Duanwu Festival

Film festivals are cultural events that take a film and judge it against other films of similar categories to ultimately recognize the best films within a given time period. The film festival industry is one that generates competition and recognition for filmmakers around the globe. The main intention behind holding film festivals is to properly promote films that are worthy of high-level recognition. These festivals are cultural events that celebrate respectable artistry and films that have shaped

Informative Outline: The Evolution and Psychology of The Modern Music Festival Experience Topic: How music festivals have transformed since the 1950s and the psychology behind why Organization: Chronological/Topical Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about how modern music festivals emerged and how/why they have completely transformed globally 1. Introduction Attention Getter: When we think of the beginning of music festivals it takes us back to 1969, when 400,000 hippies gathered at a 600-acre

Introduction Festivals for years have been leading the outdoor events industry by force. With the music scene always changing and now modern day music being dominated by technology, the same goes for how the festival trying to brand them self’s around using technology. This Research assignment will look at the history of Glastonbury from 1970 until the early 2000’s taking into account some recent developments from the last few years. From Michael Eavis inspirational thinking to David Bowie’s early

In the nineteen sixties almost half of the American population were young adults. Because of this, the sixties were an age of youth and there was a generation gap that America had never seen before. Many of the baby boomers were at risk of being drafted into the Vietnam War. This war brought on revolutionary and innovative ways of thinking. The young people of this decade wanted change and this brought a huge difference in culture from the conservative fifties. Inspiration for many of the songs and

In Noh there are many things that are significant, and that have deeper meanings. For instance the simple way that they walk, sing, and move all mean something more. While doing the presentations on a Noh play I noticed something beautiful about the play that I had chosen. Spring was mentioned a lot, it had many cameos in the play. In Yuya the entire back story of the play is the discussions of going to see the cherry blossoms. Spring in Japan means a whole lot more than just another season

Bethel,New York, Woodstock was born. The three day festival was full of music,art,peace,love and crazy dancing. Woodstock was one of the most historic events of the 60's. Woodstock was a large event in the 1960’s that had both positive and negative events. At the festival many musicians that we call legends today performed at this festival and the ones who turned it down not knowing how big it was going to turn out sooner regretted it. The festival became so popular it led the modern generation to

When discussing the pop-industry today a general belief seems to form, that young musicians who grew up with either rich or famous parents compose the majority of the industry. On the other hand, the alternative genres of music are typically made up of people who grew up in the middle-class or lower class. Unfortunately their music never finds a market or receives play on the radio. That said, technical avenues still exist for the alternative artist to make music. Twitter, Spotify and Apple Music

produced one of the biggest rock shows ever, the two-day Miami Pop Festival, which drew 40,000 people (Tiber 1). At 24, Lang was the manager of a rock group called Train. He took his proposal for a record deal to Kornfeld at Capitol, and history began. The four met to discuss their idea at a high-rise on 83rd Street (Young 37). Lang reminisces, "They were kind of preppy. Today, I guess they'd be yuppies" (Landy, Festival 29). The Woodstock Music and Art Fair was the name that they came

cordial resolution. The progressive political organization did not last long they went about a lot of things violently. In the 1960’s television and music experienced many changes. Music experienced new artists, different genres and exciting musical festivals. Television introduced different genres that range from daytime talk shows to sitcoms that portrayed the average American family. During this time period America improved in a lot of ways due to the music that people listened to and the television

Kingyo (which means “goldfish” in Japanese) is a short film by the Malaysian filmmaker Edmund Yeo. It is based on Yasunari Kawabata’s 1924 short story “Canaries”. He’s previous efforts, which include short films like "Chicken rice mystery", "Fleeting images" and "Love suicides" showcased his talent effectively.While in "Kingyo", his first Japanese language short film, it’s clearly visible that he has only taken his talent in the forward direction. The film, which wonderfully depicts love, loss and