ABOUT THE FILM In 1997‚ Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman offered to pay for the senior prom at Charleston High School in Mississippi under one condition: the prom had to be racially integrated. His offer was ignored. In 2008‚ Freeman offered again. This time the school board accepted‚ and history was made. Charleston High School had its first-ever integrated prom - in 2008. Until then‚ blacks and whites had had separate proms even though their classrooms have been integrated for decades
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The film gave many powerful messages that anyone not just middle school teaches could learn from. The first is learn to be very observant‚ in the film the young lady Tracy showed many signs that things were wrong and that she was headed down the wrong path. Teachers spend more time with kids these days than their own parents do. The science teacher in the movie if he was observant would’ve notice things change about his student. If he had noticed the hints that Tracy were giving‚ he could’ve
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Film and Television Worksheet SOC/105 September 10‚ 2012 University of Phoenix Material Film and Television Worksheet Name of the film or television show you viewed: The Closer | Respond to each question with a paragraph of at least 50 words. State your point of view and explain it thoroughly. What is the primary emphasis of the film or show? Examples: artistic expression‚ technological achievement‚ informative. Explain your answer. The
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Film techniques Camera angles: Bird’s eye view- An aerial shot of a view‚ sensation of flying or floating Eye level- Camera is positioned at the character’s eye level. Often used to display facial expressions and focus on dialogue. Low angle- The camera is positioned below the feet. Can indicate power and authority and make them look tall and overbearing High angle- The camera is high in the air. Make the audience feel that they are more important then the object provides the feeling of inferiority
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22nd October 2012 SOC 314: Sociology of Gender Assignment 2: Film Analysis. Due Monday‚ October 22 Analyze a movie with regard to what we have learned about sexuality. Your assignment should not be written like a general film review found in the campus paper or other newspaper‚ but instead written from the perspective of a student studying the sociology of gender. What does the movie teach us about men‚ women‚ and sexuality? How does these lessons relate to the materials we’ve read and ideas
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Sankofa Film Analysis Who is Haile Germia? Haile Germia is an Ethiopian filmmaker‚ film director‚ screenwriter who was born March 4‚ 1946 and raised in Gondar‚ Ethiopia who now lives in the United States. He immigrated here to the United States in 1968 to pursue acting‚ and enrolled in the Goodman School of Drama located in Chicago. He is best known for his film Sankofa which raised a lot of awareness to the African American community. He is also known for the Los Angeles school of black filmmakers
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Chinatown is a 1974 American neo-noir film‚ directed by Roman Polanski. The film features many elements of the film noir genre‚ particularly a multi-layered story that is part mystery and part psychological drama. The story‚ set in Los Angeles in 1937‚ was inspired by the California Water Wars‚ the historical disputes over land and water rights that had raged in southern California during the 1910s and 1920s‚ in which William Mulholland acted on behalf of Los Angeles interests to secure water rights in
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prefer modern day films to silent films. I agree with you that silent films are very boring and dull compared to modern day films. Modern day films have more advanced technology making the film better in general. But it is good to understand and learn about silent films even though you don’t enjoy them‚ they are an important part of history. Modern films have a lot of characters and have a bigger better storyline to follow. There are plenty of other things that make modern day films better like music
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who might be a burden to companies by spending a lot of money for their health insurances and medications. As most of the companies are implying that “safety first” and that goes down to disciplining one’s self‚ one’s health. True to the story in the film‚ it is hard to get along with others especially that you are being avoided because of your disease. Even though HIV is common nowadays‚ and it’s a bad thing‚ there are individuals who admit that it is tough for them to cope with the social demands
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In his Book Black Film‚ White Money‚ Jesse Algeron Rhimes makes an interesting parallel. He declares “Edison initiated mass film viewing with the introduction of the large-screen projector in New York City on April 23‚ 1896. Less than one month later‚ on May 18‚ the U.S Supreme Court formally sanctioned “Jim Crow” segregation by formulating its anti-Black “separate but equal” doctrine in Plessy v. Ferguson”. He adds‚ “ Racial segregation and mass film viewing are siblings‚ if not forever squabbling
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