As the 1950's began, Westerns introduced new techniques of filmmaking both on location and in the editing room. ... "In theory, this meant that the songs and dances should serve to advance the narrative, but in practice it produces the unrealistic convention of a character's bursting into a song at the slightest dramatic provocation. ... Also with James Stewart's feelings of vertigo, Hitchcock portrays his visceral sense of ambivalence by using the track out and zoom forward technique whenever he confronts his fear. It's these techniques that he would also go to use in his ...

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Art is a medium that allows people to express their thoughts and feelings on various world issues affecting citizens today through the use of descriptive paintings and drawings. Currently, more and more teenagers are being exposed to and experiencing the negative aspects of the modern world such as ...

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Isolation and alienation, together with experimental forms of expression, came to characterise serious literature, while cinematic techniques and the elaboration of popular genres came to dominate other forms of cultural expression. ... What went out was narrative, description, rational exposition; what emerged focused on stream of consciousness, images in poetry (rather than description or narration), a new use of universal myth, and a sense of fragmentation both of individuality and of such concepts as space and time. ... Narratives gave way to lyrics, above all to 'impressions', ...

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The Condition of Man in The Heart of Darkness and The Lord of the Flies "Man is a fallen being. He is gripped by original sin. His nature is sinful and his state perilous-(Golding, "Fable-, The Hot Gates and Other Occasional Pieces, Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, 1965, page 61). This quote by William Golding sums up his view of the soul of mankind. This feeling is shared by many authors, especially modern ones. ...

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• Grade Level: High School