America has become a surveillance society‚ and we need to find a better balance to protect American civil right. Recent revelations about the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs have triggered diverse responses from the American public. The American Civil Liberties Union has expressed virulent opposition to the government’s alleged privacy intrusions as well as filed a lawsuit over the NSA’s collection of citizens’ telecommunications data. The National Security Agency’s mass tracking
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of technology and resulting societal transformation inspired art movements that reevaluated the perception of and around art and artists. One essential product of the Industrial Revolution was the invention of the camera. Through analysis of its effect‚ we can timeline the way the camera and new technological processes affected the perception of value in art originals vs reproductions. The imperative issue for industrial age work was that of originality‚ authenticity‚ uniqueness‚ and meaning. Society
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The Serial Podcast as a Commentary On Surveillance and Ideology This past weekend my fiancée and I both began and finished listening to the first season of the Serial Podcast. I think a little background on this is necessary before continuing on my broader analysis. The program is a weekly podcast which focuses on one particular narrative. In this case‚ a murder in 1999 in which a 17 year old Pakistani male‚ Adnan Syed‚ manually strangled his ex-girlfriend‚ Hae Min Lee in the city of Baltimore after
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By TBF Camera Work in Vertigo For essay option two‚ I will discuss Vertigo and two ways the camera is used in the film. Although Hitchcock uses the camera in additional ways‚ for this purpose of this essay‚ I will cover how camerawork helps initiate an underlying sense of danger in the opening sequence and how camerawork‚ in the famous dolly-zoom shots‚ communicates the vertigo experienced by Scotty. Part I will talk about the opening sequence‚ touching on the first use of the famous dolly-zoom
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unprivileged group whose story is not being told. (Kaveney‚ 2010)” I believe that unfortunately‚ the film does indeed pose a slightly pro white “messianic” colonialist message and this depiction of superiority can be seen throughout the camera work in the film. Camera work can influence a scene in many ways and is commonly used for the following: focusing attention‚ concealing and revealing detail‚ creating atmosphere‚ and suggesting character subjectivity. To demonstrate this‚ I will show and attempt
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Outsiders’ because the film has a lot of examples on camera movements‚ for example‚ close-ups‚ camera turning around‚ downward views‚ colored screen‚ camera edits‚ etc.‚ and how films work. In the movie of ‘The Outsiders’‚ there were a lot of camera movements. At the beginning of the film‚ the music lyrics restate the word gold‚ the opening tittles in gold and a golden sun. The first shot establishes the setting of the entire setting. The low angle of the camera makes the story seem like a very personal matter
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A Wider View on Michael Moore Behind the Camera Lens (Moore presented in the film wielding a gun) Following the massacre of Columbine High School‚ Colorado‚ controversial filmmaker Michael Moore‚ ventured into creating the societal criticism documentary that explored gun violence throughout the United States. The documentary Bowling for Columbine (2002)‚ directed‚ produced‚ and written by Moore‚ deconstructs the events of this massacre‚ other school shooting‚ American gun culture‚ media coverage
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of its course brought out a woman who was afraid of what the world would think with only her son by her side. Nicelle Davis in “In The Circus of You” writes about a woman who is constantly under surveillance because of her marriage ending also feelings like she also is watching everyone back. Surveillance is having to put on an act and hiding what truly is happening through stanza‚ simile‚ personification‚ and metaphor. In Nicelle Davis’s novel “In the circus of you” a woman is entering into what
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things like chair and tables. I also found creative shot‚ they shot creatively at the burgurly area; they included the ground. The direction of camera was bottom to upper. So‚ it made the scene more unique. • Any shaky video? I could not find shaky video except a part of the news. When camera shot the park‚ they tried to shot all of the park‚ so the camera moved itself‚ at
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most schools began increasing security. One method of surveillance that many schools have adopted to increase school safety is surveillance cameras. I strongly agree that cameras should be installed in the schools; students and staff will not have to worry about intruders‚ there will be a reduction in property damages such as vandalism and theft‚ and students’ behavior will improve because of monitoring. One of the advantages to have video cameras on the school property is peace of mind for students
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