Yolngu Boy – Film Reflection Write a reflection on the film ‘Yolngu Boy’ which demonstrates an understanding of the characters and their experiences as members of an Australian Indigenous community. Three best friends; Botj‚ Lorrpu and Milika decide to flee to Darwin to accomplish some of many aspirations. They all once shared a childhood dream of one day becoming great hunters together. As they grew older‚ they were led on different paths‚ where Botj constantly was getting into trouble and soon
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Throughout the film The Whale Rider‚ the director Niki Caro uses film techniques to convey the theme of expectation and disappointment. In the film‚ we are introduced to the character of Pai‚ who sets out to break Maori tradition and become the next leader of her tribe‚ while bringing her family and the community closer together‚ much to the displeasure of her grandfather Koro. Koro is an important figure as he is used by the director throughout the film to convey the theme of expectation and disappointment
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Cinematic techniques: Aerial shot: A shot taken from a plane‚ helicopter or a person on top of a building. Not necessarily a moving shot. Backlighting: The main source of light is behind the subject‚ silhouetting it‚ and directed toward the camera. Bridging shot: A shot used to cover a jump in time or place or other discontinuity. Examples are falling calendar pages‚ railroad wheels‚ newspaper headlines‚ and seasonal changes Camera angle: The angle at which the camera is pointed at the subject:
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Expository Essay – “A Bronx Tale” Topic: “The choices that you make will shape your life forever” The film‚ set in New York City‚ in the 1960s‚ A Bronx Tale‚ Lorenzo (played by Robert De Niro) has a son‚ Calogero‚ whom we see throughout the film as one who made numerous decisions throughout his life‚ which shaped his future. One of those things was what Calogero did in the early stages of the film. At nine years old‚ he sat on the steps as he witnessed Sonny‚ a gangster‚ out of defense for a friend
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Nick Kehlor Anne Schmalstig English 106 18 April 2014 Tony Stark and Iron Man‚ True Heroes Not many superheroes can say that they have no born given superpowers‚ saved the world‚ and make an audience die from laughter. Tony Stark can though in the movie‚ Iron Man. With Tony’s intellectual abilities‚ he was able to make a powerful metal suit that contained guns‚ armor‚ and rockets to make it fly. Leading up to this‚ Tony Stark was a man who was co-owner of one of the most powerful weapon companies
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Displaying memory in its purest form requires an element of deception so that reality can be legitimized and accepted by the audience. Cinema‚ at best complements and at worst obfuscates human memory. Jia Zhangke‚ Lou Ye‚ and Jiang Wen offer a subtle and fascinating account of the cinematic representation of the problem of memory. Since the inception of the camera‚ filmmakers have evolved motion pictures into not simply a reflection but a crucial indicator of human experience‚ especially our experience
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SYNECTICS 1. Which is wiser? A pen or pencil? A pencil is wiser because it has an eraser to erase all of its mistakes. 2. Which is easier to forgive? A street or a sidewalk? It’s easier to forgive a sidewalk because if you fall in the middle of the street‚ you might get run over. But in the sidewalk‚ you just get up. 3. Which is smarter? A clock or a calendar? A clock is smarter because it tells time‚ it tells the day‚ and it tells the number date. 4. Which is like a contest? A cloud or
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Chris stayed motivated throughout the movie. Chris tried to keep his son and himself happy at the same time which is hard to do with all of the struggles that Chris was going through. For instance how Linda or Chris’s wife left him with their son Christopher leaving Chris to raise him all alone. Chris even managed to stay motivated when he got kicked out of his house for not paying rent. During this time he managed to try his hardest to keep Christopher as happy as he could by telling Christopher
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could do to their future. For example‚ Brian did not seem to grasp that because he was so ready to kill himself over one failed assignment. He was thinking in the now and not in the future. A noticeable moral of this film is: Parents should actually raise their children. In this film‚ all of the parents have minimal screentime‚ but it is still evident that they totally suck. Claire’s parents use her as a tool of revenge against one another‚ and her parents fail to see the effect it has on her. Andrew’s
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it to be.” Before the start of the film I debated whether or not to make the trek to the concessions for some Popcorn‚ and I can now tell you that it was truly one of the best decisions of my entire life. Okay‚ maybe that’s overstating it a bit‚ but seriously‚ that’s the type of film this is. ‘Terminator: Genisys’ is the film equivalent of comfort food‚ it’s simple and fulfilling‚ but you feel guilty after consuming it. I’m not going to sing the praise of this film‚ a little bit because I can’t sing
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