canadian Inuit Cape Dorset Artist

Research Paper Introduction Nicotye Samayualie, a Canadian Inuit from Cape Dorset, was born on the 23rd of November 1983. Her parents are Johnny Tunnillie Samayualie and Kudluajuk Ashoona, and her grandmother is a famous graphic artist, Keeleemeeoome Samayualie. She has clearly inherited her grandmother's artistry, whose art works were one of those few exhibited in the Cape Dorset yearly print anthology in the 1970s and 1980s (Spirit Wrestler Gallery, 2016). Nicotye has developed a strong fascination with the display, arrangements, and layouts of contrasting images in natural and artificial objects. Numerous of her artworks portray common images like crates ...

Social Issues and Advertising in China

Advertisements are meant to sell products to the consumers. Consumers are selected according to certain demographics. This means that the advertisers should do research into who to target with a particular message. Thus, the message that is used to depict a particular issue would resonate with the viewer or the consumer. This especially so if the target market is the central component of the advertisement. The first aspect would be to know and understand that China has a digital generation, and it is still growing. Thus, anyone who wishes to sell products in this country, has ...

The Crucifixion by Jativa Master

In the 15th century in Spain completes the centuries-old struggle with the Arabs (the Reconquista). Soon Spain extends among Europe's most powerful states; it becomes the richest colonial power. In Spain, the absolutist system installed; the mainstay of Spanish absolutism, which had a much more narrow social base than absolutism in most other European countries, was the Catholic Church. Fomenting revolutionary fanaticism during the war with the Moors, the church in previous centuries has acquired in Spain only a great influence. With the rise of absolutism, the church was made dependent on the royal power in the hands of ...

The image under discussion is an advertisement of Orbit chewing gum. The photograph is used to advertise the chewing gum in a glossy magazine, and it is possible to presume that it addresses both male and female demographic. The photo includes both an image of a handsome young man and a catchy text to accompany it. The advertisement displays a young man, handsome, confident and even provocative, with classy hairstyle and perfectly-fitting suit. It is a close-up; therefore a viewer can see only the face and shoulders of the model. The focus is on the man’s face; his ...

Part One

Evaluation of Martin Barker’s Research The portrayal of rape on screen is a complex issue for a number of reasons. The cinematographers need to be aware of the effect of these scenes on the audience, and ensure that it is included in the film for a purpose that befits the film and the plot. Barker, as part of a BBFC report on sexual violence on screen, assessed the reaction of natural audiences of films with scenes of sexual violence - A Ma Soeur, Baise-Moi, The House on the Edge of the Park, Ichi the Killer, and Irreversible (2013). ...

Website: http://www.adaa.org/understanding-anxiety This website as titled “Understanding the Facts of Anxiety Disorders and Depression is the First Step”, is informative and provides a comprehensive review of anxiety along with links to various videos and further facts about the disorder. The site also provides links in Spanish. The site has subheadings including Anxiety helps us get out of harm’s way and prepare for important events, and it warns us when we need to tack actions, Facts and Statistics, Videos, Everyday anxiety or an anxiety disorder and Got Anxiety. Anxiety helps us get out of harm’s way and prepare ...

The use of grammar offers a better understanding of the language to the small learners. The use of pictures to aid in the learning process for small children also offers a better understanding because it draws the attention of the students towards the learning materials. Grammar helps people, and especially the learners to interpret the various meanings presented by any material in a given cultural setting (Rushton, 2011). The level of the teachers’ level of knowledge of any language is of very great importance to his or her small learners. In most cases, the grammar representation needs a higher ...

the history of art as a contest between seeing and knowing

Is seeing a straightforward activity?

Using the example of Egyptian art, that was made for special audience who knows how to read it, as ‘we cannot really know what this art looked like to the audience it was made for’ (Bagley 176). The process of seeing is directly connected to the object under consideration as well as the person who is performing it, that is why the activity is way more complex than it seems. The seeing of writing, which we often call «reading», is very distinct from the seeing of picture or ...

The exhibition that requires our attention is the one at the Sculpture Center named is In Practice: Fantasy Can Invent Nothing New. Considering the somewhat large name and the game of words in it one would expect to find something exceptional despite the negation at the end of the name. However, this is turns out to be a reference to a lecture made by Freud, where he states that the creative process only facilitates the regrouping of already existing elements into a new perception. Despite the high level of expectation this exhibition did not deliver. Most importantly as it ...

Dte

The Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope is a popular, interesting and entertaining science fiction film. Its popularity even to this day can be attributed to how the makers of the film portrayed the mythic characters, especially of Luke Skywalker who is the main hero in the epic story. For one, the Star Wars (1977) was considered as a groundbreaking movie, and much of its success can be credited to how George Lucas introduced Luke, his family background and ultimately the events that leads him to take the central role in the story. Just like most movie heroes, ...

A key issue within photographic practice and culture is the establishment of perspective regarding the influence that the self and the underlying aesthetic preferences and expectations that are brought to the art. These preferences demonstrate an essential aspect of valuation in regards to not only the perceptions that are held by those viewing the art and their understanding of beauty but also the level of awareness or unawareness that the photographer has in their composition and viewpoint at the point of the photograph's creation. The idea of the unawareness about the self-knowing as a common phenomenon in our society, ...

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Differences People are often confused by the differences between 2D and 3D environment and animation. Sometimes people are also confused by the methods through which the two types are created. In order to understand which of the two methods is better, it is important to understand how the two types of animation work. The two methods are similar in several way including the fact that they are both capable of serving a multitude of styles and purposes. However, the difference between the purposes and styles will be determined by the vision and goals of the project. 2D animations appear ...

Perhaps the predominant turn in philosophy since the end of the First World War has been a move toward an adoption of the absurd. Before that war, there was more of a universalist approach to the world, but the events between 1914 and 1918, accelerated by the events between 1929 and 1945, took those universalist elements and dropped them squarely on their heads. Before 1914, even war was kind of a civilized affair, with warring armies frequently taking off Christmas, or even the entire winter; the Christmas truce during the First World War would be the last of its ...

Bicycle Thieves, also referred to as The Bicycle Thief is a film that tells the story of a father seeking to find a bike that has been stolen throughout Rome. The film has often been considered to be one of the most well-respected in the neorealism genre. Specifically, because of its depiction of harsh realities of life post World War II, and its effects on the conditions and psyche of individuals. A horror thriller masterpiece, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho is noted for its distinctive subject matter and for spawning what is considered to be an extremely successful subgenre of the ...

Summary of Martin Barker’s Research

The main subject of Martin Barker’s Research is to assess audience perceptions of sexual violence (with a focus on rape) when included in films. In a BBFC report on the research, it is noted that Barker assesses natural audiences (that is, those that had chosen to see the films themselves) and their response to five films: A Ma Soeur, Baise-Moi, The House on the Edge of the Park, Ichi the Killer, and Irreversible (Barker et al. 3). These films were chosen because of their portrayal of sexual violence, meaning that they can be used to highlight natural audience ...

Salvador Dali (1904-198) was a Spanish artist considered to be the icon of the Surrealist movement. Probably the most universally famous and highly regarded of the artists of the twentieth century, Salvador Dali was born in the town of Figueres, in Catalonia, Spain where his father held the position of notary public. Although well known as a painter of the Surrealist Movement, he was also a gifted photographer and film maker. As a child, Dali was encouraged in his art by his family and in particular a friend of his father’s, a lawyer named Pepito Pichot, whose brother ...

In the given paper, two movies, “To Die For” and “Drop Dead Gorgeous”, will be considered in terms of evil and daemonic sides of the souls of the protagonists. The factors that moved the girls and urged them to commit violent acts will be determined as well. In the author’s opinion, evil and daemonic side exists in the soul of every person, but someone has limits, while others make evil and daemonic side prevail all the other qualities and traits. In the selected films, the latter type of people is represented by the female protagonists whose evil side ...

I believe that learning and creativity are closely intertwined. In our everyday life, every person probably experiences learning at one point or the other. Learning is integral to life. There are a myriad experiences and activities that are new to each and every person every day. As a child I learnt how to speak a ride bicycle with the help of my friends. It took a while but eventually I was able to balance myself on the two wheels: something I believed impossible. When I finally tested myself on a motorcycle in my teenage years, the only skill I ...

The makers of the documentary were not against the establishment of a city. They were against the destruction that was brought about by the unplanned city structures, the overpopulation and the pollution that made the city unsightly and unsafe to live in. They implied that there must be some way to live in the city without having to suffer the congestion and the pollution that generally comes with it. The documentary makers showed a comparison of the picturesque view of New England (02:35) and that of the industrialized but polluted city (07:45). The makers presented the comparison in order ...

In describing art, comparing one art to the other has a significant role to the person reading it. This paper will discuss the role played by comparing one object to the other depending on the main theme of the objects. When we write a stand-alone description of a single object, it is important to bring out its relationship to other objects. This technique ensures that an observer relates one art to another so as to understand its meaning. In my perspective, making implicit comparisons of an object with other objects may sometimes play a major role on viewers since ...