Audience Reaction and the Realism of Cinema
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A 5 page discussion of the impact of realism on audience passivity or action when viewing a film. Notes that audiences are the targets of cinematic production, production which combines both audio and video into a medium which require the human element in order to be experienced. Indeed audiences are impacted by both the audio and visual aspects of film. The consequent reaction can vary from one of passive reception to active participation. Uses "The Color Purple" as an example of a film which elicits a significant degree of audience reaction. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Cameras / Focal Points, Aperture & Other Mathematical Concepts
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A 9 page outline of the underlying concepts of photography and their relation to mathematics. Includes information about different camera types. Emphasizes methodology for the determination of focal length. Bibliography lists eight sources.
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Cindy Sherman, Photography And Gender Roles
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Cindy Sherman's film stills are meant to depict the assumed gender roles of women within the modern American society. The purpose of her photographs is to make people take notice and reconsider the social norms and, or, expectations which define gender roles. This 5 page essay presents a proposal for a series of photographs depicting the male gender role in American society.
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Cindy Sherman/Untitled Film Stills
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A 4 page research paper that profiles Cindy Sherman's series of photographs Untitled Film Stills (1977-1980), which are regarded as a "hallmark of postmodernist art," for the manner in which they employ "mass-media codes and techniques of representation" in order to convey social comment on contemporary society (Blessing, 2002). In this series of 69 black-and-white photographs, Sherman herself posed in various situations and melodramatic guises that recall the stereotypical publicity stills used to advertise B-grade movies from the 1950s through the 1960s. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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