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Although the music is minimalist, sound designer Rebecca R. Rojer ’09 employs it effectively, and when dramatic sound clips do enter the scene they contribute to the cinematic feel of the play. An especially good sound touch is the use of a harsh “knocking” noise to emphasize the slam of a door, illustrating the conflict of tradition and modernity as the physical borders between patients and the doctor’s office are established and broken down...
...lighting plays an increasingly complex role; at first, it only consists of the typical, harsh, white lights of a doctor’s office, but its intensity and scale increases to represent the truth-revealing sterility of Dr. Knock’s “medicine,” and the possibility of his power. Light designer Aidin E.W. Carey ’07 does a good job of making the lighting’s intensity manifest that power...
...university doesn’t play any active role in discour-aging downloading to begin with. Thus, the future is uncertain for Harvard downloaders.THE POWERS THAT BEJohn Palfrey, Executive Director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, is not surprised by the harsh punishment faced by Thomas and Bowser. “Increasingly, we’ve seen very stringent penalties for copyright related law-breaking,” he says. “The entertain-ment industry has been quite aggressive.” The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has enthusiastically endorsed...
Devoid of the bland script present in others of its genre, “Take the Lead” is both funny and poignant. From the movie’s opening sequence, the stark contrast between the harsh lives of the high school students and the wealth and grace of ballroom dance becomes clear. As Dulaine shines his shoes and puts on his tuxedo and Morgan, his prima donna, puts on her gown and jewels, his soon-to-be pupils are shown lacing up their sneakers and wearing short skirts or baggy pants...
...ORLEANS—Two by two, they carried the heavy planks across the parking lot in the harsh Southern sun, the backs of their arms and necks burning. The hours passed slowly...