161 résultats pour "motion"

• Chinatown (motion picture) Chinatown (motion picture), motion picture about a Los Angeles, California, detective uncovering a major political scandal.

  they are capable of anything.”J. J. Gittes (discovering the land fraud): “He passed away two weeks ago and he bought the land a week ago. That’s unusual.” Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

• Lawrence of Arabia (motion picture) Lawrence of Arabia (motion picture), box-office hit motion picture about the adventures of British soldier T.

• Titanic (motion picture, 1997) Titanic (motion picture, 1997), drama about the sinking of a luxury liner during its first transatlantic voyage, based on the true story of the Titanic disaster that occurred in 1912.

  Derrick Lea (Leading stoker Barrett)Richard Ashton (Carpenter John Hutchinson)Sean. M. Nepita (Elevator operator)Brendan Connolly (Scotland road steward)David Cronelly (Crewman)Garth Wilton (First class waiter)Martin Laing (Promenade deck steward)Richard Fox (Steward no. one)Nick Meaney (Steward no. two)Kevin Owers (Steward no. three)Mark Capri (Steward no. four)Marc Cass (Hold steward no. one)Paul Herbert (Hold steward no. two)Emmett James (First class steward)Christopher Byrne (Stairwell stewa...

• Fantasia (motion picture) Fantasia (motion picture), animated musical produced by Walt Disney.

• Mechanics I INTRODUCTION Mechanics, branch of physics concerning the motions of objects and their response to forces.

  Components of VelocityNeglecting air resistance, a ball thrown into the air at an angle will travel in a parabolic path. The velocity of the ball (V)has independent vertical (V) and horizontal (H) components; the horizontal component stays the same the entire time theball is in the air, while the vertical component, the only component affected by gravity, changes continuously while theball is aloft.© Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. To understand why and how objects accelerate, force...

• Surrealism I INTRODUCTION Surrealism, artistic and literary movement that explored and celebrated the realm of dreams and the unconscious mind through the creation of visual art, poetry, and motion pictures.

  Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights (about 1505-1510).© 2008 Salvador Dali, Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York./Bridgeman Art Library, London/New York Dreams, according to Freud, were the royal road to studying the unconscious, because it is in dreams that our unconscious, primal desires manifest themselves. Theincongruities in dreams, Freud believed, result from a struggle for dominance of ego and id. In attempting to access the real workings of...

• King Kong (motion picture) King Kong (motion picture, 1933), film about an enormous ape who kidnaps a young woman and terrorizes New York City.

• Casablanca (motion picture) Casablanca (motion picture), popular drama about two star-crossed lovers in occupied French Morocco during World War II (1939-1945).

  Trivia The film’s producers couldn’t afford a real plane in the background at the airport. Instead, they used a small cardboard cutout, with midgets portraying the crewpreparing the plane for takeoff.Studio head Jack Warner wanted actor George Raft to play Rick, a part that helped Humphrey Bogart break out of his typecast as a gangster. Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

• Dissertation : La motion de censure sous la Ve République.

• censure (motion de).

• défiance (motion de).

• Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), Japanese motion-picture director, known worldwide for the variety and visual beauty of his films.

• On the Waterfront On the Waterfront, motion picture about a down-and-out boxer who finds courage to stand up to a corrupt labor union through the friendship of a woman and a priest.

  Terry: “You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it. It was you,Charlie.” Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

• The Graduate The Graduate, motion picture about a disillusioned college graduate who returns home to live with his upper-middleclass parents and faces amorous advances from their neighbor's wife, based on the novel by Charles Webb.

• The Godfather The Godfather, box-office hit motion picture about the fortunes of a prominent Mafia family during the 1940s and 1950s, based on a best-selling novel by Mario Puzo.

• Tom Hanks Tom Hanks, born in 1956, American motion-picture actor, a two-time Academy Award winner who is acclaimed for both his comic and dramatic performances.

• Lucille Ball Lucille Ball (1911-1989), American motion-picture and television actor and comedian, famous for portraying the character Lucy Ricardo in the popular television program "I Love Lucy" (1951-1957).

• Woody Allen Woody Allen, born in 1935, American motion-picture director, actor, and writer, many of whose films are humorous depictions of neurotic characters preoccupied with love and death.

• Judy Garland Judy Garland (1922-1969), American motion picture actor and singer.

• E.T.--The Extra-Terrestrial E.T.--The Extra-Terrestrial, box-office hit motion picture about a boy

• To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird, motion picture about a Southern lawyer who defends a black man in a rape trial, based on a novel by Harper Lee.

• Film Noir I INTRODUCTION Lynch's Blue Velvet The motion picture Blue Velvet (1986) brought wide acclaim to American director David Lynch.

  Double IndemnityBarbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray are featured in Double Indemnity (1944), a story of lust and greed in the film noirtradition, directed by Billy Wilder. The film’s events are related in flashbacks by protagonist Walter Neff (MacMurray), whomakes a dying confession about a plot to kill a man for his insurance money.Bettmann/Corbis Another common aspect of film noir is the femme fatale, a seductive woman who lures the protagonist into actions that ultimately lead to his downfall...

• Clark Gable Clark Gable (1901-1960), American motion-picture actor, best known for his portrayal of Rhett Butler in the film Gone with the Wind.

• Alfred Hitchcock I INTRODUCTION Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980), British-born American motion-picture director and producer, noted for his technically innovative and psychologically complex thrillers.

• Tom Cruise Tom Cruise, born in 1962, American motion-picture actor, who became a celebrity in the 1980s after his performance in Risky Business (1983), a satire of suburban adolescence.

• Schindler's List Schindler's List, motion picture about a German factory owner who saves a large number of Jewish people from death during the Holocaust, based on Thomas Keneally's book about Oskar Schindler.

• The Sound of Music The Sound of Music, motion picture about a religious young governess who brings music and happiness to a widower's large family, set in Austria during World War II (1939-1945).

• West Side StoryWest Side Story, motion-picture musical about star-crossed lovers from different cultures in New York City, based on the 1957 stage play by Arthur Laurents andJerome Robbins, which was inspired by Romeo and Juliet (1595?

  Trivia The actors in the rival gangs were instructed to play pranks on each other off the set to keep tensions high. Quote Riff (singing): “When you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way!” Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

• Clint Eastwood I INTRODUCTION Clint Eastwood, born in 1930, American motion-picture actor, director, and producer.

• Rudolph Valentino Rudolph Valentino (1895-1926), Italian-born motion-picture actor, considered the archetypal screen lover, idolized by female fans of the 1920s.

• Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999), American motion-picture director, many of whose films explore the dark side of human nature.

• Jodie Foster Jodie Foster, born in 1962, American motion-picture actor, director, and Academy Award winner, who began her career as a child actor.

• Gene Kelly Gene Kelly (1912-1996), American tap and ballet dancer, choreographer, actor, and director, known for his work in motion-picture musicals.

• John Wayne John Wayne (1907-1979), American motion-picture actor, beloved as the archetype of rugged, honest American manhood, and a Hollywood star for 40 years.

• Shirley Temple Shirley Temple, born in 1928, American motion-picture actor, considered one of the most successful child stars in the history of film.

• Orson Welles Orson Welles (1915-1985), American actor, producer, director, and writer, most noted for directing and starring in the landmark motion picture Citizen Kane (1941).

• Singin' in the Rain Singin' in the Rain, motion-picture musical about several Hollywood performers adjusting to the transition from silent to sound films during the 1920s.

• Comedy I INTRODUCTION Laurel and Hardy Stan Laurel, in overalls, and Oliver Hardy, left, formed one of the most popular comedy teams in motion-picture history.

  The elements and techniques of comedy are diverse and differ from culture to culture. More than tragedy or serious drama, comic entertainment is controlled by socialconventions that define the boundaries of acceptable humor and topics that are taboo or off-limits for humor. What is considered funny in one place and time may beforbidden culturally or viewed as infantile or in poor taste in another. Virtually every component of human behavior is subject to comic treatment. This includes bodilyfunc...

• Billy Wilder Billy Wilder (1906-2002), American motion-picture director, writer, and producer, whose best films--usually comedies--employ his distinctive dialogue to elucidate a darkly satirical view of human nature.

• The Wizard of Oz The Wizard of Oz, motion picture about a girl from rural Kansas who travels to a magical land, based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L.

• It's a Wonderful Life It's a Wonderful Life, motion picture about a man who believes he is a failure because he never left the small town where he grew up, based on the story The Greatest Gift by Philip Van Doren Stern.

  When Uncle Billy leaves George’s house drunk he stumbles over what sounds like trash cans, and says “I’m all right, I’m all right…” In fact, actor Thomas Mitchell wasstumbling over some equipment left by the film crew and he was assuring the crew member he was not hurt. Director Capra left the scene as it was. Quotes Man on Porch: “Why don't you kiss her instead of talking her to death.”Bailey: “You want me to kiss her, huh?”Man on Porch: “Ah, youth is wasted on the wrong people!” Bailey: (rega...

• Relativity I INTRODUCTION Albert Einstein In 1905 German-born American physicist Albert Einstein published his first paper outlining the theory of relativity.

  in calculating very large distances or very large aggregations of matter. As the quantum theory applies to the very small, so the relativity theory applies to the verylarge. Until 1887 no flaw had appeared in the rapidly developing body of classical physics. In that year, the Michelson-Morley experiment, named after the American physicistAlbert Michelson and the American chemist Edward Williams Morley, was performed. It was an attempt to determine the rate of the motion of the earth through t...

• Gravitation I INTRODUCTION Gravitation, the force of attraction between all objects that tends to pull them toward one another.

  precise observations possible, and Galileo was one of the first to use a telescope to study astronomy. In 1609 Galileo observed that moons orbited the planet Jupiter, afact that could not reasonably fit into an earth-centered model of the heavens. The new heliocentric theory changed scientists' views about the earth's place in the universe and opened the way for new ideas about the forces behind planetarymotion. However, it was not until the late 17th century that Isaac Newton developed a theory...

• Gravitation - astronomy.

  precise observations possible, and Galileo was one of the first to use a telescope to study astronomy. In 1609 Galileo observed that moons orbited the planet Jupiter, afact that could not reasonably fit into an earth-centered model of the heavens. The new heliocentric theory changed scientists' views about the earth's place in the universe and opened the way for new ideas about the forces behind planetarymotion. However, it was not until the late 17th century that Isaac Newton developed a theory...

• Physics I INTRODUCTION Physics, major science, dealing with the fundamental constituents of the universe, the forces they exert on one another, and the results produced by these forces.

  Starting about 1665, at the age of 23, Newton enunciated the principles of mechanics, formulated the law of universal gravitation, separated white light into colors,proposed a theory for the propagation of light, and invented differential and integral calculus. Newton's contributions covered an enormous range of naturalphenomena: He was thus able to show that not only Kepler's laws of planetary motion but also Galileo's discoveries of falling bodies follow a combination of his ownsecond law of m...

• Animation I INTRODUCTION Finding Nemo A clown fish named Marlin, left, and his friend Dory search for Marlin's son in the computer-animated feature film Finding Nemo (2003).

  Animator at WorkAnimators use computers for every part of the animation process, from creating a storyboard (a scene-by-sceneillustration of the plot) to imitating camera movement. This animator is creating a scene for the motion picture Antz(1998).C. Lepetit/Liaison Agency If an animator is basing the animation project on drawings, one of the most common animation techniques, he or she will first create a series of rough sketches thatoften will be filmed in a pencil test (simple line drawings...

• History of Astronomy - astronomy.

  Egypt, the Sun was directly overhead at noon. On the same date and time in Alexandria, Egypt, the Sun was about 7 degrees south of zenith. With simple geometryand knowledge of the distance between the two cities, he estimated the circumference of the Earth to be 250,000 stadia. (The stadium was a unit of length, derivedfrom the length of the racetrack in an ancient Greek stadium. We have an approximate idea of how big an ancient Greek stadium was, and based on that approximationEratosthenes was...

• Thermodynamics I INTRODUCTION Thermodynamics, field of physics that describes and correlates the physical properties of macroscopic systems of matter and energy.

  Carnot EngineThe idealized Carnot engine was envisioned by the French physicist Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, who lived during theearly 19th century. The Carnot engine is theoretically perfect, that is, it converts the maximum amount of energy intomechanical work. Carnot showed that the efficiency of any engine depends on the difference between the highest andlowest temperatures reached during one cycle. The greater the difference, the greater the efficiency. An automobileengine, for example, wou...

• Thomas Edison.

  While Edison was working on the electric light, he made a scientific discovery that would become important to future generations. Edison noticed that particles of carbonfrom the filament blackened the insides of his light bulbs. This effect was caused by the emission of electrons from the filament, although Edison made the discoverybefore he and other scientists knew the electron existed. Not until 1897 did British physicist J. J. Thomson prove that the blackening observed by Edison was caused b...

• Thomas Edison - USA History.

  While Edison was working on the electric light, he made a scientific discovery that would become important to future generations. Edison noticed that particles of carbonfrom the filament blackened the insides of his light bulbs. This effect was caused by the emission of electrons from the filament, although Edison made the discoverybefore he and other scientists knew the electron existed. Not until 1897 did British physicist J. J. Thomson prove that the blackening observed by Edison was caused b...