September 3‚ 2014 Lecture 1 Professor Barry Keith Grant Terrance McDonald – Course Co-Ordinator Cinema – Industry‚ a social institution‚ entertainment‚ an art form. September 5‚ 2014 Lecture 2 Becoming a Film Student An introduction to screening and viewing practices September 10‚ 2014 Lecture 3 The Beginnings of Cinema Peter Mark Roget (1769-1879) Persistence of Vision Thaumatrope (1824) Animation Cel Zoetrope Invented in 1833 by British Mathematician William George Horner Panorama
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The story in the documentary “The Cove” had a very strong and heartfelt story. It touches on how there are more dolphin’s killed during dolphin hunting season than there are whales killed in the Antarctic. The dolphins are lured into a cove in the National Park at Taiji‚ Wakayama and killed by dolphin hunters by spears over the side of their boats and nets. This documentary fell under the category of a social documentary in my eyes. The anti-dolphin hunters are trying to make the people of Japan
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classified as reality television. Documentaries‚ television news‚ sports television‚ talk shows and traditional game shows are usually not classified as reality television‚ even though they also feature non-actors in unscripted situations. Other genres that predate the reality television boom have sometimes been retroactively grouped into reality TV‚ including hidden camera shows such as Candid Camera (1948)‚ talent-search shows such as The Original Amateur Hour (1948)‚ documentary series about ordinary people
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Documentaries are positioned by the director to persuade the audience to believe what the documentary is about. There are several themes and techniques used throughout documentaries that help persuade the audience. By comparing two documentaries we can see the different techniques used to position the audience to think what the director thinks. The documentary Penicillin: the magic bullet is about the creation of the drug we used today called Penicillin. The scandals and drama surrounding the
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In the documentary “Undefeated”‚ a team member named Chavis was given a second chance after he got in a fight with Money‚ another player on the team. Before this‚ he was given chance after chance‚ yet he kept getting into trouble. After the fight‚ he gets a suspension from football.He is allowed back on the team after the suspension is over. There is the question about whether he should have been allowed to return or not. I believe he should have been allowed to. Coach Courtney allowed him to return
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There were many changes in marketing and distribution of films from end of the silent period to the modern digital period. There was a studio system that existed at the end of the silent period and collapsed in 1949 with a court ruling. During this same time a sales era of marketing existed. After the Second World War the sales era was replaced with a new way of thinking and sales and marketing were not synonymous anymore. Marketing after World War II meant finding out what consumers’ needs and wants
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Belonging Essay Our interpretation of belonging varies as we all have different views about the feeling of being accepted‚ comfortable in a group or sharing a connection towards something. The concept of belonging and not belonging differ and are shaped by his or her personal‚ cultural‚ historical and social context. The prescribed text ‘Rainbow’s End’ by Jane Harrison and the related text ‘Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta’ directed by Jacob Hickey are composed of many different aspects of belonging
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Generation Like Documentary The documentary entitled Generation Like tries to convince the audience that all teenagers are obsessed with social media and are sucked in to the depths of multiple forms of social media. Throughout the documentary the narrator‚ Douglas Rushkoff explores the many kinds of social media and how they influence the lives of teens all around the country. He portrays kids to be obsessed with social media and almost makes them look stupid. The argument the film is trying to
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would never set foot on Sea World Property again. When a documentary came out about Sea World‚ it never crossed my mind it would change my outlook on Sea World forever. Now‚ because of this film‚ I am scarred for life. Because of the film The Cove‚ Sea World lies‚ and the United States Government cover up about the story‚ I think that everyone should know the truth about Sea World‚ and the strongest evidence to support my claim is the documentary The Cove and the documented reports of animal mistreatment
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the ways in which film has been used for war propaganda by concentrating on post 9/11 war films. I will first offer a look into the history of film propaganda by giving early examples and why film is a useful tool when it comes to propaganda. First I will start by offering the definition of ‘propaganda’: “information‚ ideas‚ or rumours deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person‚ group‚ movement‚ institution‚ nation‚ etc.” (“The Definition of Propaganda”) Propaganda films are used to convince
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