environmental problems which affect all of the world societies. Upon reading The Turning Point by Fritjof Capra, I have reflected and reevaluatedconcerns about our environment, social structures and relationships, and thewelfare of the world's inhabitants. This book has given a new scientific understanding of these issues and their problems by exploring a holistic view of life and all of its components. As Capra terms it, "a new vision of reality. The world is becoming intertwined economically. This
Response to Fritjof Capra’s The Turning Point Summary of Capra’s Book ----------------------- Published March 1982. Context: Reagan and Thatcher/high interest rates/rise of the “me” generation/crime and drug waves making big news/no one had a PC. Iran Releases 52 Hostages (taken during Carter’s presidency) President Shot In Chest, Brady Suffers Head Wound John Hinkley Charged With Attempted Assassination of President Reagan Israel Bombs Iraqi Nuclear Reactor Reagan Fires
Bellevue: Inside Out directed by Maryann Deleo and City of the Sick directed by (unknown) both display the “realities” within a mental health institution (one more than the other). However, one of the documentaries display less of the realities in such way that it seems more of an advertisement rather than an informational video. The other documentary, on the other hand, explicitly shows the patients and their struggles within the mental health institution. However, both documentaries may provide
The oxford dictionary defines a documentary as ‘the use of pictures or interviews with people involved in real events to provide a factual report on a particular subject’ . That Sugar Film directed by Damon Gameau gives insight to the various problems sugar can cause and how companies are doing all they can to keep you from deterring from their products due to its sugar contents. Through the use of evidence, emotive language and appeal as well attacks and inclusive language, Gameau effectively uses
Assumption about documentaries being true, educational only, no imagination needed aren’t correct . There are several documentaries we watched in class that show that documentaries don’t all fall under the same assumptions. A common assumption about documentaries is that there is no imagination needed. “ In a time when the major media recycle the same stories on the same subjects over and over, when they risk little in formal innovation, when they remain beholden to powerful sponsors with their
Forest Woodward is well known as one of the adventures photographer and the filmmaker. As a young shooter, Woodward, shows unique techniques to direct few documentaries features films. Although, his contribution towards the photographer let him to a successful filmmaker and he able to manages good relationship between a photographer and a film director. Later on his life, filmmaker Woodward was able to discovers that he was a great influence by this dad, Doug Woodward, who walked into the wild and
A famous filmmaker and documentarian, Frederick Wiseman, once stated, “Of course there’s conscious manipulation! Everything about a movie is manipulation ... If you like it, it’s an interpretation. If you don’t like it, it’s a lie — but everything about these movies is a distortion.” There are many definitions for a documentary, but one thing is for sure: a documentary film is a representation of the world we already occupy. It stands for a particular view of the world, one we may never have encountered
True crime documentaries are a unique way to present information about real life criminal cases to audiences while at the same time educating and informing them about the implications of crime. That is what the average true crime genre fan might say. To this point, I call bullshit. True crime documentaries have nothing short of a biased, inaccurate reporting and presentation of facts in a way that reinforces the director’s personal agenda. “True crime” is a misnomer because popularized true crime
The medium of film is often a great place to depict many facets of American society. This fact is sometimes validated by the depiction of the criminal justice system. While scripted film are often examples of this, documentary films provide a realistic platform. In the 1998 film “The Farm: Angola, USA,” this is shown. Through the work of director/producers Liz Garbus, Wilbert Rideau, and Jonathan Stack, it shows an in-depth look into Americas largest maximum-security prison. I first discovered
3. Food, Inc (2008). Food, Inc reveals the truth about how corporate controlled food company are poisoning us with harmful chemicals that boosted agribusiness financially, but endangered human health generally. It shows in its two segments, the abusive treatment to animals in meat production and the danger that is prevalent in production of corn. Basically we are leaning heavily on GMO goods which are produced for quantity rather than quality. 4. Vegucated (2011). This follows three New Yorkers who
Observational documentary is the fourth form that Nicholls presents, however he argues that it presents a completely objective construction of reality, which is not true. The observational mode stresses the nonintervention of the filmmaker (Nichols, 1991, p38). Such films cede ‘control’ over the events that occur in front of the camera more than any other mode (Nichols, 1991, p38). Whilst the idea of observational documentaries is to be completely objective, it is still the directors’ decision on
According to the article “The Documentary Film and the New Media” states that a traditional classification of documentaries is related to the ratio in which the publishing material and cinematic substance of the film occur. (The Documentary Film and the New Media) Documentaries are usually shown as a one-way communication receptor to the audience, meaning that there is no interaction between what is being display and the audience. Documentary attempts to portray the impartial truth but instead
How do you accept reality? Is it what you see in newspapers or on the news? Most of the time it’s other peoples’ point of views that we accept as our own. Even in documentaries, directors are trying to persuade people to change their perception on reality or go against a certain problem. For example, in the documentary Food, Inc Robert Kenner dives into corporate farming in the U. S., and is exposes their unethical ways to mass produce food for our country that is hurting our environment and having
The late Steve Jobs in his 2005 commencement address at Stanford University eloquently traced the imprint of a calligraphy class he had taken at Reed College years before to the creation of today’s worldwide standard in computer typography. Esteemed architect Frank Gehry can trace the imprint of his college job working in a museum to his current success, and moreover can trace the imprint of a different piece of art to each one of the buildings he has created. President Bill Clinton can trace the
Frank Capra, a leading figure in the film industry, had created many remarkable masterpieces from the era of the Great Depression all the way through the Second Great War. Not only did he face the innovating changes of movie life, such as the change from silent to sound film-making, he had has made a great impact on the lives of Americans. Frank Capra was born on May 18, 1897. Capra, was initially named Francesco Rosario Capra, changed it after he had immigrated to America with his family from Italy
Yusuke Ito 10/23/2014 In Bill Nichols’s “Introduction to Documentary”, he categorizes six different modes for documentary filmmaking. The poetic mode, expository mode, observational mode, participatory mode, reflexive mode, and performative mode. My paper is going to describe particular artists, often associated with the documentary filmmaking style, and how they used the “observational mode” as a way to explore their understanding of place through time. “11x14” ”(1977), by James Benning is
This term, we reviewed the history and process of documentary making. By viewing objective and subjective documentaries, the elements and operations of each were identified. The given task was to apply this knowledge by creating our own subjective or objective documentaries in groups. My group contained Ellen, Mia, Bonny, and Mercedes which I was satisfied with as we all shared a similar work ethic. In creating a documentary, I experienced first-hand the decisions and mechanisms of this procedure
“Documents are factual; documentaries are evidential. What constitutes evidence, and how do documentary filmmakers utilize it? Facts provide information but do not necessarily serve as evidence” [Page 97]. My points of focus for Nichols’s read, because I see facts as undeniable certainties such as ice melts and fish swims and evidence as the web that connects all the facts to form a theory, knowledge or a story. With that there is a heavy importance of gathering evidence even if the facts are known
This was an extraordinary movie that showed the homely small-town moral values through glossy studio production. I really enjoyed this movie. It has very quickly become one of my favorite movies of all times. The characters were very good. I thought this movie to be beautifully told and acted, with Reed, Barrymore, and other ensemble members perfectly cast. The actors were very convincing. George Bailey was an ordinary guy. An example of this was went he was at the train station waiting for his brother
James Stewart "In a career of extraordinary range and depth, Jimmy Stewart has come to embody on screen the very image of the typical American.... His idealism, his determination, his vulnerability, and above all, his basic decency shine through every role he plays..."-- The American Film Institute. The Nature of Film and Acting When film was young, acting was overdone. Low quality cameras could only record large movements; posing and enunciation were overstated as a result of theater acting;