Art director Essays

  • Essay On Becoming An Art Director

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    marketing. My interest in art drives my interest in becoming an Art Director. Art directors specialize in making these things appealing to see. Art directors are responsible for the visual style and images in magazines, newspapers, product packaging, movie and television productions. Art directors basically sit as the head of an artistic production of a company. This position is not obtained without some previous experience in the artistic process for the company. Art directors need at least a bachelor’s

  • Why I Want To Be An Art Director

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    Careers obtained with a Graphic Design degree. Package Designing and Art Director interest me the most because package design is designing boxes for companies and that is something that I maybe be pretty good at in the future. I have a creative mind whenever I go to a store and I see and box that is not the typical box I want to pick it up and see how it work and many times they are very interesting. Art Director interests me because I am a good leader and I can multitask with helps when you

  • Elements of Design

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    director's vision of the films mise-en-scene The director of The Last of the Mohicans is Michael Mann. By taking a look at Mann's filmography, you will see that he mainly specializes in the action genera. This makes him a perfect fit for this film. A director is the individual that is responsible for overseeing all the elements of a film such as lighting, rehearsals.etc. The film director takes the script and turns it into his vision. The director also has the responsibility of working closely

  • A Career in Acting

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    relatively low. Although most people associate actresses, directors, and producers with the screens of Hollywood or stages of Broadway, these workers are more likely to be found in a local theatre, television studio, circus, or comedy club. Actresses, directors, and producers include workers as diverse as narrators; clowns; comedians; acrobats; jugglers; stunt, rodeo, and aquatic performers; casting, stage, news, sports, and public service directors; production, stage, and artist and repertoire managers;

  • Group Production of Robert Thomas' 8 Women

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    a little editing and refinement the script was ideal. As a class we watched the French film entitled "8 femmes" and were certain that we could be greatly successful in creating our own interpretation of the script. Before we even began, the director asked us to decide whether we wanted to have an acting role or a backstage role. After the rough job descriptions of each role were briefly explained to us, we were asked to research the job of our choice and present our findings in an interview

  • Macromedia Director

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    Macromedia Director Overview and Introduction What Macromedia is and what can it do for a business. Macromedia Director is the premiere authoring software in the multimedia industry, allowing users to merge and orchestrate text, graphics, animation, video, sound effects, and music into business presentations, entertainment and education CD-ROMs, interactive information kiosks, and other full-featured interactive software. Multimedia-rich programs can be developed with little programming skill

  • Chuck Jones, Producer, Director, Animator

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    Chuck Jones, Producer, Director, Animator Chuck Jones was born on September 21, 1912. Jones entered the animation industry in 1932 as a cel washer at Ubbe Iwerks Studio after graduating from the Chouinard Art Institute (now California Institute of Arts). He joined the Leon Schlesinger Studio, later sold to Warner Bros., as an animator in 1936. There, Jones was assigned to Tex Avery’s animation unit. In 1938, at the age of 25, he directed his first animated film “The Night Watchman.” Jones

  • A Report on Lifeline for Children’s Choir Directors

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    the Westminister method but borrows from the others. The others she borrows from are Christiansen, Fred Warning and Wilson/Klein. Much of what she writes, is from her own life’s career experiences as a choral director. The first subject she deals with is the director’s attitude. A director should have a positive attitude. (p. 3, Bartle) In chapter two she discusses the development of a child’s voice in a mechanistic way. She wants the ’flutety’ sound of a child’s voice developed, between the ages

  • Transformation of Costume Selection and Incorporating Props into the performance of Shakespeare's plays of King Richard, Richard the II and Richard II

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    years have been performed either the time-honored way or containing modern elements relating to the style, action, and visual aspects chosen. These revisions to the classic renewed the audience's sense that art does come in many shapes and forms. Specifically, during the late 19th century, director Frank Benson and Triple Action Theatre have concentrated on the aforementioned modern adaptations regarding structure and costume/scenery of the performance. Richard the II has been a central play to analyze

  • A Character Study on Tybalt and Mercutio, and as Director What

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    A Character Study on Tybalt and Mercutio, and as Director What Instructions I would give the Actors Taking on their Parts Romeo and Juliet is a world famous play written by William Shakespeare. The tale is of two lovers suicide when their feuding families keep them apart. The families have been sworn enemies for generations they are wealthy, powerful and often violent. Some characters are quiet without much involvement, others the play revolves around, Tybalt and Mercutio are somewhere in

  • Luc Besson: One of the Best French Directors

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    Luc Besson: One of the Best French Directors Thesis: Luc Besson is one of the best French Directors of this century. His works can either be viewed as mere action packed thrillers or the viewer can go in depth and question society and morality. Besson wishes to make the viewer question the importance of individualism, the role of each individual in society and whether the individual should follow the norms of society or follow his heart. Besson’s humor, sense of pathos and his reflections on life

  • Auteur Theory: Howard Hawks and Martin Scorsese

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    Use a range of auteur theories to examine the work of two significant directors you have studied on this module. One director should have produced the majority of their work prior to 1960 and the other should have produced it from the 1970s onwards. Discuss the origins and main developments of auteur theory then examine the works of Howard Hawks and Martin Scorsese with relevance to their status as auteur directors. In having their films examined as auteurs of the cinema, both Howard Hawks

  • My American English Lessons

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    kinesthetics practitioners, who touted the importance of writing the alphabet over and over again at each class session and engaged in physical activities that would reinforce classroom learning. The program director was one of these devotees, and I watched as she began instruction one week. The program director was a tall, bony woman with wild, frizzy hair and a smile that seemed more snide than kind.

  • Macbeth

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    “Macbeth” When a play is presented on film, the director takes the script, and with poetic license, interprets it. A film not only contains the actual words of the author (in this case Shakespeare), but it includes action, acting, and cinematographic techniques; the three are used to better portray the author’s story. Using these elements, the director’s interpretation of the plot is reinforced. The film provides symbolic images and a visual interpretation, hence Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth” is better

  • Corporate Manslaughter

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    offence is intrinsically linked to whether a director or senior manager - a "controlling mind and will" of the company - is guilty of manslaughter. If the director or manager is found guilty, the company is guilty; if the director or manager is found innocent, the company is innocent. Is it difficult to prosecute? Proving corporate manslaughter has been notoriously difficult in the past. This is because the law requires that a director or senior manager is prosecuted before the company

  • Comparison of Original Blade Runner film and Directors Cut

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    Choosing a movie, do you take notice to whether it is a Director’s cut, the original version, or simply grab the chosen movie and pop it in taking no notice of which version is in hand? Is there even a difference? Because a director’s cut is simply a version of a movie with various cuts made by the director’s choosing, if watching both versions of Ridley Scott’s, “Blade Runner,” the subtle differences in several of the scenes will become apparent, although the scene layout and plot remains the same

  • Tell Merrill To Swing Away

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    movie the director breaks down the message in clever ways and makes the message very precise and clear. In the movie the director was attempting to teach the viewers a life lesson. In order to have peace of mind and continue to actually “live” it is important that you don’t hold grudges, believe, have faith, and no matter the situation don’t ignore signs due to your stubbornness or convincing yourself otherwise when you know the truth. To elaborate on the thesis, one way the director delivers his

  • Maximus' Call to Adventure in Gladiator

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    initially regard his clothing as minimal as he is simply wearing a short sleeve shirt and a kind of skirt. Already the director has told us it is cold by effective use of weather and lighting therefore we recognize Maximus is very much unconcerned with the cold and already we are given a tough guy image to contemplate. Although this scene is short and last perhaps 30 seconds the director has crammed so many images and connotations for the viewer to pick up on about our hero. After we first see Maximus

  • Combining Thrilling and Killing:Use of Violence in Psychological Thrillers

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    to be one which filmmakers have learned to expertly exploit. When properly employed, almost any object or action can set the heart thumping and send a chill down the spine, but to do so requires greater-than-average skill on the part of writers, directors, and actors, whereas simple violence requires relatively little of these things. What motivates filmmakers to put in all that effort to replace a “cheap thrill” with a sophisticated one? Why do extremel... ... middle of paper ... ...because to

  • Personal Reflection Of Directing In High School Shows

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    imagine what a full blown show would be like. There are so many intricate details to consider that I had previously overlooked. All the pressure is on you as a director, your show is a direct reflection of your vison, communication, organization and dedication. If a show is good it had great actors, if it is terrible it had a terrible director. This project was a difficult one, however, I am thankful for the learning experience. I will be directing high school shows, so directing is a skill I have