Jared Potts Ms. Reeves Film/Capstone 4 November 2012 Mise-en-Scene: The Strangers The Strangers (Bertino) is a 2008 horror/thriller film‚ directed by Bryan Bertino‚ and starring Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman. Based on true events‚ The Strangers‚ tells of a young couple‚ Kristen McKay (Liv Tyler) and James Hoyt (Scott Speedman)‚ who stay in the Hoyts’ rural summer home after attending a wedding. Throughout the night‚ three people in masks (Kip Weeks‚ Gemma Ward‚ and Laura Margolis)‚ one man and
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memorable moment when Mrs. Thorwald is murdered‚ only the sound of a scream can be heard somewhere in the background. It leaves the audience to ponder along with the main character‚ Jeff‚ not only what the sound was but where it came from. This strategy Hitchcock used left our imagination to create a visual of what only could have happened to the lady screaming in the distance. Another instance in which Hitchcock used a scream to create terror is when the woman discovered that
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The Green Berets and Casualties of War The films I chose to do my comparative paper on are The Green Berets and Casualties of War. Both of these films deal with issues concerning the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was viewed as unpopular and pointless by society; The Green Berets objective was to gain support for the Vietnam War. The film puts great emphasis on liberal war journalist George Beckwith (David Janssen). Beckwith originally doubts America’s involvement in the war‚ but after spending
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I had just turned 27. I woke up to my train car and like every time I wake up‚ I study my photos of Pripyats beauty before the tragic war.. My father walked in and said “Artyom‚ come with me to meet an old friend” I got up slowly but I new who he was talking about. My father was the general of the green station down here in the metro. He was a tall man who always wore a leather trench coat with a revolver on his right side‚but he always seemed cheerful. Most people liked him because he never asked
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completely untouched by the mass destruction. The beautiful roses lay amongst the verdant grass as I inhaled the last gasp of clear air. In the distance‚ I saw children playing jubilantly with a football‚ and that clogged me up with envy. I wanted to scream at them‚ yet they could never hear my cries and they could never save me from the torment I was suffering from. I banged on the remaining window that had not been ruined in the wreckage‚ yet still my rage was not to be heard. I repeated the same
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Stranger Danger As a child‚ we didn’t know what a stranger was‚ so how were we supposed to tell who to stay away from. Younger kids haven’t learned that their are bad people in this world. Stranger danger teaches these kids what a stranger is. It also shows kids how easy it is to be taken‚ but also how to get away from a stranger. Stranger danger most importantly explains to kids that there isn’t always a happy ending to every story. One lesson I would teach kindergarteners is Stranger danger‚ because
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I’m here to talk to you kids about texting while driving. I know‚ I know you have heard this speech a million times before‚ but I hope that this time you will really listen and learn from my mistakes before it’s to late. I was really just a normal teenager. Seventeen. Doing pretty well in school. Had a great group of friends. I had a really great life going for me. My parents always told me to never text while driving and of course I went to all these school assemblies where people came and lectured
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In an article by Andrew Osborn‚ he talks about how 24-year-old Thierry Jaradin was inspired by the Scream movie franchise to murder Alisson‚ he states that the film “obviously struck a chord” with him (Osborn). The article speaks briefly of the franchise‚ murderer‚ murder‚ and after effects of the crime‚ but the important part is how similarly Jaradin planned his crime to follow that of the Scream films. While the article states that he had no psychiatric problems or criminal history‚ Jaradin could
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to reach them and the car had reached the hill. He began to yell louder for me to hit the brakes but couldn’t. Suddenly my feet found a peddle‚ and I pressed it down as hard as I could‚ but the car didn’t slow down. It seemed to speed up. I heard a scream and a loud BANG‚ then nothing. Silence? What had happened?
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Personification Paper Hero English 3 10-6-13 Many suns and moons have passed over my head. It gets cold here‚ but the people warm my life with their laughter and merriment that I bring to them. I truly enjoy making people happy‚ in fact‚ it is my job. I was created to please others and every chance I get to do that‚ I try. I bring shelter to warriors‚ noblemen‚ the king‚ the queen‚ and other folk of the town. I am a celebration centerpiece to reward the people for their efforts in making our
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