On October 30,1938, the night before Halloween, Orson Welles brought shock to people all over the country through a broadcast. He talked about fake aliens in New Mills, New Jersey. He did this because he wanted more people to listen to his broadcasts. His broadcast was meant to seem realistic, and many people did not know it was fake. Orson Welles recklessly endangered people through his broadcast by causing chaos across the country. The original broadcast seemed realistic. First, the introduction and the weather report seemed realistic because it sounded similar to how it did during that time. The broadcast had static coming through the radio. Also, the abrupt silence or transmission difficulties seemed realistic because the radio cut in …show more content…
First, in the broadcast, Orson Welles stated that Mars exploded. This is not true because if Mars exploded, then the planets rotation would be changed. This means Earth could freeze, and the people would die. Next, Orson Welles said that there was a meteor strike. He and his team were going to investigate the meteor strike. This was fictional because there was never a strike. Lastly, Orson Welles told his listeners that there was an alien invasion. This was fictional because aliens did not invade the United States, Orson Welles gave listeners fake information during his broadcast. The listeners became frightened and began to panic. They barricaded their homes, and brought out their guns to shoot anyone or anything that was suspicious. During the interview, Orson Welles appeared to be sorry. He apologized many times during the interview. In the video, he had a serious look on his face; he was not laughing or joking. Orson Welles seemed to not realize that he frightened so many people. Orson Welles did a few things to make people believe he was not sorry. First, he was fidgeting with his hands. This made people think he was uncomfortable and not sorry because he was wrong. Also, Orson Welles kept shaking his head no during the interview, which made it seem like he was not
His tonal modulations were clearly purposeful for optimum effectiveness. His infuriated delivery appeared to convey all that Americans were feelings about the bombing. As Roosevelt (1941) stated “The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American Naval and military forces.” Roosevelt is speaking to Americans telling them that is an impact on our defensive line. One will clearly imagine what his facial expressions and hand gestures were.
September 11, 2001 was the terrorist attack on the world trade center. Nearly 3000 people were killed and there would have been more casualties if it wasn’t for the heroic efforts of many people, one in particular being Welles Crowther. One of the women Welles saved, Judy Rein, says while choking back tears, “Without him I wouldn’t be here, he saved my life”. Judy keeps a picture of Welles in her house to remind her of the
Yes, it was real; it was still there. Orange groves were there. They showed me the pioneer days -it all flashed right in front of my
Christopher Milam US History 3rd Harmony 1/21/23 The Cause of the Civil War In 1861, the Civil War began, causing a major conflict between two sides, the Union and the newly founded Confederacy; both had opposing ideals about Slavery. Using historical evidence, the Civil War was primarily fought over Slavery. This can be backed by the struggle against Slavery's acceptance, laws and bills directed toward the black population, and pro-slavery white governments. Slavery's attempted acceptance was for the entirety of the United States to allow slave-holding states but was denied, causing conflict.
Causes of the American Revolution Essay The American Revolution began in 1775 as an open conflict between the united thirteen colonies in North America and Great Britain. Thankfully the Treaty of Paris that ended the war in 1783, the colonies had won their independence. The colonists were happy in their victory. Many factors played a role in the colonists desires to fight for their freedom. Issues such as taxation, propaganda,restrictions,government control and much more.
Held outside in New York through August 15th to the 18th original $7 Woodstock Music and Art Festival occurred. Weather was an enormous part in Woodstock since weeks before the festival the area received mass amounts of rain which caused a construction problem. Construction problem was workers could not finish building the fence that excluded ticket owners from non ticket owners from entering the music and art festival. The aftermath of not having a fence was many individuals did not pay admission price for the festival. During Woodstock it rained throughout the whole weekend this affected performances, standing conditions for audience, but despise all that, it brought the crowd together.
The Film Citizen Kane was a groundbreaking film in the 1940’s, the way Orson Wells depicts his film with different lighting, cinematography, choice of camera shots and mise-en-scene throughout this movie truly showed the masterpiece that this film is. In the Film Citizen Kane, it was the first movie that went against true Hollywood cinema by introducing flashbacks throughout the movie to show us how Charles Foster Kane changes throughout the movie. Throughout this movie the audience can see how Charles Foster Kane undergoes a variety of physical and emotional changes from when he was just a young boy all the way until his unfortunate death. Power, that’s all that Kane wanted in the start of the film. In the beginning of the film Kane gets ownership of the struggling New York Daily Inquirer, Kane suggests that he wanted to use journalism to apply to the public and protect the interest of ordinary people.
I seldom watch indies before because I usually watch films for entertainment. A independent film could be meaningful when it has audiences appreciate it, otherwise what the filmmaker has done and his/her personal vision that the filmmaker attempts to express would be a mug’s game. Confined to a filmmaker’s thoughts, there is no expectation that every audiences can accept ideas of that indie. Hopefully, target audiences of indies are those who are sophisticated and watch movies not just for entertainment. Watching indies give those audiences a chance to ponder over their lives and society where they live in.
Citizen Kane challenged the traditional narrative and technical elements of classic Hollywood cinema mainly in the area of sound. Orson Welles was ahead of his time when he created his works of manipulating sound to transfer meaning in the film Citizen Kane. Welles used concealed hanging microphones to obtain different levels of sound throughout the film. The manner, in which the story was told, from Kane’s death flashbacked to his life of success and ultimate failure, was also a new style of storytelling for films. Welles also used symbolism with his last mumbling word “Rosebud.”
There are many things that make “Citizen Kane” considered as possibly one of the greatest films every made; to the eyes of the passive audience this film may not seem the most amazing, most people being accustomed to the classical Hollywood style, but to the audience with an eye for the complex, “Citizen Kane” breaks the traditional Hollywood mold and forges its own path for the better. Exposition is one of the most key features of a film, it’s meant introduce important characters and give the audience relevant details and and dutifully suppress knowledge in turn. “Citizen Kane” does not follow this Classic Hollywood style exposition, instead going above and beyond to open the film with revealing as little information as possible and confuse/intrigue
While walking down the sidewalk on a beautiful, sunny day, you walk in front of your favorite bakery which has it’s doors propped open and the gorgeous smells are trolling out of the sweet smelling bakery. You take a deep breathe in and all of a sudden are stopped mid-breathe by the scent of sour skittles. You look to your left and see a guy vaping, and the vapor coming from his device is eliminating the delicious scent of the bakery. Vaping has become a popular product on the market, but some of the effects it has on the body make it a worse choice than smoking. Those who vape are susceptible to bronchitis or severe cough, teary or dry eyes, and lung cancer.
“Citizen Kane” is a tale of the “Charles Foster Kane”. “Citizen Kane” was one among the major controversial movies continually built up. Kane was one of the most controversial films ever made. Hearst, affronted from his representation, presented RKO a diminutive chance to wipe out the movie. When that attempt did not work, newspapers of the Hearst go aboard on an operation of denouncement in opposition to Welles, therefore demonstrating that the dishonesty of the press and the condemnation of the power in film were specifically the aim.
Happiness, sadness and nervousness, all of these are emotions that every single person will feel the experience during his or her life, everyone experienced love and hate in their heart. Hate is an acquired feeling and not a genetic. People are never born with hate, but they learned it by the environment that surrounds them, by the outside world. But why do people hate? What is are the reasons that drives them to hate, why would someone want to have that kind of gloomy bad intention about someone, because that would turn people to be more violence, after all, violence can led to death in some causes.
Wes Anderson is a very well-known and established director in his field. Over the years, Anderson has developed a unique style of film and a basic formula for how each film will look in the end. The film The Grand Budapest Hotel showcases a lot of Anderson quirks from the vibrant colors to the tiny miniatures that he used to show the landscape. The Grand Budapest Hotel is uniquely Wes Andersons and really showcases his style.
Smoking has become a social habit nowadays. When people around are smoking, the person practically feel like he/she should be doing the same. And this is increasing day by day in our country. Smoking tribulates almost every organ of the body. It is the leading cause of more than 443,00 deaths each year.