Media Analysis Readings and films provided throughout the course have featured an array of ideas‚ topics‚ and subtopics. Each film and reading served to guide towards overall themes. Readings and films from modules also worked in an interconnected way. Although each module uncovered a different topic‚ modules could still be connected to each other in many ways. Dreams Deported: Immigrant Youth and Families Resist Deportation by UCLA Student Publication and The Sleep Dealer directed by Alex Rivera
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Thurs 6:30-9:00 Film Analysis: 8 Mile The 2009 film‚ 8 Mile‚ parallels the true life story of multi-platinum artist‚ Eminem. Directed by Curtis Hanson‚ the film takes place in 1995‚ a time where hip-hop music was growing and Detroit‚ Michigan had hit an all time low. Eminem (formally referred to as Marshall Mathers) plays Jimmy‚ a wannabe rapper from the poor side of Detroit and stars like Brittany Murphy‚ Kim Basinger‚ and Mekhi Phifer all play key roles in the film. The film follows the lyrically
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University ASIAN STEREOTYPING IN FILM An Analysis Shelby Hanna Language of Film Ryan Louis December 8‚ 2011 It is not often that we see an Asian person as the main character of a major Hollywood production. It’s upsetting that it even seems to be a surprise when they score the role of a supporting actor or actress. People of Asian descent are not only discriminated against in movies‚ but also by the film industry itself. Throughout a substantial number of films‚ Asian men and women are consistently
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I had the privilege of attending the Policy Symposium workshop on Thursday at Ramapo College. They touched on immigration and a lot of what they mentioned was found in the text book Two things that both the text book and Symposium talked about was that when Immigrants get deported back to their country‚ they are at risk of getting raped. Women have a higher risk of getting raped‚ but men also sometimes gets raped as well. Another thing that they both mentioned was if immigrant children are deported
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1) Which three empires met at the Balkans? Russia‚ Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) 2) How did Emperor Franz Joseph rule the Hasburg Empire? Franz Joseph was the emperor of Austria and the king of Hungary. He was the uncle of Franz Ferdinand and ruled for 66 years. During his reign‚ Franz Joseph resisted any type of change‚ hated political reform and was referred to as the ‘last European monarch of the old school’. 3) How was the Hasburg Empire regarded internationally? The
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The plot in the movie and the novel had many differences. The exposition is one of the differences that made the movie confusing. Instead of Ponyboy leaving the movie house and getting jumped by the Socs‚ he starts to write The Outsiders. It was a huge mistake for Francis Coppola to leave this out because the exposition in the book involved a significant event‚ where the Socs showed the violent relationship they have between the Greasers. Another difference is When Cherry explains to Ponyboy that
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In the movie Unforgiven‚ W. W. Beauchamp who was an author that wrote about gunslingers in the west and their battles‚ was played by Saul Rubinek. Beauchamp improves the narrative be flowing around different gunslingers and learning that they are not what he thought of them. His character connected with the audience improving overall experience. Beauchamp characterization was successful throughout the movie and improved the narrative. Beauchamp was an author that created novels about what he believed
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The Crucible A joint cast from Melbourne High School and Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School were recently involved in a production of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. The cast‚ led by Gilbert Stalinsfield as John Proctor and Greta Nash as Elizabeth Proctor‚ was able to captivate the audience for an the entirety of the performer. Director Anne-Marie Brownhill’s interpretation of the play‚ while short‚ allowed for each actor to contribute his or her own ideas to the story without removing the overlying
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The 60’s was a time of social injustice‚ political protests over Vietnam‚ and the deliberation of powers. Socially the United States was in a terrible place. Since the Jim Crow laws were set put in place the constitution the country had been divided. When the civil rights movements started to move it brought social injustice to light (eldorado ink 15). Leaders in the civil rights movements included Martin Luther King‚ John F. Kennedy‚ and Malcolm X. These leaders were speaking out publicly and giving
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6. Feb. 9: Freaks film analysis/discussion In the movie‚ there is many jaw dropping moments that gives disability a negative connotation. In the movie‚ the producer takes people with disability in the context of being helpless and has being freaks in the film. For instance many of the characters have disabilities‚ which is showcased to the public for entertainment because of their disability. To add on‚ the character are part of the circus‚ which gives the freak factor to their disability when they
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