Abstract
This paper investigates the task of automatic recognition of film genres, more specifically the recognition and classification of theatrical movie trailers on the basis of genre.

Outline
Introduction
Background
Specification and Design
Shot detection
Feature Extraction
Classification
Implementation
Reading in a Movie File
Shot Boundaries Detection and Key Frame Extraction
Key Frame Feature Extraction Class Identification
Results and Evaluation Key Frames
Intensities and Standard Deviation
Overall Project Evaluation
Future Work
Conclusion
Appendices

From the Paper
"The use of key frame analysis will greatly reduce the computational time spent by the system obtaining feature statistics that can be used for classification. Although the computational effort is reduced the accuracy should not be that adversely affected since using one frame from each shot in the trailer will give a fairly rounded view of the content of the clip as a whole. Throughout the project every effort will be made to reduce the computational complexity of the system since Matlab is a very resource intensive environment, and a reasonable execution time is desired."

Tags:genre, image, matlab, trailer

Abstract
A planning paper of the human resources department of the Acme paper clip company.

Tags:acme, paper, clip

Abstract
This essay is very focused on the technical features of the clip and the representation of characters. It contains a lot of technical terms for aspects such as editing, lighting, camera angles etc. It contains some background information in the introducation, about awards won and records set by the film. It also contains some very relevant quotes to back up the points made. The main objective is to show how the technical features help with the narrative.

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"The Oscar-winning film Titanic (James Cameron 1997, U.S.A) proved to be one of the most profitable films ever made. In this essay I am going to analyze at a three-minute sequence from the film, where I will be specifically looking at features such as mise-en-scene, editing, framing, sound and lighting. I will then be discussing how these aspects help to reinforce the broader areas such as narrative, genre, representation and style. I am going to particularly focus on the representation of class as I feel that the class system is vividly portrayed in the film."

Tags:analysis, characters, class, editing, film, movies, narrative, representation, sequence, titanic

Abstract
This paper includes an observation of infants via video clips and an analysis of the videos in terms of the theories of six developmental psychologists--Piaget, Erikson, Kohlberg, Bronfenbrenner, Vygotsky and Bowlby.

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"As I was unable to gain permission to observe at a daycare center, I viewed a number of videos clips of infants at feeding time. The first video showed an infant that was being fed baby food for the first time as he was being weaned from breast milk. The baby accepted the spoonful of food tentatively, then opened his mouth farther but clearly did not like the taste of it. He scowled, shuddered, made a yech sound and looked as if..."

Tags:developmental psychology, theorists, lab, infants, video, Piaget, Erikson, Kohlberg, Bronfenbrenner, Vygotsky, Bowlby

Abstract
In this paper, three different observations are done: verbal, non-verbal and a mix of verbal and non-verbal observations. Each begins with a brief description of the setting followed by the subject and the observations made.

From the Paper
"Setting: The observation took place circa 1970s according to the style of clothing worn by the people in the room and the picture of President Carter on the wall. The location was in a government building, possibly an interrogation room used by immigration services. The subject was an adult male who was in the room along with four other men pacing around and behind him while they asked the subject questions. Subject Description: The subject appeared to be between 30 to 40 years old, Caucasian, with brown hair and brown eyes. He has a scar running diagonally across his left eyebrow and another over his left cheekbone."

Tags:naturalistic, observation, psychology

Abstract
This paper discusses the film, "Before Stonewall", which presents a snapshot of 40 years of oppression and silencing of the gay community in America. Through discussion of clips in the film, the documentary is critiqued and explained.

From the Paper
"The use of personal interviews addressing many of the taboos that accompanied the early 'bohemian sexual subculture' and the 'gay mental illness,' made the documentary all the more compelling. It is because of this straightforwardness that parts of the film were intensely hard to accept (it's always difficult to digest man's hatred and ignorance). From the beginning of the film, when one of the speakers made the comment "homosexuality has always been a dirty word," one could almost feel the ponderous nature of the early gay/lesbian experience. Yet somehow, even when discussing the ugly, dour truths of the time period, most of the interviews that follow are light-hearted and comical. "

Tags:gay, history, lesbian, oppression, homosexual, civil, rights

Abstract
This paper explains that the movie, "The Sorrow and the Pity", explores the fact that France fell in only 42 days during WWII, in spite of having the largest army in the world and that many of the French quickly made accommodations or even collaborated with the Germans. The author relates that the 1971 movie about the German occupation, including about 40 personal interviews with a whole range of individuals, including farmers, journalists, government officials, aristocrats, business owners, historians, attorneys, educators, and resistance fighters, as well as news clips from the time, was refused for viewing by the French TV stations. The author believes that one of the key reasons the film remains so memorable is the way the story is told with no scripting; everyone tells his or her own story in his or her own words with no editing by the interviewer.

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"On the side of the resistance supporters, farmer Louis Grave offers a serious personal story of the work he and his brother Alexis did for the resistance. For his efforts, Grave was denounced by a neighbor and sent to a concentration camp, and his anger still shows in the interview. If "The Sorrow and the Pity" has heroes in the truest sense of the word, it is surely Louis and Alexis. These simple farmers knew what they were resisting and why, since they had done a thorough job of thinking about their actions. Director Ophuls makes it clear, through his in-depth evidence and anecdotes that the Occupation presented the French with complex questions. Fighting for the resistance or not was a decision that no one would enter into blindly and without strong emotions one way or another."

Tags:skeletons, collaboration, resistance, holocaust, interviews

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This paper explains that computer-aided instruction (CAI) and computer-based training (CBT) have provided both graduates and undergraduates the drill-and-practice systems, that have replaced teachers in routine coaching duties. The author points out that, despite reservations being made by a number of researchers, nearly every higher education institute in the United States is in favor of distance-learning programs because they can cut costs. The paper states that the Internet will become an inseparable part of all the educational systems in the new millennium.

Table of Contents
Statement of Purpose
Search Strategies
The Approach Utilized
Data Gathering and Utilizing Method
Keywords Used
Introduction
Computer-Aided Instruction and Computer-Based Training
Internet Impact: Distance Learning, Cost Reduction, and Increased Access
Calendar of Class Sessions
Virtual Office Hours
Chat Rooms
Video and Movie Clips
"Live" Computer Programs
Two-way Interactive Communication
On-demand Communication Protocol
Wide Communication Bandwidth
Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Interactive Learning Environments
Internet Impact: Turning Expensive Stand-Alone Systems into Cheaper Distance-Learning Technologies
Conclusion

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"The impact of Internet on the traditional learning system has raised doubts in the minds of the several researchers. John and Donald assert, "Some persons are so addicted to its use to the extent they have actually flunked out of college, lost their marriage partners, become mentally sick, given up their jobs, and decreased their human contacts". Furthermore, one more researcher asserts that having access to the Internet does not assure that students will use the information accessible to them from the internet will be used to gain useful knowledge."

Tags:distance-learning, cost-reduction, chat, drill, accessiblity

Abstract
The paper discusses the different forms of political humor available and the range of media now available, from newspaper cartoons to digital clips sent by e-mail. The paper examines how political humor has become an increasingly influential force in the American political scene, with high profile politicians, such as the President, often becoming the main target of jokes. The paper portrays such humor as a useful tool in keeping citizens lighthearted in tense situations.

From the Paper
"In the United States, political humor has become a very popular entertaining form of entertainment, and is used as a way to make light of political situations and poke fun at the politicians that have been elected and are in the national spotlight. Political humor has been in newspapers and other forms of mass media since the elections of some of the first politicians. However, unlike the comedians of the French Revolution Era, political humorists today will not be beheaded for making jokes about the president."

Tags:scandal, Bush, Clinton, Cheney, humiliation

Abstract
The American media's powerful influence can be seen through its portrayal of major events like the Vietnam War. The paper shows that Vietnam was America's first "television war," meaning that United States citizens were able to watch video clips of virtually uncensored images of war including exchanges of gunfire, atrocities and wounded and dead soldiers from both sides. It describes how the Vietnam War's images haunted the television, magazines, and newspapers. This paper covers issues including propaganda, television images, the massacre at My Lai, Son Thang 4, Trang Bang, the dulling effects of graphic images, and civilian protests.

From the Paper
"On June 8, 1972 during an air raid of NVA fortifications just outside Trang Bang, a picture was taken of a girl running away from the bombings. Kim Phuc, then nine, was wearing no clothes, waving her arms, and had an expression of terror on her face. She and other civilians including photojournalists were mistaken as NVA and targeted by the pilots. Kim received major burns to the majority of her body. Up to this day, a myth exists that it was an American-ordered bombing and was executed by American pilots. This is not true. Both the officer who gave the order and the pilot who dropped the bomb were Vietnamese and operating without the aid of the United States Air Force. Nick Ut, the photographer who took the snapshot, won the Pulitzer Prize that year."

Tags:Viet, Cong, Nguyen, Ngoc, Loan, Stars, and, Stripes