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  • Example Of Low Key Lighting
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    West Side Story In this musical, it uses several types of narratives, for example, after the fight between the Jets and Puerto Ricans, after the police leave, they enter the ally and the girl is begging to join the gang saying how much she wants to fight is a part of narrative sexuality (B 34). The girl is more of a tom boy who wants to be like one of the guys. Also, in the West Side Story, it uses many camera angles and distances. One example is the high-angle shot (B 49). In the very beginning...
  • Compound Light Microscope
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    Tristan Moore February 15, 2002 Biology 101 The compound light microscope is used for examining small or thinly sliced sections of objects under magnification that is higher than that of the binocular dissecting light microscope. The term light refers to the method by which light transmits the image to your eye. Compound deals with the microscope having more than one lens. Microscope is the combination of two words. "Micro" meaning small and "scope" meaning view. Microscopes in early times, like...
  • Used Fire As The Source Of Light
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    Have you wondered why streetlights are yellow, or why the year 2000 cars have brighter headlights and they are a different color? Have you ever wondered how the indigo light on your watch works, or why it glows green and not white? And did you know that same indigo light can be used while frozen, dipped in water, bent in half, stepped on, or in hazardous environments. Lighting has changed over the last few years; there are advantages and disadvantages of different kinds of lighting. Lighting has...
  • Laser Light
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    Light in the Modern World Since the beginning of time, mankind has made use of light, from simple things such as planting crops in areas of abundant light to things as well thought out as Stonehenge on the Salisbury plains. Not being content with having to rely on natural light from the sun and stars alone, we have created our own light. Our first method was fire, in such things as candles and oil lamps. More recently, however, we have relied mainly on electricity to provide us with artificial l...
  • Timing Of Performers And Lights
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    The Role of Illumination Theatrical lighting has undergone significant changes from its first utilization to modern application. Illumination is essential to the theatrical experience we are familiar with. When the lights come up, the mood is set. Lighting in a performance context manipulates the audience's attention to focus on what the director has deemed important. When an actor or space is no longer an integral part the lights around them dim, dismissing that component and refocusing on what...
  • Experiences Of The Boy In James
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    Araby: How the Setting Reinforces the Theme and Characters Joel Lee The setting in 'Araby' reinforces the theme and the characters by using imagery of light and darkness. The experiences of the boy in James Joyce's'Araby' illustrate how people often expect more than ordinary reality can provide and then feel disillusioned and disappointed. The author uses dark and obscure references to make the boy's reality of living in the gloomy town of Araby more vivid. He uses dark and gloomy references to ...
  • Contrast To The Light
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    Yeah. Throughout this novel (Mice and Man), Steinbeck uses a lot of symbols. He uses light as symbol of hope and friendship in the novel. Sometimes he has light, surrounded by darkness. Light is also a symbol of peace and friendship. Light is used as a symbol in many world religions. Heaven is symbolized by light. When people die, they see "the light in the end of the tunnel". As a contrast to the light, there is violence. In this novel there is a lot of violence. Light and dark, is another cont...
  • Light Energy
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    LIGHT: A FUNDAMENTAL FORCE IN OUR WORLD If asked what light is, one could say that it's one of the most basic elements of our world and our universe as we perceive it. It is through sight that we receive 90% of our information. It is through the use of telescopes aiding the naked eye that we are aware of the heavenly bodies around us. It is through light that the energy from the sun is transferred to us. The sun's energy supports the food chain; plants use it to turn water and CO 2 into energy u...
  • Use Of Light And Darkness
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    A contrast between light and darkness in The Scarlet Letter By Daniel Smith Nathaniel Hawthorne used light and darkness in The Scarlet Letter in a most brilliant way. He often used darkness to symbolize death, sin, or hatred; he used light to bring forth a mindset of civilization, acceptance, and conformity. Hawthorne use of these symbols allowed the reader to somewhat develop a mental picture and feeling of the situations that were displayed. In The Scarlet Letter, there were many times which H...
  • Simon's Body And The Creatures
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    Throughout The Lord of the Flies, the author shows how different Simon is from the rest of the savages on the island. He is much more innocent and pure than the others and has a religious demeanor. Light, very commonly a symbol of holiness and purity, is used quite often during Simon's "funeral". In the last four paragraphs of chapter nine, "A view to a death", Golding makes clear the use of light imagery to suggest the apotheosis of Simon. During chapter nine, the sky and water are used to conv...
  • Affects Of Light Pollution
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    Light pollution happened slowly at first which was several decades ago it was a process that was hardly noticeable. A light here, a light there, burning way into the dark nighttime realm, helping us see in the darkness when people all their our beds fast asleep. The process still continues today, with little thought ever given to what we are stealing away. Our intentions are good but our methods need adjustment, and they needs to be done immediately. In fact, our methods should have been changed...
  • Lights Incandescent Plant Grow Lights These Lights
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    Grow Lights bought an incandescent grow-light 60 watt bulb at a hardware store for $7.72 for my indoor early starters. Although I have the grow light 3-4 inches above them, they already look a bit spindly. I watered them thoroughly today, removed the plastic cover, and put the grow light closer to them (about 2 inches above them). I am aware of the recommendation for fluorescent lights for seedlings. That will require help from my husband, who hates my gardening, so I thought I'd try the incande...
  • Citizen Kane
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    Orson Welles' epic Citizen Kane, is not only of the greatest movies ever made, but also a good example of Hollywood style direction. Welles employed his creative tools, such as lighting and sound, camera movement and editing, a movie that did not only represent the theater world of its time, but also set an example for future generations of filmmakers and directors. Some of the striking stylistic elements of Citizen Kane include its expressionistic use of lighting, its dizzying variety of camera...
  • Different Kinds Of Optical Switches
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    Different Kinds of Optical Switches: The biggest problem with creating an all-optical network would be the switching; re-routing the information from source A to destination B. When information is sent, it does not flow directly from point A to point B. It passes through a series of switches that narrow the path down, and eventually the signal reaches point B. These switches have thousand's of possible routes which information can be transfered. Right now, the optical networks that stretch acros...
  • Available Light Night Photography
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    Garett theorises that it is the quality not quantity of available light that makes an image photographable and mundane. Night photography is an excellent way to examine this theory. As there is not a great deal of light available at night the photographer has to be proficient enough to use the available light to its most effective. Night photography can have some amazing effects examining themes like time, magic and surrealism. To efficiently analyse the style of low light photography it is nece...
  • Used As Barriers As The Dancers Fight
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    Review on Faking It by Motionhouse. Motionhouse created a seductive world of theatrical illusion and deceitful magic, where nothing is quite what it seems, in their production Faking It. The theme of the piece is supported primarily by the lighting, costume, and accompaniment but exceptionally by the movement and the set. The piece is very unique, because of this. All the above factors give me the impression that the theme is that of breaking away from evil, braking away from an intimidation to ...
  • Use Of Water
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    In the Lincoln Center's production of "The Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare, directed by Nicholas Hynter the concept of Eastern influences were used. The Eastern concept came from two art exhibitions entitled "Flowers Underfoot" and "King of the World". Besides those Hynter also took a Hackney approach to the idea. Using abstract yet rich in texture. The concept used extreme colors that are rarely used on stage. Hynter also wanted the effect of a dream like state that could be any time peri...
  • Symbolism Of Light And Dark
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    Two types of symbolism in Oedipus Rex are the shades or colors of light and dark, and the comparison of being blind and able to see. This symbolism makes the reader more aware of the characters personality, and helps set the setting, or mood, of the scene. A strong type of symbolism is the reference to light and dark. This type of symbolism is present throughout Oedipus Rex. The author uses this symbolism to set the moods of scenes, or characters. The shade or color of darkness is used primarily...
  • Electric Lightbulb
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    The Electric Lightbulb is one of the most important inventions ever created. An inventor named Thomas Alva Edison created the lightbulb back in 1879. The electric lightbulb is actually called an 'Incandescent lamp', this means that electricity flows through the filament of the lightbulb. Thomas invented the lightbulb in a lamp factory back at Menlo Park, In the United States of America. Edison was determined to make a light that was not as bright as the arc lights that were already invented (the...
  • Light Through A Lens
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    Have you ever looked up to the sky at night, and wondered what stars look like up close? Have you ever wondered how astronomers take pictures of other planets with such detail? Although the human eyes are superb detectors, they cannot see extremely faint objects or fine details on distant objects. For example, you would not be able to read the print on your skateboard magazine when it is on the other side of a dimly lit room. However, if you had something that would collect more light than your ...

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