Higher Learning - Film Analysis Exposition: The Establishing Shot of the film is a full screen American Flag, the camera zooms out and points down, revealing a large crowd of people in a rally, being very patriotic. As the camera zooms off the flag we come across a statue of Columbus- indicating it to be Columbus University. The speaker on the stage gives us another indication of the setting by Shouting'Columbus University'. They are in front of a stage with Band music playing and chants rising out. Whilst this continues in the background three characters are established: Remy, Kristen and Malik. Remy is amongst the crowd- standing alone not joining in with the chant. Kristen walking along, ignoring the songs and shouting, ignoring most of the things around her- alone. Malik is established when he stops the doors from closing and he enters the lift with Kristen her hand strays to her bag in suspicion and Malik shakes his head. All characters tastes and personalities are shown when they are in their rooms with music playing and images of objects shown- Kristen has family photo's, Malik has baseball artefacts and Remy has rock posters. Development: The narrative follows part of these students' lives during a year at college, they are in each other's lives whether they know it or not. There are parallels drawn between them as the narrative progresses: Peace V War, Aggression V Pacifism, sides are taken and the racial lines are clear- stick to your own group like glue. How they fit in with the rest of the college population, Malik does this better than Remy and Kristen- he heads straight for the black population. As Kristen try's ... ... middle of paper ... ...fears black-she has no experience of them. She is from Orange County near Disney Land- a fantasy world. Now she is in college the problems hit he. As Kristen meets people and sees what they have to say the wheel begins to spin so that she learns things. The rape starts it all off for her- resulting in the women's group- experimenting with her sexuality. So by the end of the year she has stepped clear of the closet and is much more open with herself. Overall, whilst their lives take different paths the objectives are extremely similar in Malik's and Kristen's lives. They both have tuition fee problems, they both have to try and fit in (although this is easier for Malik as he heads straight for his own kind). Malik becomes less segregationist and Kristen becomes less naïve, organising the Peace Fest-equality objective.
The film starts with an uprising after a white storeowner kills a black teenager. This incident Highlights Prejudices. The teenager was labeled a thief because of the color of his skin and the unjustifiable murder causes racial tensions that exist as a result of the integration of the high schools.
Before the party, Jared was all about girls, grog and mates. After the incident he changes significantly, he doesn?t want to go to school and face the friends of the murdered girl that he could of helped, he feels guilty for not stepping in and stopping her having her virginity stolen form her, he now has to live with the image of Tracy being raped in his mind forever. He also acts differently when he is accused of the murder of Tracy.
As the protagonist, Taylor leads a life far from the ordinary, and gains matures and gains worldly knowledge through a journey most couldn't dream of. Deciding to leave her home in Pittman County, Kentucky she was the one to get away, both in mind and body. The culture of where she grew up didn't fit her personality, and she decided she wouldn't let herself fall into the life of the other people in her town. She bought a car and hit the road, with no plan or destination to adhere to. This journey shows the type of personality she possesses, and throughout the journey how it advances. Taylor was already quite an admirable person, and she already possessed many good traits. She was already independent and knew there was more to see in the world than what there was in Pittman County. She knew that there was room for improvement and infinite things to learn in the world, she just didn't know what they were. Sadly, most of what she lea...
Throughout the story, Taylor grows as a person and learns what it means to be part of a family. Kingsolver's choices for point of view, setting, conflict, theme, characterization, and style help support the plot and create an uplifting story with a positive message.
From this, we can conclude that Zach’s character was a rapidly changing and very confusing mess. Zach’s relationship with Cammie's was also a rapidly changing and very confusing mess. Yet these two things, once studied, brought the readers to some very important ideas - such as themes about love, and
“Just survive,” Greg explained, on how he’s planning on getting through senior year. You could say Rachel and Earl sort of have the same views. However, Rachel becomes much more persistent on having Greg go to college because she may not have the opportunity. Greg and Earl seem to compliment each other also. They’re both awkward and interested in the same things. What I find distasteful about this movie is the American high school stereotype. The clique excerpts in the lunchroom were much too exaggerated, especially the goths. While it may have been funny, it was unnecessary to include. I did end up liking more features of this film than
While Mexican Americans were considered white by law, the documentary A Class Apart sheds light on the struggles and eventual triumph of Mexican Americans in the their journey for racial equality within the United States. Following the Mexican War, Mexican Americans were subjected to a Jim Crow style of discrimination. Despite retaining U.S. citizenship, Mexican Americans were treated as second class citizens. Frustrated by social, political, and economic disenfranchisement, Mexican Americans sought the assistance of the United States Supreme Court, in what would become a landmark case, to secure the full rights afforded to them as United States citizens.
"Fed Up (Soechtig, 2014)." narrated by Katie Couric, focuses on the growing link between sugar consumption and the obesity epidemic. The film aggressively attacks the food industry, advertising, and the government who, it claims, all contribute to the U.S. sugar-dependent, obesity problem. The film sets out to prove the government, and food industry is knowingly causing an increase in the amount of obese children. It reserves its most critical comments for government advisory panels who make and enforce food and health policy, and its failure to properly regulate the food industry. They claim lobbyists for the sugar board have been instrumental in the removal of negative statistics from research papers worldwide. Instead
The film being analysed is the Breakfast Club, directed by John Hughes. Trapped in Saturday detention are 5 stereotyped teens. Claire, the princess, Andrew, the jock, John, the criminal, Brian, the brain, and Allison, the basket case. At 7 am, they had nothing to say, but by 4 pm; they had uncovered everything to each other. The students bond together when faced with the their principal, and realise that they have more in common than they think, including a hatred for adult society. They begin to see each other as equal people and even though they were stereotyped they would always be The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club highlights a variety of pressures that are placed upon teenagers through out high school. One of the most challenging aspects of screenwriting is creating characters that an audience can identify with, relate to, and be entertained by.
...hat she is capable of more than she herself knows and that there is still a big future for her and the village. Stacey is the beacon of her town that shows potential for change and the bridge that symbolizes the separation between these two places. Stacey crosses this bridge daily and in that ending, a lot is unsaid about what could happen. Stacey was a challenging character to explore, because her identity continues to confuse her, and in her discoveries, the reader begins to understand her slowly and why it is she struggles so much and her frustrations. In return, the readers can almost understand her pain because of it and the journey she had to take which didn’t lead to achieving her dreams because of the separation that the village and town focused so much on.
I chose to analyze Despicable Me, an animated film geared towards a younger audience, because I was interested in examining underlying theories and messages that this film would be relaying to its viewers. Often times, when watching animated films, children are not aware of these messages, as they are absorbed by the characters, special effects, and humor. But as we have learned throughout this semester, our brains are subconsciously primed by the various surroundings we are exposed to. Since we also studied the impacts of entertainment, such as television and video games, on children, I wanted to see how a popular children’s film might also affect them.
Jesse and Leslie show us the importance of friendship through out the novel. When Leslie first goes to Lark creek elementary she meets Jesse, her new neighbour, and friend. During her first day Leslie proves that she doesn’t act like the typical girl at lark creek, instead of playing with the girls and gossiping abut boys she joins the boys in their running competition. Leslie’s personality grows on Jesse so he helps her fit into the school and her new house. Another example is when Leslie says to Jesse,“Thanks to you, I think I now have one and one-half friends at Lark Creek School.”
The film begins with a new teacher, Jaime Escalante, arriving to Garfield High School in East Los Angeles. On his first day he comes to find out that the computer science class he thought he was going to teach doesn't exist, because the school has no computers. In turn he is assigned to take over the general algebra class. From the beginning the film portrays the school as one on its downfall, and with students that are facing poverty. The class he receives is full of students who, according to other teachers at the school, are unintelligent and incapable of learning much of the material. Students cannot be expected to learn material when the teachers themselves do not believe in the stude...
What is AI technology, according to www.merriam-webster.com, “An area of computer science that deals with giving machines the ability to seem like they have human intelligence”. AI technology has changed the way people interact with one another. It has also given machines the technology needed in order to resemble human traits. Women inequality is shown in all of this three films. The males are the ones given the most power, and strength in the film. But there are some films that change this traits of men and give this traits to the women figure. This is shown, in three different movies such as Metropolis, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Alien.
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence is a Steven Spielberg science fiction drama film, which conveys the story of a younger generation robot, David, who yearns for his human mother’s love. David’s character stimulates the mind-body question. What is the connection between our “minds” and our bodies?