The importance of the social and historical context of Mother Courage and her Children
In Brecht's lifetime he experienced poverty and the horrors of war therefore he has strong views on both subject, these are clearly reflected in "Mother Courage and Her Children". The play has a strong anti-war message and many of the main character are poverty stricken. Brecht started writing "Mother Courage" at the start of World War 2; he had to go into exile because the Nazis disagreed with his political views and opinions on the war. This meant he had to travel a lot during the war just like "Mother Courage" travelled in the play. The outbreaks of World War Two also lead him to write "Mother Courage" as he wanted to warn people against getting involved in the war. Brecht created Epic Theatre to comment on social, political and economical views and to make people think about themselves and how they could change for the better. Brecht had strong communist views which meant he wanted a stateless, classless, social organisation based on common ownership, these views are reflect in many of his plays. In "Mother Courage" the characters that are higher class like the Chaplain are shown as slimy and pompous. Brecht created the Verfumdungseffekt or distancing effect. This was created to stop the audience getting emotionally involved in the play, instead they were supposed to think about the issues addressed in the play. Brecht did this so the audience didn't suspend their
Public Service Advertisement (P.S.A)
Nic Dean 12BC Public Service Advertisement (P.S.A) Media Studies Brief The task we have been set for this media project is to design and create a Public Service Advertisement on the subject of an issue of our choice. Public service adverts are not created to sell a product, but to raise awareness to the problems that occur in society. The advertisement my group will produce corresponds to the deficiency needs of 'Maslow's Theory'. We will be showing the 'safety' and 'physiological' needs as these are used as a means to exploit characteristics of issues, rather than 'esteem' and 'self-realisation'. Our aim is for the audience to understand our main objective, which is to raise awareness of multi cultural racism among youths in modern Britain society. The public service advert will be shown in cinema's making the target audience centred on the certification of the film. The advertisement I am producing is aimed at young teenagers, (Aged 12+). Therefore, the targeted audience will be certified '12' and '12A', as this will be shown to a larger range of adolescents. Public Service Advertisements show a subject that is associated within society, or a dominant ideology of society that needs to be exploited, due to content being perceived as morally wrong. In the past Governments have failed to capture the main ideology of society and have focused on their parties belief's and
Teenagers and Drugs
NAME = TAHERA BEGUM FORM = 10U TEACHER = They come in different shapes, sizes and forms, and can cost anything from your weekly pocket money to the thousands. As controversial and political as this maybe, as a society we are facing a new age war of DRUGS and all the consequences it brings with it. Our primary aim for the last half term was not only to extend our own personal knowledge about drugs, but also to delve deeper into this issue, and explore the feelings of people involved in this business and the people hurt or effected by it. Teenagers as a whole are seen as a completely different species to the rest of the human race. This is due to all the stereotyping and assumption based on supposedly typical adolescent behaviour. The way society views certain types of people or groups plays a large role, as this image can be a permanent one. One aspect, which has really stood out, is the fact that society always seems to view and label the extremes. What I mean by that is a teenager in many peoples point of view can never be normal or in between. They are either: ROUGH, RUDE STREETWISE, DRUGGIE TYPES or GEEKY, WEIRD, HIGH ACADEMIC ACHIEVERS Whichever way you look at both descriptions, they are characteristics, which can outcast you in society, and as a whole has the ability to outcast teenagers, as these are the images they are stuck with. Nevertheless, the
Write about “Nora” in “In the shadow of the Glen” . How does the playwright present her character and situation, and how does he want the audience to respond to the ending of the play?
Write about "Nora" in "In the shadow of the Glen" . How does the playwright present her character and situation, and how does he want the audience to respond to the ending of the play? "In The Shadow Of The Glen was" it was written in 1903 and is set in Ireland. It is set at the beginning of the twentieth century in County Wicklow. Its main aspects are to show just how bad rural life actually was behind closed doors. At the time of the play, the issues that were brought up were very much private issues. They were not discussed openly and definitely not in front of an audience. I will be exploring how Nora's situation is between Michael Dara, Dan and the Tramp, and also exploring the setting. Then commenting on the ending of the play. We first meet Nora when she meets the tramp. He introduces himself to her and then, her him by saying "Good evening kindly stranger, it's a wild night, God help you to be out in the rain falling." I have chosen this quotation because it shows the friendlier, kind side of Nora's character. This could also been seen as Nora being flirtatious. She then goes on to invite the poor tramp into her house. "It doesn't matter anyway, stranger, come in out of the rain." This quotation shows the more suspicious, crafty and unexpected side of Nora's character. By Nora letting the tramp in she once again shows her flirtatious side without even socialising
"Schadenfreude" means 'taking pleasure out of someone else's misfortune.' Both "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" and the "Comedians," both use Schadenfreude in the creation of humour in the play. Compare its use in the two plays and it's success at
"Schadenfreude" means 'taking pleasure out of someone else's misfortune.' Both "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" and the "Comedians," both use 'Schadenfreude' in the creation of humour in the play. Compare how Schadenfreude is employed in the two plays and it's success in creating humour Both of the plays "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" by Tom Stoppard and "Comedians" by Trevor Griffiths are extremely humorous and farcical plays. In order to generate the humour present throughout both of these plays, the writer's have used an array of techniques. However, whilst using a diverse range of these techniques, 'Schadenfreude' habitually is paramount in the writer's manufacturing of humour. Schadenfreude means acquiring gratification and amusement from someone else's misfortune. Schadenfreude is employed perpetually by both writers in these plays, where we the audience benefit from some of the characters infelicity. The play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" by Tom Stoppard, is a comedy burdened with sadness. It is a play based around two comical, perplexing and entertaining characters, which as the title insinuates are called Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. The plot is linked into the famous play 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare, and it is the job of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to find out why he is behaving so strangely and in such a threatening
The Sixth Sense. Through close analysis of the restaurant scene and where Dr. Crow is in the house with both Cole and his mother, discuss the techniques used to make the audience believe that Dr. Crow is alive
Through close analysis of the restaurant scene and where Dr. Crow is in the house with both Cole and his mother, discuss the techniques used to make the audience believe that Dr. Crow is alive When Dr. Crow, an award winning child psychiatrist, try's to help Cole Sear, a frightened and confused eight year old child, he soon finds out that it is not as easy as it looks. After many attempts to get through to Cole, Dr. Crow finally finds out Cole's secret, he can see dead people. Disturbed by what Cole tells him, Dr. Crow try's his best to help him. The twist is extremely unexpected and is reviled at the end of the film. We find out that Dr. Crow is dead, and only Cole can see him. In this essay I am going to argue that there are several clever techniques that convince the audience that Dr. Crow is alive. I am going to examine two key scenes and discuss the techniques used. One of the scenes I have analysed is the house scene, were Dr. Crow and Coles mother appear to be discussing Cole before he arrives home from school. The scene opens with a medium shot; Cole's mother is sat facing Dr. Crow who is also seated. Their knees are angled away from each other, this makes it seem like the have just been talking. We feel as though we have just walked in on something. Because Dr. Crow cam see Cole's mother, we can never assume that she cannot see him. As the camera turns to Cole's
Show how Bill Forsyth has used comedy, role reversal and modern technology to make 'Gregory's Girl' a distinctly 20th century drama.
Show how Bill Forsyth has used comedy, role reversal and modern technology to make 'Gregory's Girl' a distinctly 20th century drama. Bill Forsyth's play, 'Gregory's Girl,' was a popular film during the 1980's. I expect this was due to the honest and real humour that the audience could relate to. I intend to explore and analyse the factors which made the film so popular, which include processes such as role reversal, the character building, the use of technology and the humour involved. The first scene of the play displays the typical activities of a group of adolescent boys (i.e. spying on the nurses home). Nothing unusual there then. However, the boys do get slightly flustered and over-excited at what they see and have to leave. "I...I...I can't breathe." Two more boys appear, much younger than the first group of boys, and they are extremely composed. "A lot of fuss over a bit of tit, eh?" This is the first role reversal of the play, the younger boys seemingly far more mature than the older boys. There are many age based reversals strewn throughout the play, i.e. Gregory receiving 'dating advice' from his younger sister, and the teachers seeming as immature as some of the children (one teacher, Miss Welch, stops her class to have a conversation with the window cleaner for example). Other role reversals included are gender based, where we see traditionally male
Haunted by the past
''Haunted by the past'' For our devised drama work, option 1, in January 2007, we were given two stimuli: . The famous painting called 'The Scream' created by Edvard Munch in 1893 2. In class we listened to 'The song of the Hebrew Slaves' featured in the 'Nabucco' opera by Guiseppe Verde (1813-1901.) I decided to use Google images to see a larger picture of 'The Scream' in colour so I could use the colours to inspire me. I felt that a picture in black and white doesn't have the same affect on an individual- the coloured image gave me the idea of using blue and orange lighting in our performance. Subsequently, in our scene of the terrorist attack, I wanted to find ideas on what types of speech terrorists would use- to do this I watched a programme on the discovery channel called, 'Seconds from Disaster' in order to motivate me. 'The Song of the Hebrew Slaves' is a famous song about the slaves' homeland- these people are haunted by memories of their past loved home and when I first listened to it, I thought it was very slow and the pitch was low, therefore showing it was quite sad and mournful. I thought that 'The Scream' portrayed isolation and fear however as the figure is alone, holding his hands to his head and his face is slightly pulled downwards- the figure seems pressured, strained and anxious. We used these observations for our performance, having written down on
Stage Fright
Stage Fright I waited tensely behind the stage curtain, reciting my lines as if my life depended on it. Who was I kidding? My life did depend on it. If I failed here then all of my dignity would shatter like a bullet on glass. There was one, rather insignificant consolation, the blatant expressions on the other kids' faces portrayed that they were just as apprehensive as I. My eyes were glued to my script as if magnetically attracted to it. I desperately tried to focus, but it was futile because people already on stage insisted on saying their lines: it drove me insane. "You sure you're okay?" asked my instructor. She placed her hand on my shoulder; comfortingly. I took a deep breath. "Yeah, I'm okay." I replied whilst exhaling. "Alright, good boy." she said and continued her rounds. She stopped to talk with a little girl, younger than I named Francesca. I myself however, was a mere six years old at the time. I glanced over. Francesca seemed possibly even more terrified than even I was. She turned towards me also and I managed to muster a pleasant smile and an encouraging thumbs-up. She replied with a giggly grin, lowered her head and shuffled around sheepishly in the direction of the big black curtain. She was obviously rather shy, I also noticed that she looked so innocent in her bright pink outfit. I too; faced the curtain, half wanting it to retract so I could
Analyse the quiz shows,
Analyse the quiz shows, "The Weakest Link" and the "Wheel of Fortune" , commenting on similarities and differences between the two shows This essay will be exploring the conventions of two different quiz shows, The Weakest Link and the Wheel of Fortune. Quiz shows are types of game show where you answer questions or you take part in some sort of competition to win either money or prizes. This essay will compare the two shows looking at similarities and differences and will take into account the various conventions of quiz shows; rules, host, set, lighting, music, competitors, audience etc .The host for the show the weakest link, is Ann Robinson. Both shows have a wide appeal and both have had prime time viewing slots in the pre watershed early evening time .The wheel of fortune is an older show than the weakest link (1990) and is no longer made. It now seems very dated and is only shown on satellite television during the day. The weakest link is still produced even though its popularity is not as great anymore. It now has an early evening slot on BBC 2. Both the hosts play important but contrasting roles in the shows but they have completely different personalities. Ann Robinson hosts in the Weakest Link and isn't the nicest of presenters. She is very mean, confrontational and intimidating. She faces the contestants with a very stern face and she never smiles or laughs