Abstract
This paper explains and analyzes LDAP technology in detail and provides an overview of its history. The writer discusses how it works, its uses and its limitations. The dominating technology innovation to the LDAP, Active Directory service, was introduced by Microsoft with Windows 2000. AD represents a virtual and hoped for solution to the traditional challenges of LDAP servers. The paper concludes that the greatest benefit that AD provides today is not as a competitor with LDAP but as an innovator and enhancer of the network protocol technology thereof. This paper contains a table.

Outline:
What is LDAP?
How Does LDAP Work?
How is LDAP Used?
What is the Relationship of LDAP to Networking Systems?
Overview of Active Directory (AD), a Microsoft Technology
Relative Comparison of LDAP Technology with AD

From the Paper
"LDAP's were originally integrated as what are known as gateway servers, whereby the LDAP gateway handles information transfer that formerly the client had to process through their own protocols, without access to any others, thus clarifying the general benefit and function of LDAP as interoperability. With the development of LDAP, it became clear that the original X.500 DSA was too cumbersome a technology for the streamlined access that LDAP's were providing. Thus, LDAP absorbed many of the processes of X.500, and departed from X.500 thereof, achieving the technology to run independently, providing streamlined protocol service to clients thereof, in 1994."

Tags:interoperability, information, provider, Netscape, Web, compliance, database, TCP/IP, hierarchical, framework

Abstract
The films by director Spike Lee are not trivial, mindless films that require suspension of disbelief. His films provide the viewer with an insightful social commentary on contemporary race relations. This paper is an analysis of Spike Lee's directorial style. Lee's directorial style, stylistic tendencies, stories, and work as a whole are explored in this paper by comparing his films "Do the Right Thing" and "Malcolm X".

Tags:spike, lee, films

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This paper evaluates the films created by Burton in an effort to uncover what distinguishes his directorial style from mainstream Hollywood filmmaking, why he acquired this predilection and hang on to such artistic viewpoint, and how his films' inordinate preoccupation with the weird and the morbid hit if off with both the critics and the box-office.

Outline:
Introduction
Literature Review
Early Years
Filmography
Auteur
Trademarks
Mise En Scene
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Burton began drawing at an early age, but it wasn't until he has spent some time at California Institute of the Arts that he was given an opportunity that would change his life forever. Disney, after seeing Burton's artwork, hired him immediately. Amazingly, they didn't even have a job that specifically fit what he could do. He was hired on the basis that if Disney didn't hire him, someone else would. Long and tedious hours were burned away as Burton worked continuously on creating ideas for Disney. What he came up with wasn't exactly what Disney had hoped for. He developed two short films, Vincent (1982) and Frankenweenie (1984). The first film was a "claymation" (a film animation whose characters are sculpted from clay) tribute to his idol Vincent Price and, although not the most publicized film from the Disney Studios, it was certainly the most unusual because of the combination of bizarre characters and the constantly shifting expressionist backgrounds1. "

Tags:gothic, batman, edward, scissorhands

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This paper seeks to analyze the directorial aspects of a couple that lived a cage for three days. By becoming "Circus Freaks" in an old custom that depicted South American Indians as savages, they see seek to explore how people would react in a city environment in Columbia, South America. By seeing the filming, the racial perspectives, and the reactions the couple get, we can see how this film provokes historical revisions on Indian heritage.

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The paper relates that Oliver Goldsmith's play, "She Stoops to Conquer" was a directed by Max Stafford-Clark at the acclaimed National Theatre in Bath and on tour with the troupe. The paper examines how Stafford-Clark highlights the dysfunction of a "restoration" family, the Hardcastle's, while allowing the characters to be warm and witty. The paper shows how Stafford-Clark successfully leads the actors and the rest of the team to realize the artistic vision that Goldsmith intended with an integrated collaboration of design and acting. The paper asserts that Stafford-Clark has been one of the most important forces in British theatre in the last four decades and his contribution to "She Stoops to Conquer" is another example of this encouraging direction ("Professor").

From the Paper
"Oliver Goldsmith's play, "She Stoops to Conquer" was a directed by Max Stafford-Clark at the acclaimed National Theatre in Bath and on tour with the troupe. Stafford-Clark highlights the dysfunction of a "restoration" family, the Hardcastle's, while allowing the characters to be warm and..."

Tags:play, director, critique

Abstract
This paper reviews the controversial movie 'For a Lost Soldier' based on the book by choreographer and dancer Rudi van Dantzig. According to the paper, the book is semi-autobiographical, based on the life of van Dantzig.

From the Paper
'Based on the semi-autobiographical novel of choreographer and dancer Rudi van Dantzig, Roeland Kerbosch's directorial adaptation tells the story of a gay intergenerational relationship that is bound to be both condemned and praised. Set near the end of World War II during Holland's liberation from the Nazis, Kerbosch's depiction revolves around a brief relationship between a Canadian soldier and an 11-year-old Dutch boy that becomes sexual. According to one reviewer, the film is unique "in its understanding portrayal of an intergenerational relationship that is free of exploitation" ("Film News" para 3).'

Tags:queer, cinema, intergenerational

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"The films The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile are linked not only by the fact that both were directed by Frank Darabont but by the fact that both were derived from stories written by Stephen King. These links give the stories similar sensibilities, and the directorial style is also similar for both films. In each case, a central character who might serve as an Everyman facing extraordinary situations must come to terms with his surroundings and with events that are beyond his control. Both films also take place in prison settings, though the settings are very different in most respects, including the time period. The Shawshank Redemption is set in a normal, mixed prison population, while The Green Mile is set on a death row in a Southern prison during the 1930s, a much bleaker vision of prison life, with the only exit for the inmates being through..."

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"The average "studio" film today costs tens of millions of dollars, while the average "independent" film exists in a range below $10 million. Such expenditures under both headings have little to do with the genre of film being made, the length of the film, or even the stars of the film in many cases. Many stars will work for less money in an independent film than they will for a studio-made film--Bruce Willis appears in the $7 million Pulp Fiction, for instance, while he is usually paid more than that personally for studio-made films like the two Die Hard sequels. The quality of the film produced also bears only some relationship to the amount of money spent--the aforementioned Pulp Fiction was well-received by critics and audiences alike, while a film costing $70 or $80 million such as Daylight was denigrated by critics and ignored by audiences. What is.."

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"The film A Passage to India (David Lean, 1984) is a dramatized version of the well-known novel by E.M. Forster, a novel that is considered mysterious in part because it hinges on something secret that happens in the Marabar Caves and that is never explained. The film version also does not explain this event but uses it in the same mysterious way. In unfolding the story of two British women visiting India, director-screenwriter David Lean addresses issues such as the evils of colonialism, the nature of British imperialism, the sexual repression of the era, racial tensions, and misuses of the law.

The story tells of two women, Adela Quested and her companion, Mrs. Moore. They visit the town of Chandrapore with the intent of escaping from the British vision of India in order to find the real country and the real people. Mrs. Moore has her..."

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This paper explains that D. W. Griffith's techniques in "The Birth of a Nation", in which the narrative aspects are emphasized over the spectacle elements, are still evident in post modern films. The paper then looks at the movies "Fight Club" and "Oldboy" as examples if narrative films that employ a strong and interesting narrative in combination with a visual storyline and action, which supports the plot. The paper also relates that narrative over spectacle films are difficult to make because it is easier to lose the viewer to either the spectacle or narrative element. The author concludes that these two films are successful because they bring together the techniques of directorial skill, an interesting storyline, and fine acting ability.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Case Studies
Conclusion

From the Paper
"The director cuts to inside the room where Dae-su is held prisoner, and the mise-en-scene is the hotel look, desk, bed, bath and toilet. This is where Dae-su's narrative picks up, as he is held captive for a total of 13 years. During this time, the scenes are limited to the room where Dae-su is held; his life revolves around the props in the room, and the food that is slid under the door.
"Television becomes the largest part of Dae-su's life, and on television he learns that his wife has been murdered and he is suspected as the murder".

Tags:storyline, directorial, lighting, acting, television