BILLY ELLIOT ESSAY: Describe at least ONE idea that was worth learning about in the text(s). Explain why the idea was worth learning about in the text(s) as a whole‚ using examples of visual and / oral language features to support your ideas. In the film ‘Billy Elliot’ directed by Stephen Daldry‚ a memorable idea that was worth learning about was that we should persevere in following our dreams. Billy shows this throughout the film by his determination and his passion
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Billy Elliot by Stephen Daldry. In the film by “Billy Elliot” directed by “Stephen Daldry” the setting of North East England in 1984 is very important. In 1984 the miners were on strike‚ poverty was common amongst the working class miners and Billy wanted to do ballet instead of boxing. The verbal and visual features used in the film helped me understand the importance of the setting. In this paragraph I am going to describe an important setting of North East England County Durham from the
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Billy Elliot Select scenes from this film and explain how the director has used filming techniques to create the atmosphere and develop the themes. ‘Billy Elliot’ directed by Stephen Daldry outlines the transition of Billy Elliot‚ from a constrained society with limited expectations and restrictive gender roles‚ out into the broad horizons of the larger world. Daldry effectively used a range of filming techniques such as camera angles‚ camera shots and dialogue to develop the theme of moving
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4/13/12 Paper #3: “Library Research” “Billy Wilder” Billy Wilder’s work today remains masterful and memorable. From his skilled screenwriting to his directing‚ Wilder holds a key position in cinema history. Wilder’s stylistic and thematic elements are recognizable and give off a complex reflection of his American and European cultural influences. I think that Billy Wilder should be considered an “auteur” even if he is not already considered one‚ for his personal film style and the mere fact
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Billy Elliot (part 2: film analysis) 1) The opening scene in Billy Elliot shows us what type of kid Billy is and the same with his family. The scene shows us a glance of how Billy’s life is. He is not one of the wealthy kids‚ and the house is not of good standard. We clearly see that this family is a poor family‚ and lives in a neighbourhood that reflects that‚ a typical working-class community. It is Billy who watches out for his grandmother when his father and brother are protesting‚ which
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William Shakespeare wrote a group of 154 sonnets between 1592 and 1597‚ which were compiled and published under the title Shakespeare’s Sonnets in 1609. Our attention will focus on sonnet 12‚ a remarkable and poignant poem about the relentless passing of time‚ the fading beauty‚ immortality‚ death and Old Age‚ these subjects being typical of all Shakespeare’s Sonnets. Time is omnipresent in everyone’s life‚ just passing and passing inexorably‚ relentlessly‚ so unstoppable. It is a universal problem
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the visual representations of working-class masculinity portrayed in Stephen Daldry‟s stage musical adaptation of the film Billy Elliot (2000). After a brief discussion of the portrayal of the male ballet dancer in the dancing scene since the 1990s and the inherent voyeuristic inclinations of contemporary audiences‚ the analysis will focus on five aspects of male presence in Billy Elliot the Musical (2005). The dynamics of working-class masculinity will be contextualised within the framework of the
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England mining town‚ miners are on strike and the atmosphere is tense. Eleven-year old Billy Elliot‚ whose father and brother are participating in the strike‚ whose mother has died quite some time ago and whose grandmother is not completely aware of what’s going on‚ doesn’t like the brutal boxing lessons at school. Instead‚ he falls for the girls’ ballet lessons. When his folks find out about this unusual love of his‚ Billy is in trouble. Being supported by the ballet teacher‚ Mrs. Wilkinson‚ he keeps on
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written by Patricia Hill Collins entitled “On Lynchings‚” Collins describes the life of Ida B Wells through theoretical frameworks such as Black intellectual production and Black Feminist Thought. Collins situates Wells’ lived experience as a catalyst for her activism. “Ida Wells-Barnett’s voice in these essays grows from lived experience with Black people‚ and not simply from theorizing about them.” (182 Collins) Wells’ intellectual and political work‚ as told by Collins‚ involved the development
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Billy Elliot Context: • Margaret Thatcher --- Thatcherism • 1979 – 1990 • Harsh policies – free trade‚ no government intervention in business‚ increase in rate of tax for lower income‚ decrease in rate of tax for higher income • Set in 1984‚ Durran‚ Coalfield mining town in England Film: • Strong family images (still images) vs. strike of miners = rich family life vs. violence (contrast) • Scab = industrial relations talk – people who go to work even when union is on strike • Cultural –
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