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Camera Shots and Their Meaning

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Smallville Opening Sequence Analysis

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                           Characters  Lex Luthor, his Dad (the businessman), Aunt Nel (store owner), Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Lana (the little girl at the store) How might we divide this clip into smaller sections to write about? The opening sequence could be split up into multiple sections starting off with the helicopter ride, then inside store while Smallville football team winning their game, leading to the rockets falling from the sky, and ending the Luthors in the corn field. How does this clip function in terms of storytelling? For instance, is it introducing / revealing character, developing setting, establishing conflict, clarifying relationships, etc.   These clips introduce new characters while establishing possible plots. Inside the store we see Jonathan and his wife Martha enter with Nel, the store owner excited to see Jonathan but with a seemingly less enthusiastic response when she sees M...

Christopher Columbus Magazine Spread

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Heavy Decisions

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      At first glance, when thinking of what I would do for my magazine the first thing that came to my head was sports. Turns out, after thinking deeper, I realized that I am going to do a mental health magazine focusing on stress.      E ven to others this was different but a good different. When I started speaking to one of my close friends Sofia I was trying to get inspiration from her process and she thought I would do sports but it was stress that I decided to go with, something else that makes up a huge part of me.     I began to ponder about what I could do with this important topic and I knew I wanted to do something with music. Prior to the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, I was not a huge music person, however as quarantine progressed I had discovered new taste for music.       The pandemic allowed me to take step back and focus on my self and what is best for me. While...

Mise-En-Scene Analysis

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