Schindlers List Question relating to Techniques used to create an affect Techniques - Black and White filming Documentary Style filming Cinematography – in particular panning and close ups Affect – Overall makes the film realistic Directors intention - shows the true horrors of the Holocaust In the film ‘Schindler’s List’ directed by Steven Spielberg the techniques of Black and White filming, documentary styled filming and cinematography are used to create the affect of realism in Schindler’s List.’ It is the director’s intention through using these affects to show the audience the true violence and horror of the holocaust with no bounds. The majority of ‘Schindler’s List’ is shot in black and white. Black and white filming makes the shocking images of the holocaust seem authentic and realistic as they are reminiscent of wartime film footage of the 1930’s and 40’s. Black and White filming also heightens the impact of the films violence by portraying the contrast between light and dark, good and evil. An example of the contrast between good and evil, light and dark is in the very first scene of the movie when a candle is lit during a Jewish religious ceremony.
Moore included a cartoon entitled ‘A Brief History of America’ this clip included information about gun laws and how racist America came to be. When Americans landed on the shore of America, it was colonized by the Native Americans. The white Americans were scared of these ‘black’ people so they shot them all, they were still scared after this and started shooting each other. After time they went to Africa to enslave ‘black’ people, because they didn’t trust the ‘black’ people everyone ended up owning a gun as well as children. Mr Moore
Spike Lee's 1989 movie Do the Right Thing is a commentary of the racism inflicting the nation at that time. Set in the multi-ethnic Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, it portrays the violent consequences that can result from racial conflict. Using several different elements, the movie sends its message to the viewers about the influence of racism. Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing uses the elements of heat, color, and sound to emphasize the theme of escalating racial tensions that come to a climax at the end of the movie. Due to the fact that class nationality, and race and ethnicity play a major role in this movie, many of the teenagers go through an everyday struggle of being black in a society that doesn’t care much about
Breaker Morant is an Australian movie made in 1979, portraying an incident in the Second Boer War in which three Australian soldiers were convicted of charges ‘murdering the Boer prisoners.’ The film made from Australian nationalists’ point of view amplifies the notion of injustice put on the Australians and the heroisms of the three Australians: Lieutenants Harry "Breaker" Morant, Peter Handcock, and George Witton who are members of the Bushveldt Carbineers. Bushveldt Carbineers is a special troop of the British army to counter the guerilla attacks by the Boers. The film mainly focuses on the trial of these three characters, who are sentenced guilty. The three Australians plead innocent that they were merely following unspoken rule of the
Next starts off with a prologue that introduces a few of the characters and starts us on the plot of the book. We are shown the black market of genetics and how even the high rollers take a part in it. We also are shown how dangerous and risky it is by means of when Tolman killed himself rather than just turn himself into the law. It really sets the stage for the book and shows how the world is right now. The next two chapters included the court case of Burnet v UCLA.
Mississippi Burning by Theodore Tjokrowidjaja 10.1 Question: How does Alan Parker convey messages about racism in the film Mississippi Burning? Mississippi Burning is a film based on racism, prejudice, segregation, hate and bigotry that took place in America during the mid-1960. The director of the film, Alan Parker, incorporated many film techniques such as camera angles, lighting, costume and language, to suit particular scenes in the film or to highlight certain attributes that relate to the racial intolerance that happened during the time. Parker provides a theme and/or message in this film and his techniques provide the message that he wishes to portray. Camera angles and lighting are highly influenced in the film as they help symbolise certain objects and highlight hidden meanings.
Consanguinity is the challenge and key issue that imitates the entire plot of the film. Without the cultural controversy of what is immoral, shameful, or taboo for American culture, there would be no ridicule, no repercussion and no revenge. If our ideologies accepted incest, and consanguinity then this film would be just another action thriller. But considering the visionary senses and reputation of director, Spike Lee unwavering stances and activism and student would recognize that statement. Lee’s attempt to highlight these cultural differences which through reputation of suicidal acts throughout the film.
Central Idea and Purpose The central purpose of all three pieces of media, The civil rights documentary, the news article on Emmet Till, and the song about Till all were created to show the racism that was prevalent at the time. The documentary discusses the murder of Dr king and lynching that took place in the deep south and wanted the viewer to see that during the 1960’s being black was incredibly unfair. You weren’t given the same rights as the white’s and it really wants you to look back and think about how horrible people were and how horrible people were and just how bad it was. The two articles about Emmet Till are very different. One is how the story of Emmet Till inspired the author to study law and pursue his case and find out
Jane Doe African & Latino Studies 12/6/13 America’s Corruption: The beginning Colonists built America on the bones and decimation of the African culture by creating a new culture based on oppression. Whipping, raping, cutting the of body parts of Africans; the colonists were no different from Christopher Columbus. They are our forefathers, who started the corruption in a nation we call “free”. Where is the justice, when black men were considered 1/5th of the population and black women were used for breeding and as a means of sexual relief? The psychological impact of oppression on the African society has been pressed into their descendents mental state as the African descendents are facing prejudice behavior generation after generation.
was also the same location as the school. “Roosevelt is surrounded by all the faces… and cursed mongrels, skins of one race, cheekbones of another” (Espada). Espada utilizes an extremely vulgar term, mongrels to identify the propensity of treatment experienced by folks of a different cultural background residing in the US. During the timeframe that the war was being debated the provisional civil government in Cuba was white, yet the natives were black; newspapers made sure to remind readers that Cubans were also black by interviewing and photographing images of black women or young children being tortured by Spaniards (Dorsey). This was also during a time when segregation was still prominent, and was extremely influential on many Americans in terms of not wanting to get involved and also possibly had a profuse impact on the lasting resentment many Americans carry on the Latino population.