'Bend It Like Beckham'.
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Bend It Like Beckham
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In the past 10 years some revolutionary changes in computer systems have changed the relationship between video games and music dramatically.
Video games and music have not always coincided in a great way. Old technology limited the games use of music . In the past 10 years however, some revolutionary changes in computer systems have changed this dramatically. New systems with the ability to play CD quality audio mean music is more important in games than ever before As games become more complex and cinematic, the music industry is beginning to provide real music for them. This essay will examine the links between video games and the music industry. In the early days of videogames, music played no great part when it came to playing a game. Sounds were used simply to illustrate actions. Take for example Pong, one of the original commercially available computer games, developed in the 1950's. It comprised of two 'bats' represented on screen as rectangles and a ball. The object was to play a kind of tennis game, while bleeps represented the ball hitting the bat. The game was basic but it caught the imagination of players around the globe. In 1972 the Magnavox Odyssey was released in the US, the first games console ever made. However it was a completely silent machine. It was not until Atari released the Atari Video Computer System in 1977 that sounds really made impact upon games. These were still only very basic sound effects though. What came next could be described as the beginnings of video game music. Space
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Alfred Hitchcock
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Alfred Hitchcock.
Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock was an ingenious film director born in 1899, he began filmmaking in 1919 and at the age of 26 his first film as a director was complete; "The pleasure garden". He continued this career to produce many famous pieces of work such as for renowned ally died in 1980 due to complications of kidney and heart failure. However he will never be forgotten rtigo, The Birds, and Psycho, are just a few of Hitchcocks famous peices of work, they all demonstrate Hitchcocks Education: St. Ignatius College, London; School of Engineering and Navigation (mechanics, electricity, acoustics, navigation); University of London (art) The acknowledged master of the thriller genre he virtually invented, Alfred Hitchcock was also a brilliant technician who deftly blended sex, suspense and humor. He began his filmmaking career in 1919 illustrating title cards for silent films at Paramount's Famous Players-Lasky studio in London. There he learned scripting, editing and art direction, and rose to assistant director in 1922. That year he directed an unfinished film, No. 13 or Mrs. Peabody . His first completed film as director was The Pleasure Garden (1925), an Anglo-German production filmed in Munich. This experience, plus a stint at Germany's UFA studios as an assistant director, help account for the Expressionistic character of his films, both in their
Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
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Dead Man Walking
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