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'Twelve O'Clock High', 2006.
A review of the classic World War II movie from 1949, 'Twelve O'Clock High' by Darryl F. Zanuck.
1,615 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 52.95
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This paper takes a look at the film 'Twelve O'Clock High' by Darryl F. Zanuck. The paper discusses this film as one that depicts different leadership styles and management theories. The paper further discusses how the film, through its lead character of General Frank Savage, played by Gregory Peck, accurately shows how a transformational character can be a dynamic force on those around him.
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"Due to his ineffective leadership style, Davenport is removed from command of the 918th group and replaced by General Savage. Savage is Davenport's antithesis when it comes to leadership. The two officers are friends, yet Savage sees the weaknesses of the other's style and consciously makes the decision to be a different kind of leader. As Savage arrives on the base, he immediately makes it known to all that there is a new authority figure in command. Savage witnesses the sloppy discipline of the group in several ways in his first few minutes on base. The MP at the gate waves him through without checking his identification, a sergeant is out of uniform, and, even worse, officers are drunk and scattered. The base is in drastic need of a transformational leader which it gets in Savage. However, it is the process of establishing himself as that leader which proves to be challenging for Savage."
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'The Rainmaker', 2006.
A discussion regarding Francis Ford Coppola's film adaptation of the best selling novel 'The Rainmaker' by John Grisham.
1,450 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 48.95
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A review of Francis Ford Coppola's film adaptation of the best selling novel by John Grisham, 'The Rainmaker'. The paper discusses how the film explores several legal and ethical issues primarily associated with the evils of a huge and uncaring insurance company.
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"Baylor even comments to Shifflet early in the film about the lack of ethics and loss of dignity that he is experiencing by drumming up business in hospitals from people injured in accidents. Another scene from the hospital continues the commentary on lawyers and their ethics. Baylor meets and hopes to represent a young woman, Kelly Riker, who has been beaten by her husband. As he tries to make her acquaintance and ingratiate himself as a lawyer, she challenges him by reminding him of the types of cases that lawyers sometimes take such as defending murderers, rapist, and child molesters. Baylor pauses a moment to reflect before declaring himself a civil lawyer as if to distance himself from the charges. However, Baylor understands the criticism and it stands to remind the audience of the position of lawyers in the society."
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"Brokeback Mountain", 2007.
A review of Ang Lee's movie "Brokeback Mountain".
1,850 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 0 sources, $ 59.95
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"Brokeback Mountain", directed by Ang Lee, is an astounding story about two young men who meet and fall in love in the summer of 1963 while they are working as sheepherders on Brokeback Mountain, in the state of Wyoming. The paper provides an overview of this controversial, Academy award winning film about the lives and feelings of homosexuals which was released in 2005. It discusses the plot and the theme of sexuality that runs through the movie.
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"The sadness that they feel is intense as they realize that the feelings that they do have for each other are loving feelings. Both men separate with tears in their eyes, but think in their mind that it is the best thing for the both of them because homosexuality is not accepted in society, especially a country society like Wyoming, where the movie takes place. The tears that the two men cry show the viewer that they really had an emotional relationship and it was not simply "sex"."
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"Million Dollar Baby", 2007.
An overview of the movie, "Million Dollar Baby", directed by Clint Eastwood.
1,212 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 0 sources, $ 41.95
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This paper discusses the movie "Million Dollar Baby". It provides information on the characters and actors (Hillary Swank, Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman) and the use of lighting and other features throughout the movie. The paper concludes that despite the excellent performances, the movie was a slight disappointment.
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"The music and the editing support the directing and the actors and contribute greatly to getting the message across. Sound editing excels at making punches sound like nearby explosions and one can almost feel and imagine their full blast. Image editing creates the suggestive fighting scenes and the play with dark/light sequencing. The music is soft, sustaining and complementing the emotional moments of the movie."
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Editing 'About a Boy', 2006.
A look at the editing techniques and skills used in the movie 'About a Boy'.
777 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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This paper discusses the techniques used to edit the movie 'About a Boy'. According to the paper, some of the more common techniques apparent in this movie are wipes, dissolve shots, shot/counter-shot, cross cuts, axial cuts, jump cuts, montages and freeze frames.
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"Dissolve shots are also evident. The first is when we see a shot of Marcus's hamster, which fades out and then focuses on Marcus in the background. Dissolve shots are also used through the next few scenes of Marcus, not so much for transition, but for an emotional effect as well as to indicate a lapse of time.
Most of the beginning of the film is made up of close-ups of small actions, so the first master shot we see is when Will drives away from this flat on his way to his sister's house to see her new baby, Imogene. This sets up the location of Will's flat as a small oasis, or island as Will likes to consider it, in the middle of dense civilization."
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The Cinematic Style of Steven Spielberg, 2007.
This paper discusses Steven Spielberg's particular style as a film director.
780 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 0 sources, $ 27.95
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In this paper, the author compares Steven Spielberg's films "Saving Private Ryan" and "Munich." The basis for the comparison is Spielberg's personal cinematic style as a director. Spielberg is able to integrate the visual setting in both films as realistic, but not necessarily for sheer visual impact. Instead, he lets the scene tell the story. Additionally, the conclusions of both films allowed the viewer to resolve the themes of the movies themselves, another trademark of Spielberg.
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" It was easier to immediately reject Saving Private Ryan because of its category than it was to reject Munich. At least Munich was interesting. Upon hearing the titles of both films, Munich (at least in this reviewer's case) was far more intriguing than Private Ryan. This critic's automatic rejection scenario was immediately initiated upon hearing of Private Ryan, while being intrigued by hearing of Munich."
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Leadership in "Gettysburg", 2007.
This paper discusses the leadership style of Colonel Joshua Chamberlain as depicted in the movie "Gettysburg".
766 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 27.95
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In this article the writer studies the character of Colonel Joshua Chamberlain as portrayed in the movie "Gettysburg". The writer describes Chamberlain as an unlikely, scholarly and militarily untrained college professor-turned-soldier, who exhibits strong traits of authoritative leadership. The writer maintains that Chamberlain possesses excellent traits of leadership in war and that as the movie "Gettysburg" depicts, Colonel Joshua Chamberlain's leadership style was an authoritative one. The writer concludes that Chamberlain's personality, as Jeff Daniels plays him in "Gettysburg", is both reflective and more contemplative than those of any of the other principal military figures depicted in the movie. Further the writer notes that Chamberlain is also a man of action when he has to be and a very brilliant and successful one.
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"It was Colonel Joshua Chamberlain's particular leadership genius at Round Top, in fact that, historically speaking, as well as within in the movie Gettysburg, arguably turned not only the Battle of Gettysburg, but the Civil War itself into a victory for the North, rather than for the South as it probably otherwise would have been. Chamberlain's most remarkable instance of leadership, nerve, and heroism, in the Battle of Gettysburg, and as shown within the movie Gettysburg, took place at Little Round Top. Chamberlain and his men had been sent there, by Colonel Strong Vincent, to defend Little Round Top's southern slope. But from there, nothing at all went as planned, and Chamberlain had to thing fast, and with enormous resourcefulness."
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'The Notebook', 2006.
A comparison of 'The Notebook', the novel by Nicholas Sparks and the movie screenplay by Nick Cassavetes.
3,314 words (approx. 13.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 94.95
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This paper reviews the book and the screenplay of 'The Notebook' comparing the differences. The paper discusses the changes made from the novel to the screenplay and explains the reasons for these changes.
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"The story is told in two lengthy sections, one as a wrap-around and the other as the body of the novel. In the wraparound, the story is told in the first person, directly by Noah, though he is not so identified until late in in the novel. For most of the novel, he is merely the unidentified man reading from a notebook, reading the story about Noah and Allie to the woman he wants to reach. The central portion is what he reads to her, and in that story, there is no clear resolution because the story only takes the couple to a point where Allie has to make a decision and faces her fiancee, Lon, at that moment. She has by this time written to Noah and seems to be telling him she loves him but perhaps that they will only have memories of each other, while she approaches Lon without knowing what she is going to say to him. The irony is clear in that this talk of memories is belied by the current day situation in which Allie has lost her memory entirely, while Noah tries to revive it by reading the same story each day."
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A Study of "The Simpsons", 2007.
This paper offers an ethnography research study of "The Simpsons," focusing on episode 1X05, "Bart the General."
1,164 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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The paper relates that one of the longest running series in television history is the animated series, "The Simpsons." The paper reveals that there are some important cultural issues under consideration in virtually every episode. The paper provides an ethnographic analysis, including an analysis of the verbal and nonverbal communication styles used in a selected episode and the cultural artifacts that emerge in the process. The paper discusses what types of new knowledge can be inferred from this episode and describes the culture that is expressed in the viewer's interaction. The paper concludes that this series provides a wealth of insightful and timely information that can be used to develop an accurate analysis of what is really important to many Americans and what cultural implications are involved for certain types of behaviors.
Outline:
Introduction
Review and Discussion
Conclusion
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"In this regard, Japp and Meister (2002) report that, "On April 19, 1987, America was introduced to the Simpsons, the title family of the first animated prime-time television series since the 1960s" (p. 63). Unlike the unrealistic versions of the American family portrayed in earlier series such as, "Ozzie and Harriet" and "Father Knows Best," "The Simpsons" captures the essence of family life for many Americans today. In fact, described by its creator and executive producer, Matt Groening, as "a celebration of the American family at its wildest" (Steiger, 1999, p. 1, cited in Japp & Meister, 2002, p. 63), "The Simpsons" provided American audiences with a critical view of mainstream social and cultural norms of the day."
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White-Collar Crimes, 2007.
This paper discusses the movie "Wall Street" which portrays classic cases of business crimes and greed.
1,633 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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The paper explains that the term white-collar crime generally encompasses a variety of nonviolent crimes usually committed in commercial situations for financial gain. The paper then discusses the movie "Wall Street", pointing out that it depicted at least five types of white-collar crimes: bribery, insider training, kickback, money laundering and securities fraud. The paper further explains that the fundamental lesson learned in "Wall Street" is that crime does not pay. Sooner or later it will catch up with anyone doing the deed. The paper shows how the portrayal of good people and bad people in "Wall Street" is a resolute example of the battle between good and evil ongoing in society since time immemorial.
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"Wall Street portrayed classic cases of white-collar crimes, "coined in 1939 during a speech given by Edwin Sutherland to the American Sociological Society. Sutherland defined the term as 'crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation.' Although there has been some debate as to what qualifies as a white-collar crime, the term today generally encompasses a variety of nonviolent crimes usually committed in commercial situations for financial gain. (Bruce, 2006)""
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The Black Death, 2007.
A discussion of the details for a planned film about the Black Death.
1,071 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper discusses the historical period encompassing the Black Death. The paper provides a historical background and presents documentation describing the events of the Black Death and those surrounding it. The paper then goes on to make suggestions for a film depicting the Black Death, focusing on location, cast, plot and costumes.
Table of Contents:
Historical Background and Documentation
Location and Settings
Cast
Plot
Costumes
Potential Market
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"The effects were terrible, considering the demographic, economic and political aspect. Demographically speaking, The Black Death dramatically reduced the population level in Europe (Stearns, ch 20). From the perspective of the economy, there was a loss in labor force and thus the society structure began to change, giving skilled workers a more important role. Peasants rebelled against any oppressor, culminating with The Jacquerie in 1358, the Peasants' Revolt in England in 1381, the Catalonian Rebellion in 1395. On another level, cities were hit by the stop of construction projects, devastation and chaos. (The Black Death: Economic). Politically speaking, the plague also affected the royal houses, such as the queens of Aragon and France, the son of the Byzantine emperor, and King Alfonso XI of Castile who was the only reigning monarch to die of the plague (The Black Death: Economic). At a local level, there was a massive disruption in the organization system, including legal and political disarray."
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