Descriptive Writing Style Final

As you walk in this most prestigious Majestic Theatre you can’t help notice the significant chandelier, the most spectacular detail of hundreds of shiny swarovski crystals and glass that sparkles right at you.

The Phantom of the opera a disfigured musical genius passes his time terrorizing the members of the Opera house and haunts the members of the audience sending a chill around the theatre that you can feel running down your spine. Although hideously deformed, and a fearsome cold character the Phantom possesses a rich, smooth velvety voice that draws you in and you almost have to pinch yourself to remember how wicked he really is. He falls in love with a chorus girl Christine. His voice calls to her, nurturing her and the incredibly moving and powerful music they perform together is infectious.

You find yourself singing along, drawing tears and feel the goose bumps surprise your skin throughout the entire performance. This extraordinary talent of Christine’s voice and beautiful appearance is mesmerising, she has the true voice of an angel.
The stunningly designed stage and gorgeous period costumes make you feel like your really an audience of the opera house, and as the Masquerade forms on the grand foyer the gold, white, black and silver palate of colours combined with the dazzling diamonds just like those of the chandelier sparkle as they catch the lights on the stage draws you in. Then in a jealous rage the Phantom sets the stage for a dramatic crescendo.

He has fallen in love with Christine who only has eyes for Raoul in which his soaring passions, fierce jealousies, and obsessive love threaten to drive the fated lovers past “the point of no return”. The Phantom sends the beautiful shiny crystal set piece crashing down towards the audience. The fear rushes straight through you as the lights dim and flash, in slow motion you see it falling towards you and as you hold your breath waiting to hear it crash to the floor witnessing the crystals burst into the air and leave the scent of burning glass around you, you open your eyes, and its there, rocking above you. This breathtaking theatrical effect has enthralled audiences across generations.

You learn to love Christine because her voice and character make you feel at home the furious Phantom lures her to a creepy colorless place, she takes a voyage on a gondola guided by the Phantom and you can feel the icy atmosphere around you, the smell in the air changes and leaves that chill on your spine again as he takes her through a series of locks that then reveals this dingy, gloomy looking grotto shaped like a harbor where he threatens to make her his forever.

The curtain closes and your hands are sore from the applause of sheer enjoyment and pleasure. The subtle auditorium music gets taken over by reviews of the people who have sat around you. A wonderful, romantic and thrilling night of theater that can only be experienced by watching it before your very eyes.

Marketing Writing Style Final

Are you struggling to find the perfect gift this Christmas? Phantom Of the Opera will guarantee a very special Christmas to remember.

Winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, The Cameron Mackintosh/Really Useful Theatre Company and Andrew Lloyd Webber's masterwork is a timeless story of seduction and despair. Set at the Paris opera house, a beautiful soprano Christine becomes the obsession of a mysterious, disfigured musical genius.

Phantom will bring song, dance, love and fear. Only here at the prestigious Majestic Theatre will you really be apart of the audience at the Paris Opera House where the disfigured Phantom and Christine the voice of an angel take you on a rollercoaster of emotions.

So far Phantom has been seen in 124 cities in 25 countries and played to over 100 million people, not to mention total worldwide box office takings of over £3.5bn ($5.1bn). Phantom is the highest-grossing entertainment event of all time.

Phantom is a must see, breathtaking landmark musical on Broadway. Go and see how it’s holding up after almost fourteen and a half years, “That’s all I ask of you”.

Majestic Theatre, Broadway
247 West 44th Street, NY 10036, (+1 212-239-6200)

Running time: 2 hours 30 minutes with one 15 minute intermission
Schedule: Monday through Saturday at 8 PM. Wednesday and Saturday at 2 PM

Tickets also available from,

www.broadwaybox.com

www.theatermania.com/.../theaters/majestic-theatre_25/

Prices of tickets may vary.

Reflection on Writing Task Draft Copies

I have now posted my draft copies of my three writing styles and have started to receive a few comments which I am hoping over the next couple of days will develop into conversations where I will welcome plenty of positive and constructive critism. I have taken some time to reflect upon Task D and have realised that I actually don’t find having to do lots of written work as monotonous as I thought. I say this because my role as a teacher doesn’t involve much if any written work, certainly not to the extent of what I have had to produce for my degree with Middlesex.

Personally I think that my marketing piece is written well and I stuck to my guns about not writing too after research from Michael Cohn stated “Keep the language simple and direct, Buzzwords and jargon can turn people off. Always try to speak plainly about what you are marketing. If some technical vocabulary is necessary, make sure that the terms are explained and examples are given. No matter how sophisticated the readers are, they will become impatient with text that does not get to the core message quickly and efficiently” http://biznik.com/articles/marketing-writing-how-to-maximize-its-effectiveness . I understand that some people may disagree hence why I will be interested to read what people think.

I must articulate that I found the descriptive writing the least challenging as I have always found this style of writing easier to generate. I was often capable of descriptive writing at school as writing stories and poems was something I was gifted at. I think I have a creative imagination and this helps me immensely in the classroom when I am teaching dance as my choreography is frequently about telling a story or portraying an emotion.

My least favorite example of writing is the academic style as I am out of practice and it has been a long while since I have written a form of essay with quotations and research back-up. It did take me the longer to write this style and do welcome all critism as I do feel this is a weaker area for me. I have followed my guide to referencing my quotes the “Harvard” way and feel that my question “Phantom of the opera the current longest running musical on Broadway, will a sequel ruin its reputation?” is relevant and already in discussion.

I have also give thought to Task E and I have commented on many peoples blogs with positive and constructive feedback which I hope helps people deliver excellent final copies of Task D. I also feel that this is really important as it’s a task where I ask myself “is this right?”, “Is this the best it can be?” I can only move forward with my writing styles if people comment and I find this hard as I feel my work is dependant upon someone else because I have delivered the best I can at this stage. I understand the importance of this task and I understand how feedback is important as a teacher to give and receive.

I look forward to reading your comments and they will go to great use helping me with final copies of my writing styles.

Writing Style 3

Phantom of the opera the current longest running musical on Broadway, will a sequel ruin it's reputation?

Phantom of the Opera is based on a 1911 novel, Le Fantome de l'Opera, written by French author Gaston Leroux. Leroux based the novel on his own research into strange events that occurred at the Paris Opera House in the 1880s. Though the novel was not widely read or well reviewed in its own time, the adaptation of Phantom to both screen and stage has familiarized the public with this haunting love story. http://www.ehow.co.uk/about_4569129_facts-phantom-opera.html?cr=1

After almost 22 years and more than 9,000 performances, “The Phantom of the Opera” at the Majestic Theater is the longest-running show on Broadway. Joe Brescia, 2009, “Longest-Running Show on Broadway Is Usher at ‘Phantom’ Theater”, The New York Times, [online] 12 October, pA21. Available from http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/nyregion/12bus.html?scp=1&sq=phantom%20of%20the%20opera&st=cse [accessed 20th November 2009]

It is believed that reliable facts and figures from http://www.thephantomoftheopera.com/ shows that "It is estimated that Phantom has been seen by more than 100 million people worldwide having been played in no fewer than 14 languages. The show has won over 50 major theatre awards including three Olivier Awards, the most recent being the 2002 Oliver Audience Award for Most Popular Show, an Evening Standard Award, seven Tony Awards including Best Musical, seven Drama Desk Awards and three Outer Critic Circle Awards".

This alone argues why the curtains at the Majestic theatre should remain open, not to mention the vast amount of audiences Phantom has performed to but “The musical is also the most successful entertainment venture of all time, with worldwide box office takings of more than $3.2bn (£1.8bn)” http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4594084.stm

Andrew Lloyd Webber (22 March 1948) one of the wealthiest and most successful composers of all time is yet again the man behind the music “The Oscar-winning composer of some of the most successful British musicals of all time” Kunal, D, and Peck, T, 2009, “ I have cancer says Lloyd Webber”, The Independent, [online] 26 October, Available from http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/i-have-cancer-says-lloyd-webber-1809423.html [accessed 24th November 2009] which for me raises the question “Is it Andrew Lloyd Webber keeping Phantom alive” or is “ Love never dies” keeping Webber alive after he was regrettably diagnosed with prostate cancer in November this year.

One thing for sure is Phantoms success on paper sounds far from the final curtain, but for how long now the landmark musical is faced by its sequel “Love never dies” which opens at the Adelphi Theatre on 9th March 2010. The production set 10 years from Phantom and far from the Paris Opera House Christine and Raoul are now in Coney Island. Webber based the story on all the original characters after taking advice from Ben Elton (3 May 1959) “Elton is currently working with Andrew Lloyd Webber on the sequel to his 1986 blockbuster The Phantom of the Opera entitled Phantom: Love Never Dies” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Elton
“In a move that some theatre experts have described as "risky", Lloyd Webber will also attempt to make history by staging the first successful sequel to a musical anywhere in the world. All previous bids to repeat the triumph of original productions have failed miserably” Nikkhah, R, 2009, “Andrew Lloyd Webber attempts to make history with Phantom of the Opera sequel” The Telegraph [online], 04 October, available from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-news/6257769/Andrew-Lloyd-Webber-attempts-to-make-history-with-Phantom-of-the-Opera-sequel.html [accessed date 25th November 2009]

Andrew Lloyd Webber also admits to saying that “Love Never Dies” has been in the making for seventeen years and “The story of Christine and the Phantom didn’t really end” http://www.loveneverdies.com/?video=lnd-launch-edit#video

Maybe the sequel will celebrate the life and success of Phantom, only time will tell, and with Phantoms track record, it could be years.

Writing Style 2

Andrew Lloyd Webber's breathtaking musicalisation of the Gaston Leroux novel won the 1988 Tony Award for Best Musical Phantom of the Opera, which is now in its twenty first year on Broadway and is still as poignant as ever. This romantic musical masterpiece celebrates life beneath the stage of the Paris Opera House where the frightening and intimidating Phantom reigns.

As you walk in this most prestigious Majestic Theatre you can’t help notice the significant chandelier, the most spectacular detail of hundreds of shiny swarovski crystals and glass that sparkles right at you.

The Phantom of the opera a disfigured musical genius passes his time terrorizing the members of the Opera house and haunts the members of the audience sending a chill around the theatre that you can feel running down your spine. Although hideously deformed, and a fearsome cold character the Phantom possesses a rich, smooth velvety voice that draws you in and you almost have to pinch yourself to remember how wicked he really is. He falls in love with a chorus girl Christine. His voice calls to her, nurturing her and the incredibly moving and powerful music they perform together is infectious.

You find yourself singing along, drawing tears and feel the goose bumps surprise your skin throughout the entire performance. This extraordinary talent of Christine’s voice and beautiful appearance is mesmerising, she has the true voice of an angel.

The stunningly designed stage and gorgeous period costumes make you feel like your really an audience of the opera house and as the Masquerade forms on the grand foyer the gold, white, black and silver palate of colours combined with the dazzling diamonds just like those of the chandelier sparkle as they catch the lights on the stage draws you in. Then in a jealous rage the Phantom sets the stage for a dramatic crescendo.

He has fallen in love with Christine who only has eyes for Raoul in which his soaring passions, fierce jealousies, and obsessive love threaten to drive the fated lovers past “the point of no return”. The Phantom sends the beautiful shiny crystal set piece crashing down towards the audience. The fear rushes straight through you as the lights dim and flash, in slow motion you see it falling towards you and as you hold your breath waiting to hear it crash to the floor witnessing the crystals burst into the air and leaving the scent of burning glass around you, you open your eyes, and its there, rocking above you. This breathtaking theatrical effect has enthralled audiences across generations.

As you have learned to love Christine because her voice and character make you feel at home the furious Phantom lures her to a creepy colorless place, she takes a voyage on a gondola guided by the Phantom and you can feel the icy atmosphere around you, the smell in the air changes and leaves that chill on your spine again as he takes her through a series of locks that then reveals this dingy, gloomy looking grotto shaped like a harbor where he threatens to make her his forever.

Both romantic and scary, The Phantom of the Opera is a thrilling night of theater with grand emotions that you will only experience watching it before your very eyes.

Writing Style 1

Phantom of the opera the current longest running musical on Broadway, is it ready for the final curtain?


Winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, The Cameron Mackintosh/Really Useful Theatre Company and Andrew Lloyd Webber's masterwork is a timeless story of seduction and despair. Set at the Paris opera house, a beautiful soprano Christine becomes the obsession of a mysterious, disfigured musical genius.

The Phantom of the Opera had its first preview on the 27th September 1986, and then officially opened at Her Majesty's Theatre in London on the 9th October of the same year, starring Michael Crawford as the Phantom.

Based on the book by Gaston Leroux in 1911 and directed by Harold Prince, Phantom later opened on Broadway on January 26th 1988 and played its 6,000th Broadway performance on June 13 2002, and you can’t help wonder if Phantom is ready for the real final curtain?

Well according to the musical's website, it has been seen in 124 cities in 25 countries and played to over 100 million people, not to mention total worldwide box office takings of over £3.5bn ($5.1bn). Phantom is the highest-grossing entertainment event of all time, enough evidence to say that the romance and the fright continues to attract audiences worldwide.

Go and see for yourself and take a trip to the prestigious Majestic Theatre on Broadway and see how this landmark musical production is holding up after almost fourteen and a half years, “That’s all I ask of you”.


247 West 44th Street
Running time: 2 hours 30 minutes with one 15 minute intermission
Schedule: Monday through Saturday at 8 PM. Wednesday and Saturday at 2 PM

Academic Writing Style Pointers

What makes a good piece of academic writing?

• It answers the question set.
• It demonstrates understanding and clarity of thought.
• It provides evidence of reading and research.
• It supports any assertions by evidence.
• It is well structured.
• It is written in an appropriate style.
• It flows logically from one section to another, and from one paragraph to another.
• It is appropriately referenced.
• It is interesting to read!

http://www2.napier.ac.uk/gus/writing_presenting/style.html

When researching this style I found a lot of information from universities as people at university are required to do lots of writing!!! Many of these universities described the same important points to academic writing.
I choose to use this extract from Glasgow Caledonian University.

Features of Academic Writing
The emphasis in academic writing is on facts and interpretation of the facts. These should be presented in a logical way using an academic writing style.

Some Academic Writing Tips

• Use straightforward language.
Take care with grammar and sentence construction. Avoid using a note-style of writing.

• Try not to use pompous language.
For example: use "find out" rather than "endeavour to ascertain". Try not to use jargon or clichés

• Provide definitions.
Include explanations of technical or unusual terms, unless you can reasonably expect your reader to know them.

• Use impersonal language.
Essays and reports should be written in the third person singular. Avoid personal terms such as 'I' or 'We'; the word 'It' should be used instead:
For example:
"I decided to interview the Tourism Planning Officer..." should read
"It was decided to interview the Tourism Planning Officer..."
The only exceptions to this may be where you are asked to link theory to your own professional practice.

• Be precise.
Avoid using terms such as 'nice', 'good' or 'excellent' that lack a precise meaning One person's idea of what is meant by 'good' is not necessarily another's.

• Be concise and to the point.
For example: Use 'now' or ‘currently' instead of phrases like 'at the time of writing' or 'at this point in time'.

• Try not to make generalizations.
For example: "Everyone agrees that cold calling does not produce results".
While this may be true you can only make such statements if supported with evidence. Instead you should write:
"According to the Mori Report (2000), cold calling does not produce results."
http://www.gcal.ac.uk/student/coursework/writing/index.html

This writing style is the one that I am going to find the hardest to use as it’s very precise and must be well referenced as well as sticking to all of the above pointers. I will certainly give it a try though.

Descriptive Writing Techniques

Through description, a writer helps the reader use the senses of feeling, seeing, hearing, smelling, and tasting to experience what the writer experiences. Description helps the reader more clearly understand the people, places, and things about what you are writing. It is the most common form of writing. You will find descriptive writing in newspapers, magazines, books, and most other forms of written communication.
Descriptive writing portrays people, places, things, moments and theories with enough vivid detail to help the reader create a mental picture of what is being written about.

Things to Consider as You Write Your Descriptive Essay
• Think of an instance that you want to describe.
• What were you doing?
• What other things were happening around you? Is there anything specific that stands out in your mind?
• Where were objects located in relation to where you were?
• How did the surroundings remind you of other places you have been?
• What sights, smells, sounds, and tastes were in the air?
• Did the sights, smells, sounds, and tastes remind you of anything?
• What were you feeling at that time?
• Has there been an instance in which you have felt this way before?
• What do you want the reader to feel after reading the paper?
• What types of words and images can convey this feeling?
• Can you think of another situation that was similar to the one you are writing about? How can it help explain what you are writing about?
• Is there enough detail in your essayto create a mental image for the reader?

Conventions of Descriptive Essays Illustrated by Sample Paragraphs
Appealing-to-the-Senses Description: Let the reader see, smell, hear, taste, and feel what you write in your essay.

The thick, burnt scent of roasted coffee tickled the tip of my nose just seconds before the old, faithful alarm blared a distorted top-forty through its tiny top speaker. Wiping away the grit of last night's sleep, the starch white sunlight blinded me momentarily as I slung my arm like an elephant trunk along the top of the alarm, searching for the snooze button. While stretching hands and feet to the four posts of my bed, my eyes opened after several watery blinks. I crawled out of the comforter, edging awkwardly like a butterfly from a cocoon, swinging my legs over the side of the bed. The dusty pebbles on the chilled, wood floor sent ripples spiraling from my ankles to the nape of my neck when my feet hit the floor. Grabbing the apricot, terri-cloth robe, recently bathed in fabric softener and October wind, I knotted it tightly at my waist like a prestigious coat of armor and headed downstairs to battle the morning.

This example and website has made it clear for me to understand descriptive writing. This style for me has been the easiest to understand as I feel the detail required for this writing style relates to my role of a dancer/dance teacher.

Descriptive writing is like telling a story and expressing to the reader the interesting details to help create it and feel like your part of it. When dancing and choreographing I like to use a story/theme and like to express it with costumes, characters and the music. I feel that these elements help create my stories and that’s why I think I not only find it easy to understand but also interesting to write about.

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/descriptive.html

Marketing Writing - How to Maximize Its Effectiveness

Michael Cohn is the founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of CompuKol Communications. His business helps other business’s increase exposure on the Internet, resulting in increased leads, sales, profits, and ROI and build business’s a content-rich web presence, apply Internet marketing techniques, and utilize blog and social media technologies.

I have used some of his own experience to help me understand what Marketing means and what content a piece of writing needs to include to be successful and classed as Marketing.
I have learnt that the best writing is always clear and to the point, imparting to the reader exactly what he/she needs to learn. This is especially the case with marketing writing, and in particular, Inbound Marketing writing, because the end result is whether the reader agrees to buy the product or service or just read the statement/article based on what is presented in the writing.
In short, if the potential customers are not enticed by what they read, they will not become customers at all. The following are tips on how to maximize the effectiveness of the marketing writing.

Make the readers see value in your headline statement
The most impactful headline is one that makes the readers give it value and so creates interest in pursuing it further. Good marketing doesn't lecture, it converses. One of the best ways to do this is to pose the headline as a question, which engages the readers as they read. In the course of the marketing piece, subtly direct the readers to a viable answer proposed in the initial statement, an answer that they will be willing to pay for. In sum, always consider the impact of making a statement versus asking a leading question.

Keep the language simple and direct
Buzzwords and jargon can turn people off. Always try to speak plainly about what you are marketing. If some technical vocabulary is necessary, make sure that the terms are explained and examples are given. No matter how sophisticated the readers are, they will become impatient with text that does not get to the core message quickly and efficiently.

So now that I have done some research on marketing I feel confident to try marketing some writing. I will probably start with marketing myself.

Michael Cohn
http://bx.businessweek.com/profile/michael-cohn/mcohn283/

The true beauty of Dance

Showbiz Riverside, CA 2009
Dance Precisions
Lyrical group age 16, Choreographed by Shannon Mather, Elleni Avila, Desiree Borden, Jordan Casanova, Ashley Gonzales, Molly Long, Jasmine Mason.

I watch this and it makes me want to dance, it makes me want to be one of those girls performing on that stage.
This amazing and interesting choreography, talented young contempory dancers and simple idea of using balloons makes this piece of work inspirational and truly memorable.
I hope that one day i will be able to choreograph work that makes people sit back and say what i have about this video.