The Blind Side is a movie that is based on a true story about Michael Oher. Throughout this movie there were examples of prejudice‚ discrimination and ignorance. Michael Oher had a tough upbringing. He went through many difficulties and challenges but still prevailed no matter the doubt. It all began when Leigh Anne Tuohy and the Tuohy’s spotted Michael in the cold rain‚ and decided to help him out. Instead of ignoring him on the street‚ Leigh Anne Tuohy offered to drive Michael home. Michael
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Theme: One major theme of The Blind Side was to judge people based on their charter and not on their appearance. When Michael had first started at Briarcrest Christian School the teachers deemed him unreachable. Michael was a sight to behold at school because he was huge and black. I wasn’t until a teacher gave him a test orally did they find out that he was like a sponge that soaked up the information he was given. After teachers found out that he was paying attention they started to reach
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Racism is hate that is found from one person to another. It is when people make extreme fun of others that have a different race; different ethnicity. In this movie‚ “The Blind Side” there is an African-American boy named Michael Oher‚ everyone called him “Big Mike” because he was over weighted. He had a mother who wasn’t stable enough to keep him with her‚ she was a drug addict and he had no idea who his father was. He went to several foster homes‚ he ran away from many because he was treated differently
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“The Blind-Side “essay When a family adopts a child‚ the gender or the race should not change your perspective about the child. How you love and communicate with and for the child is what brings him or her closer to you and your family. Bringing a child into your home and loving them like your own can change both yours and the Childs life. Is telling an outside-adopted child you love them and their now apart of your family hard at first. Yes it is. However‚ I can understand that to automatically
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are approached with an opportunity‚ you have a choice to take or leave it. That’s the thing about opportunities‚ you never know what might come out of them‚ whether it benefits you or someone else. I believe that this is portrayed in the movie‚ Blind Side‚ where Michael Oher is advanced with an opportunity by the Tuohy family and it changes his whole life forever for the better. In the beginning‚ Michael Oher felt out of place‚ he had no home‚ was poor‚ and he had lost his family. As time passed
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Film techniques Camera angles: Bird’s eye view- An aerial shot of a view‚ sensation of flying or floating Eye level- Camera is positioned at the character’s eye level. Often used to display facial expressions and focus on dialogue. Low angle- The camera is positioned below the feet. Can indicate power and authority and make them look tall and overbearing High angle- The camera is high in the air. Make the audience feel that they are more important then the object provides the feeling of inferiority
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THE BLIND SIDE HUMAN SERVICES SENIOR LEADERSHIP MATTHEW HOOGVELD PERIOD 1-2. 1. After a late night Thanksgiving school play‚ Leigh Anne notices Michael walking on the road‚ shivering in the cold; when she learns he intends to spend the night huddled outside the school gym‚ she offers him a place to sleep at her house. The next morning‚ when she sees Michael leaving‚ she asks him to spend the holiday with her family. Slowly‚ Michael becomes a member of the Tuohy family‚ even as Leigh Anne’s
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For most of his childhood‚ 17-year-old Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) has been in foster care with different families throughout Memphis‚ Tennessee. Every time he is placed in a new home‚ he runs away. His friend’s father‚ whose couch Mike had been sleeping on‚ asks Burt Cotton (Ray McKinnon)‚ the coach of Wingate Christian school‚ to help enroll his son and Mike. Impressed by Mike’s size and athleticism‚ Cotton gets him admitted despite his abysmal academic record. At his new school‚ Michael is befriended
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‘The Blind Side’ directed by John Lee Hancock is based on a true-life story of Michael Oher or as he is better known‚ “Big Mike”; an African-American teenager who drifts from home to home has very little knowledge of the education system with no stable aspects of his life. Coming from a world of drugs‚ violence and alcohol abuse Mike finds it difficult to transfer into this ‘new world’ while attending Briarcrest Christian School in Memphis. A prestigious white American family‚ the Tuohys‚ take Michael
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The director uses film techiques to tell the story ad create a respose in the audiece. These techiques are. Shots wide shot- a wide shot is a shot that shows the setting as well as the character. This kind of shot is used so the audience can understand the characters physical experience with the setting. normal shot- a normal shot usually shows the characters waist and up. This is a standard shot that helps to focus attention on the action. close up- a close up shot is a shot in which the camera
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