Focal character Essays

  • Dan Rush’s Film Adaptation of Why Don’t You Dance? by Raymond Carver

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    to the characters, theme, and plot of Carver’s original work. In the film adaptation of the short story, “Why Don’t You Dance?” by Raymond Carver, Rush, while veering away from the original storyline and shedding a new light on the prominent theme of alcoholism, manages to successfully show just how this disease has the capability of ruining someone’s entire life. There are a few ways Carver’s short story differs from Rush’s film adaptation. The first way is in how the main male character is portrayed

  • The Importance Of Landscape Photography

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    (Cutter, xx). A small or shallow depth of field is when the range of focus narrow which may be a few inches to several feet (Ramos, XX). There are three main factors that contribute to the depth of field – aperture size, distance from the lens, and the focal length of the lens (Ramos, XX). The aperture which adjusts the opening of your came... ... middle of paper ... ...cliff with the waves crashing up, should the image portray the power of the surf? Including surrounding elements in the foreground

  • Meaning And Symbolism In Ernest Hemingway's Hills Like White Elephants

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    A War Waging Within In the writing of a short story, especially regarding Ernest Hemingway’s writings, every word has meaning and purpose, creating a world inside a world deep beneath what the eye can see. Taking the story, Hills Like White Elephants, symbolism is used to thread this deep meaning from beginning to end, painting a grand image of the war within human nature in the midst of life altering decisions. Although it is a short story, the vastness of unseen truths is imminent. Through this

  • Critical Analysis of "Jimmy Choo Shoes" ad

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    message is clear—buy these shoes. Whether or not that message is being conveyed in the most appropriate or effective ways is less to be desired for. The shoes are not even in the center of the picture, and in my opinion, the shoes are not the main focal point in the ad. Instead, the focus is on a woman leaning backwards on some sort of board with a very skimpy bikini bottom and loose top. She is holding a purse and has on several large bracelets, and is spraying a hose of some sort. But even all of

  • Thin Lenses Experiment Essay

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    the lens and is refracted through the focal point on the opposite side, lastly there is the focal ray, which shines through the focal point that is on the same side of the lens as the object and at the middle of the lens is refracted parallel to the lens. At the point where two or more reflections of the rays meet is where the image is created. A real image is one that is

  • Painting Analysis: Saturn Devouring His Son by Francisco Goya

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    message across that this was a dark time. The colors are very dark giving a sense, to me, of dread and death. The greys, black, and fleshy browns are very harmonious. Goya kept from using light colors expect for the focal points. In my opinion, there is more than one focal point or that the focal point is large, from Saturn’s face to the lifeless body. The corpse is hanging in Saturn’s tight grip is deathly white and has bright blood red where the head and arm had been. I think that is a symbol, the body

  • The Physics of Photography

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    the back of the photograph. Emphasis can be placed on a certain subject by obscuring the foreground or background. There are three main features that can affect depth of field. Lens aperture (f-stop), distance from the camera to the subject, and the focal length of the lens (Heart 100). In order to understand depth of field one must first understand how light works. We can view objects because of light rays reflecting off their surfaces. These light rays are reflected in innumerable directions. In

  • Mathematics of Lenses and Optical Glass

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    Missing figures PROPERTIES OF LENSES, OPTICAL GLASS Composition Glass is a solid, structureless and amorphous. There are two main group classification of optical glass: 1. Crown, and 2. Flint (has a high content of lead oxide) Chemicals are combined to produce new glass types. These new glass types are used to benefit other different types of cameras (such as high-speed minature cameras, black/white cameras, etc). Properties The most important optical characteristics of a glass

  • 10 Cloverfield Lane Essay

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    Though the majority of the film remains well-lit as the characters remain in the generator-powered bunker, the scenes begin to darken with low-key lighting as the film nears its ending, reflecting the more sinister and suspenseful aspects of the plot. In the chase to escape from Howard, Michelle is flooded with

  • How Photography Works and Has Evolved

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    Photography What is photography and how has it evolved? Photography has been around since 1000 A.D. The first camera was called a Pinhole Camera, invented by Alhazen in the 1500’s. “The exposure time on taking the photo was fifteen to twenty seconds in a sunny scene.” (Hawshaw 1) Photography was and is used to take family portraits and even for studies. Today with the power of digital photography any one can take one picture or one hundred. It’s only a click of a button away with today's cameras

  • Finding The Focal Length Of A Lens Essay

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    Finding the Focal Length of a Given Convex Lens Aim: - To find the focal length of a given convex lens. Apparatus: - Convex lens Metre rule Screen Candle Matches Wooden blocks Theory:- In this experiment the focal length of a lens is found out. The focal lens

  • McDonald's change in Advertising

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    Although the modern McDonald’s ad and the vintage McDonalds ad are both superior advertisements for McDonald’s, the vintage ad is better because it has a better focal point, theme, prominent element, artistic choices, and feeling or mood. In comparison to the new ad, the focal point is much better in the 1965 ad because it shows a clearer focal point. The first thing the viewers see in the old ad is the large McDonald’s sign and the classic car sitting in the parking lot. This could bring back memories

  • Telescopes

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    Telescopes are an arrangement of lenses or mirrors or both that gathers visible light, permitted direct observation or photographic recording of distant objects. A telescope can be used in many ways such as viewing stars, moons, planets, looking at the city from a tall building, or looking at wildlife. All telescopes are not the same, some are better than others. There are three different kind of telescopes. Reflecting which uses two mirrors instead of lenses, Catadioptric (CAT) which combines lens

  • Mise En Scene In Silverado

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    During a movie, many actions go unnoticed by the typical viewer. However, while watching a movie, many terms emerge that can label each dynamic aspect of a movie. Knowing and looking for these names can change a viewers experience into a form of acknowledging and appreciating the cinematic arts. Following terms such as panning, mise en scene, and zoom are some examples of these labels. These are just a few of many terms can be seen throughout one movie. One very powerful component of film is panning

  • Crime and Punishment: Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov

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    of Crime and Punishment, and any work of fiction at that, the characters exhibit specific personality traits that dictate their make-ups, social interactions and behaviors. These characterizations control the overall development of the story. Characters’ personalities play a vital role in analyzing and understanding character development as well as underlying themes, especially in the novel at hand. Specifically, the central character Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov illustrates the conflict between

  • Mother Nature Rules All

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    lacking without London’s use of imagery. The other main contributing factor is the character himself. Strong imagery, descriptive setting, and the character helps, To Build A Fire display London’s main theme throughout his short story. The imagery is meant to bring the reader with the main character, make them feel as though they are experiencing his struggles. Jack London did just so when describing his characters strug...

  • The Motif Of A Fence In August Wilson's Fences

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    Fences, the motif of a fence saturates the work, hence the title. The motif refers to both senses of the use of a fence. Some of the characters in the play build proverbial fences to keep other characters out of their life. However, as in the case of Rose, she builds her fences to keep her family in, so she never has to let go. The motif of the fences develops the character of Rose throughout the play. In the opening lines of Act I, scene two, Rose is singing a song: “Jesus, be a fence around me everyday

  • An Analysis Of Cormac Mccarthy's All The Pretty Horses

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    relationships are not always long lasting and eternal; for example, marriage, dating, and friendship. Displayed within the novel are several key elements that occur repeatedly, the reader often finds oneself rethinking the provoking thoughts that a character reflected upon. The reader also stumbles upon the characterization that emerges within the protagonist of the old country boy, John Grady Cole, as he battles his way through his arduous journey out to Mexico in search for an escape from mundane life

  • Compare And Contrast The Secret In Their Eyes Book And Movie

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    changes in how events happen with the addition of a scene or two, the stories stay true to each other, to a point. The changes include making Irene more involved within the story and changing Chaparro’s character less outwardly faint-hearted, and most of the changes relate to different characters. All the changes and differences between the two serve a purpose within the narrative, usually to make scenes more dramatic for the viewer or to fit scenes within a certain time frame. When we are comparing

  • Textual Violence In 'Sulla And Toni Morrison's Sula'

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    “twenty two years old wear hot frightened …he didn’t even know who or what he was…” to express the flow of a characters thoughts and feelings, aspiring to give readers the impression of being inside the mind of the character which in turn establishes an intimate relationship between the text and the reader. Conversations between texts can be is woven throughout the novel, most notably the character ‘Eve’ who constantly adopts lost children and borders alluding to “the mother of all things” and Eve from