In this project, I aim to explore the different styles of popular music that have been successful from the 1960s to the present in Spain, why they have been popular, where they originated from, their history and what the music is actually like.
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Francisco De Goya (1746 – 1828) biography.
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Hello I am Alex Paraskeva and over the next few pages of this essay I am going to explain my life story, or what I have lived of my relatively short life.
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Analyse the ways in which Speilberg builds up tension and suspense in the hit film jaws.
Analyse the ways in which Speilberg builds up tension and suspense in the hit film jaws Jaws was a film, which from its first release reeled in and captivated the imagination of audiences worldwide on its release in 1975. Nothing quite like it had been seen on the cinema. It remains one of Steven Spielberg's greatest films to date and also one of the classics of the silver screen. It was a box office smash and wad deservedly nominated for many awards and arguably assured Steven speilberg as one of the elite directors to the modern day. Speilberg uses four main techniques to create tension and suspense within the film. These four techniques are music, camera angles, facial expression, and also structure. The film is set on a small American tourist island named Amnity meaning friendship. Subsequently in the summer a number of unforeseen deaths occur. When the mystery is solved it turns out that there is a great white shark dwelling on the Amnity shores. The Amnity chief of police Brody makes the discovery, and he knows it is up to him to save the island, however chief Brody has a fear of water and the 4th of July is approaching fast so Brody is on a race against time to Kill the murderous marine beast not only to save the people of Amnity but to save the Economy of the island which key earnings is made from tourism. One of the most important aspects of the film and how
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