Blood Diamond vs. A Long Way Gone Ishmael Beah’s autobiography is almost unique‚ as far as I can determine – perhaps the first time that a child soldier has been able to give literary voice to one of the most distressing phenomena of the late 20th century. This book tells us how a young boy was forced to become a soldier to preserve his life and live to tell his story. Although Beah was from an under developed nation‚ he had the dreams and thoughts of any normal teenager from the west. It is heartbreaking
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Description of Film Scene 1 The opening scene of this film shows Jerry a recently appointed sheriff‚ sitting at the town’s bar drinking whiskey. He is very sad due to the recent death of the former sheriff‚ Mark. Jerry is then informed that Jazzelle has been kidnapped. Jerry is told that Jazzelle’s horse was found by the river and he believes the Cherokee may have taken him. Scene 2 Jerry is in his office very disturbed about how to rescue Jazzelle. This is a key moment in the film as this is when
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The film Koyannisqatsi (1983) had opened the public’s eyes to the possibility of extensive time-lapse cinematography and the non- verbal style of filmmaking. Filmmakers such as Frances’ Jean Painleve made similar films before but nothing had been made such as Koyannisqatsi (1983). The other films where similar but made more towards the experimental film audiences. Godfrey Reggio the director of Koyannisqatsi (1983) and Ron Fricke the cinematographer showed how the modern world was moving from a
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Achievement Standard |Subject Reference |Digital Technologies 1.43 | |Title |Implement basic procedures to produce a specified digital media outcome | |Level |1 |Credits |4 |Assessment |Internal | |Subfield
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Blood Diamonds in Sierra Leone Throughout the decades there has been many hard times‚ conflicts over disagreement‚ fighting and competition. There has been a huge clash over the use of diamonds and in fact how they are produced‚ and where they were originated. There has always been a major demand for diamonds for noticeable reasons. Diamonds are big business - the retail trade is worth over $30bn annually. It is proved that Diamonds are one of the world’s most precious gems. Diamonds are beautiful
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In the Blood Diamond movie‚ there are ethical issue can be found inside the scene. The Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in the Blood Diamond movie‚ use the illegal sale of diamonds to purchase its military operations. The civil war between the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and the Sierra Leone government has devastated the civilian population of Sierra Leone. Today‚ the United Nations‚ non-governmental organizations (NGOs)‚ and other governmental actors are calling on the international diamond
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Although that the film is a rural comedy‚ Berlanga imitates some of the most important film genres: western‚ film noir‚ epics and Soviet Realism. These different genres‚ most of them American‚ are used in the dream sequences of the film. With those dreams‚ the director tried to explain the fears and ambitions of the characters and to make a relationship between the genres and the ideology of the characters. The first character that we see dreaming in the film is Don Cosme who is the priest of the
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The Great Gatsby is a 2013- drama romance movie directed by Bar Luhrmann‚ featuring Leonardo DiCaprio‚ Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire‚ based on F.Scott Fitzgerald’s novel. It is narrated from Nick Carraway’s point of view‚who recalls the old times when he met Jay Gatsby‚ after moving to Long Island. He became his neighbour and began to attend his lavish parties‚ before realizing the wealthy man aimed at something he wished to have for himself; Daisy’s love. Unfortunately‚ the woman he loves was
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All the costumes in this production fit the era properly‚ from the tight‚ skin-showing clothing all the way to Benedick’s costume at the party to Hero’s big puffy wedding gown. The lighting was a major element in this production. It‚ along with the music‚ helped deepen the emotions portrayed by the cast members. For example‚ the dim purple lights during the parties for Hero and Claudio made it easy to see they were in a club or a bar. The characters and the music gave off the energy that would actually
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director in the film industry. From the beginning‚ they did not try to get a big name producer‚ go for big name actors‚ or write movies they knew would be hits. Instead‚ they raised money from the citizens of their hometown to make their first film Blood Simple‚ which starred pretty much no-name actors and actresses in an absurd plot. However‚ this put their name on the map‚ and it was because of that movie that we have masterpieces today like Fargo. They use their own techniques that‚ if tried by
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