Sprucin' Up Essays

  • Comparing Coca-Cola 'And It's The Real Thing'

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    In Herbert’s and Seaver’s letters (1970), Herbert writes to Seaver discussing Seaver’s commercial use of the line “It’s the Real Thing” for Mr. Haskin’s book without “consent” from the Coca-Cola company: Seaver’s letter is a reply discussing the misunderstanding for the line. The speaker of both letters utilizes a different approach to explain to each other their justification of Coca-Cola’s ownership for the line and commercial use of it. Herbert’s letter contains a condescending and arrogant tone;

  • Thousand Words

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    she’s been quite lonely without him, other than cross-country. So a few nights before school starts again, Ashleigh partied at her best friend Vonnie’s house, who is known for throwing the biggest and baddest parties. With the music up, and the red solo cups filled up to the rim, everyone there let go and just enjoyed lounging around on the patio deck or the pool. Rachael, one of Vonnie’s friend, who Ashleigh can’t stand, suggests that if Kaleb isn’t going to make it to the party, why not send him

  • American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendes

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    he really is, apprehens... ... middle of paper ... ...her perfections and criticisms of others. The camera also focuses on Carolyn as she has a break with reality when faced with failure. The scene, in which she cannot sell a house, has a close up of her abusing herself by screaming, crying and the slapping herself back into her altered reality. Although Carolyn appears to be socially savvy, she is often shot alone struggling to be the success she has created in her mind. “American Beauty” has

  • Hacked

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    pile of dust. It was so unusual seeing squat, dumpy buildings* anymore. The towering skyscrapers near my home were plentiful, and, according to our government, they utilized our available land better. At our council meetings, they always told us "Build up, not out." It made sense too. After all, since the Losing War, many of the previously luxurious cities had been annihilated and the landscape was deemed radioactive. Our arable land had been reduced to half its original size. I leapt over a pile of

  • Gilbert Grape Film Analysis Essay

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    times of distress and panic. One example of this is when Gilbert wakes up with Becky in the field and he realizes he needs to go home and fix the damage that he has done to his family. Another example of this technique is when Mama Grape dies and Arnie finds her. She is shot at an oblique angle, which emulates the distress that Arnie then feels for the loss of his mother. One other varying technique is when he shows Arnie up in the tree. He is shot from below, putting him in somewhat of a power position

  • The End of Chunking Express

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    of California that Faye previously gave him, the camera shows a close up of the map. This close up reveals that the Cop has kept the map thinking about Faye, which makes Faye feel touched and respond to him. The camera takes high angles at the Cop’s perspective and then low angles at Faye’s stand. These shots make audiences view Faye to be shy and cute and focus on Cop’s gaze toward Faye with love. The scene ends with a close up of the audio, which played the theme song, California dreaming, at their

  • Critical Analysis Of Hands Across The Sea

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    Piggie did apologize, but the audience never knew who she was apologizing to, she got interrupted rudely by Clare shushing her and Bogey telling her to shut up because, he was still conversing on the telephone; “PIGGIE: I am so sorry — CLARE: Shhhh! BOGEY: Shut up, I can 't hear —“ (Coward). That kind of manner from both Clare and Bogey is not something that should be done in front of the guests, but to actually say something so rude like that to the home owner

  • Cinema Movement Essay

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    movies 99). This example from our books shows how by changing the angle of the shot it can mean two completely different things. The filmmaker can also use movement to distort the image speeding it up and slowing it down. Adding to the tension or suspense of the scene or for comedic purposes. Speeding up the movements of a character in a comedy makes his movements seem unnatural machine like and unnatural.(understanding movies 129). There are so many ways that movement can be used to add to

  • Senor Love Dadd Film Analysis

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    The first scene begins with a close up shot of Senor Love Daddy 's mouth, the top of a microphone, and an alarm clock. The alarm clock, being used as a prop, is making a very loud, annoying, ringing sound. This is done in order to get the viewers attention to the problem of racism. After the ringing stops, we start reframing in, and zooming out slowly, seeing more of Senor Love Daddy and the microphone. There is hard lighting present in the scene. The entire shot has a reddish color to

  • Andy Warhol: The Leader Of The Pop Art Movement

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    Andy Warhol, born as Andrew Warhola, is famously known as the leader of the pop art movement back in the 1950’s. One of Warhol’s most famous prints is Campbell’s Soup Cans consists of thirty two canvases lined up in a row of eight and columns of four; another of artwork of Warhol similar to this is Green Coca-Cola Bottles which consisted of 210 Coca-Cola bottles. Many of Warhol’s artwork consisted of a subject repeated and cloned multiple times. Many would say it was because Warhol was raised during

  • Introduction To The Company: An Introduction Of The Coca Cola Company

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    INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPANY The Coca-Cola firm is an American multinational beverage business and industrialist, retailer and dealer of non-alcoholic beverage syrups, whose headquarter is in Atlanta, Georgia having more than 550 brands of the world's largest supplier of soft drinks. Beside with Coca-Cola, known as the world's most valuable product, the firm markets four of the world's top five non-alcoholic glittering products including Diet Coke, Fanta and Sprite, and other beverages, including

  • The Body

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    the food. when they fliped they got a goocher which vern says is bad luck, so they flip again ang Gordie looses. Gordie goes to the store to get the food and he gets in a fight with the clerk about being gipped on the money because when Gordie add it up it came out to be less then what the clerk said. When Gordie came back to the dump he couldn't find the guys and he noticed that the owner of the junkyard was here because his car was here. So he tried to make a run to the opposite side of the junk

  • Contrasting Themes in David Lynch's Film, Blue Velvet

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    Contrasting Themes in “Blue Velvet” The subconscious psyche is one of the most fascinating and almost completely inexplicable aspects of human behavior. Even more intriguing than merely the subconscious is the notion of a darker, more repressed side that many individuals refuse to acknowledge exists within them. In David Lynch’s film “Blue Velvet,” the director attempts to explore the psyche of a young man named Jeffrey Beaumont, most notably the clash between his darker side and “good” side

  • Reaching For Dreams - A Ballet

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    drawn out diary. Amazingly this book was difficult for me to put down because I became so enthralled by the process of putting on a ballet. At the beginning of this book the author describes the dancers coming in on a rainy Monday morning to begin warm-ups and rehearsal. This of course is the beginning of their voyage to opening night. The dancers taking part in this production were from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. The ballet that they plan to perform in seven weeks is called “Speeds.” The

  • Dramatic Devices in Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

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    Dramatic Devices in Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof "Williams instinctively understands the loneliness of a human being - his or her constant and desperate attempt that is to escape the reality that is there loneliness and their subsequent failure to do so". Williams portrays this loneliness to an audience through the spatial distances on stage between characters, which is suggested in the stage direction. "Margaret is alone". It is also emphasised through symbolism and the dialogue between

  • An Assessment of the 1992 Film Of Mice and Men

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    difference in physical appearance John Steinbeck stresses the similarities of dress "Both were dressed in denim. Both wore black, shapeless hats and both carried tight blanket rolls", this suggests that Lennie maybe trying to copy George as he looks up to him and wants to be like him, as also imitates George actions at the river bank. In the following pages George and Lennie's conversation and behaviour helps the reader learn that the two are migrant ranch workers, on their way to one job to

  • Risks Involved in the Game of Netball

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    take part with the right attitude. Netball is a fast, exiting team sport. It is played in many countries throughout the world. It is an easy game to pay, but at a higher level becomes very tactical game that needs great skill. Warm up/Cool down Warming up before playing Netball is vitally important, you need to prepare your body for exercise. You need to stretch thoroughly from your neck down to ankles, as all the muscles off the body may be used throughout the period of the game or training

  • Witness film close study

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    force after the murder of an undercover officer. The use of suspenseful non-diegetic music and an extreme close up shot of Samuel's eye as the witness to a murder, implies that danger is heading towards him. Weir effectively applies a long shot of Samuel staring blanking with suspenseful music to portray Samuel as in a position of no power and in danger. The slow motion of the close up and zooming in onto the killer and Book’s realisation of the corruption exposed by lowering Samuel’s hand, can be

  • Theory Of Montage

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    There is a disconnection within this scene, as the mother runs up toward her son in the direction toward the soldiers the shot cut and she changes direction now walking down to pick up her son. The second example of this montage is the sequence of the baby carridge is the close up shot of the Cossacks guns being fired, to the close up of the mothers face showing the viewers she has been shot which are juxtaposed against the close up of the wheels of the pram. The juxtapostion of these 3 scenes

  • Accidents Happen

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    “It’s getting dark, oh my god, what if someone sees us, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, what if we’re late and mum reports me missing, you know how …” “SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP! JUST LET ME THINK!” he snaps rubbing the red mark on his neck, staring long and hard at the body between his legs, as though if he were to stare hard enough it’ll get straight back and ask about his day. It got darker earlier than usual and the temperature began to drop exceedingly fast considering it’s the middle of the