Much like the atom bomb, my documentary Project Chariot began only as an idea, hastily brought into existence out of necessity. While it was World War II pressuring advances in the case of the former, the motivating force behind the latter was the deadline for my A.V. project. Although I had previously written about my desire to create a documentary detailing the lifecycle of salmon in my nature film proposal, I felt underwhelmed by the potential offered by this topic to provide a commentary on a greater issue. With this in mind, I quickly settled on a more explosive topic: Project Chariot. My favorite aspect of Project Chariot is that it is the kind of story that when you tell someone about it, they either don’t believe you or are surprised …show more content…
This included both the aforementioned unreliable narrator from Atomic Café, and also the use of its quick transitions between contradictory clips of various perspectives. I frequently used this quick transition technique in my film to cut back and forth between the statements and anecdotes from the Native Alaskans juxtaposed with the propagandistic clips and audio recordings produced by the Atomic Energy Commission about Project Chariot. In doing this, I hoped to strongly illustrate the disconnect between these two parties and to demonstrate the lack of understanding that they possessed for one another, which contributed to the overall disaster that ultimately befell Teller’s Project Chariot. In addition to this technique, I also imitated War Game’s realistic portrayal of fictional, but foreseeable future events in my film. This was evident mainly in my use of numerous nuclear explosions throughout my film during which the audience is unsure of whether they are actually viewing real footage of the explosion at the Project Chariot harbor site, or stock footage of other nuclear explosions. It is only near the end of the film that it is revealed that Project Chariot never detonated any atomic bombs, but up until this point in the film, the viewer has been left under suspense, a feature that helps to engage him/her and increase the effect of the film as a
This loss of salmon life in the river system greatly affected the nutrient levels in the rivers. As stated in the film, the sockeye provided
The most effective piece of this documentary, however, was neither the structure of the film nor the specific questions that one is forced to answer regarding the ethical treatment of these killer whales, but the overall questions of whether or not these corporations should be allowed to continue their cycle of abuse toward the animals and whether or not we, as patrons, should encourage their behavior by giving them a monetary profit every day, every month, and every year. Ignorance is forgivable, but with the knowledge given in this documentary: the final two questions raised should be able to answer themselves.
Even though the films “Battleship Potemkin”, “From Here to Eternity” and “Saving Private Ryan” are all movies based on military life during war time the variation in time periods and culture made each film very different. These differences did not take away from the impact the films had on their audiences at the time or the messages they were each trying to covey. The Horrific images and hear wrenching scenarios helped to evoke strong emotions and patriotic feeling from audiences allowing film makers to pass along their truths. Thru these films we are magically transported to several dark periods in the world history and left to experience the pain, fear, isolation and ultimately the triumph of these soldiers’ lives.
Kubrick came across the novel Red Alert, and instead of deciding to make the work into a film that tackled the notion of nuclear war in a serious manner, he chose to make the film a satire. This was immensely risky. Only two years after the conclusion of the Cuban Missile Crisis, which nearly plunged the world into a nuclear holocaust, as the topic of nuclear war as a film subject, let alone a satire, was considered taboo and by no means socially ac...
It would be near insanity to say Letters from Iwo Jima constitutes an everyday war movie. Clint Eastwood not only created a film that sympathizes with the Japanese, but also acknowledges the fact that both the Japanese and Americans were wrong. The Japanese assumed Americans were cowardly fools and the Americans had been taught the Japanese were mindless imperial machines. These stereotypes are quickly cast aside as viewers of this movie acquaint themselves with Saigo and his friends. However, although this movie effectively accomplishes its goals, it still contains many inaccuracies. These errors eventually culminate to the point that the movie may seem sensationalized or even overly dramatized at points. More importantly, the cultural, geographical, and propagandized inaccuracies make it difficult to believe what Letters from Iwo Jima is trying to say; the Japanese fought even more bravely than the Americans despite what public opinion was.
The opening sequence sets the stage for the surreality and subjectivity of the picture and sound of Apocalypse Now. Initially, helicopters fly over a palm beach in slow motion. Rotor blades beat much too slowly to be those of a life-speed helicopter. The viewer can immediately distinguish this as indicative of a dreamlike perception because common expectations suggest that life runs at normal speed and thus film of real life do the same. This gives the sequence a surreal feeling. Smoke, stirred by the helicopters, drifts subtly; elegantly; leisurely. However, the shoreline soon erupts into mini mushroom clouds of napalm fire. Still in slow-motion, it appears to the viewer both artful and fascinating. A normal shocked reaction to the destruction is suppressed in favor of wonder because of the films illuso...
We are first able to see this when they guy hesitates to launch the missile because he knows that many people will die. This scene shows one not only the hesitation by the man, but it’s a representation of the hesitation that many Americans face in the previous years with the Vietnam war. Additionally, when the Thermonuclear war game was shown it only gave to countries: Soviet Union and the United States. This was a representation of the tension that American and the Soviets had during the 1970’s. The fact that American and the Soviet Union were in such high tension also explains why in the movie they wouldn’t just talk to each other an explain the confusion. Throughout, the whole missile lunching crisis, both American and the Soviet Union were both ready launch missiles at each other. This is another example of how thin the string was between these two countries. Moreover, in one of the last scenes where they are unsure if the missiles are real or not we are able to see the effect that war has on people. In this scene we are able to see the emotions that these people felt when they believed that thousands of people were going to die. This is a great portrait of how people felt during the war years and the happiness they would feel when the war was finally over. Lastly, the biggest impact that the last line of the movie had on people was far more the most important one. The last thing that said was “the only winning move is not to play” which is how many American felt during the Vietnam war. This was just an emphasizes on this opinion that many Americans
Hell on wheels is a television series about the construction of the early railroad from the east to west coast. As with most T.V. it does not accurately depict the past, but one thing I want to find out in particular is, was prostitution really so open and acceptable during this time period? The first train to be completed in California would be in May, 1869. So if we look at the 1850’s to 60’s it’s safe to assume that this can reflect whether this glorification of sex was a reality of the 19th century. Prostitutes not only existed in big cities during this time, they thrived in newer territories or in rugged areas, such as the expansion of the intercontinental railroad. The reason for them doing so well in these areas
Finally, both “Turbo Time” and “Road Blaster” are moved out from the arcade. When arcade workers move the two game machines out, the editor using a high angle to film this scene. The high angle shot gives the audiences a clear vision of the division between the arcade world and the outside world and it separates Turbo and other game characters who are following the rules. In another way, the shot makes Turbo seem small and powerless. It puts the audiences standing in an impartial position to fairly judge Turbo’s actions. The non-diegetic sound in the scene reveals the mood of the scene. It shows the audience a serious and severe situation when Turbo tries to escaping from his game. The arcade eliminates Turbo because he does not follow the rules that he supposes to. The workers in the arcade are the controller, who manage game characters’ actions and behaviors. In the arcade, every game character should follow the rule equally and no one can escape from it. This scene pulling our attention to the importance of these unwritten rules and how they limit our
...y, William H. Chafe 2. ibid 3. Cold War: An Illustrated History, by Philip French 4. ibid 5. ibid 6. ibid 7. Bond 5: You Only Live Twice (Film) Dir. Lewis Gilbert, 1967 8. Ice Station Zebra (Film) Dir. John Sturges, 1968 9. Apocalypse Now (Film) Dir. Francis Ford Coppola, 1979. Bibliography Apocalypse Now. Dir. Francis Ford Coppola. Perf. Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Harrison Ford. Paramount, 1979. Bond 5: You Only Live Twice. Dir. Lewis Gilbert. Perf. Sean Connery, Donald Pleasance. MGM/United Artists, 1967 COLD WAR: An Illustrated History, by Philip French, published by Little, Brown and Company). Ice Station Zebra. Dir. John Sturges. Perf. Rock Hudson, Jim Brown, Patrick McGoohan. MGM/United Artists, 1968 The Unfinished Journey- America since World War II by, William H. Chafe. Oxford University Press. Second Edition
Atlantic salmon have become the species of choice to raise on farms because they are more adaptable to the farming techniques and make better use of feed so they produce more salmon with less feed. Not everybody agrees however, that farmed salmon raised in net pens are healthy for the environment or for you to eat. Over the years, there have been numerous stories in the media that have pointed out the negatives of farm raised salmon. These arguments have ranged from wastes from salmon farms, the spreading of disease from farmed to wild fish, the negative impacts of farm raised fish escapes and interacting with native fish, and recently, the effects of farmed salmon consumption on human health. The latest issue that the media got there hands on and consequently got the public concerned, was a report that polychlorinated... ...
In conclusion, I have demonstrated how Coppola exploits a wide array of sound and editing to create suspense, intensity, and anxiety in the sequence to affect the audience’s emotions, using diegetic ambient sound effects, non-diegetic music, voice over and four editing types. With this sequence, Coppola has shown the savagery of war and our complicity in this violence as an audience.
U.S. Food And Drug Administration (2013, July 23). An overview of Atlantic salmon, its natural history, aquaculture, and genetic engineering. Retrieved May 1, 2014, from http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMeetingMaterials/VeterinaryMedicineAdvisoryCommittee/ucm222635.htm
This passage reveals how the author used death as one of the major themes in The Road. The author describes death through the surroundings such as “crops dead and flattened.” Death starts to become a key factor later in the book by making good memories and sceneries seem like death. The man starts to have these reoccurring dreams of his wife and how life was before the incident. However he considers theses dreams the call of death. Death is what drives the father and son on their journey for survival. This passage reveals the utter catastrophe that struck the world. No “godspoke men” exist on the man and boys journey. The phrase “Godspoken men” might hint towards the prophets, which Ely’s statement says later in the novel. All the ‘prophets’ have disappeared, taking the world with them, as well as
Honda, The Car Everyone Needs Beep! Beep! Beep! Goes the alarm clock in the other room. Oh man, surely it can't be time to get up yet, you think to yourself. As you scramble out of the bed and into the shower, the thought crosses your mind, I hope my car starts.