Documentary and fictional aspects of the film Fahrenheit 9/11 “In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.”(web quotes) This quote by Alfred Hitchcock contains some truth‚ but in past decades the documentary genre has become more than just factual information about real people and places. It has become a mode for opinion and bias. In Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11‚ the “creative use of actuality” (film ed. Grierson) in its editing‚ style and source information
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One day on September 11‚ 2001 I woke up to the sound of screaming‚ I looked back and there were people with red bandanas and bombs on their chest. I told the people in the first two rows “I got this‚ just watch” It was 8:45 in the morning and I fell asleep before the plane took off. We were supposed to be going to Los Angeles but we were going towards the North Tower but we were in the middle of turning around I dialed 911 and said “Hello police we are on flight eleven Boeing seven hundred sixty-seven
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this true? A day that will never be forgotten‚ September 11‚ 2001. I was in the eighth grade in Mr. Snow’s
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and “distraught” while reporting on the involvement of the Army Reserve Forces in the rescue operations following 9/11. This demonstrates the media’s use of emotive language to engage the reader. Despite their similarities‚ Thompson’s account is pervaded with opinion while Pullen concentrates on a factual account of what occurred at the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon on September 11‚ 2001. Thompson’s article represents a field of journalism that unapologetically reports news from a subject point
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hearing “GET DOWN! RUN!” That was the dreadful day of 9/11 September 9th 2001 “I have to go to work” As I told Michael (my son). Our apartment wasn’t much; we still had a rent problem. But since I’ve got accepted to my new job at the World Trade Center‚ I don’t think we’ll be having too many problems anymore. I grabbed my belongings‚ gave Michael a kiss‚ and left the house in confidence. With Michael in school‚ I don’t have to look after him all the time and he can walk three blocks to elementary
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Stephanie Miyasato Period 7‚ 1-29-12 9/11 Would you jump? Hundreds of people who were trapped in the smoke and flames of the twin towers on September 11‚ 2001 were put in this position that would determine their life and death. Many believe that these “jumpers” were put to the test. “The Falling Man” was one of the many workers that did not anticipate their end to come. But this particular ‘jumper’ was very different from all the others. The man was identified as a slightly dark-skinned‚
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Change after Tragedy Jamie Gonzalez ENC1102-12 On September 11‚ 2001‚ everything changed for the US. 19 men who hijacked airplanes to carry out the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were Arabs from Muslim countries. The terrorists belonged to a group referred to as al-Qaeda. Two of the planes were flown into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City‚ a third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington‚ D.C.‚ and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania
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For my final project I decided to look at specific Infrastructures that developed as a result of 9/11 I broke my project into 4 different categories 1) Symbolic meaning behind the Twin Towers: Why were the Twin Towers specifically targeted? What did the World Trade Center symbolize to Islamic extremists? 2) Security response: What Infrastructures were immediately put in place after the attack? I will be looking at the physical increase in security‚ funding by the government and zoning to prevent
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Chapter 9 Terms Administrative Law (p. 261)—written law produced by state and federal regulatory agencies as opposed to government bodies (thus‚ some disagreement exists as to whether administrative law is law in the full conventional sense or merely a “body of rules”); many of the activities classified as white collar crime are violations of administrative rather than statutory law. Antitrust Law (p. 251)—law directed against monopolistic practices that interfere with the operation of
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Introduction Did the events of 9/11 influence the perception of how people view the Hijab? In todays world‚ the media influences many issues across the world. One of the issues that occurs is the Hijab in both the Western and Islamic worlds. There is many arguments about the hijab‚ Islam points towards its postive and good points whereas the media can imply it as otherwise. This contradicts the opinions and views that Muslims in the past and today have towards the Hijab. But before we
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