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Extra Credit Listening Assignment The sound world of any movie is just as important as the picture. It completes the whole package. One of the movies that I find the sound to be extrandroiry is Arrival (2016), Directed by Denis Villeneuv. The scene I chose to write about is the scene where Amy Adam's character Louise attempts to make communication with the strange creature. There’s a lot of interesting work done to this scene but specifically sound wise. First thing you notice is the…

people’s attention. The commercial by Extra Gum called “Extra Gum: The Story of Sarah & Juan” caught mine. It aired in 2015 and is one minute and 57 seconds long. This commercial tells a love story about a guy and girl, Sarah and Juan, who meet in school when she gives him a stick of gum for helping her pick up her books that she dropped. Throughout the commercial shows different memories they make together and Juan draws them on the gum wrapper. The “Extra Gum: The Story of Sarah & Juan”…

In “On Truth and Lies in an Extra-Moral Sense” Nietzsche sets out to show that humans have developed our own senses of truth and formation of concept, which are mere lies. He says it starts with a stimulus that creates an image metaphor, which leads to a sound metaphor, which creates language. In Ignorance: How It Drives Science, Stuart Firestein’s explains that knowledge does not come after ignorance, it is the other way around. Nietzsche asserts that there is no thing as absolute truth. To him…

The Robots have won In the article “Our Unpaid, Extra Shadow Work”, Craig Lambert the author gives his take on the rising term “shadow work”. According to an Austrian philosopher, Ivan Illich, “shadow work is referred to as unpaid labor.” Craig Lambert states in his article that the self-service checkout line at the grocery store is an example of self-service, as well as pumping your own gas at the gas station. Shadow work is becoming more and more popular as the innovation of technology becomes…

Transitioning into middle school is usually a difficult task for most students. Extracurricular activities are sponsored by the school but are not part of the academic curriculum. They can help reduce stress, peer pressure, and social flaws. Extracurricular activities create well-rounded students who learn what interests them now to apply to their future. They allow students to determine priorities and manage time. Responsibility is an important trait to acquire and organizations help students…

Extracurricular Activities ONLY 20! Community High School allows their students to have only twenty days off that can be contributed to extracurricular activities. Once all of the twenty days have been used up then they can no longer participate in extracurricular activities that require them to leave school early or stay overnight anywhere. This is a huge problem in a lot of schools it is taking away from a chance for students to give back to their community and learn lifelong lessons.…

Quitters Inc. Extra Motivation Body Paragraph One can see by examining a teenager’s life while writing an essay, that it is important to have extra motivation to help one overcome a barrier, rather than letting it slide. An individual may not want to go through the process of writing an essay and handing it in to the teacher, because they are either tired or stuck and do not know what to talk about in their essays. This is a stumping block for many teens and can sometimes bring…

Did extra-terrestrials land on our planet in our pre-history? Did they sexually mix or genetically experiment and educate our Homo sapiens/Neanderthal ancestors changing the course of our evolution and supercharging our intelligence? Was there a level of knowledge on Earth in our prehistory which far exceeds what we have today? Did extra-terrestrial(s) arrive with their amazing knowledge from its civilisation? Did their knowledge also develop from an extra-terrestrial seeding in a similar way…

and incorporating the public’s views into their campaigns. Throughout their campaign, candidates are influenced by extra-constitutional actors, such as the media, public opinion, interest groups, and political parties. In the election of governor in Massachusetts this year, it can be seen that all of these extra-constitutional actors have influenced the candidates. All of the extra-constitutional actors exist to inform, motivate, and educate voters, but each one has its own individual goal.…

Brands are notorious for creating commercials that catch the viewer’s attention, even if the product has nothing to do with what may be happening in the commercial. The commercial Extra Gum: The Story of Sarah & Juan, directed by Pete Riski does that. The company implements emotional appeal to pull the audience in and use teens that can relate to what is happening. The beginning of the commercial takes places at a high school. The song “Can 't Help Falling In Love” by Haley Reinhart, is…