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...Like Love”), make sure that scenes never lose persuasive authority. Like “Traffic,” Gaghan keeps the focus on his characters, literally and figuratively. In numerous shots, the cinematography is manipulated to sharply focus on the actor, leaving the background in blurred obscurity; this stylistic choice draws the viewer to the character’s performance and forces ideological identification. Gaghan wields his camera analytically to showcase the palaces and slums of exotic countries, but never loses sight of the corrupted inhabitants. The developed characters and crisp cinematography are further enhanced by an impressively...
...million domestically, mainly on the strength of its appeal to Christian audiences.In the wake of these mega-successes, Christian audiences have attained a special new prominence in American mass media that they haven’t had before, and aren’t likely to recede into the background any time in the near future. The most surprising aspect of this push is in video games, a media particularly linked to unholy behavior.THE GAMING PULPIT“Ominous Horizons” is the newest title from N’Lightning Software Development Inc., a Christian company started in 1999.The idea...
...Learned to Drive”—the story of a young woman sexually abused by her pedophiliac uncle—Vogel “saw an image of a girl adjusting the mirror in her car and a dead uncle materializing in the background.” For Vogel, seeing this type of turning point in the play is what compels her to begin writing, leading her towards endings that “always surprise” her. “This is where we [the writers] seem schizophrenic, because we either see images or hear characters...
...filmmaker from Environmental Studies theory. In the Film/Video track we have assignments called ‘light journals’ in which we take a collection of shots that demonstrate how light interacts with the environment. But we don’t approach these assignments with a theoretical background in how to see the world, so the journals become exercises in camera operation rather than critical seeing.”Professor Stilgoe believes that Environmental Studies has a general relevance that extends beyond the realm of cinema and studio art. He describes the ways in which lack of insight into...
...necessity of personal academic achievement, and forward, towards the prosperous futures ensured by that achievement. Consequently, Harvard ceases to function as a socially interactive organism and fragments into individuals and groups of students united by similar ambitions. The immediate moment, these few years of youth, recede into the background. Saturday-night parties and University policy become matters of relative indifference, for better or for worse.This is by no means an invective against Harvard, but an explanatory response to its critics. The solution to these complaints is simple, though hardly easy. As a student body, we must collectively change our attitude...