support the teaching of film as text to secondary school students. Initially trained as an English teacher‚ she studied and taught film and media at La Trobe University before joining ACMI in 2009. Study Guide > On the Waterfront 2 On the Waterfront: difficult choices in an uncertain world The purpose of this guide is to provide an introduction to On the Waterfront (PG‚ Elia Kazan‚ 103 mins‚ USA‚ 1954)‚ an overview of the commentary and debate that the film has generated and some ideas
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In the documentary “Old People In Jail” by Tim Gruber shows some old people look like they shouldn’t be in jail. What jail does to people is make them look older then they are. On behalf of others I feel that having old people in jail is not fair because they wont die in peace‚ they would die in a place they don’t want to be in. In this documentary the situation is that old people should not be in jail because it is bad for their health and it kills them faster. Another documentary called “Migrant
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mentioned in a prior class it is more or less a sitcom and not capturing the family in a documentary style the way in which An American Family is. An American Family challenged traditional forms of documentaries and violated viewers expectations of what a documentary was supposed to be about (Ruoff‚ 1998). The way in which this show is shot and edited also gives is more of a narrative feel than a documentary style. I would argue that the way the it is broken into different episodes especially
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physically‚ emotionally and intellectually. These ideas can be conveyed through the documentary series‚ Through Australian Eyes by William Fitzwater and the cartoon titled Journey Of Life by Micheal Leunig. ‘Through Australian Eyes’ is a documentary series presenting the expectation‚ experiences and reflections of some young Australian girls when they travel to their parents’ birthplace for the first time. The documentary becomes an eye-opening experience which has given them the opportunities to learn
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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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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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Visual Film & Television Techniques Visual Techniques Film is the idea of individual motion pictures‚ the field of film as an art form‚ and the motion picture industry. Films are produced by recording photographic images with cameras‚ or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects. (Film‚ n.d.) To create a film you need cameras‚ projectors‚ film stock‚ and lenses. The first films were created by the use of a cranked camera. They were shot on a single reel
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of the movie‚ two innocent people get killed and the police chief‚ Brody‚ suspects it is a shark that has attacked them. Jaws became a major must see for years to come. Jaws uses many different film techniques to keep the audience suspenseful‚ make the overall movie better. At the beginning of the film the music that plays in the back ground is soft and quiet. This makes the audience feel suspicious that something is going to happen‚ as the shark swiftly moves through the weeds in the murky water
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aimed to set the visually stunning tone for Thor with the introductory scene that was filmed in New Mexico. The state’s huge expanse and open landscape was the ideal setting in that it was able to convey the vastness of the Marvel universe that the film is based upon. With regards to the visual aspects of the movie‚ one of the early challenges that the visual design team faced was choosing the type of texture to depict Asgard’s “Bifrost Bridge”. The team spent months researching crystals‚ quartz‚
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Discovery is a process that has its challenges‚ however the impact of discovery can also be ultimately joyful. However‚ though this discovery can bring joy to some‚ it does not always bring joy to all. Both Simon Nasht’s documentary ‘Frank Hurley: The Man Who Made History’ and Richard Flanagan’s ‘The Narrow Road to The Deep North’ explore this concept. Ultimately‚ these texts reveal that that overcoming the challenges that are required for a discovery‚ we are able to extract an emotional response
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