Michael Moores purpose in Sicko is to inform his audience about the downfalls of the hidden truth behind Health Care in America and how many American lives are lost due the lack of access to health care insurance
Maham Ahmed 4/4/2010 Period 6 AJ Special Assignment-Sicko . Documentary chosen: Sicko by Michael Moore 2. Filmmaker's purpose: Michael Moore's purpose in Sicko is to inform his audience about the downfalls of the hidden truth behind Health Care in America and how many American lives are lost due the lack of access to health care insurance which results in no treatment for their illness. 3. Filmmaker's bias: Michael Moore only uses negative health care stories of Americans and does not even show one case study where American health care was beneficial to any American; he only visits houses where the residents had terrible experiences with American health care. In addition when Moore visits other countries he notes only their benevolence towards supporting each other and focuses on only the good stories, while not even looking at one story where one had a negative experience from the health care of their country. Moore should have shown both the good and bad sides, to make his point more clear and obvious, this way his supports would not seem as biased. 4. Support/Strategies filmmaker uses to substantiate the purpose: Moore found various statistics and interviews with different individuals about their experience with health care. He uses interviews with individuals with real life experiences with American health care to make his point
Analysis of the representation of African-American Women in The Color Purple (1985) and For Colored Girls (2010)
Analysis of the representation of Black Women in "The Color Purple" (1985) and "For Colored Girls" (2010) Historically, black women in film have been portrayed in a negative light in conjunction with society's view of black people and their cultural roles. Black female characters often played roles such as slaves, maids, overbearing and sexually driven women. These roles support the three main stereotypes of black women (Mammy, Jezebel and Sapphire) 1 which I will explore further in this study. Roles such as 'Celie Harris' played by Whoopi Goldberg in The Color Purple (1985) directed by Steven Spielberg, represents the stereotype of a poor black woman who does everything she is told. Contemporary characters such as Thandie Newton's promiscuous 'Tangie' in For Colored Girls (2010) directed by Tyler Perry, depicts the historical stereotypes of a potty-mouthed sexually driven black female. This is known as the 'Sapphire' or 'The Jezebel Stereotype' (Zinn and Dill 1884:267)2. A woman who uses her body to manipulate males which is contrasted by many other females in the film who portray black women in a positive light. The portrayal of black female is constantly changing and evolving in today's society supported by an evolving representation in film media which will be the focus for my study. One of the key representations of Black women in film and media is the 'mammy'
Female gender stereotypes reinforced in three Disney animated films: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast
The Walt Disney Corporation is one of the largest mass media companies in the world owning TV and radio networks, Internet sites, theatres, theme parks, music studios, magazines etc. They publish children’s books, produce cartoons, computer software, and toys among many other things. For more than 70 years Disney animated films have been a popular form of children’s entertainment and part of many children’s lives worldwide. It is not an exaggeration to say that these films have also contributed to and influenced the shaping of children’s values, beliefs and imagination. Therefore, being one of the most dominant storytellers and having such a huge influence on children’s culture in general, the Disney Company and the array of images and stereotypes they offer to the public should be approached critically and analysed. In this essay I will be focusing on the female gender stereotypes reinforced in three Disney animated films - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast - and on the notions of femininity that these films portray. Furthermore, I will be analyzing what kind of effects these particular stereotypes and representations of femininity may produce on girls and young women. Most predominant female gender stereotypes that these films reinforce are the following: . a woman’s appearance is valued more than her intellect; 2. a
Analysis of techniques used in "Battleship Potemkin"
HUM/150 WEEK TWO BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN HUM/150 WEEK TWO BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN Robert Bowie Holland HUM/150 August 8, 2012 Terri Shurtleff ________________ HUM/150 WEEK TWO BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN . How does the cinematography positively or negatively affect your opinion of this film? The cinematography had a positive affect on the way I viewed this film, as a silent film, cinematography played a key role in getting the story across to the viewer. Facial expression and body language were also a must have for this type of film in order to help convey the story line to the viewers. . How does the mise-en-scene affect your perception of this film? It is what made this film, since it is a silent film creating the right dramatic articulation is necessary to get the right emotional response from each viewer. In one scene it shows hundreds of citizens some angry, some sad, some just curious, all uniting at the docks to view their fallen comrade, this shot was used to get those same responses from the audiences at that given time and moment. . How does the use of sound affect your perception of the film? The only sound to this film was the music, there was no street sounds, horns gun fire, cannon explosions, dishes clattering people muttering about, or ship sounds only only the body language and facial expressions and captions, and music used to convey
Empire of the Sun: Basie Character Analysis
Basie's Main Characteristics Throughout the film, viewers can see that Basie has strong leader qualities that allow him to get what he wants at all times. Firstly, Basie is over beyond confident which shows that he has amazing strength and leadership qualities. For example, when they suddenly encountered the Japanese, and Basie had to fight for his life, he quickly passed his precious aviator glasses to Jamie and confidently said, "I want those back when I'm done." This shows how confident he is and how much he believes in himself. This definitely falls into the leadership category because confidence is one of the major qualities needed to become a leader (well, usually this is how people are). Secondly, in a time where starvation is growing and death had come upon Mrs. Partridge, Basie shows great leadership qualities. As soon as death had come upon Mrs. Partridge, Basie said firmly "Get Mrs. Partridge's potato." This firm command shows that Basie is the boss and leader, and that he gives the commands. Another example showing that Basie is the commander and the leader is when he says to Jamie, "Bow to the sergeant." In the toughest times, Basie just rises , and gets to his feet, showing that he's truly a commander and leader that deserves to be in this place ( because of how intelligent and strong he is). Through all his actions, Basie shows his gifted intelligent and
Describe a memorable character in the text - Billy Elliot.
Describe a memorable character in the text. Explain how verbal and / or visual features of the text were used to help you remember this character. Billy Elliot was the interesting character in the film "Billy Elliot" directed by Stephen Daldry. Eleven-year-old Billy lives with his father Jacky, older brother Tony, both coal miners, and his frail Nana in a mining town in the north of England. Life is not easy; the miners are on strike and times are tough. In this mining community boys are expected to do tough sports like boxing. Billy tries to fit in the world of his father Jacky and Brother Tony. Billy goes to boxing lessons every week though he is not very good at it and his heart is in Ballet. He is passionate about dancing and we are shown this in the opening scene of the movie, where we are shown a close up of hand putting long play on turntable song "I was dancing when I was 12". Then Billy bounces on bed where we again see a close up of his face, arms, hands and feet Sunflowers on wallpaper, yellow T - short, green shorts describes the mood of exhilaration and shows a sense of joy in his own body, in the music. He shows an uninhibited delight in his body and in the music that inspires him. We see his sensitivity through the treatment of his grandmother. Billy is responsible to take care of her nana. When Billy realizes that his nana is missing he comes out of
Deconstruction of Legally Blonde
Deconstruct the text Legally Blonde against the ideas offered by G. Swanson. Take into account the values, ideologies and representation within this text. Blondes do not have a very good reputation; they are seen as being very dumb and not very with it. Legally blonde portrays this image very well through Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon). As the credits are being shown at the beginning of the film, the first thing the audience is shown is a mane of perfect golden blonde hair. This instantly shows the 'blonde' theme to the audience. Everything - to start with - is very stereotypical in this film. Elle's mother and father are both very wealthy and so live in a large and impressive house with a swimming pool. Her father, also, is always seen holding a martini. This is a stereotypically upper-class drink and so, of course, he is not seen without one, which immediately shows that he is a very wealthy man. Her mother also seems to be quite a bit younger than her father and looks much like a trophy wife, which is also a stereotypical view of wives of rich men. Her boyfriend, Warner, is clearly very posh, which the audience know before he even appears because he has a stereotypically posh name "Warner Huntington III". Even when he does arrive, it is in a convertible with an expensive suit and a cocky attitude. The sorority house she lives at the start is completely serene
Macro essay
As a science fiction film, Terminator 2, fits mainly in the "humans pushing boundaries too far" thematic strand of the genre. In a world full of cyborg's trying to take over the world one man named john is trying to save the human race but a cyborg has been sent into the past to kill him as a young boy. The film tells the story of this young boy and his protector (Arnold schwarzenegger) trying to kill the evil cyborg. However the protector is a cyborg too only a good one. In order to keep the human race alive he has to protect this kid no matter what because when he becomes an adult he will be our only chance of survival. John and his protector become real close and john tries to teach his protector to be more human by showing him how people behave. As with many science fiction films, the dystopian portrait of the future society it represents is largely an opportunity to explore anxiety amongst the audience - in this case about cyborgs taking over human life and becoming evil, asking us us about wether we have started to take things too far with technogoly. The opening ten minutes of the film sets up the audience's expectations through its use of familiar sci-fi conventions such as robots, space ships and disrupture and its careful narrative structure informing us of the story so far. The film's title sequence begins with flames taking over the whole screen blazing
Film Studies 28 Days Later How are the mise-en-scene, lighting, performance and camera work used to create meanings for the spectator in this early sequence?
Film Studies - "28 Days Later" How are the mise-en-scene, lighting, performance and camera work used to create meanings for the spectator in this early sequence? This analysis of '28 Days Later' will consider how the mise-en-scene, lighting, performance and camera work are combined to convey meaning and mood in the first few sequences of the film. This is a British post apocalyptic/horror/science fiction movie, directed by Danny Boyle the plot tells the story of a young man, Jim, who awakens from an apparently long coma in a deserted hospital in London. Throughout the course of the film we become aware that whilst he was sleeping, a highly contagious virus has swept through Britain. Turning its victims to insanity within a number of seconds, their blood begins to fume, their eyes turn deep bloodshot red and all that remains is a zombie like state of mind with the lust to massacre the uninfected. Throughout the course of the film Jim becomes a reluctant hero who helps other survivors try to stay alive in the bleak situation. The first scene that I examined starts immediately with clips of human wars, riots and violence around the world, which we later learn to be a vital theme in the film. The next shot is of a chimp, strapped to a chair and forced to watch these multiple sights of aggression. The mise-en-scene use of the TV screens is interesting as the camera shot appears
Explore the ways Frayn uses multiple genre in his novel 'Spies'
Explore the ways Frayn uses multiple genre in his novel 'Spies'. Throughout 'Spies', Frayn introduces us to several key genres. As the reader we are unsure which of these is entirely central to the novel; however, three prominent genres seem to arise. We see 'Spies' primarily as a mystery novel, with the unfolding plot of the "German spy", the truths that are yet to be found and the questions that are left unanswered. 'Spies' is also presented as a 'coming-of-age' novel: Stephen's conflicting ideas of childhood and the adult world and his own journey into adolescence. Finally, the novel is portrayed as a work of philosophy: the 'novel of ideas'. Concepts relating to this genre are conveyed through Frayn's portrayal of the ambiguity of memory, the confusion of illusion and reality, and perception. The concept of mystery is introduced to the reader in the very opening chapter of 'Spies', and remains with us throughout the novel. Stefan hints of a "secret thing...still waiting to be discovered", but we are given no idea of what this might be; questions are left unanswered and it seems that even the narrator himself does not know quite why this "familiar breath of sweetness" is a "cue for such powerful feelings". The mystery here is why the smell of the Liguster and the memories Stefan begins to reveal have affected him so much that he feels he must return to "bring them out
