Abstract What is the psychological science behind why horror films appeal to us, despite having such a negative notion to cause anxiety and fear? Even individuals who do not like the horror genre, find themselves captivated and glued to their seats in a torturous and excited manner. Why does this happen? How does it affect viewers? And why is it important? The world we live in is complex and illusions of safety cause us to be on edge at times....
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In 1973, Hip-hop grew out of the South Bronx ruins when DJ Kool Herc developed the breakbeat, a distinguishing feature of hip-hop, which highlights the bridge of the song over tedious parts. As Kool Hercâs breakbeat gained traction, other artists took notice, two of these being Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash. Eventually, these three together would be known as the âFounding Fathers,â and with the help of other hip-hop influences, created what would be known as hip-hop. As time moved...
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Development of Digital Gaming Platforms History Brown Box The first gaming console created was the âBrown Boxâ in 1967 and the creator of this gaming masterpiece was Ralph H Baer. It consisted of discrete transistor-based digital games. Such games as ping pong, checkers, and chess only needed very basic programming logic. The console had a limited number of graphical colors basically black and white and the sound system was also very limited as it did not have any internal speakers...
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The Biographical Outline of The Beatles The Beatles was a British rock ânâ roll quartet band of the 1960s that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, all of whom were vocalists besides the different instruments they played for the band. The band, initially called The Quarrymen until 1960, was formed in 1957 by guitarists and songwriters Lennon (1940-1980) and McCartney (1942-present). A while later, they inducted Harrison (1943-2001), a bass guitarist. Starr (1940-present), the bandâs drummer,...
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The proximate factors that lead Shakur to join a gang and commit crimes include his association with a delinquent peer at the age of fifteen and being influenced by his older peers that were involved in more violent crimes. A distal factor that led to his participation in gang membership and crime would be the vicious attack by the three gang members. The second distal factor that impacted him was his resentment towards authority due to the âharsh whippingsâ he...
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The movie Johnny Mnemonic is basically a movie based around the character Johnny. The movie is about an implant that Johnny got in Singapore that allows him to be a courier for digital data which is located at the back of his head. Johnny is tasked with a client to carry some very important data from China but what he doesn’t know is that there are other interested parties, namely The Yakuza, that want to get their hands on that...
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For my fourth journal, I chose to attend the Fargo-Moorhead Opera. The drive from Grand Forks was definitely worth it for this one. The opera took place on Sunday, October 27th at 2 PM, in Reineke Concert Hall located on the campus of North Dakota State University. Engelbert Humperdinck composed a performance of the classic Hansel and Gretel. Hansel and Gretel is a well-known Brothers Grimm fairy tale about two siblings, brother Hansel and sister Gretel, who set out on...
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Are Horror Movies Diverse? Horror is arguably one of the most, if not the most, popular film genres out there. This has recently led to debate among movie fans about if horror movies are as diverse as they should be. In 2016, film critics felt that most of the mainstream horror movies out were too white, but it appears that things are changing. Variety claims that today, it is a diverse audience keeping horror movies alive and well, which means...
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This document will discuss, Censorship in video games, how it is regulated and how it affects today’s culture, and whether or not the current rating system is still effective or does it need to be completely reworked. This will be done by talking about a small number of the rating systems for games across the world some of which are the UKâs and the USAâs rating systems and how they are used. This essay will also include why we censor...
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Lincoln directed by Steven Spielberg, was made not too long ago in 2012. Because this film was produced relatively recently, the production quality was obviously more advanced than other movies about the civil war. Using more developed technology, props, costumes, etc. the portrayal of the time period of the 1860s was very accurate. The sets did very much look like they were shot in the 1860s, especially with the old decor in the white house and all the horse carriages...
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90 Day Fiancé is a reality television show that offers a look into the world of international dating and marriage. The couples on the show are usually a male living in the United States and foreign partner coming from another country. The premise of the show is that foreigners will travel to the U.S. to live with their overseas partners for the first time using a special 90-day fiancé visa, the K-1 visa. The K-1 visa process begins with the...
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The film ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’ revolves around thirteen-year-old, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), who returns for his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry alongside his two best friends, Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) and Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint). In the midst of their return, a mass murderer by the name, Sirius Black (Gary Oldman), has escaped Azkaban prison after a horrific murder occurs. Now, he is on the run looking to kill Harry in the...
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Cinematography contains many different intentions, much of them going far beyond the direct action of photographing the action. Many of the methods used are all about adding visual subtext and visual metaphor to a scene. The ways in which the cinematographer uses movement, composition, color, and light can be powerful tools to enhance the dramatic elements of the story. Martin Scorseseâs ‘Taxi Driver’ (1976) is an example of skillful and deliberate use of cinematography to engage the audience and provide...
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Different works of art can portray ideas in a variety of ways. An example can be Alan Parker’s crime thriller film ‘Mississippi Burning’ (1988), which explores the ideas of racial prejudice and bigotryâs effects on a vulnerable community. As well as the injustice of the legal system and the way that perpetrators are sentenced in biased ways. This is shown through the detective’s investigation of a small 1964 Mississippi town Jessup County, where the disappearance of 3 civil rights workers...
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In the scene ‘Brooks’, I observed in Frank Darabont’s ‘The Shawshank Redemption’, Brooks Hatlen was released on parole from the Shawshank Prison after serving time for 50 years. During this time Brooks had become institutionalized by prison life, being treated like shit, and having no freedom was normal for him. Brooksâs attitude reflects the way he feels in the outside world, along with the fact that society had changed tremendously over the last 50 years, making it hard for him...
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To survive, in basic terms, is to be able to have access to resources such as food, water, and shelter. To acquire these resources, several stances need to be taken, whether it be aggressively, neutrally, and rarely ever altruistically. A perfect example to demonstrate the multitude of different stances would be in the television series âThe Walking Deadâ. âThe Walking Deadâ is set in a post-apocalyptic setting in which most, if not all, of humankind, have been infected and turned...
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The movie â42â starts off in 1945, when America comes back from war. Nazi Germany was defeated, and Imperial Japan surrendered. The United States had gotten their freedom, yet African Americans still had it rough. They served their country the same way the white men did but returned to racism, segregation, and Jim Crow law. The only difference between these people was their color. The color of their skin was such a big issue that it decided which restroom a...
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What makes the film so memorable is its rich, authentic characters, its gripping sequences, and its many fascinating sub-plots in the narrative. Repetition is present as the viewer returns to Hogwarts for another school year, and the main trio, Harry, Hermione, and Ron, are growing up alongside one another with the viewer. The viewers follow Harry on his journey from leaving the Dursleys to finding out his parents had been betrayed to performing a Patronus charm to save his godfather’s...
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âHollowness: that I understand. I’m starting to believe that there isn’t anything you can do to fix it. That’s what I’ve taken from the therapy sessions: the holes in your life are permanent. You have to grow around them, like tree roots around concrete; you mold yourself through the gapsâ (Hawkins, 94). âThe Girl on the Trainâ is a thriller written by Paula Hawkins and takes on strong themes like abuse. This along with plot changes and character development change...
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Oscar-winning film for Best Sound Editing, âAmerican Sniperâ, is known for its high-packed action scenes filled with gunfire and war. However, these sounds of gunfire were not easy to create. Sound supervisors Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman were responsible for delivering the sounds to the director, Clint Eastwood. They made sure to deliver a very realistic documentary approach to the way they designed their sound which means there is very little music. Alan, who is very detailed, made sure...
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In âA Beautiful Mindâ, they attempt to depict the triumph and struggles of a Nobel-Prize-winning mathematician whose mind was brilliantly flawed. The film provides an insight into various aspects of society, including the great competitiveness that exists among academic scholars, the reality and difficulties of marriage, as well as the world of schizophrenia. John Nashâs struggle with schizophrenia, which is arguably the filmâs main theme, is depicted extraordinarily well and is shown the entire first half of the film from...
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âThe Walking Deadâ has shown that the biggest part of the terrifying end of the world is how much it can change someone. A person can be affected physically, mentally, and emotionally. The Governor is a great example of someone who has gone through all three changes to the greatest extent. Before the zombie apocalypse, Phillip Blake was simply a father and person who takes care of his daughter Penny Blake. Penny was the one thing that he feared he...
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Addictions are common among the public. For example, from substances, medications, and liquor to addictions like sex, betting, and eating disorders like anorexia nervosa and bulimia. Somebody in your work or companion circle has battled with fixation. Addiction advising takes learning and tolerance from advisors. I have connected the information from the course of this addiction to â28 Daysâ featuring Sandra Bullock. In this paper, I will concentrate on Gwen Cummings, the principal character played by Sandra Bullock. She is...
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When I remember growing up, I wasnât much of a reader, despite having a mom who has probably read every book ever written. Reading isnât the butter to my bread. I got distracted by my phone when I got my first iPhone in year 6, reading didnât feel important to me anymore. I had just turned 11, and I was long how I had a life on social media and didnât need to read because I didnât care about how...
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One of Sicilyâs prominent filmmakers, Giuseppe Tornatore, transcended the Italian film industry by breaking the conventional, stereotypical and ordinary. On the 17th of November 1988, Cinema Paradiso was released and it is a product of his creativity that helped the Italian cinema to its peak. The film follows the life story of a notable film director Salvatore di Vita who received news of the unfortunate demise of someone close to him. It takes the audience back to his childhood in...
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Black and White Flashbacks: Looking Our Racist in the Eye In the film, American History X, he portrays the profound message of how prejudice and hatred can change people and bring them closer together. Shows how âhate is baggage and lifeâs too short to be pissed off all the time.â Although hard to watch the film American History X, the realism of the movie sends a powerful message of hatred and violence. Derek who had joined the neo-Nazi movement soon...
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âThe Lovely Bonesâ by Peter Jackson is a film which has an unpleasant character called George Harvey. The director utilizes the character of Susie his victim, the character of George Harvey, key scenes, and the setting to create this unpleasant character. Susie Salmon is a 14-year-old girl from Norristown, Pennsylvania whom her neighbor murders at the start of the film. After her death, Susie narrates the film from in-between (her heaven) as she observes her family and friends struggle to...
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Poetic and lyrical compositions often employ the use of a variety of techniques to communicate their core themes and messages to the audience. In this case, the pastoral poem of âThe Passionate Shepherd to His Loveâ by Christopher Marlowe holds a close correlation to a contemporary song by Billy Joel named âOnly the Good Die Youngâ, where both of the pieces revolve around love and affection in which the authors profess romantic ideals to their beloved. In particular, the song...
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Have you ever heard the story of a teenage girl who wakes up as a new vampire? I have always been interested in watching exotic fictional movies since I was a child. Among those, âTwilightâ has always been one of my favorites as it takes me back to the mysterious world of vampires. It was a story of a 17-year-old girl, Bella Swan, who got to know a vampire and entered into a dangerous romance with Edward, her immortal lover....
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Masculinity can be defined as attributes that are considered to be characteristic of men. The basic definition may seem harmless, but the way in which masculinity is performed can have a negative effect. Media uses masculinity to display its superiority over the genders and patriarchal views. Music videos such as âBlurred Linesâ, written and recorded by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams, display such aspects of masculinity. It is not blurred but clear to see that in the video...
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