Essays on Footage

Critical reflection

In my video I attempted to look at the phenomenon of gamification through a learning perspective. I deliberately decided not to make too much of an emphasis on academic learning because I wanted to frame everything in a way that would reflect our daily experiences. After all, every day we learn something new, and it does not necessarily happen consciously all the time. How successfully you are able to learn has a lot to do with your ability to concentrate. This is the issue I have devoted the introduction in the video to. I made the shots just a ...

Question 1

1.1 In her taxonomy, Joh (2005) describes private policing as law enforcement activities offered through agencies owned and controlled by private individuals. That said, unlike their public counterparts, private police officers concentrate on property loss, preventive techniques, private justice, and safeguarding personal interests. As such, these entities mainly operate as parallel entities, each focusing on their individual duties in law enforcement. This taxonomy is both useful and an excellent beginning in the categorization of various forms of private policing as explained below. On the one hand, some of the existing classifications include publicly contracted, protective, intelligence, and corporate security ...

Introduction

Nordstrom, Inc. is the company of interest in this discussion. Nordstrom, Inc. is an upscale retailer native to America that sells brand name and private label accessories and apparel merchandise. Initially, the founders started the company in 1901 as a shore store. Since then, the company has grown tremendously, and is now offering a variety of products and services beyond shoes including fragrances, cosmetics, and jewelry. Throughout this report, Nordstrom’s brief background, financial overview, business sector, target market analysis, business operations as compared to competitors, as well as strategies to sustain the business will be discussed.

Company Overview

Nordstrom, Inc. ( ...

Introduction

This term paper is completed to show the understanding of the statistics and to demonstrate the application of probability theory to a real world problem. The aim of this research project is to pick a data set that most closely ties my chosen field and perform statistical procedures such as descriptive statistics and statistical inference using the selected data. Since my field lies in the area of sales, real estate and business administration, I selected the Goodyear Arizona Real Estate Sales Data. The main research question I will investigate in this paper is: what are the factors that have ...

Introduction

Perhaps one of the most influential forms of media proliferating nowadays is the television. Many households nowadays use television as a form of entertainment, due to the extensive range of programs that it can offer. For example, children and the youth can enjoy animations that are geared specifically to them, while older people can either enjoy drama or variety shows depending on their tastes and preferences. All in all, it can be said that television can provide a wide variety of shows from audiences from all over, thus contributing to its popularity among modern society. One of the shows ...

The media plays a crucial role in society by reporting some of the heinous crimes that a number of individuals perpetrate. They might use the articles of criminal activities to inform, warn or report current stories. This essay will use and analyze two crime reports from The Guardian. These include an article on assault charges faced by a top entrepreneur in the country and the article of a notorious serial killer who has killed about 25 women over a span of two decades. Behavior theory and low self-control theory will explain the first article while mental illness and naturalization ...

The public relations department Philadelphia University seeks to create and increase awareness, understanding and support of the university’s vision, mission and accomplishments. We are looking for our next team member as an entry level public relations- Community Relations Coordinator; a position we improve through a broad training program.

Duties and Responsibilities

Assists with developing and executing marketing and public relations strategies to support brand awareness and help the university maintain cordial relations with the public.

Execute community outreach programs to ensure satisfaction of customers, delivery of

Monitor public opinion to identify trends and make estimates of public acceptability of the University’s activities while identifying concerns and expectations that the public may ...

Introduction

The Tesla autopilot system is a system that uses a front-facing camera, a forward-looking radar, 12 ultrasonic sensors, and GPS to maintain the car on the road. It is not a fully autonomous it does not drive the driver to their particular destination or sense the traffic lights. It simply helps the driver navigate the road more easily and warns them of any oncoming traffic (Zolfagharifard 1). The driver does not drive the car but instead he or she acts as a system operator. The Tesla systems adapt and learn from the mistakes and obstacles from the systems of ...

African Americans have suffered from police brutality in the United States since time in memorial. It is disheartening to see unarmed African Americans suffer in the hands of white police with many either sustaining serious unimaginable injuries or even in extreme cases losing their lives. It is quite unclear how racial discrimination continues to haunt even the new century with more fatalities recorded in the civilized era where governments have enacted policies to protect each person from all sort of discrimination. Police brutality is and has been an increasingly notorious act of discrimination of the colored skin people, mostly ...

MEMORANDUM

Re: Sally Reporteur’s News Story on the Reform the Electoral College Movement FACTS Sally Reporteur recently graduated from a prestigious journalism school. Soon after graduation she found a position as reporter for a local news station. Based on her educational background, and the small staff at the news station, her supervisor gave her a fairly significant amount of discretion to find, investigate and write her own news stories. Like many people of her age group, Sally was quite adept at using information technologies for both her work and in her private life. One day, while she was chatting ...

One of the candidates from the Democratic Party running for president is Bernie Sanders. When opening his website berniesanders.com, it takes to the landing page, at which Bernie asks his supporters to donate to his campaign. Other option is to continue to his official website, and at the top of the main page we can see the photos of his supporters. The link to main pages are placed on the upper footer of the main page, and they include events, volunteer, news, and other pages. The website is rather thorough, as the user can click “more”, and it will ...

And Its Impact on the United States

And Its Impact on the United States

Introduction

The entire subcontinent of the Middle East would have a very different history and outlook if it were not for very unfortunate events that have taken place in the area over thousands of years. There is plenty of wealth to go around, plenty of trade opportunities with the rest of the world, as well as a great potential for a tourist market. Unfortunately, “the cradle of civilization” is in a constant state of unrest that has precipitated over gigantic wars that have left a lasting impact on the area. In fact, war ...

The Coal Country documentary is a masterpiece. It entails a fascinating investigation of the environmental, societal, and political effects concerning coal mining in Appalachia. As a matter of fact, the film pays attention to the removal of the mountaintop (Boelte, 2015). It is well documented that mountaintop removal is a procedure where mountains are razed by explosives so that extractors and other agencies can reveal the coal exposed in mountain tops. The film director has perfected his art as the documentary sends a strong environmental message vis-à-vis the damage caused by this type of exploration. The Coal Country ...

Abstract

Mermaids have remained the creatures of mythology for quite some time now, and they are also being featured in many of the present day movies and TV shows apart from the children’s cartoons. That is all well for we know that these media are a work of fiction, but shockingly enough, the subject has very recently come up but this time, the classification has not remained in the genre of fiction. Today people are asking if mermaids could actually exist or if the myths had come out of a few very overactive imaginations. The controversial issue has become ...

Publicity Campaign Proposal

Animal Rights: Publicity Campaign Proposal Considering the vast amount of stereotypes developed around animal rights activism, it seems that animal rights advocacy has been successful with their campaigning in that it has gained widespread attention. That being said, not all tactics used in animal rights campaigning is effective. Since negative stereotypes continue to plague animal rights advocacy, there should be a better way to educate the public without alienating certain members of the public. For example, calling meat eaters murderers is not an effective means of gaining sympathy towards animals, but showing footage of animal abuse at meat-packing factories ...

It used to be so easy. For tens of thousands of years, humans used wood-burning fire to heat their dwellings, to cook their food, to forge simple tools. Tens of thousands of years before that, human’s ancestors harnessed the power of fire, giving them a hunting advantage over other animals. Then, the population started to increase, especially after the Plague had ravaged much of the world’s population. Wood became scarce, especially in places of dense population, such as England. The increasing rarity of the resource made the demand for another source of energy greater than the demand ...

The government has tried to harness control over what is released over the internet in the past, and it’s a battle that they’ve quickly lost, at least when it comes to video and live coverage. For example, it is now pretty common to take video of a police officer trying to detain a person who they believe committed a crime. The case of Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson Missouri is one of the earlier instances in which eyewitnesses actually recorded the activity with their phones, and posted it online afterwards. The news quickly went viral, before ...

Released in 1977, Chantal Akerman’s “News from Home” offers a vision of New York as experienced by a newcomer. The filmmaker used raw footage of New York locations in order to realize her documentary film. She narrated the film by herself, using letters that her mother sent her over the course of several years in order to personalize her work. The voice-over narration she employs however has no correspondence to the images, being used simply in order to personalize and enrich her view of the city. The film is not easy to watch, due to the distractions created ...

Introduction

Business ethics is a set of principles or values that regulate the actions and conduct of employees in an organization (Marcoux, 2008). These principles apply to all aspects of a business and determine the interaction of profit-making and non-profit issues. This paper contains an ethics program that Company X will include in the new workers handbook.

Elements of acceptable behavior in code of ethics

The new employees should practice respect and communication, honesty, time management and adhere to the set dress code (Duggan, 2016). These practices will ensure that the company achieves its goals and mission.

Respect and Communication

A good communication structure exists where employees respect each other as ...

Differences in gender and, more aptly, gender stereotypes, exist in all manner of advertisement. Sometimes they are blatant and impossible to ignore. Other times, as is the case with the Samsung 840 EVO SSD advertisement, the stereotypes shown between men and women are elusive and delicate. They are sometimes completely veiled behind the excitement of a new product and the frustration of a slow computer. The characters are a stay-at-home mom with no obligations other than household chores, and two men, one a student and the other a professional. Both have vast knowledge about computers. Regardless of how well ...

Global security issues have forced many countries all over the world to focus into their security plans and programs in order to continue keeping their people safe. Along with the traditional methods already being implemented, technology has offered more opportunities to further improve the system. However, a closer look at how people in authority are doing things now pushes one to take a step back and rethink what these measures are for. This same sentiment is the crust of Wendy Kaminer’s article titled ”Trading Liberty for Illusions,” published on Chapter 4, pages 397-399, of the book Writing in ...

Introduction

The Boston Marathon is one of the oldest running marathons in United States history. Many people participate in the race which was established in the memory of two battles in history that started what we know now as the revolutionary war. In 2013 this marathon ran as scheduled however, at the end of the marathon something happened that would change the history of the event as we know it. As the marathon concluded and racers reached the finish line two explosions were detonated which resulted in the injury of 260 people and the death of three others. The bombing ...

1. Communication is the sharing of ideas or thoughts and requires all parties to send and receive information between them; it can include verbal and non-verbal means (Weiten, 2005). Language is a way to communicate verbally and involves not just understanding meanings, processing information and forming thoughts, but also the physical means for forming words (Lollar, Monsour & Barwind, 2012, p. 78). Language requires the use of grammar rules and syntax, apply them to spoken words to create a comprehensible form of communication (Goldman, 2012). 2. Animals are certainly capable of communication even at limited levels both among their own ...

Documentary films have intrigued the film critics and audience alike with the sheer quintessence of portrayal and textual value. There can be no denial of the fact that documentary films intrigue the audience with the truth and the audio-visual portrayal of occurrences and things that need documentation. One can take into consideration the documentary films, Restrepo directed by Sebastian Junger and First Cousin Once Removed directed by Alan Berliner so as to comprehend the intricacy of portrayal and the differences between the treatments to the subjects by the respective documentary filmmakers. A close introspection of the matter would enable ...

Sinem Saban and Damien Curtis’s “Our Generation” is a documentary film released in 2010 which discusses the ongoing fight of Australian aboriginals to preserve their culture , their freedom and their lands, in the context of governmental pressure to give up land rights in exchange for education, housing and other services. The filmmakers succeeded in presenting a comprehensive picture of the complex issues affecting Aboriginal Australians in the Northern Territory today. The success of this film is based upon its reliance on witness accounts, and in particular, on the testimony of ordinary people from aboriginal communities. The footage from ...

There is no doubt that reality television shows are watched by many people because of the fact that such shows are marketed as unscripted. Although reality TV shows may not be scripted, they are heavily edited and in that respect, they lose their authenticity. Raw footage is taken to graphic designers and editors, who in turn filter and control what the viewers see (Biltereyst, n.d). Consequently, reality television shows distort reality in the sense that content is not presented honestly and in context. Reality television shows of cops are not very different from fictional shows of cops. In fictional ...

Don Cortez Cornelius, popularly known as Don Cornelius, was a television show creator, host, disk jockey and producer. He was widely known for creating the dance and music franchise called Soul Train. Soul Train, a long-running syndicated entertainment program was critical in increasing Black American music and culture to the world and providing exposure to several upcoming artistes at the time. Don Cornelius was the host of Soul Train from 1971 till 1993. He was married twice and raised two sons. The paper will explore the life of Don Cornelius, the growth and impact of the Soul Train show ...

1. Jiro Dreams of Sushi In this documentary, acclaimed sushi chef Jiro is shown working in his small restaurant in a subway station. Having been the recipient of three Michelin stars, Jiro is still shown to be dedicated to his craft, always seeking perfection and never being satisfied with what he has. The documentary delves into the expectations placed on his son, as well as briefly into the phenomenon of overfishing in the Pacific Ocean, while also providing mouthwatering footage of the sushi Jiro prepares.

2. Rashomon This film follows the attempt to figure out the culprit ...

Q1. The World War II took a diverse form. The film attempted to construct suspense the same as propaganda to convey ideas in support of the associated cause. The central government was responsible for propaganda and publicity in the Second World War. The effect was of consternation was desirable in the government.

Q2. Some of the conflicts that followed in the years after the end of World War II are; millions of Japanese and Germans were expelled from their native territories. Problems that lasted for a long time caused tension in East and West Germany which led to the creation of ...

Abstract

The investigation teams, police, judges and courts rely strongly on the forensic medical evidence and use the evidence to build up their efforts. The prime aim is to punish the guilty while avoid connecting the innocent. Interpretation of forensic medical evidence and their role have significantly expanded through the justice system. Steve Wright was found guilty of killing five prostitutes and faces life in jail for the murders. The Ipswich Prostitute Murders made headlines not only in Britain but also caught the attention of Inernatiosnl media. The essay looks at how forensic science and the evidence collected helped to ...

Body Cameras and Police Policies

Abstract In the United States, significant attention has been placed on law enforcement use of body cameras. Police body cameras are small devices that are attached to the officer’s uniform or worn as a head piece that record police interaction with the public. Both supporters and opponents of the use of these cameras have cited several reasons for their stance and the issue remains controversial. This paper takes a deep look at this issue with particular focus on the importance and the role of police body worn cameras. Some of the major aspects that will be explored in the ...

The Michael Moore documentary Bowling for Columbine describes in detail the ideological standpoint of gun control advocacy, using Moore’s specific use of editorial and filmmaking strategies to speak about the problems that Moore sees with the nation’s attitude toward crime, guns and capitalism in the wake of the Columbine shootings. Bowling for Columbine uses many different methods to demonstrate his perspective on these issues, using the Columbine shooting as a jumping-off point to discuss the media, America’s gun culture, and more. However, in the process, Moore finds himself committing many logical and rhetorical fallacies, intentionally obfuscating the ...

Genre: Drama

Director: Orson Welles Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten Objective Analysis: (give a few examples and provide text to support your examples) 1. Visual component (such as the art direction, camera angles and movement, cinematography, lighting, visual style, etc.): Excellent use of Expressionist cinematography (canted angles), chiaroscuro lighting (stark contrast between black and white), low angles frequently used to make Kane seem larger than life, etc. Incredible use of deep focus, such as in the shot where Kane’s mother signs him away from his impoverished childhood (Kane in the background, same shot as adults in ...

Possibly one of the most fascinating films of Abbas Kiarostami’s career (to say nothing of its contribution to Iranian cinema), 1990’s Close-Up is a masterful exploration of identity, filmmaking, and the fuzzy distinctions that are often made between fiction and documentary films. Existing somewhere between those two film genres, Close-Up follows the events surrounding the actual trial of Hossein Sabzian, who is brought up on charges of impersonating the famous Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf. Kiarostami, in his use of the real figures involved in the case in scripted scenes (re-enacting the real events that occurred) manages to combine ...

The United Kingdom is said to be the most observed nation in the world and, therefore, it is branded as “the Big brother nation” . Statistics shows that there is at least one CCTV camera for every thirty two people in the United Kingdom . A closed circuit television (CCTV) is the use of video cameras to transmit live video feed or image data to a particular place with a set of monitors that are scrutinized on a regular basis by trained staff for the purpose of surveillance. There are over 4.5 million CCTV cameras in the United Kingdom and the figure is ...

Abstract

The investigator examines ESPN first take and their coverage of black athletes. The intent is to compare the representation of black athletes opposed to their white counterparts. Research on this issue and aspire to extend and expand my findings by focusing primarily on the coverage that is done specifically by ESPN first take and how they use social media as the court of public opinion. Some of the issues that I will share will be similar, and others will be dissimilar, as the goal is to make a correlation in the treatment. Research material will be varied. (Key terms: ...

The film, Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price is a documentary that was filmed in the year 2005. It paints a picture of negative business practices perpetrated by Wal-Mart. The film is a compilation of interviews conducted with former employees, the company’s executives and other small business owners. The film was directed by film director named Robert Greenwald. It was produced by Brave New Films. The director makes use of statistics as well as footages containing interviews so as to avail an objective analysis of the impact that Wal-Mart has had on both individuals and the larger community through its ...

Art is a universal language. Music, as a part of art, is also a language that crosses cultural and ethnic boundaries and connects different people through expressive and receptive communication. Some psychologists distinguish a kind of language called “subconscious”: understanding of the word’s meaning without speaking the language initially. After watching A night in 67, I understood that my subconsciousness can determine words, phrases and even whole sentences. Disregarding the fact that I was not very well aware of Brazilian culture, I still was able to enjoy the music, let myself get absorbed into the atmosphere of this musical documentary and ...

Question 1

African-Americans 45,003,665 (14.1% of the U.S. population), according to the U.S. Census Bureau in 2013 Fertility rate: 2.0 births per woman (PRB 2012).

Life expectancy: 74.4 years (Reinberg 2014)

Literacy: the average African-American twelfth-grade student reads at the same level as the average white eighth grade student (Thompson 2013). Crime: African Americans are now about one million of the 2.3 million people in prison in the United States, and they are incarcerated at about six times as high a rate as white people (NAACP 2013). While there are many different theories that surround the performance gap that exists between African ...

Introduction

People around the globe are distinguishable because of tradition, culture, appearance, and color. Hundreds or thousands of years ago, people are divided with these distinguishes. However, exploration leads to discovery and many people from different parts of the world started to travel from one place to another. This then leads to mixing from one race to another but people often have different distinctions that gave them difficulties in mingling to another group. Pilgrimage made a nation so powerful like the United States of America but it also gave grief and pain to those subjects of slavery back then. Amendments after ...

What with the advent of CGI and other forms of computer animation, it is now almost impossible to tell what is real and what is computerized in movies. Taking a look back at movies made in earlier times can sometimes leave those films open to ridicule, unless one takes the time to consider the technology that was available when those movies were made. One example would be the original version of Clash of the Titans. From a modern point of view, the doddering movements of the Kraken and other creatures, as well as the wavering flight of the enchanted owl, look ...

Romero tells similar stories in his first zombie film Night of the Living Dead (1968) and his two later films Day of the Dead (1985) and Diary of the Dead (2007). But the approach Romero uses in each film varies. ‘The Night of the Living Dead’ and ‘The Day of the Dead’ use a standard movie narrative while Diary of the Dead incorporates found footage or point of view (POV) techniques popularized by The Blair Witch Project and used to varying success in films such as Quarantine, Area 5.1, and Cloverdale. Romero uses this technique to criticize the prevalence of ...

Introduction

Saddam Hussein was an Iraqi statesman and politician, president of Iraq (1979-2003), Prime Minister of Iraq (1979-1991 and 1994-2003), secretary-general of the Iraqi branch of the Baath Party, Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council, Marshal (1979). In 1980, he began a ruinous war with Iran, which lasted until 1988. During the war, Hussein's government implemented "Operation Anfal" against the Kurds, during which Iraqi forces used chemical weapons. In 1990, at the initiative of Hussein was Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, to provoke a large-scale war in the Persian Gulf, in which Iraqi troops were driven out of Kuwait, and the country ...

In the United States, claims of unwarranted police brutality against the average citizen – whether official or not – are as old as the country itself. Over the decades since the country was founded, those citizens who decry the overzealous physical interference and control of the police have come from all walks of life, including immigrants and native-born, young and old, male and female. For a time, U.S. police forces were corrupt and thoroughly autonomous. However, as police began falling under standardized guidelines and a more uniform body of law, the country’s citizenry had a fighting chance to file complaints, protest in ...

Analysis – The Negro Soldier

Part I: Parts of the argument of The Negro Soldier

- The opening text – “All other film comes from official War Department films, newsreels, United Nations sources and captured enemy material”

PART I: CHURCH SERMON

Argument: Black civilians showing gratitude and respect for colored men and women of the Armed Forces - Fighting in war is necessary because of the racist policies of Hitler

PART II: Importance of Blacks to American History

- Blacks have played an important part in all aspects of American history, from the Revolutionary War to World War I - Prominent blacks exist in all arenas of art, science, literature, industry, and more

PART III: Evils of the Axis menace

- Japan, ...

The Wizard of Oz is a musical fantasy film of the United States, which is produced by Goldwyn Mayer, and is also based on the famous and commercially unbeatable adaptation of the novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, written by Frank Baum in 1900. The film appeals the audience if something special is introduced or used (Lumet, 1995). The film is notable for using Technicolor, unusual characters, musical score, and dreamy storytelling. Because of these features the film has become a well-known film and the part of the popular culture of America. It, however, also featured in the cinema that can ...

Investigative Plan

Introduction This paper describes an investigative plan designed to deal with the spate of daytime robberies occurring recently in this city. The plan will draw upon the limited information obtained by our police officers in respect of each of the robberies. Aspects covered in the investigative plan will include the investigative steps needed, the technological assistance/support required, the analysis of any pattern to the robberies, the method(s) to be used to synthesize the available data, the types of investigative units to be used, and the procurement of needed supplies and equipment (which might require additional funding).

Investigative Steps Required

According ...

Let Freedom Sing: How Music Inspired the Civil Rights Movement directed by Jon Goodman in 2009 is a DVD documentary film explaining the part music played during the Civil Rights Movement and its impact on society, development and enforcement of civil rights and freedoms. The story is narrated by the infamous award-winning actor Louis Gossett Jr. discussing the influence of music with a great variety of splendid civil rights activists, freedom riders and artists, who have made their contribution to raising and spreading the issue of inequality and racism in regards to the African Americans and fighting for the recognition of ...

Cinematography refers to the technology and the art of photography of motion-picture. It incorporates a couple of techniques such as scene composition, lighting of the location, camera selection, lenses, film stock, filters, movements, angle of the camera; and other special effects. To achieve the effects and images desired by the director, a sizeable crew is deployed to look into the various concerns. The crew is headed by either, a photography director, lighting cameraman, first cameraman or cinematographer and ensures that the desired quality is achieved. Cinematography is marked with major revolutions. It has evolved greatly with the application of the emerging technology. ...

McDonaldization is a term utilized by sociologist George Ritzer within his book, The McDonaldization of Society (1993). He clarifies that it is showed when a society adopts the attributes of a fast-food restaurant. McDonaldization is a re-conceptualization of legitimization, or moving from customary to judicious modes of thought, and experimental management. Where Max Weber utilized the model of the organization to speak to the direction of this evolving public opinion, Ritzer sees the fast-food trend as having turn into a more illustrative contemporary standard. In contemporary public opinion, the idea of McDonaldization is picking up consideration in diverse perspectives, for example, culture. McDonaldization ...

During the post-World War II era, with the rise of the Cold War and the proliferation of nuclear weapons, America itself began to fear the atom. With nuclear bombs already having been used to end World War II, the public realized that humanity had the potential to destroy the entire world with the push of a button. To that end, the United States government did everything it could to try to assuage the fears of a rightfully-worried public about the threat of nuclear destruction. Through the use of playful animation, propaganda films, and the futile strategies of fallout shelters, it is ...

In the war against the Iraqi insurgents, the Pentagon introduced the new policy of journalist embedding amongst the American soldiers. This, they claimed, was an effort to get rid of the past tendency of mishandling and mistreatment of media personnel and to provide the direct footage of what really happens in the battle field. The role of media is thereby seen as largely to shape and influence the public opinion or perception of the war, or the international community’s view of the humaneness of the war. The pentagon claimed it was in order to show the factual happenings ...

Final Project: Cold Case Arrest Warrant Report

Final Project: Cold Case Arrest Warrant Report This report represents an outline of a homicide investigation. The first section presents the action plan for solving the case. The report also provides a summary of the homicide, armed robbery, and witness statements, and a briefing of evidence and forensic reports. Additionally, it describes the criteria for decision-making and determination of facts regarding the homicide. The report indicates what the investigating officer concludes about the case, in an attempt to obtain an arrest warrant for the suspect.

First, I will manage all evidence collected from the crime scene effectively. Effective evidence management of ...

Famed basketball player Chris Herren endured a great deal of controversy and criticism over the course of his career – infamous for his drug addiction and abuse, his surprising candor about these issues make him unique among professional sports players. Chris Herren’s heroin and painkiller addictions made his journey an incredibly tragic one; despite his successes, notoriety and incredible heights with the Boston Celtics, his American Dream turned into a tragedy. The tale of Chris Herren is one of a young, talented upstart who was unable to handle the amorality of the professional sports world – as his fame increased, the temptation to ...

The child soldiers of Uganda-- introduced in the documentary discussed within this essay as “invisible children”--live vastly different lives than those of their counterparts in other parts of the world. These children have their childhood stolen from them, forced to take up the cause of the adults around them rather than growing up and slowly becoming adults. In Africa, high volumes of tribal and racial violence are a result of years of colonialism and the power vacuums that were left when colonial forces abandoned their colonies in Africa; the violence in Uganda and Sierra Leone is a direct result of ...

The Control Room is a really irresistible documentary of interest that features a very exceptional as well as rare view into the manner in which the international communities perceive the war at Iraq. The documentary was produced in the year 2004 to covers Al Jazeera and its associations with the United States Central Command. It also covers other news groups that also covered the war at Iraq. The documentary film was the work of an Egyptian-American filmmaker known as Jehane Noujaim. Among those in the video are; Lieutenant Josh Rushing, the officer in charge of the media dealings at the US ...

In the 2006 documentary Jesus Camp, directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady point their cameras at the Kids on Fire School of Ministry, a Missouri-based charismatic evangelical Christian camp for children. The purpose of the documentary is simply to show the goings-on of the children and the camp itself, attempting to be fair and objective in its leanings. There is little to no commentary on the actions of the church leaders or the kids themselves, simply showing the footage as is. That being said, this objective viewpoint demonstrates the ugliness and insularity that belies charismatic Christians and the Bible Belt’ ...

America is a diverse country with different colored people scatter all over different states. It has a long history of colonialism and cultural evolution. When thinking of terms like “colored” or “race”, our first mind may often come with African Americans. Perhaps the civil war or the civil right movement has marked a huge monument in the American history, it has ended the injustice and cruel treatment of people living in the same country who supposed to be united. The slavery and the segregation were abolished; the hanging trees and violence were all over. However, racism still exists through stereotype causing by ...

For André Bazin, the famous film critic and theorist from France, cinemas were a realist medium. This is why majority of film theorists would perhaps argue that that if he got a look at the computer-animated film WALL·E (2008) by Disney/Pixar, he would turn over in his grave. His theories revolved around the notion that there is always a mummy complex underlying the origin of any form of art, including cinema. Bazin’s notion suggests that art struggles to immortalize the mortal, to preserve the physical existence on screen. According to Bazin, the medium that eliminates most of the distance between ...

Triumph des Willens (1935)

Introduction:

This paper seeks to examine the film Triumph des Willens (1935) which was a Nazi propaganda film produced by Leni Riefenstahl. This paper seeks to show that the film portrays Hitler and Nazi’s as strong movements that would unify Germany and help Germany redeem the power that Germany had lost after its loss in World War 1. The film also seeks to portray Hitler as a leader who is loved by Germans. The film portrayed the Nazi and Hitler as the heroes and revolutionists in Germany. It depicts them as individuals who sought to restore the ...