WHY DOCUMENTARIES ARE SO IMPORTANT Documentaries are important in many ways. One of the main reasons is that they educate you A week ago‚ I watched the documentary "Super Size Me" and I thought that it showed very well how dangerous it is to eat fast-food on regular basis. It affects your body and I don’t think many people know that. How could they know it if they aren’t going to read studies on how dangerous it is. Not many people have the time‚ or want to make time‚ to read a study. It is
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“Wolfpack” is a documentary of seven children who lived in isolation in their apartment in New York‚ who had only their parents and movies as a social guidance. Socialization is the means by which culture and social continuity are obtained. In the documentary “Wolfpack” it is explained how the Angulo family obtains their social norms through films that they spend watching day in night due to their isolation from the world. Their curiosity‚ freedom‚ and need for exploration morphed into a montage
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Matthew Foster Intro to Documentary Film Midterm Paper What Is Documentary Film? I once heard a quote from an unknown man who said‚ "Words are only words until you invest some meaning into them." I didn ’t fully comprehend what he meant by this statement. Surely every word has its own definition‚ giving it some type of meaning. So why would they being meaningless without me? Not until I entered this class and focused on documentary film did I re evaluate this statement. What the man meant
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Michael Moore’s ‘Bowling for Columbine’‚ the film which won an Oscar for best documentary‚ is not in fact a documentary‚ but rather more of a persuasive essay in film format. The widely accepted definition of ‘documentary’ is a film emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings‚ insertion of fictional matter‚ and minimal editting‚ and ‘Bowling for Columbine’ does not show any of these characteristics. Instead of presenting a neutral view of the issues‚ it is
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Methamphetamine was originally synthesized in 1887 by a German scientist and later in 1930’s it was discovered that it could increase a person’s blood pressure and was helpful in lung congestion. It has been used to treat Parkinson’s disease‚ and obesity‚ however when used illegally this drug may cause a person to be violent and paranoid. Meth is a very powerful stimulant and very often the desire for it exceeds other interests including the need for sleep‚ food‚ and family. Meth has become one
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Blackfish In the documentary Blackfish‚ the director‚ Gabriela Cowperthwaite‚ uses experiences from trainers that used to work at Sea World‚ examples of the inhumane treatment of the whales that are kept in captivity‚ and the injuries and deaths to convince people to not support Sea World by going there to view the huge attraction. People see Sea World as a happy‚ family environment because of the advertisements they put out to the public. The commercials and ads make it look like the whales are
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Name: Ossama El Garhy ID: 900113710 Section: 19 Date: 1/11/2011 “The Art of Jihad” Documentaries have a huge impact on one’s thoughts and beliefs. The Art of Jihad is one of the most interesting documentaries I have ever seen. It is about three American artists discussing the stereotypes about Islam especially in USA‚ and how they try to reveal the actual meaning of Islam through their works. Non-Muslim people‚ especially non-Arabs‚ do not know the real meaning of Islam. These people always
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Documentary photographs have the ability to both record and make history due to the duality of their purpose. Documentary photography first captures history when photographs are taken of major events. Those photos then have the ability to make history when they call the public to action‚ or bring attention to an issue that they were previously unaware of. Because of their capacity to not only document but also make history‚ documentary photography serves an important purpose within society. Documentation
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The documentary “Mission Blue” was released in 2014. Erik H. Gordon‚ Fisher Stevens‚ Robert Nixon‚ Jack Youngelson‚ Mark Monroe‚ and Peter R. Livingston Jr. are the men responsible for producing such a magnificent piece of work. Executive producers include Lisa Nishimura‚ Adam Del Deo‚ Julie Nives‚ Andrew S. Karsch‚ Shannon O’Leary Joy‚ and Shari Sant Plummer. Two of the producers‚ Fisher Stevens and Robert Nixon also directed “Mission Blue”. Peter R. Livinston Jr. also had another job in the making
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Verjine Tarkhanian English 101 Prof. Hamalian November 12‚ 2014 Essay: Blackfish The documentary film Blackfish which we saw in our class‚ was very interesting and scary. The documentary was based on a true story of a killer whale killing its trainer of many years. Till this day no know will ever know what clicked in that mammals head to turn against its trainer the way that it did. When looking at the film‚ it shows mostly the dangerous side of the mammal and how it was captured at such a
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