Between the Night and the Moon (working title) is a modern day Romeo and Juliet written by Juan C Sanchez. The film is being specifically created for Bollywood's award-winning leading actor Kangana Ranaut.
A full feature indie film set in the exotic location of Kashmir, India and the United States. A film about passion and rage...and an impossible love.
A full feature indie film set in the exotic location of Kashmir, India and the United States. A film about passion and rage...and an impossible love.
:This article deals with the socio-economic continuum of Australian English.
:For regional variation see "Regional variation in Australian English".
Most linguists consider there to be three main varieties of Australian English. These are Broad, General and Cultivated Australian English. These three main varieties are actually part of a continuum and are based on variations in accent. They often, but not always, reflect the social class and/or educational background of the speaker.
Broad Australian English
Broad Australian English is the archetypal and most recognisable variety and is familiar to English speakers around the world, because of its use in identifying Australian characters in non-Australian films and television programmes. In reality it is far less common than General Australian English. Broad Australian English is recognisable by a certain nasal drawl and the prevalence of long diphthongs.
Broad Australian English is more likely to be encountered when travelling further away from the capital cities.
Lexically, Broad Australian English usually uses more slang and non standard forms of words than the other varieties, for example, "it come up real good", as opposed to the more standard form of "it came up quite well". The variety is more prone to elision and assimilation of words, usually due to the fact that the speakers are sometimes less fluent and clear in their enunciation of consonants. Phonetically the variety is seen to have a nasal drawl and the diphthongs are usually drawn out. This is what gives the spoken variety its unique flair.
General Australian English
General Australian English is the stereotypical variety of Australian English. It is the variety of English used by the majority of Australians and it dominates the accents found in contemporary Australian-made films and television programs, such as Neighbours. This variety has noticeably shorter vowel sounds than Broad Australian English, among other differences. There is perhaps a trend towards General Australian away from the extremes.
Cultivated Australian English
Cultivated Australian English has many similarities to British Received Pronunciation, and is often mistaken for it. Cultivated Australian English was once common among public figures in Australia but it is now spoken by less than 10% of the population. An overwhelmingly large and growing majority of Australians now have either General or Broad accents. One effect of this is that the speech of people like Alexander Downer, the former Minister for Foreign Affairs is mocked as sounding "affected", "snobby" or "aloof" , when his accent is simply an example of Cultivated Australian English, reinforced by the fact that he completed his secondary schooling at a public school in England and went to university there.
Examples
Examples of each include the normal speaking voices of the following identities:
Broad
*actor Bryan Brown
*television/stage character Dame Edna Everage
*Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke
*actor Paul Hogan
*deceased television personality Steve Irwin
*television presenter Ben Dark
General
*actor Russell Crowe
*Former Prime Minister John Howard
*actor Hugh Jackman
*actor Nicole Kidman
*actor Miranda Otto
*actor Jesse Spencer
Cultivated
*actor Judy Davis
*Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser
*actor Geoffrey Rush
*opera singer Dame Joan Sutherland
*comedian/actor Barry Humphries (who portrays Dame Edna Everage)
*Former Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer
:For regional variation see "Regional variation in Australian English".
Most linguists consider there to be three main varieties of Australian English. These are Broad, General and Cultivated Australian English. These three main varieties are actually part of a continuum and are based on variations in accent. They often, but not always, reflect the social class and/or educational background of the speaker.
Broad Australian English
Broad Australian English is the archetypal and most recognisable variety and is familiar to English speakers around the world, because of its use in identifying Australian characters in non-Australian films and television programmes. In reality it is far less common than General Australian English. Broad Australian English is recognisable by a certain nasal drawl and the prevalence of long diphthongs.
Broad Australian English is more likely to be encountered when travelling further away from the capital cities.
Lexically, Broad Australian English usually uses more slang and non standard forms of words than the other varieties, for example, "it come up real good", as opposed to the more standard form of "it came up quite well". The variety is more prone to elision and assimilation of words, usually due to the fact that the speakers are sometimes less fluent and clear in their enunciation of consonants. Phonetically the variety is seen to have a nasal drawl and the diphthongs are usually drawn out. This is what gives the spoken variety its unique flair.
General Australian English
General Australian English is the stereotypical variety of Australian English. It is the variety of English used by the majority of Australians and it dominates the accents found in contemporary Australian-made films and television programs, such as Neighbours. This variety has noticeably shorter vowel sounds than Broad Australian English, among other differences. There is perhaps a trend towards General Australian away from the extremes.
Cultivated Australian English
Cultivated Australian English has many similarities to British Received Pronunciation, and is often mistaken for it. Cultivated Australian English was once common among public figures in Australia but it is now spoken by less than 10% of the population. An overwhelmingly large and growing majority of Australians now have either General or Broad accents. One effect of this is that the speech of people like Alexander Downer, the former Minister for Foreign Affairs is mocked as sounding "affected", "snobby" or "aloof" , when his accent is simply an example of Cultivated Australian English, reinforced by the fact that he completed his secondary schooling at a public school in England and went to university there.
Examples
Examples of each include the normal speaking voices of the following identities:
Broad
*actor Bryan Brown
*television/stage character Dame Edna Everage
*Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke
*actor Paul Hogan
*deceased television personality Steve Irwin
*television presenter Ben Dark
General
*actor Russell Crowe
*Former Prime Minister John Howard
*actor Hugh Jackman
*actor Nicole Kidman
*actor Miranda Otto
*actor Jesse Spencer
Cultivated
*actor Judy Davis
*Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser
*actor Geoffrey Rush
*opera singer Dame Joan Sutherland
*comedian/actor Barry Humphries (who portrays Dame Edna Everage)
*Former Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer
Interstellar Marines is an upcoming sci-fi first-person shooter by Zero Point Software. The game is being released for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC possibly sometime during 2008. As of December 26, 2007, the project currently doesn't have a publisher nor has much details been revealed since 2006.
Two videos have been released, a teaser and a trailer. The trailer allegedly uses the game's graphics engine. Zero Point confirmed during November 2005 that the title was using Epic Games' Unreal 3 engine and that it has been in development since May of that year. According to the official website and other sources, Interstellar Marines is expected to be developed into a trilogy.
The game is now considered vaporware by many due to not having any updates to the site for a very long time.
Trailer
The trailer featured a short clip of supposed gameplay. The story apparently starts out with four soldiers on a mission, but it goes wrong. Their dropship is blown up, and their commander along with it. After the four soldiers get out of the place on Mars where the explosion occurred, they are recruited to the Interstellar Marines. It is later shown with the four marines spotting a mauled corpse in a mine of some sort, then a human shark hybrid leaps out at the camera.
Other scenes show a shot of the Earth, and a space station hovering above it. There is also a futuristic city with a gray backdrop floating on some kind of water.
Storyline
The game is set in the 22nd century where the Human race travels throughout space, since Earth's population has expanded; and when the Interstellar Marines are first assigned to Mars, a new species is found.
Two videos have been released, a teaser and a trailer. The trailer allegedly uses the game's graphics engine. Zero Point confirmed during November 2005 that the title was using Epic Games' Unreal 3 engine and that it has been in development since May of that year. According to the official website and other sources, Interstellar Marines is expected to be developed into a trilogy.
The game is now considered vaporware by many due to not having any updates to the site for a very long time.
Trailer
The trailer featured a short clip of supposed gameplay. The story apparently starts out with four soldiers on a mission, but it goes wrong. Their dropship is blown up, and their commander along with it. After the four soldiers get out of the place on Mars where the explosion occurred, they are recruited to the Interstellar Marines. It is later shown with the four marines spotting a mauled corpse in a mine of some sort, then a human shark hybrid leaps out at the camera.
Other scenes show a shot of the Earth, and a space station hovering above it. There is also a futuristic city with a gray backdrop floating on some kind of water.
Storyline
The game is set in the 22nd century where the Human race travels throughout space, since Earth's population has expanded; and when the Interstellar Marines are first assigned to Mars, a new species is found.
System Elion, is a Swedish production company. Founded 2007 by Jimi Elion.
System Elion produces independent films mainly dramas. System Elion also produces music. 2007 the company composed the music for Kammaren.
In the works
Fatalism, a drama with a hint of mystery towards the end.
Notable Films
*Exodus (2007)
System Elion produces independent films mainly dramas. System Elion also produces music. 2007 the company composed the music for Kammaren.
In the works
Fatalism, a drama with a hint of mystery towards the end.
Notable Films
*Exodus (2007)