Lorenzo de Medici Film Analysis: Hoop Dreams (1994) Written by Ann Kelsey Cinema of the Real: Documentary Films Paolo Grassini December 5‚ 2012 The 1994 Documentary‚ Hoop Dreams‚ directed by Steve James‚ is a masterful display of human drama. The story-line is so captivating and theatrical that it seems crafted from fiction. The Documentary boasts cinematic techniques and private investigating that rivals most film of this time period. The film follows the high school careers
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strategies to Film‚ TV or Radio documentary-makers use to convey to viewers or listeners the ‘truthfulness’ of their work? What might be the problem with these strategies? Oxford Dictionary’s definition of documentaries is as follows “A film or television or radio programme that provides a factual report in a particular subject.” Documentaries are made to help inform and educate its audience‚ usually revealing new information on the chosen subject. Documentary-makers present factual information
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Rob Stewart in 2007‚ is a documentary that portrays the highly misapprehension of the Shark specie. Stewart interviews several different individuals ranging from individuals on the street or people associated with companies or campaigns. His intentions for the documentary were good; he sought to inform the audience of Sharks and how harmless and significant they really are. The thesis of Sharkwater is that Sharks are more endangered than dangerous. Throughout the documentary Stewart uses a series of
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The Trudell Documentary taught me a lot about Native American’s that I didn’t know. Growing up‚ in history class‚ one of my teachers made a point to state that what America did to the Native American’s was wrong. We then learned all about how we took their land and made them change their lives. Although it is important to know the historical backgrounds to these events‚ we never really talked much about how the Government was treating Native Americans now. Before this Documentary‚ I did not know
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As the name suggests‚ the documentary Cunnamulla‚ written‚ produced and directed by Dennis O’Rourke‚ is about life at the end of the railway line 800 km west of Brisbane. Considering that rural and regional Australia is commanding the political stage and crying out for funding it seems about time that this doco was made. With noble ideals‚ this award winning doco does nothing more than entrench the stereotypes. The director’s purpose must have been to make fun of life in Cunnamulla as the outcome
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The documentary “Kickin it” was about the homeless world cup. Which is about The homeless world cup. The year this was filmed‚ the cup was held in south africa. We followed the teams and learned the back stories of the players on different teams. How they had come to be in the position they were in‚ how football was able to save them and then how they were after the games and the progress they had made. Every team in the ternimat was made up of players who were homeless. This was there escape. This
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Tapped was a documentary that discussed the harmful effects that the bottled water industry has environmentally‚ biologically‚ and socially. There are a few topics that relate to the topic outline. The first is the second topic outline: “Global Economics”‚ more specifically “Tragedy of the Commons.” In the film‚ it seemed like big corporations such as Nestle went into small towns and counties‚ such as the Chaffee county‚ and abused the commons: water‚ in this case. They bought property with water
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“Wolfpack” is a documentary of seven children who lived in isolation in their apartment in New York‚ who had only their parents and movies as a social guidance. Socialization is the means by which culture and social continuity are obtained. In the documentary “Wolfpack” it is explained how the Angulo family obtains their social norms through films that they spend watching day in night due to their isolation from the world. Their curiosity‚ freedom‚ and need for exploration morphed into a montage
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Blackfish In the documentary Blackfish‚ the director‚ Gabriela Cowperthwaite‚ uses experiences from trainers that used to work at Sea World‚ examples of the inhumane treatment of the whales that are kept in captivity‚ and the injuries and deaths to convince people to not support Sea World by going there to view the huge attraction. People see Sea World as a happy‚ family environment because of the advertisements they put out to the public. The commercials and ads make it look like the whales are
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Rhetorical analysis of An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore is probably one of the most famous documentary films and it is enjoyed and respected all over the world. However the great appreciation of this film is based mostly on the message of the film and not on the way the message is presented. The bad rhetoric of this film‚ moreover‚ should not be ignored because it weakens Al Gore’s argument. It is clear to the viewer that Al Gore is trying to induce his audience
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