learning. So in this essay‚ an activity is designed for students and there are two learning theories that are used to apply into the activity. Those theories are the social learning theory and the operant conditioning. Examples would be used from the activity to explain how the theories fit into the design and process of facilitating children’s learning. In order to make clear application of the theories‚ the activity is need to be introduced in detail. The designed activity is focus on the music
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The movies “City of God” and “Blindness” were two films directed by Fernando Meirelles ‚ a Brazilian film director‚ producer‚ and screenwriter. “City of God” was his best known film‚ released in 2002 in Brazil where Fernando was nominated for an “Academy Award for Best Director”. While “Blindness”‚ a Brazilian-Canadian film‚ was released in 2008. Although both of them were related to violence‚ inhumane and harsh behaviour but they were different to the extent in film location and editing. The film
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City of God (Meirelles 2002) was an eye opening film about the life of the people living in favelas in Rio de Janeiro. It depicts the gruesome details of growing up in a slum and the choices youths must make in order to survive their reality. In an article by Joanne Laurier called “Sincere‚ but avoiding difficult questions”‚ Laurier attacks director Fernando Meirelles on his artistic choices when creating his film City of God (Meirelles 2002). However‚ Laurier completely misses what Meirelles brought
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City of God is a depicts the reality of the narrator’s life growing up in the slums on the outskirts of Rio. What was meant to be a small film project became a success in many ways. Although it quickly became an international sensation winning numerous awards the filmmakers were also successful with their use of various components of cinematography. One critic said that “City of God is a wildly entertaining film. The sheer energy of the movie is never less than compelling. Meirelles pulls out
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The film that we screened in class was titled the City of God and was directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund. The film spans three decades and starts with an escaped chicken that is getting chased by a neighborhood gang. The chicken then stops between the gang‚ Rocket and police then a flashback appears on screen. The first story is about the Tender Trio and how they rob business; however‚ on one of their biggest robbery (Motel) something goes tremendously wrong. The next stories are about
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* Cidade De Deus‚ more commonly known as the City of God‚ was directed by Fernando Meirelles. This is a Brazilian film that represents and portrays the violence and horrors of living within the Brazilian Slums‚ known as favelas. * With over 500 slums‚ the favelas existed within the regions of Rio de Janeiro‚ containing more than a third of the city’s population. The word favela refers to a community of people who neither own nor have formal permission to occupy land. Rio De Janerio’s favelas
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Film Review: City of God By the middle of the twentieth century‚ “favelas” or slums had grown to astronomical sizes‚ containing mass amounts of impoverished people. These favelas were overrun by hunger‚ filth‚ drugs‚ and disorder‚ making them extremely unsuitable places to live. While the police and government do not get involved with the issues of the slums‚ security is provided by the community and‚ more often than not‚ drug gangs keeping control over crime. Life in a slum of Brazil is certainly
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John Nguyen July 28‚ 2016 TFM 363 Professor Powell The film‚ City of God‚ is based in the slums of Rio De Janeiro‚ Brazil where drugs dealer run the community and violence is built in the structure of the culture. The film is narrated by Rocket who is a main character along with Lil Ze and how they take two paths through life. Rocket wants to become a famous photographer and escape the City of God‚ while Lil Ze becomes a powerful gang leader and drug dealer. The film shows three decades of character
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Gabriella Targa City of God Since I am Brazilian‚ I decided to choose this movie to watch for this essay topic. When I first saw this movie I was really surprised with it; the storyline and plot left me in shock and I mean that in a good way. The story took place in the rural or “favela” areas in Brazil. In these areas there is a heavy crime rate. This movie depicted true events on how life is in the favelas of Brazil. There is always someone dying almost every day in Brazil because of
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concepts; the “City of Peace” and the “City of God.” Although history has proved the “City of God” to be true‚ the former has rarely occurred for continuous decades. Jerusalem is constantly a city in dispute‚ where even the age of the city is an example of this concept. Jews consider Jerusalem’s history to start 3000 years ago when David established the city as capital of the United Kingdom of Israel. Palestinians‚ believing they are the descendants of the Canaanites‚ say the city is 5‚000 years
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