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Computer Generated Animation.
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(5pp) In the late 19th century, advances in photography and film helped to spur a revolution in the study and perception of human motion. For the first time, an individual could slow down time to a speed at which the different phases of a running or jumping motion were beautifully clear. Today, advances in computer animation may add a new dimension to our ability to understand and visualize human motion. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BBcompan.doc

Computer Graphics' Future in the Film Industry
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A 10 page paper evaluating whether computer-generated graphics and special effects is a passing fad in the film industry or is a young industry poised to take on a lasting presence. The paper discusses aspects of special effects in Jaws, Titanic, The American President, Casper, Forrest Gump and others; and notes that the use of available technology allows filmmakers to increase quality while simultaneously reducing costs. Computer-generated graphics and special effects has passed the point at which it was at the brink of bringing revolution to filmmaking. It surpassed novelty status years ago, and now stands to become a standard and integral process of film production. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KScompGrFilm.wps

Computer Graphics/Better than Real
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A 7 page research paper that argues that the computer-generated special effects and 3D animation of today is a definitive improvement over filmmaking of just a decade ago. This examination of computer graphics in film shows that this new and rapidly advancing field represents a giant-leap forward for cinema, both in the quality of the image and in safety. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khcggood.rtf

Conflict Resolution in "The Breakfast Club"
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This 5 page report discusses the 1985 "brat pack" movie The Breakfast Club" from the perspective of social conflict and conflict resolution. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Brekclub.wps

Conflict Theory Applied to Roger Donaldson’s Film, “Thirteen Days”
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A 7 page paper which examines the intense negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis, specifically concentrating on the conflict within the President’s own advisors, known as Executive Committee of the National Security Council, as to how best to respond to the two letters sent my Premier Nikita Khruschev regarding the resolution of the situation. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TGthirteen.rtf

Conformity or Chaos - Cultural Clashes in Contemporary Film & Print
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An 8 page paper that examines the choice between conformity or chaos that teenagers and young adults are forced to make under the rules of today's society. Included is an analysis of the character of Sarah Connor in the 1984 James Cameron film Terminator as well as a discussion of Michael Lehmann's 1989 film production of Heathers and Donna Gaines' 1991 publication entitled Teenage Wasteland: Suburbia's Dead End Kids. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: LCClash.doc

Confucianism as Reflected in Film
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This 6 page paper examines two films: The Killer and Once Upon a Time in China II. The films are evaluated in how they relate to concepts in Confucianism. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA548Con.rtf

Conspiracy Theory in “The Manchurian Candidate”
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This paper explores Richard Condon's book and Frankenheimer's movie 'The Manchurian Candidate' in terms of conspiracy theory and McCarthyism of the era (1959-1960). There is a brief comparison of the two and a short biography of Condon. The book focuses on the psychological and political aspects of the story. Bibliography lists 4 sources. JVcondon.rtf
Filename: JVcondon.rtf

Constructing the Idea of Feminine in Films “La Maternelle” and “Christopher Strong”
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A 6 page paper which examines how these feminist films, both released in 1933, reworked conventional cinematic textual strategies in order to visually construct for viewers what it means to be feminine. Specifically considered are how the issues of work, motherhood, feminine desire, and social positioning are depicted and how narrative form is used to convey these ideas. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TGfemfilms.rtf

Contemporary American Movies and their Relationship to American Culture
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A seven page paper which looks at the ways in which contemporary American films reflect or satirise modern American culture, including tutorial notes to assist the student in using the paper as the basis for a longer dissertation. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: JLammovies.wps