Two sequences that are intergal to an apppreciation of Scott Hick's Oscar nominated film 'Shine', are the opeining scences and the sequence of scenes, which gives the audience insight into the events of that led to the protagonist's mental breakdown. In both scenes the director has used compelling ...

The off-Broadway show "Jitney" is based on a dramatic play by August Wilson. The production was held at the Union Square Theater. The house has a very pleasant, cozy, and warm atmosphere. The structure of the small theater and its thrust stage successfully achieves intimacy. It also creates a ...

"How do you get to Carnegie Hall?" "Practice, practice, practice!" This old joke is also a good, short answer as to how to give an effective oral presentation. Proper preparation and practice are essential, even though the speech should look spontaneous to the audience. Fi...

As a child of two baby-boomers parents, I recognize the intended target audience for this advertisement. The visual cues, the choice of words and statements of aspirations all point toward this audience. While targeting the baby-boomers in specific, it casts its net wider to also include those who a...

Black and White. Night and Day. Sight and Sound. Cloud Nine and The Wallpaper Psalm. What do all of these pairings share in common? The fact that they are opposite extremes. This is definitely the case regarding the last coupling. Cloud Nine is a theatrical work with its roots placed in visual soil ...

Death Is Final Robert Frost's poem "Out, Out--" quickly narrates a rather grim scene of death with little guidance given for a tone of response from the audience. Frost originally published this poem in his third book of poetry named Mountain Interval, in 1916. Frost sets this poe...

Like many people, I usually feel more than a twinge of anxiety when I have to give a presentation. No matter how much I prepare or how well I know my subject matter, I still get stage fright before standing up in front of a roomful of people. Therefore, the biggest challenge I face in presentatio...

For as long as videos have been available to the public, there has been the question of whether or not they are as stimulating to the mind as the written story. Ambrose Bierce's, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", and the short film it became when director, Robert Enrico adapted it...

The overall effectiveness of the film Simon Birch is enhanced by technical details such as, sound, lighting, colour and symbolic representation. Sound is an effective means of creating atmosphere and hence creating audience appeal. Similarly, lighting also brings emotion and mood to a film. Colour...

To the photograph a person or object from below, distorts that object. It tends to elongate a person, making him seem more important. It also intimidates the audience, since it is in the inferior position of looking up. The scene gives an added power to the person on the screen. Kane is...

The Power of Presentation Introduction Imagine sitting at the computer while doing a day's work. All of a sudden a meeting is called, thinking "Great nap time" a line trudges to the conference room. Only in place of 30 balding men in the same grey suit, there is music and co...

Images of Music. "Music", is a word with several meanings, to some music is simply entertainment, and something they enjoy listening to when they are bored, of going out. For others it is an escape, a sanctuary away from the world, society, and the chaos that might surround their ev...

What insights does the program offer in relation to Lear's character and what are the implications for how we see the play as a whole? Shakespeare intended his plays to be viewed, and it is only on stage or in film that the subtleties of gesture, emotion and tone can be discovered to illu...

The production of Hair was a musical melodrama that focused on the youth of the 1960s, and the tribulations that young people faced. It dealt with what the hippie generation valued most, and also what they feared. The episodic plot chronicled the life of Claude, a young man who was drafted into the ...