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Five Minute Anthropology
The five–minute film begins with a couple of monstrous growls. When we wonder what's lurking to chase something furry and cute, we find a
hungry bunny, trapped in cage, just inched away from a big carrot. A magician, taking a break from his gig, comes inside licking his fingers, then
prepares for a magic trick. After practices pulling the bunny through the top hat (the trick only works when the bunny wears a wizard cap), he holds the
carrot to the staving creature, when, there's a knock on the door to cue the magician on stage. The poor bunny is left smiling, with his mouth
open–wide. Bunny avenges and sets out for revenge when he removes the wizard cap, leaving the magical empty–handed before a huge audience. The
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Battered and bruised buy the innocent looking pet, he keeps trying to please the audience, who has yet to see him pull a rabbit out of his hat. After a
terrible electrocution, the magician forgets the crowd and makes his mission personal. He chases the rabbit backstage. The Rabbit continues to
rupture every part of the magician's body with continuous pulls through the wizard hat. When the magician is tied to a stage rope, the rope gives,
and the magician plummets toward the ground. The angry, starving, now revengeful bunny must decide to be the magician's friend or foe. This film
is for anyone who loves cartoons and doesn't care about dialogue. The action, coupled with the outstand delivers a wonderful, satisfying ending, and
leaves you wanting more. Presto is simple and reaches out to children and adults using simple comedic antics that's had the country laughing for
decades. Though, in real life, it's dangerous, we love to see cartoon's swollen fingers in a mousetrap or somebody's hair blows back from an
explosion. It's fun to see dangerous things be funny. Even to use household items would be challenging. No kid can lift a couch, or refrigerator and
land it on a sibling, thank
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Essay On Show Segmentation
Interruption and segmentation between TV segments became the most commonly used principles. The commercials presented on television are by
no means only sakes of being there, but create the "flow" of keeping the viewers in attention to the program. Looking back all the way to 2003, the
way this "flow" is structured is still being used today. In November 6th, 2003, a new episode of NBC's "Friends," titled "The One with Ross's
Grant" was shown from its tenth and final season. How did such show last for a very long time? Segmentation and interruption should be taken into
this success, especially in terms of the ways the writers were able to keep the audience interested in the plots and subplots. With the right flow
between the show's timing of the placement in plot in each segments and the consistent tone of the commercials that are being shared with the
"Friends" program, NBC's flow of reinforcing ideas such as identity and consumerism helps keep track of the specific adult demographic and also
connect with the audience. The first pair of commercials before the "Friends" program is not necessarily interrupting the program in any way, but still
helps prepare the audience to get ready. Although it is... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
The rest of the two minutes may seem minimal, but can be frustrating due to the amount of the ads rather than the length of the ads in total. Each ad is
demonstrated in a way that connects with the specific adult demographic of "Friends," and that each of them has a subject on its own, such as health,
entertainment, technology, and serious issues. The ads and the show are not just in their positions randomly, but they are there to keep the audience
updated in what's going on in the nation and even the world today. Ultimately, the timing and the tone between the commercials and the program are
what keep the flow in consistent, that it allows the audience to explore more
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Disney And The Visual Development Process Of Walt Disney
The year was 1934. And in the hot month of July, a small article in Los Angeles
Times announced the start of Walt Disney's first feature–length animation. Fast forward to Mr. Disney in New York publicly speaking of his aim to
produce this animation. They had plans worked out for a feature–length cartoon "but had been unable to find response from United Artists executives,"
reported Film Daily. His family tried to talk Disney out of making this ambitious animation. This was an expensive dream of his that would soon be
nicknamed "Disney's Folly." But in fact, it was the complete opposite and is what lead to the visual development process that so many people use today.
There were so many development fundamentals that were birthed from the creation of "Snow White." For instance, the formal "layout man" would
normally just draw the backgrounds that the animated characters would come to life on. But now they were expected to draw all the characters over
and over in different positions which closely resembled an animator's action sketch, and were some of the early examples to visual development in pre
production. Another thing that was changed for the development process, and very well could be one of the most important things in the visual
technique, was the transformation of the model sheet. They were normally really simple and only contained just a series of poses for the character. But
with the complexity of characters and animation, also came the complexity of these sheets. Don
Graham led internal training and orientation classes at Disney, and he placed a lot of emphasis on weight distribution, psychological motivation, and
anticipation. And because of this, these sheets became crucial to the process. It's what led them to make the Evil Queen still look recognizable even in
her witch form. And also helped them pull off the Evil Queen being beautiful, but still menacing. On the other side of the spectrum, the creation of "Mr.
Bug Goes to Town" by the Fleischer Studios was an example of what not to do in visual development. They put too much time and energy in the designs
of the feature that they didn't spend much time in character development. Making it a beautiful, but shallow movie.
With World War II came Bugs
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American Tv Downfall
Downfall of American TV
According to Stevie Hossler, "Too many children are watching too much television and the shows that they are watching (even if they are cartoons)
have become violent and addictive." (ethos) Prime time animated cartoons give young children a false sense of what real life is about. Unless
networks are willing to readdress their social responsibilities as providers of entertainment for young society, television should boycott these types of
shows. Television channels that used to show good family values like "Full House" or "Parenthood", networks now have replaced them with shows like
"The Simpsons", "Family Guy", and "American Dad". Cartoons on television glorify violence, influence children to have no respect for ... Show more
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("Are My Kids' Favorite Cartoons Too Political?")(pathos) Prime time animated cartoons tend to glorify violence and teach children that it is more of
a game than it is serious. According to Mark Joseph Stern, "When California tried to ban the sale of violent video games to minors, the Supreme Court
mocked its efforts, noting that old Looney Tunes cartoons provoked the same tendency toward violence in children as a Grand Theft Auto–style
bloodbath." (Stern)(ethos) For instance, in "The Simpsons", when Bart and Lisa watch "Itchy and Scratchy", Scratchy always dies and Bart and
Lisa laugh, which results in teaching kids that manslaughter is alright. Cartoons these days are desensitizing kids towards violence. Researchers
have proven that, "Today's animation and games are so realistic it can be hard for kids to tell the difference between 'pretend' violence and live
action, making some animation just as disturbing as the real thing." ("Does Cartoon Violence Make Kids More Aggressive?")(ethos) Take "Tom
and Jerry" for instance, this animated cartoon is designed for five year olds. "Tom and Jerry" was reviewed as three out of five stars for violence
and scariness, as well as two out of five stars for drinking, drugs, and smoking from Common Sense Media. (Sheppard)(logos) Although these shows
are remembered as 'classic', there is no educational value behind
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Essay Television Violence
Television Violence
Violence is one of the most primary and controversial issues in today's society. And true that violence is on the rise. A major concern for many parents
is the violence within television shows and movies, and the effect on children's aggression. I particularly do not believe that violence in television
affects children's aggression, but who am I to say such a thing, for I am not a qualified psychologist. But I have many reasons for my accusation and
references to back it up. Now television plays a major role in today's society, and it occupies almost every home in the United States. Parents have such
a big concern for the children watching television, but children throughout the U.S watch an average of twenty ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net
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Cartoons play the majority of the role. They have been around for centuries. So why make such a big deal about them now? Are the cartoons in earlier
years any different from newer cartoons? Yes I agree, but there is a purpose. The
Monaco 2 newer cartoons attract the newer generation. If parents say that cartoons now are more violent than those of earlier years than why are there
so many, and so many different ratings accompanied with the beginning of every show. What about "Bugs Bunny" and "Daffy Duck" with "Elmer Fudd
," and how many fights and hunting scenes there was. What about "Road Runner" and how many times "Wylie Coyote" tried to kill him. All these
cartoons amused many children in earlier years and present years. So why start complaining now? Can parents not control their children? Maybe
parents should pay more close attention to what their children watch, instead of making excuses and blaming others for practically their own
decisions. Because it was their decision to have children, right? Like all children's shows and movies, it let's the mind run free, and also let's the
children be imaginative within their own realm of mind. So let's not take these away, and just try to limit what they watch. Let us rate these shows and
movies. Oh yeah, the government did that. But yet parents still let children watch the movies and shows that they did not want to watch in the first
place. Is there something wrong here? Parents complain, laws are passed to limit what
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the beach Essays
The beach 1.     people – Richard: a british traveller, who comes to Bangkok and gets a map to a secret hidden beach.
He has seen every movie about Vietnam, and he sometimes believes being there. He also is addicted to video games. – Daffy Duck: the man who
gives Rich the map; he had been on the beach before and had left it for some reason. After his death, he often appears in Richs daydreams. He always
speaks about Vietnam, and he knows everything before it happens.– Etienne and FranГ§oise: a french couple that Rich meets in Bangkok. He shows
them the map, and together they go to the beach. – Zeph and Sammy: two Americans who are given a map of the beach by Rich. – Sal and Bugs: Sal's
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There, Jed buys the rice while Rich is hanging around. When they meet again to take the rice back to the beach, Jed tells Rich that he heard two
Americans talking to some german people about a map to the beach, and that they were using Richs name. Rich is alarmed: this must be Zeph and
Sammy! Some days later, Sal asks Rich to join Jed on his journeys on the island, because there are some other people on the next island. Luckily,
she doesn't know that Rich knows them. So Rich doesn't see his other friends anymore, because he is always out on the island, and he becomes
very lonely. Jed and he start to play games, they pretend being in Vietnam while they are watching the people on the other island. One day, as they
get back to the camp, everything is in a mess because Keaty had catched a dead squid and they had all eaten of it. In the camp, there had also been
an argument between Bugs and Keaty. Bugs had hit Keaty, and the others had taken the part for one of them, so the camp is now divided in two
parts. At the same time, the people on the other island are coming over to the beach island on a raft they had built. Jed is looking after the sick
people in the camp, and Rich has to watch what's going on with the rafters. So, from now on, he's out alone all day, smoking grass and talking to his
imaginary friend mister Duck. Sal, who is worried about the troubles in the camp, talks to them about the Tet festival, which marks
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Essay on Aston Business IMC module---Space Jam Poster...
1. Context
This is a movie poster named Space Jam and it was released in 1996. The film was published in 15th November. The movie poster presented on
cinema, newspaper, magazine, bus station and website. Warner Brother is the movie producer and it is the source of this movie. The movie of Space
Jam combines cartoon and real characters in a partially live action and a virtual animation world. Space Jam contains comedy, sports, sci–fi, animation
and icons movie elements. It mainly targets children and family; people who are animation fans, especially Looney Tunes fans; people who are
interested in cartoon and people who like sports especially in basketball or fans of Michael Jordan.
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The character's name Bugs Bunny and Michael Jordan written in white capital with bold biggest size in the poster top, shows the star of the movie
is the biggest selling point. Similarly, the date of November 15 is written in bold is other important information in the poster, remind audiences do
not miss the release time. The movie name 'Space Jam' written in a cartoony way echo the theme of animated movie, which makes the movie vivid
and will attract more audience. The subtitle 'Get ready to jam' seems to presage a bit of action elements will be added in this movie.
Michael Jordan portrays himself in this movie, and he is smiling seems enjoy being a character in this Space Jam. In the movie poster, he did not
wear his No.23 jersey, instead he wears another white jersey, and the marks on the jersey seem to have relevant with plot. All the cartoon
characters on the poster look green hand, seems they are grabbed by that green hand, dragging them from one world to another world. Sylvester
shaking hands rose to its mouth and panic; Porky pig seems very afraid and turned back to flee; Tweety looks like play on the slide with open arms
and very excited; Bugs bunny fist its left hand, and open right hand, its looks very happy and full of energy; Tasmanian devil holding his claws, seems
to be trying to scare that green hand's master; Daffy duck clenched its teeth, looks very nervous. In the poster, all the
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The War Of World War II Essay
Throughout the span of American history, there have been many culturally significant eras. Following the atrocity of World War II, Americas
economy began improving rapidly. A new decade represents another period of triumphs and tragedies, that are inevitably apart of an cultures history.
The excess of new products created lead to a significant change in americans perceptions. New technology becoming available for public
consumption helped improve the quality of families lives. From the approval of the hydrogen bomb production, to the commercialization of
Disneyland, the 1950's remains as one of the most culturally significant decades in American history. After witnessing the entire world engage in a
horrific war, America's stance of neutrality came to an end. America entered the war late, which gave the allies an great advantage over Germany, and
resulted in Nazi forces being completely surrounded and overtaken by the allies. Britain desperately needed America's assistance and since Franklin
Roosevelt knew that giving weapons directly to the allies would spark massive controversy. His solution was signing the Lend lease act on March
11th, 1941. This act would allow the US to lend ally countries such as Britain, Russia, France and China, life saving supplies. Due to the drastic amount
of weapons, such as machine guns, tanks, fighter planes, submarines, and ships, needed in such a short period of time, automotive facilities were
temporarily transformed into mass
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Product Placement
Product placement, or embedded marketing, is a form of advertisement, where branded goods or services are placed in a context usually devoid of
ads, such as movies, the story line of television shows, or news programs. The product placement is often not disclosed at the time that the good or
service is featured. Product placement became common in the 1980s.
In April 2006, Broadcasting & Cable reported, "Two thirds of advertisers employ 'branded entertainment'–product placement–with the vast majority of
that (80%) in commercial TV programming." The story, based on a survey by the Association of National Advertisers, said "Reasons for using in
–show
plugs varied from 'stronger emotional connection' to better dovetailing with relevant ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Publisher P. S. Harrison's editorials strongly reflected his feelings against product placement in films. An editorial in Harrison's Reports criticized the
collaboration between the Corona Typewriter company and First National Pictures when a Corona typewriter appeared in the film The Lost World
(1925).[15] Harrison's Reports published several incidents about Corona typewriters appearing in films of the mid–1920s.
Among the famous silent films to feature product placement was Wings (1927), the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. It contained
a plug for Hershey's chocolate.
Another early example in film occurs in Horse Feathers (1932) where Thelma Todd's character falls out of a canoe and into a river. She calls for a life
saver and Groucho Marx's character tosses her a Life Savers candy.
The film It's a Wonderful Life (1946), directed by Frank Capra, depicts a young boy with aspirations to be an explorer, displaying a prominent copy of
National Geographic.
In the film Love Happy (1949), Harpo Marx's character cavorts on a rooftop among
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283
HEY GUYS! GUYS! WE GOT TO TALK ABOUT 284! I just read it and I got a lot to talk about! Because seriously, this is quite possibly one of the
most hilarious and incompetent stories I've ever seen. Yes, Archie fans, I mean that. I knew this comic was going to be a mess after reading the
summary for this, but this is ridiculous and we got to talk about everything in this, because train wrecks like this don't happen often. This issues
fails in some of the most basic ways possible that if I didn't know better, I would swear this is a parody. Now I usually do analysis posts where I
talk about overall problems, but this is something that needs to be experienced so we are going to talk about this scene by scene to we can enjoy
this massive 5 car pileup. But before we can do that we need to talk about the first car to start this mess for a second, 283. Now I do plan to talk
about 283 in more detail as it shows a lot of the problems of this comic when it comes to pacing and structure, but it's relevant to 284 as it is a
massive setup for it. Not just that it is prepping for the following for issues, it's also an issue that sets up the punchline. The entire issue is dedicated to
Sally, Sonic and Chip detailing what their plan is. A common clichГ©... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Now it completely misses the point of doing this that instead of it trying to show the weaknesses of the characters or to show how they weren't up to
the task, this has things bad things happen because Flynn wanted bad things to happen. But that could at least be ok, it is was willing to commit to
the tragedy and kept the drama intact. This comic, on the other hand, keep doing the dumbest things to undermine its own drama. Not only in scenes
like Germal getting dragged off like a looney tune character and then dogged piled on to hold him down or the over the top tempting fate in the
beginning, but in scenes like this where it is 3 frames over from being a
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Difference Between Cartoons And Cartoons With Body Language
How cartoons with subtitles and cartoons with body language contribute towards the language?
Cartoons are a very easy way of learning language. Surveys show that a person can learn different dialects of the same language as well as different
languages very easily through cartoons. Cartoons have core vocabulary, basic grammar, and helpful pictures. Learning a foreignlanguage has become
very important in today's world. There are lots of benefits to be reaped via becoming multilingual, and therefore learning a foreign language should
be encouraged specially amongst children. Learning a foreign language from a very early age is far better because children are more receptive and
they find languages easier to pick up and understand. Simple cartoons such as Pokemon, Ben 10, Looney tunes and Power puff Girls contribute a lot
towards the learning of language by children.
A new concept of adding subtitles to many cartoons has been introduced which is a big step towards enhancing learning of language, improvement in
language and broadening the understanding of words correctly by children. Subtitled cartoons are the ones that consist of captions displayed at the
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Swat cats are an example of subtitled cartoons, which consist of subtitles below the frame. Pakistani children who are in the process of learning
English language will benefit from the subtitled cartoons. This is because of the fact that their native language is Urdu, and English serves as a
secondary language. Therefore they will need more assistance in learning a language other than their mother tongue. Here, subtitles come into play, by
defining the dialogues spoken by the characters. A child can read the subtitle and better understand the happening in the episode. Cartoons have
relatively simpler English which makes it easier for the children to comprehend the spoken
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War Movie Propaganda
The state of armed conflict between different nation or states or different groups within a nation of state. This the textbook definition of war–and
depending on the person–some can considered war as a necessity or some can considered as a hellhole which throws away human life for bitter
conquests for power and control. World War II, initiated in 1939 and ended in 1945, was perhaps the most brutal war in human history
–which resulted
over 70 million fatalities across the board. Films during the time of War America, was used as propaganda tool in order to sway many Americans to
support the state of wars–including famous animated film shorts such as Donald Duck and Looney Tunes. However, as of recent times, war movies
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A reconstruction is putting things back together–normally after a deconstruction has taken it course. For example, Captain Miller is played straight as
the "father" to his men and plays up as the "upstanding hero" of the film. None of the military commanders that appeared in the film, are portrayed as
foolish or villainous towards the protagonists. Captain Miller's group is straight out of the typical group of brothers whom get into conflicted–but
resolved after a "warming speech" by the leader (Miller) of the group. Even the bittersweet ending which killed most of the cast outside of Upham and
Reiben–honored the sacrifice of Americans soldiers–displaying the flag. The film was essentially rebuilding "war movies" as the positive light at the
end–delivering the message that despite the horrific beginning–there is something that needs to be won, or in Miller's case, if it gets him closer to
home, he'll take those
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Jerry Goldsmith Accomplishments
Jerry Goldsmith is a well–known name when it comes to the musical world. As an American composer and conductor he has composed many pieces
of music and films. His music is one of a kind it always gets your attention. I chose Jerry Goldsmith because I enjoyed some of the films he created
music for. He was one of the best in his time. Jerry was born on February 10th 1929 in Pasadena California. His original name was Jerrald King
Goldsmith and was the son of Tessa Rappaport and Morris Goldsmith. By the age of six his parents had him studying the piano and gave him lessons
by the age of thirteen with Polish Pianist Jakob Gimpel. He attended Dorsey High School. At the age of sixteen Alfred Hitchcock's suspense thriller
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He died from cancer on July 21, 2004, in Beverly Hills, California. Jerry completed his last score in 2003 for "Looney Tunes: Back in Action."
Throughout his entire career he was nominated for the Academy Award eighteen times, the Grammy Award six times, and the Golden Globe
Award four times. Goldsmith also won an Oscar for his revolutionary score for "The Omen" and he received five Emmy Awards. The few music
films I enjoy by Goldsmith is Planet of the Apes, the Star Trek series and Looney Tunes: Back in Action. In Planet of the Apes he did an amazing
job with the piano giving it much sound effects. This movie is one of the most memorable movie moments in the history of cinema because of Jerry
Goldsmith's ground breaking musical contribution. Goldsmith's musical piece focuses on the drama that the apes experienced in modern day
America, with both Zia and Cornelius getting a delicate melody all to themselves. Planet of the Apes later became a sequel. Jerry Goldsmith made
many pieces of music for the Star Trek series. He composed Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek: First Contact
with his son Joel Goldsmith, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek: Nemesis. I thought it was great that him and his son came together and created an
amazing piece. Their score to Star Trek: First Contact was amazing to me. It was a brilliant
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Advantages And Disadvantages Of Animation
INTRODUCTION
Animation is a process of creating an illusion of motion or movement or any change of shape of any object or body by means of rapid display of a
sequence of images that were different from each other. It is a process of displaying still images. In animation, processes done by frames and in 1 sec
24 frames were cut to make an image.
The meaning of animation is to convert REAL WORLD into VIRTUAL WORLD. To animate everything (non
–living thing) into virtual world. Basically
to show everything real which would not be possible in real world but it would in virtual world.
Animation starts by collecting various independent pictures and putting together to form the illusion of continuous motion.
3 STAGES IN ANIMATION SEQUENCE
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The most crucial work of dubbing, editing and addition of special effects takes place at this stage.
OVERVIEW:
To understand the concept of animation, its various modes, techniques and components. To gain a broader view about important terms related to
animation along with their advantages and disadvantages. To understand the different types of animation techniques practically used in today's world.
We come to know about the production of animated films and how these new techniques were used to develop such films. To understand the
importance of animation in computer science. To gain knowledge about editing, composing, writing, drawing, designing, modeling and lighting.
TECHNIQUES IN ANIMATION
1) TRADITIONAL ANIMATION:
Also known as Hand–Written animation. Traditional or cel animation is the most popular form of animation that involves hand drawn images. It was
followed in 20th century. The process started by deciding a story. The frames which were drawn by hand are basically photographs of drawing, first
drawn on a paper to create an illusion of movement where each frame or drawing must be different from one another. The digital scanning has replaced
the cel animation but the look is still preserved and the job of the character still remains the
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Space Jam Analysis
Movie background
Space Jam is an American comedy film in an action/animated format in which a basketball player, Michael Jordan, and the cartoon characters from the
old famous cartoon show "Looney Tunes" are featured. The movie presents an alternative scope of history of Michael Jordan's initial retirement and his
comeback. In the movie, the owner of an amusement park in outer space, Mr. Swackhammer, becomes desperate to find a new attraction to increase the
popularity of his amusement park, Moron Mountain, which then he gets the idea to bring the characters from the Looney Tunes. Therefore, he sends his
minions, the Nerdlucks, to bring them to him from the animated world "Looney Tunes Land". When they reach there, Bugs Bunny, a character in the
Looney Tunes, tricks them into a competition for the freedom of the Looney Tunes characters, in which Bugs Bunny took the advantage of their small
size and limited mobility skills to challenge them into a basketball match, where if they won they can take them to Moron Mountain. The Nerdlucks as
a result found a way to win, by stealing the talents from famous NBA players, then Bugs Bunny knew that it's too hard for them to win, therefore he
thought of getting some help from one of the best basketball players, Michael Jordan. He then goes and gets Michael Jordan, who was in a golf match
with his friends, and explains the situation they are in and Michael agrees to help them regaining their freedom. Through various training and
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Stereotypes In Animation
A valid complaint about animation that is rarely addressed is the reinforcement of gender roles and racial stereotypes. Though violence, obesity,
commercialization, and short attention spans are also legitimate complaints, the issues of race relations and gender roles create widespread effects.
This is not an issue specific to animation; it is prevalent in all forms of entertainment. Yet if we, as a culture, are to remove these issues from ourmedia,
we should be focusing on changing perceptions of the youngest members of our culture. A large issue with children's cartoons is a lack of valid
representation. (Parasecoli FIND DATE) What little representation that exists borders on stereotypes, and is catered towards white culture. This
underrepresentation is prevalent even in the advertisements of children's programs. Few commercials feature people of color, and those that do
typically retain a white child in a position of power. (Merskin 2008) The lack of representation is so great that it has spawned the term "Symbolic
annihilation." (Klien Shiffman 2009) Those who consume more media are more vulnerable to this tacit confirmation of some groups as unimportant.
(Klien Shiffman 2009) Because "Children's television exposure begins in infancy and persists throughout their lifetimes... what is learned during the
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It affects them no differently to talking about sticks, stones, people, houses, cars...they're going to listen, they're going to respect what you're saying
and they're going to move on. I've probably spoken to well over 50,000 kids in my time. Most four and five year olds are probably going to look at
you and go 'oh, that's fine.' The idea that if somebody talks to a young child that somehow that's going to make them become gay or become lesbian,
or act gay or act lesbian...there isn't a shred of empirical evidence to suggest that that's remotely true." (Qtd. In Weisz
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Essay On Black Experience
Already knowing much about this topic from previous experience and from others. It doesn't take much to know about the black experience. The
topic can either be self taught or learning from the people who we grew up with. I know many things dealing with the black experience; hate,
segregation, religion, discrimination, and white privilege. It's exceedingly important to me since it's good to take on knowledge about the past;
helping in the future, so that we don't walk in the world blindly, thinking everyone is reunited. I can relate to this topic because I am black and most
of the people around me are black so we know how it feels to be here in America where our people were disowned and still today are. This topic
keeps me engaged because of knowing more about our history helps us feel important and know that we did come something astounding.
I want to know more about the history before slavery and how it affect us today. I would like to know more about hidden racism. Knowing more about
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This an important question since it's the main reason of today's argument of race.
I've learned black people are more attentive and active about the problems in American dealing with minority issues. Who experience more racial
discrimination than white people. Less than half of whites in American feel the same way about the struggle of blacks. Some blacks believe that it will
never be change with equal right, but whites do not agree. White people throughout history have experienced abominations like slavery and
victimization. But in American history, white people have not been enslaved, colonized, or forced to segregate on the level that black people have.
This gives the aspect helps us understand the probability of change between whites and blacks.
What more information is there to get a good understanding of the black experience
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Movie Analysis : Movie Tie Essay
Ever since I could remember, I have been interested in films and film memorabilia. It didn't even have to be legit props that were used on sets of the
films either. I collect film tie–in products also. Back in 2007, I vividly remember having my mom drive me an hour away just so that I could get my
hands on a box of Krusty–O's that were a 7–11 exclusive cereal to promote The Simpsons Movie. I still have a box of important trinkets sitting on a
shelf in my room, next to my Burger King exclusive glass goblets issued in 2001 for LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring, as well as Indiana Jones and the
Crystal Skull popcorn cartons that were sold at Blockbuster in 2008. There is no perubrital movie tie–in rock I have left unturned. What draws me to
collecting movie tie in products? I don't know to be honest. But, I think it has to do with the universal appeal of the marketing. For example, when Star
Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith came out, they released custom made M&M's for the summer of 2005. Not only were the filmmakers appealing
to the already set in audience of the film (Star Wars fans) but now with making M&M's involved in the process, that opened the opportunity to market
to anyone who liked M&M's, anyone who walked inside a grocery store, as well as anyone who was a candy collector. It is the opening up of the target
audience of a product through different means, that fascinates me. It's the fact that through marketing and various partnerships with other companies, the
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Product Placement
Product placement, or embedded marketing, is a form of advertisement, where branded goods or services are placed in a context usually devoid of
ads, such as movies, the story line of television shows, or news programs. The product placement is often not disclosed at the time that the good or
service is featured. Product placement became common in the 1980s.
In April 2006, Broadcasting & Cable reported, "Two thirds of advertisers employ 'branded entertainment'–product placement–with the vast majority of
that (80%) in commercial TV programming." The story, based on a survey by the Association of National Advertisers, said "Reasons for using in
–show
plugs varied from 'stronger emotional connection' to better dovetailing with relevant content, ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
For the next film in the James Bond franchise, Tomorrow Never Dies, Sortito created a $100 million promotional campaign that included tie–ins with
BMW, Visa, L'OrГ©al, Ericsson, Heineken, Avis, and Omega SA. The film brought in more than $300 million dollars.[17]
A recent example is HBO's Sex and the City (1998–2004), where the plot revolved around, among other things, Absolut Vodka, a campaign upon
which one of the protagonists was working, and a billboard in Times Square, where a bottle prevented an image of the model from being pornographic.
Knight Rider (1982–1986), a television series featuring a talking Pontiac Trans Am, is another example ofbrand integration.
The earliest example of product placement in a computer or video game occurs in Action Biker (1984) for Skips crisps, a product by KP Snacks. Video
games, such as Crazy Taxi (1999), feature real retail stores as game destinations. However, sometimes the economics are reversed and video–game
makers pay for the rights to use real sports teams and players. Today, product placement in online video is also becoming common. Online agencies are
specializing in connecting online video producers, which are usually individuals, with brands and advertisers.
[edit] Self Promotion
Twentieth Century Fox, a subsidiary of News Corporation, has promoted its parent company's own Sky News channel through including it as a plot
device when characters are viewing news
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Five Minute Anthropology

  • 1. Five Minute Anthropology The five–minute film begins with a couple of monstrous growls. When we wonder what's lurking to chase something furry and cute, we find a hungry bunny, trapped in cage, just inched away from a big carrot. A magician, taking a break from his gig, comes inside licking his fingers, then prepares for a magic trick. After practices pulling the bunny through the top hat (the trick only works when the bunny wears a wizard cap), he holds the carrot to the staving creature, when, there's a knock on the door to cue the magician on stage. The poor bunny is left smiling, with his mouth open–wide. Bunny avenges and sets out for revenge when he removes the wizard cap, leaving the magical empty–handed before a huge audience. The starving bunny dupes him... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Battered and bruised buy the innocent looking pet, he keeps trying to please the audience, who has yet to see him pull a rabbit out of his hat. After a terrible electrocution, the magician forgets the crowd and makes his mission personal. He chases the rabbit backstage. The Rabbit continues to rupture every part of the magician's body with continuous pulls through the wizard hat. When the magician is tied to a stage rope, the rope gives, and the magician plummets toward the ground. The angry, starving, now revengeful bunny must decide to be the magician's friend or foe. This film is for anyone who loves cartoons and doesn't care about dialogue. The action, coupled with the outstand delivers a wonderful, satisfying ending, and leaves you wanting more. Presto is simple and reaches out to children and adults using simple comedic antics that's had the country laughing for decades. Though, in real life, it's dangerous, we love to see cartoon's swollen fingers in a mousetrap or somebody's hair blows back from an explosion. It's fun to see dangerous things be funny. Even to use household items would be challenging. No kid can lift a couch, or refrigerator and land it on a sibling, thank ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 2. Essay On Show Segmentation Interruption and segmentation between TV segments became the most commonly used principles. The commercials presented on television are by no means only sakes of being there, but create the "flow" of keeping the viewers in attention to the program. Looking back all the way to 2003, the way this "flow" is structured is still being used today. In November 6th, 2003, a new episode of NBC's "Friends," titled "The One with Ross's Grant" was shown from its tenth and final season. How did such show last for a very long time? Segmentation and interruption should be taken into this success, especially in terms of the ways the writers were able to keep the audience interested in the plots and subplots. With the right flow between the show's timing of the placement in plot in each segments and the consistent tone of the commercials that are being shared with the "Friends" program, NBC's flow of reinforcing ideas such as identity and consumerism helps keep track of the specific adult demographic and also connect with the audience. The first pair of commercials before the "Friends" program is not necessarily interrupting the program in any way, but still helps prepare the audience to get ready. Although it is... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The rest of the two minutes may seem minimal, but can be frustrating due to the amount of the ads rather than the length of the ads in total. Each ad is demonstrated in a way that connects with the specific adult demographic of "Friends," and that each of them has a subject on its own, such as health, entertainment, technology, and serious issues. The ads and the show are not just in their positions randomly, but they are there to keep the audience updated in what's going on in the nation and even the world today. Ultimately, the timing and the tone between the commercials and the program are what keep the flow in consistent, that it allows the audience to explore more ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 3. Disney And The Visual Development Process Of Walt Disney The year was 1934. And in the hot month of July, a small article in Los Angeles Times announced the start of Walt Disney's first feature–length animation. Fast forward to Mr. Disney in New York publicly speaking of his aim to produce this animation. They had plans worked out for a feature–length cartoon "but had been unable to find response from United Artists executives," reported Film Daily. His family tried to talk Disney out of making this ambitious animation. This was an expensive dream of his that would soon be nicknamed "Disney's Folly." But in fact, it was the complete opposite and is what lead to the visual development process that so many people use today. There were so many development fundamentals that were birthed from the creation of "Snow White." For instance, the formal "layout man" would normally just draw the backgrounds that the animated characters would come to life on. But now they were expected to draw all the characters over and over in different positions which closely resembled an animator's action sketch, and were some of the early examples to visual development in pre production. Another thing that was changed for the development process, and very well could be one of the most important things in the visual technique, was the transformation of the model sheet. They were normally really simple and only contained just a series of poses for the character. But with the complexity of characters and animation, also came the complexity of these sheets. Don Graham led internal training and orientation classes at Disney, and he placed a lot of emphasis on weight distribution, psychological motivation, and anticipation. And because of this, these sheets became crucial to the process. It's what led them to make the Evil Queen still look recognizable even in her witch form. And also helped them pull off the Evil Queen being beautiful, but still menacing. On the other side of the spectrum, the creation of "Mr. Bug Goes to Town" by the Fleischer Studios was an example of what not to do in visual development. They put too much time and energy in the designs of the feature that they didn't spend much time in character development. Making it a beautiful, but shallow movie. With World War II came Bugs ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 4. American Tv Downfall Downfall of American TV According to Stevie Hossler, "Too many children are watching too much television and the shows that they are watching (even if they are cartoons) have become violent and addictive." (ethos) Prime time animated cartoons give young children a false sense of what real life is about. Unless networks are willing to readdress their social responsibilities as providers of entertainment for young society, television should boycott these types of shows. Television channels that used to show good family values like "Full House" or "Parenthood", networks now have replaced them with shows like "The Simpsons", "Family Guy", and "American Dad". Cartoons on television glorify violence, influence children to have no respect for ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... ("Are My Kids' Favorite Cartoons Too Political?")(pathos) Prime time animated cartoons tend to glorify violence and teach children that it is more of a game than it is serious. According to Mark Joseph Stern, "When California tried to ban the sale of violent video games to minors, the Supreme Court mocked its efforts, noting that old Looney Tunes cartoons provoked the same tendency toward violence in children as a Grand Theft Auto–style bloodbath." (Stern)(ethos) For instance, in "The Simpsons", when Bart and Lisa watch "Itchy and Scratchy", Scratchy always dies and Bart and Lisa laugh, which results in teaching kids that manslaughter is alright. Cartoons these days are desensitizing kids towards violence. Researchers have proven that, "Today's animation and games are so realistic it can be hard for kids to tell the difference between 'pretend' violence and live action, making some animation just as disturbing as the real thing." ("Does Cartoon Violence Make Kids More Aggressive?")(ethos) Take "Tom and Jerry" for instance, this animated cartoon is designed for five year olds. "Tom and Jerry" was reviewed as three out of five stars for violence and scariness, as well as two out of five stars for drinking, drugs, and smoking from Common Sense Media. (Sheppard)(logos) Although these shows are remembered as 'classic', there is no educational value behind ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 5. Essay Television Violence Television Violence Violence is one of the most primary and controversial issues in today's society. And true that violence is on the rise. A major concern for many parents is the violence within television shows and movies, and the effect on children's aggression. I particularly do not believe that violence in television affects children's aggression, but who am I to say such a thing, for I am not a qualified psychologist. But I have many reasons for my accusation and references to back it up. Now television plays a major role in today's society, and it occupies almost every home in the United States. Parents have such a big concern for the children watching television, but children throughout the U.S watch an average of twenty ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Cartoons play the majority of the role. They have been around for centuries. So why make such a big deal about them now? Are the cartoons in earlier years any different from newer cartoons? Yes I agree, but there is a purpose. The Monaco 2 newer cartoons attract the newer generation. If parents say that cartoons now are more violent than those of earlier years than why are there so many, and so many different ratings accompanied with the beginning of every show. What about "Bugs Bunny" and "Daffy Duck" with "Elmer Fudd ," and how many fights and hunting scenes there was. What about "Road Runner" and how many times "Wylie Coyote" tried to kill him. All these cartoons amused many children in earlier years and present years. So why start complaining now? Can parents not control their children? Maybe parents should pay more close attention to what their children watch, instead of making excuses and blaming others for practically their own decisions. Because it was their decision to have children, right? Like all children's shows and movies, it let's the mind run free, and also let's the children be imaginative within their own realm of mind. So let's not take these away, and just try to limit what they watch. Let us rate these shows and movies. Oh yeah, the government did that. But yet parents still let children watch the movies and shows that they did not want to watch in the first place. Is there something wrong here? Parents complain, laws are passed to limit what ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 6. the beach Essays The beach 1.     people – Richard: a british traveller, who comes to Bangkok and gets a map to a secret hidden beach. He has seen every movie about Vietnam, and he sometimes believes being there. He also is addicted to video games. – Daffy Duck: the man who gives Rich the map; he had been on the beach before and had left it for some reason. After his death, he often appears in Richs daydreams. He always speaks about Vietnam, and he knows everything before it happens.– Etienne and FranГ§oise: a french couple that Rich meets in Bangkok. He shows them the map, and together they go to the beach. – Zeph and Sammy: two Americans who are given a map of the beach by Rich. – Sal and Bugs: Sal's the leader of the... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... There, Jed buys the rice while Rich is hanging around. When they meet again to take the rice back to the beach, Jed tells Rich that he heard two Americans talking to some german people about a map to the beach, and that they were using Richs name. Rich is alarmed: this must be Zeph and Sammy! Some days later, Sal asks Rich to join Jed on his journeys on the island, because there are some other people on the next island. Luckily, she doesn't know that Rich knows them. So Rich doesn't see his other friends anymore, because he is always out on the island, and he becomes very lonely. Jed and he start to play games, they pretend being in Vietnam while they are watching the people on the other island. One day, as they get back to the camp, everything is in a mess because Keaty had catched a dead squid and they had all eaten of it. In the camp, there had also been an argument between Bugs and Keaty. Bugs had hit Keaty, and the others had taken the part for one of them, so the camp is now divided in two parts. At the same time, the people on the other island are coming over to the beach island on a raft they had built. Jed is looking after the sick people in the camp, and Rich has to watch what's going on with the rafters. So, from now on, he's out alone all day, smoking grass and talking to his imaginary friend mister Duck. Sal, who is worried about the troubles in the camp, talks to them about the Tet festival, which marks ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 7. Essay on Aston Business IMC module---Space Jam Poster... 1. Context This is a movie poster named Space Jam and it was released in 1996. The film was published in 15th November. The movie poster presented on cinema, newspaper, magazine, bus station and website. Warner Brother is the movie producer and it is the source of this movie. The movie of Space Jam combines cartoon and real characters in a partially live action and a virtual animation world. Space Jam contains comedy, sports, sci–fi, animation and icons movie elements. It mainly targets children and family; people who are animation fans, especially Looney Tunes fans; people who are interested in cartoon and people who like sports especially in basketball or fans of Michael Jordan. The purpose of the movie poster plays a ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The character's name Bugs Bunny and Michael Jordan written in white capital with bold biggest size in the poster top, shows the star of the movie is the biggest selling point. Similarly, the date of November 15 is written in bold is other important information in the poster, remind audiences do not miss the release time. The movie name 'Space Jam' written in a cartoony way echo the theme of animated movie, which makes the movie vivid and will attract more audience. The subtitle 'Get ready to jam' seems to presage a bit of action elements will be added in this movie. Michael Jordan portrays himself in this movie, and he is smiling seems enjoy being a character in this Space Jam. In the movie poster, he did not wear his No.23 jersey, instead he wears another white jersey, and the marks on the jersey seem to have relevant with plot. All the cartoon characters on the poster look green hand, seems they are grabbed by that green hand, dragging them from one world to another world. Sylvester shaking hands rose to its mouth and panic; Porky pig seems very afraid and turned back to flee; Tweety looks like play on the slide with open arms and very excited; Bugs bunny fist its left hand, and open right hand, its looks very happy and full of energy; Tasmanian devil holding his claws, seems to be trying to scare that green hand's master; Daffy duck clenched its teeth, looks very nervous. In the poster, all the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 8. The War Of World War II Essay Throughout the span of American history, there have been many culturally significant eras. Following the atrocity of World War II, Americas economy began improving rapidly. A new decade represents another period of triumphs and tragedies, that are inevitably apart of an cultures history. The excess of new products created lead to a significant change in americans perceptions. New technology becoming available for public consumption helped improve the quality of families lives. From the approval of the hydrogen bomb production, to the commercialization of Disneyland, the 1950's remains as one of the most culturally significant decades in American history. After witnessing the entire world engage in a horrific war, America's stance of neutrality came to an end. America entered the war late, which gave the allies an great advantage over Germany, and resulted in Nazi forces being completely surrounded and overtaken by the allies. Britain desperately needed America's assistance and since Franklin Roosevelt knew that giving weapons directly to the allies would spark massive controversy. His solution was signing the Lend lease act on March 11th, 1941. This act would allow the US to lend ally countries such as Britain, Russia, France and China, life saving supplies. Due to the drastic amount of weapons, such as machine guns, tanks, fighter planes, submarines, and ships, needed in such a short period of time, automotive facilities were temporarily transformed into mass ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 9. Product Placement Product placement, or embedded marketing, is a form of advertisement, where branded goods or services are placed in a context usually devoid of ads, such as movies, the story line of television shows, or news programs. The product placement is often not disclosed at the time that the good or service is featured. Product placement became common in the 1980s. In April 2006, Broadcasting & Cable reported, "Two thirds of advertisers employ 'branded entertainment'–product placement–with the vast majority of that (80%) in commercial TV programming." The story, based on a survey by the Association of National Advertisers, said "Reasons for using in –show plugs varied from 'stronger emotional connection' to better dovetailing with relevant ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Publisher P. S. Harrison's editorials strongly reflected his feelings against product placement in films. An editorial in Harrison's Reports criticized the collaboration between the Corona Typewriter company and First National Pictures when a Corona typewriter appeared in the film The Lost World (1925).[15] Harrison's Reports published several incidents about Corona typewriters appearing in films of the mid–1920s. Among the famous silent films to feature product placement was Wings (1927), the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. It contained a plug for Hershey's chocolate. Another early example in film occurs in Horse Feathers (1932) where Thelma Todd's character falls out of a canoe and into a river. She calls for a life saver and Groucho Marx's character tosses her a Life Savers candy. The film It's a Wonderful Life (1946), directed by Frank Capra, depicts a young boy with aspirations to be an explorer, displaying a prominent copy of National Geographic. In the film Love Happy (1949), Harpo Marx's character cavorts on a rooftop among ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 10. 283 HEY GUYS! GUYS! WE GOT TO TALK ABOUT 284! I just read it and I got a lot to talk about! Because seriously, this is quite possibly one of the most hilarious and incompetent stories I've ever seen. Yes, Archie fans, I mean that. I knew this comic was going to be a mess after reading the summary for this, but this is ridiculous and we got to talk about everything in this, because train wrecks like this don't happen often. This issues fails in some of the most basic ways possible that if I didn't know better, I would swear this is a parody. Now I usually do analysis posts where I talk about overall problems, but this is something that needs to be experienced so we are going to talk about this scene by scene to we can enjoy this massive 5 car pileup. But before we can do that we need to talk about the first car to start this mess for a second, 283. Now I do plan to talk about 283 in more detail as it shows a lot of the problems of this comic when it comes to pacing and structure, but it's relevant to 284 as it is a massive setup for it. Not just that it is prepping for the following for issues, it's also an issue that sets up the punchline. The entire issue is dedicated to Sally, Sonic and Chip detailing what their plan is. A common clichГ©... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Now it completely misses the point of doing this that instead of it trying to show the weaknesses of the characters or to show how they weren't up to the task, this has things bad things happen because Flynn wanted bad things to happen. But that could at least be ok, it is was willing to commit to the tragedy and kept the drama intact. This comic, on the other hand, keep doing the dumbest things to undermine its own drama. Not only in scenes like Germal getting dragged off like a looney tune character and then dogged piled on to hold him down or the over the top tempting fate in the beginning, but in scenes like this where it is 3 frames over from being a ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 11. Difference Between Cartoons And Cartoons With Body Language How cartoons with subtitles and cartoons with body language contribute towards the language? Cartoons are a very easy way of learning language. Surveys show that a person can learn different dialects of the same language as well as different languages very easily through cartoons. Cartoons have core vocabulary, basic grammar, and helpful pictures. Learning a foreignlanguage has become very important in today's world. There are lots of benefits to be reaped via becoming multilingual, and therefore learning a foreign language should be encouraged specially amongst children. Learning a foreign language from a very early age is far better because children are more receptive and they find languages easier to pick up and understand. Simple cartoons such as Pokemon, Ben 10, Looney tunes and Power puff Girls contribute a lot towards the learning of language by children. A new concept of adding subtitles to many cartoons has been introduced which is a big step towards enhancing learning of language, improvement in language and broadening the understanding of words correctly by children. Subtitled cartoons are the ones that consist of captions displayed at the bottom of the animation which ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Swat cats are an example of subtitled cartoons, which consist of subtitles below the frame. Pakistani children who are in the process of learning English language will benefit from the subtitled cartoons. This is because of the fact that their native language is Urdu, and English serves as a secondary language. Therefore they will need more assistance in learning a language other than their mother tongue. Here, subtitles come into play, by defining the dialogues spoken by the characters. A child can read the subtitle and better understand the happening in the episode. Cartoons have relatively simpler English which makes it easier for the children to comprehend the spoken ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 12. War Movie Propaganda The state of armed conflict between different nation or states or different groups within a nation of state. This the textbook definition of war–and depending on the person–some can considered war as a necessity or some can considered as a hellhole which throws away human life for bitter conquests for power and control. World War II, initiated in 1939 and ended in 1945, was perhaps the most brutal war in human history –which resulted over 70 million fatalities across the board. Films during the time of War America, was used as propaganda tool in order to sway many Americans to support the state of wars–including famous animated film shorts such as Donald Duck and Looney Tunes. However, as of recent times, war movies have changed course in... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... A reconstruction is putting things back together–normally after a deconstruction has taken it course. For example, Captain Miller is played straight as the "father" to his men and plays up as the "upstanding hero" of the film. None of the military commanders that appeared in the film, are portrayed as foolish or villainous towards the protagonists. Captain Miller's group is straight out of the typical group of brothers whom get into conflicted–but resolved after a "warming speech" by the leader (Miller) of the group. Even the bittersweet ending which killed most of the cast outside of Upham and Reiben–honored the sacrifice of Americans soldiers–displaying the flag. The film was essentially rebuilding "war movies" as the positive light at the end–delivering the message that despite the horrific beginning–there is something that needs to be won, or in Miller's case, if it gets him closer to home, he'll take those ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 13. Jerry Goldsmith Accomplishments Jerry Goldsmith is a well–known name when it comes to the musical world. As an American composer and conductor he has composed many pieces of music and films. His music is one of a kind it always gets your attention. I chose Jerry Goldsmith because I enjoyed some of the films he created music for. He was one of the best in his time. Jerry was born on February 10th 1929 in Pasadena California. His original name was Jerrald King Goldsmith and was the son of Tessa Rappaport and Morris Goldsmith. By the age of six his parents had him studying the piano and gave him lessons by the age of thirteen with Polish Pianist Jakob Gimpel. He attended Dorsey High School. At the age of sixteen Alfred Hitchcock's suspense thriller Spellbound and Rosa's eerie... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... He died from cancer on July 21, 2004, in Beverly Hills, California. Jerry completed his last score in 2003 for "Looney Tunes: Back in Action." Throughout his entire career he was nominated for the Academy Award eighteen times, the Grammy Award six times, and the Golden Globe Award four times. Goldsmith also won an Oscar for his revolutionary score for "The Omen" and he received five Emmy Awards. The few music films I enjoy by Goldsmith is Planet of the Apes, the Star Trek series and Looney Tunes: Back in Action. In Planet of the Apes he did an amazing job with the piano giving it much sound effects. This movie is one of the most memorable movie moments in the history of cinema because of Jerry Goldsmith's ground breaking musical contribution. Goldsmith's musical piece focuses on the drama that the apes experienced in modern day America, with both Zia and Cornelius getting a delicate melody all to themselves. Planet of the Apes later became a sequel. Jerry Goldsmith made many pieces of music for the Star Trek series. He composed Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek: First Contact with his son Joel Goldsmith, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek: Nemesis. I thought it was great that him and his son came together and created an amazing piece. Their score to Star Trek: First Contact was amazing to me. It was a brilliant ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 14. Advantages And Disadvantages Of Animation INTRODUCTION Animation is a process of creating an illusion of motion or movement or any change of shape of any object or body by means of rapid display of a sequence of images that were different from each other. It is a process of displaying still images. In animation, processes done by frames and in 1 sec 24 frames were cut to make an image. The meaning of animation is to convert REAL WORLD into VIRTUAL WORLD. To animate everything (non –living thing) into virtual world. Basically to show everything real which would not be possible in real world but it would in virtual world. Animation starts by collecting various independent pictures and putting together to form the illusion of continuous motion. 3 STAGES IN ANIMATION SEQUENCE 1) PRE–PRODUCTION ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The most crucial work of dubbing, editing and addition of special effects takes place at this stage. OVERVIEW: To understand the concept of animation, its various modes, techniques and components. To gain a broader view about important terms related to animation along with their advantages and disadvantages. To understand the different types of animation techniques practically used in today's world. We come to know about the production of animated films and how these new techniques were used to develop such films. To understand the importance of animation in computer science. To gain knowledge about editing, composing, writing, drawing, designing, modeling and lighting. TECHNIQUES IN ANIMATION 1) TRADITIONAL ANIMATION: Also known as Hand–Written animation. Traditional or cel animation is the most popular form of animation that involves hand drawn images. It was followed in 20th century. The process started by deciding a story. The frames which were drawn by hand are basically photographs of drawing, first drawn on a paper to create an illusion of movement where each frame or drawing must be different from one another. The digital scanning has replaced the cel animation but the look is still preserved and the job of the character still remains the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 15. Space Jam Analysis Movie background Space Jam is an American comedy film in an action/animated format in which a basketball player, Michael Jordan, and the cartoon characters from the old famous cartoon show "Looney Tunes" are featured. The movie presents an alternative scope of history of Michael Jordan's initial retirement and his comeback. In the movie, the owner of an amusement park in outer space, Mr. Swackhammer, becomes desperate to find a new attraction to increase the popularity of his amusement park, Moron Mountain, which then he gets the idea to bring the characters from the Looney Tunes. Therefore, he sends his minions, the Nerdlucks, to bring them to him from the animated world "Looney Tunes Land". When they reach there, Bugs Bunny, a character in the Looney Tunes, tricks them into a competition for the freedom of the Looney Tunes characters, in which Bugs Bunny took the advantage of their small size and limited mobility skills to challenge them into a basketball match, where if they won they can take them to Moron Mountain. The Nerdlucks as a result found a way to win, by stealing the talents from famous NBA players, then Bugs Bunny knew that it's too hard for them to win, therefore he thought of getting some help from one of the best basketball players, Michael Jordan. He then goes and gets Michael Jordan, who was in a golf match with his friends, and explains the situation they are in and Michael agrees to help them regaining their freedom. Through various training and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 16. Stereotypes In Animation A valid complaint about animation that is rarely addressed is the reinforcement of gender roles and racial stereotypes. Though violence, obesity, commercialization, and short attention spans are also legitimate complaints, the issues of race relations and gender roles create widespread effects. This is not an issue specific to animation; it is prevalent in all forms of entertainment. Yet if we, as a culture, are to remove these issues from ourmedia, we should be focusing on changing perceptions of the youngest members of our culture. A large issue with children's cartoons is a lack of valid representation. (Parasecoli FIND DATE) What little representation that exists borders on stereotypes, and is catered towards white culture. This underrepresentation is prevalent even in the advertisements of children's programs. Few commercials feature people of color, and those that do typically retain a white child in a position of power. (Merskin 2008) The lack of representation is so great that it has spawned the term "Symbolic annihilation." (Klien Shiffman 2009) Those who consume more media are more vulnerable to this tacit confirmation of some groups as unimportant. (Klien Shiffman 2009) Because "Children's television exposure begins in infancy and persists throughout their lifetimes... what is learned during the early years is critical." ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... It affects them no differently to talking about sticks, stones, people, houses, cars...they're going to listen, they're going to respect what you're saying and they're going to move on. I've probably spoken to well over 50,000 kids in my time. Most four and five year olds are probably going to look at you and go 'oh, that's fine.' The idea that if somebody talks to a young child that somehow that's going to make them become gay or become lesbian, or act gay or act lesbian...there isn't a shred of empirical evidence to suggest that that's remotely true." (Qtd. In Weisz ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 17. Essay On Black Experience Already knowing much about this topic from previous experience and from others. It doesn't take much to know about the black experience. The topic can either be self taught or learning from the people who we grew up with. I know many things dealing with the black experience; hate, segregation, religion, discrimination, and white privilege. It's exceedingly important to me since it's good to take on knowledge about the past; helping in the future, so that we don't walk in the world blindly, thinking everyone is reunited. I can relate to this topic because I am black and most of the people around me are black so we know how it feels to be here in America where our people were disowned and still today are. This topic keeps me engaged because of knowing more about our history helps us feel important and know that we did come something astounding. I want to know more about the history before slavery and how it affect us today. I would like to know more about hidden racism. Knowing more about white privilege can help also to prove that it stills exist, ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... This an important question since it's the main reason of today's argument of race. I've learned black people are more attentive and active about the problems in American dealing with minority issues. Who experience more racial discrimination than white people. Less than half of whites in American feel the same way about the struggle of blacks. Some blacks believe that it will never be change with equal right, but whites do not agree. White people throughout history have experienced abominations like slavery and victimization. But in American history, white people have not been enslaved, colonized, or forced to segregate on the level that black people have. This gives the aspect helps us understand the probability of change between whites and blacks. What more information is there to get a good understanding of the black experience ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 18. Movie Analysis : Movie Tie Essay Ever since I could remember, I have been interested in films and film memorabilia. It didn't even have to be legit props that were used on sets of the films either. I collect film tie–in products also. Back in 2007, I vividly remember having my mom drive me an hour away just so that I could get my hands on a box of Krusty–O's that were a 7–11 exclusive cereal to promote The Simpsons Movie. I still have a box of important trinkets sitting on a shelf in my room, next to my Burger King exclusive glass goblets issued in 2001 for LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring, as well as Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull popcorn cartons that were sold at Blockbuster in 2008. There is no perubrital movie tie–in rock I have left unturned. What draws me to collecting movie tie in products? I don't know to be honest. But, I think it has to do with the universal appeal of the marketing. For example, when Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith came out, they released custom made M&M's for the summer of 2005. Not only were the filmmakers appealing to the already set in audience of the film (Star Wars fans) but now with making M&M's involved in the process, that opened the opportunity to market to anyone who liked M&M's, anyone who walked inside a grocery store, as well as anyone who was a candy collector. It is the opening up of the target audience of a product through different means, that fascinates me. It's the fact that through marketing and various partnerships with other companies, the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 19. Product Placement Product placement, or embedded marketing, is a form of advertisement, where branded goods or services are placed in a context usually devoid of ads, such as movies, the story line of television shows, or news programs. The product placement is often not disclosed at the time that the good or service is featured. Product placement became common in the 1980s. In April 2006, Broadcasting & Cable reported, "Two thirds of advertisers employ 'branded entertainment'–product placement–with the vast majority of that (80%) in commercial TV programming." The story, based on a survey by the Association of National Advertisers, said "Reasons for using in –show plugs varied from 'stronger emotional connection' to better dovetailing with relevant content, ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... For the next film in the James Bond franchise, Tomorrow Never Dies, Sortito created a $100 million promotional campaign that included tie–ins with BMW, Visa, L'OrГ©al, Ericsson, Heineken, Avis, and Omega SA. The film brought in more than $300 million dollars.[17] A recent example is HBO's Sex and the City (1998–2004), where the plot revolved around, among other things, Absolut Vodka, a campaign upon which one of the protagonists was working, and a billboard in Times Square, where a bottle prevented an image of the model from being pornographic. Knight Rider (1982–1986), a television series featuring a talking Pontiac Trans Am, is another example ofbrand integration. The earliest example of product placement in a computer or video game occurs in Action Biker (1984) for Skips crisps, a product by KP Snacks. Video games, such as Crazy Taxi (1999), feature real retail stores as game destinations. However, sometimes the economics are reversed and video–game makers pay for the rights to use real sports teams and players. Today, product placement in online video is also becoming common. Online agencies are specializing in connecting online video producers, which are usually individuals, with brands and advertisers. [edit] Self Promotion Twentieth Century Fox, a subsidiary of News Corporation, has promoted its parent company's own Sky News channel through including it as a plot device when characters are viewing news ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...