Implementing flashbacks in a movie can be a double-edged sword. Done wrong, a flashback will feel tacked-on and lazy. A mishandled use of a flashback in a story can make it feel like a Band-Aid solution that will leave audiences feeling shallow and underwhelmed when further pondered. However, suppose the flashback element is woven efficiently …
Permissive Parenting is one of the four parenting styles (the others are Authoritative, Authoritarian, and Neglectful). It is primarily characterized by high responsiveness and low demandingness. Permissive parents are those who are very responsive to their child’s emotional needs but failed to set and enforce rules. They act more like friends to their children instead …
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What Do Journalists Do? Today’s “J-school” graduate must know more than how to follow leads, interview people, compose articles, edit ruthlessly, adhere to word counts and satisfy editors. They must also meet impossible deadlines, chase go-nowhere leads and put up with pressroom egos. This is no career for shy folks. Where do Americans get their …
Humans — especially children — are visual beings. The old adage that “a picture is worth a thousand words” means that the engaging visual aspects of movies make them an appealing way to naturally teach kids important qualities such as empathy and kindness. Empathy and kindness go hand in hand. True empathy involves understanding the …
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What do anthropologists do? Once upon a time, legendary anthropologists like Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, and Bronislaw Malinowski undertook field work within exotic cultures, primarily reporting on mating, coming-of-age, marriage, and death rituals. But as primitive societies grew scarce, social scientists branched out in creative ways. Anthropologists are blazing new trails. They teach. Work at …
The Hero’s Journey is an old literary device that appears in a wide variety of stories throughout human history. As such, it has also featured in many popular films since the dawn of cinema. Although there are some deviations, the hero’s journey usually consists of a cyclical story with some main narrative beats. An ordinary …
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Watching movies in the darkness of a movie theater is a singular experience. Streaming options have changed our experience to make it a shared activity to enjoy with friends and teammates. Teamwork is defined by Psychology Today as working with other people to achieve a shared goal. We think about teamwork being limited to the …
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What do sociologists do? Rather than working with one person at a time to determine the state of his or her mental health, sociologists have a more daunting task: Figuring out the behaviors of people when they act in concert with others. This profession takes a microscopic look at what happens to individuals when they …
Dramatic irony is a literary device in which the audience knows more than the characters in a story. It is often used to depict ambiguity and keep the audience guessing what will happen next. Dramatic irony exists when an event occurs unexpectedly. Still, it is revealed later that only one character knows about this event, …
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Movies have a way of broadening the perspective. They are a great way for students to escape for a few hours and get some fresh insight into the world. Movies with engineering concepts will specifically help the students broaden their understanding of science and technology in ways that books cannot. Concepts like time travel and …
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