(slums) of Rio de Janeiro. The first being the cinematic film “City of God‚” 2002‚ directed by Fernando Mierelles and Katia Lund1 and “Dancing with the Devil‚” 2009‚ a film documentary by Jon Blair2. The two films are intended to be an insight into the violence in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. Both films employ techniques to try to engage with the audience‚ for example the use of narrative‚ sound‚ lighting‚ camera angles‚ props‚ editing and the use of a narrator and this is what I plan to
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Which of the following is NOT one of the steps in the writing process? A. Think about your topic B. Think about your audience. C. Try exploring statergies. D. Write your first draft D When you think about your audience‚ you consider- A. possible publication B. Your intended readers C. auditory details D. all of the above B When you consider your audience‚ you also- A Adapt your tone and vocabulary to suit them. B. Try to choose very sophisticated words to give your writing
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attitudes to poverty in the films you have studied for this topic The films I have studied for this section‚ the 2002 film City of God‚ Kasovitz’s 1995 film La Haine and Gavin Hood’s 2005 South African film Tsotsi all share similar attitudes to poverty. The films address the often futile attempt to escape poverty and the crime which is strongly associated with it. Tsotsi and City of God are both set in favellas in LEDC’s which immediately symbolises the poverty stricken living conditions. The 2005 film
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philosophy with his knowledge of Christianity. This ideology later became known as Augustinianism. Two of St. Augustine’s most notorious pieces are Confessions and The City of God. His book‚ Confessions‚ is essentially an autobiography in which St. Augustine outlines his life and his eventual conversion to Christianity. His book The City of God was a response to criticism that Christianity was receiving about the downfall of the Roman
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Within his work‚ The City of God against the Pagans‚ Augustine argues that evil is not incarnated in the flesh but is instead harbored within man and is embodied within man’s pride. That the beginning of humanity’s fall was the failing within Adam and Eve’s souls when they looked upon the tree of knowledge and coveted its fruit (Augustine‚ The City of God against the Pagans‚ p.603-608). This along with the denial of ownership Adam and Eve exhibited while being questioned by God caused the fall of humanity
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Union citizen life. However the film contains numerous amount of editing and camera technique‚ which some technique could not be seen in United States of America at that time. The difference with Soviet Union and United States of America is the way of editing and story telling from seeing the movie “The Man with a Movie Camera” The film “The man with a Movie Camera” uses numerous amount of editing technique. The fast editing‚ match cut‚ fast cutting and
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This reminded me of Augustine’s City of God‚ as Augustine address the rise and fall of empires was nothing unusual in human history and provided critic of the empire’s ideals. Father Joe never seemed to be disappointed or distracted by Tony’s life happenings. It was just a part of Tony’s life journey. In the City of God‚ original sin appears as the sin of pride. The city is Augustine’s metaphor of choice simply because‚ in his day‚ the city was the cultural and political model. Father Tom uses
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Romans had extreme expectations for themselves and for their territory‚ to the point they no longer referred to their kingdom as The Roman Empire but instead The Eternal City. Nobody believed the city would’ve collapsed they believed the city will stay standing endlessly. The falling of the Roman Empire left the citizens of Rome baffled. They lost faith in everything; the Romans believed that the Christians caused the Roman Empire to fall because they’ve brought different beliefs into their territory
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The modern age is an age of electricity. People are so used to electric lights‚ radio‚ televisions‚ and telephones that it is hard to imagine what life would be like without them. When there is a power failure‚ people grope about in flickering candlelight. Cars hesitate in the streets because there are no traffic lights to guide them‚ and food spoils in silent refrigerators. Yet‚ people began to understand how electricity works only a little more than two centuries ago. Nature has apparently
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