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The film I have decided to review is a documentary called “The Shark callers of Kontu”, directed by Dennis O’Rourke in 1982. “The Shark callers of Kontu” explores the ancient tradition of 'shark calling’ in the village of Kontu, on the remote and tribal west coast of New Ireland in Papua New Guinea. There are only a few men remaining who use magic to call, trap and kill sharks by hand from their small outrigger canoes. While this very old and extraordinary practice is the spine of the film, O’Rourke also manages to weave in a compelling portrait of the daily life of the villagers. “The Shark callers of Kontu” explores the changes to cultural values and traditional customs brought on by alcohol, commerce, colonisation and Christianity. It is my opinion that this documentary is beautifully shot in an observational style and makes memorable use of archival stills and interviews with villagers, which allows us further understand the frustration of the loss of tradition throughout the village. Throughout the documentary, we learn that the men that “shark …show more content…
However, O’Rourke perfectly depicts his point of view from the simple juxtaposition of scenes from shark calling in action, to church scenes of children learning and singing in English, not in their native tongue. Some of the best segments of the captivating documentary feature the shark callers speaking intimately and closely to him in lingo about their traditional beliefs while paddling in their narrow and small canoes. These scenes are contrasted with what is happening in the island community, where O’Rourke shows preaching from the podium and the cultural irrelevance of the classroom, which some believe threatens the survival of traditional customs within the tribal village. Many also believe that when the men in this film are no longer alive, the unique practice of shark calling will most likely go to the grave with
Underwater shark nets make us feel safer at the beach,but are we? That’s the question. Are we safe? There are lots of possibilities that the shark, with sharp like knife teeth, may outsmart us. Because of shark attacks we use nets, called shark nets. However, that doesn’t mean nets used in the past prevented shark attacks. These nets don’t only trap sharks they trap other sea creatures.
What were three pieces of evidence from the text that show the motivation behind “gold fever?” What gave people a reason to travel to Alaska in search of fortune?
The film illuminates the life of the Wampanoag language and cultural meanings. How there had been threats posed to both since the times of European colonization, when the Wampanoag people had put up little resistance. The film is not a recap of the Wampanoag
The film Sharkwater is a documentary directed and produced by Rob Stewart. Rob is an underwater photographer and a biologist that has a fascination with sharks, and their behavioral aspects. His way of studying these creatures he is able to learn about life and how to survive on this earth. This film showed the characteristics of reflexive documentary, this is because of the attention drawn into the sharks, their behaviors, and how we are affecting them. A statement that really stuck the documentary is people are taught their whole entire lives that sharks are dangerous but when you finally see it underwater your whole life can change in a flash. Rob made a very valid point as well, which is believed to be his thesis statement.
I chose to write about the very famous movie Jaws, directed by Steven Spielberg in 1975. Beginning with Act I, is what we call the set-up. The very first part of the set-up is the characters. The protagonist in the movie is Martin Brody, who is a police chief. Chief Brody’s wife is Ellen, the Shark hunter is named Quint, and the oceanographer is Matt Hooper. The mayor of Amity Island, Larry Vaughn, is also a significant character in the movie. The antagonist is Jaws, the great white shark. The relationship between the protagonist and the antagonist is not a good one. The protagonist, Martin Brody, is on a hunt for the antagonist, who is a sea monster and has gone on a killing spree, attacking many of the innocent victims on Amity Island. Next, the inciting incident sets up the central conflict in a movie. The story is set into motion with the attack and death of Chrissie Watkins. Chrissie is a young girl who was skinny-dipping with a boy after a party. This results in her getting brutally attacked and eaten. Her remains are found the next morning on the beach, by police chief Martin Brody. The town declares her death a “boating accident.” The film’s tone is frightening and definitely scary. The first turning point in the film is when a young boy, Alex Kitner gets eaten by the shark, while swimming with his friends. This leads to the decision of the police chief closing down the beaches for the safety of the residents on Amity Island. Alex Kitner’s mother issues a three-thousand dollar reward for the person who finds and kills the shark. This attracts many shark hunters from nearby cities to Amity Island.
The Sociology film “Cannibal Tours,” depicts a group of tourists visiting villages or places cut off from the rest of the synchronized world, at which native people live. The main reason they are trying to reach that kind of locations is that they finally want to see with their own eyes, all those things they read and saw in movies. At this particular film, wealthy tourists visit Sepia River, in the jungles of Papa New Guinea, near which inbred cannibal people live. We can clearly see two different perspectives of what the visitors think of the life the indigenous populations are having and on the other hand what the aboriginal peoples think of the modern people and their lives.
Hughes, Helen. "Humans, Sharks And The Shared Environment In The Contemporary Eco-Doc." Environmental Education Research 17.6 (2011): 735-749. Professional Development Collection. Web. 20 Apr. 2014.
I couldn’t see most of the dark scenes so it made it hard to know what’s happening. But the location and the scenery around was very aesthetic. The location they chose to film at made it very believable to think it’s the Maori culture. The camera crew did a good job with the camera and the editor made it very seamless. When they had the underwater whale scenes, I found them very pointless and the movie would’ve been better without it. At times, the dialog was very poor and I couldn’t hear what they were
In Niki Caro’s film titled “Whale Rider” the character Pai is underestimated. Pai is faced with the challenge of being a girl who wants to be a chief of her tribe. Ultimately, through
In 1975, Steven Spielberg, made a huge impact on the audience by pursuing reality in a new aspect never before seen. One of the taglines for Jaws, “Do you like fish? Well, he likes you too…” terrified viewers and forced them to shake in their boots. This classic film has everything a movie needs to lure you in; fantastic plot, visuals and necessary music for the appropriate scenes. However, Spielberg used a great deal of energy focusing on the shark being killed, while instead he could have narrowed in on more confrontations with the shark interacting with the innocent people to gain audience’s interest.
“You have enemies? Good, that means you’ve stood up for something sometime in your life.”- Winston Churchill. Winston was the former prime minister of Britain, author, and an all around smart and funny guy. This relates to my story a lot because of these giant eighth graders that tried to push us around and we defended ourselves and didn't let anyone push us around referring to the quote.
The article Sharks, Saints, and Samurai: The Power of Ethics in Negotiations was written by Mark Young, for the April 2008 edition of the Negotiation Journal. The article discusses the power of ethics in negotiations. Mr. Young discusses three observations concerning the balance of power and ethics in politics and business. The first observation discusses Nelson Mandela and the South African government in 1986. The second and third observations are about two business contract negotiations made in the 1990’s in the United States and Germany. Young explains the three approaches to negotiations: tactical, prudential, and principled. He then anecdotally illustrates these three approaches by categorizing the negotiators who use them as saints, sharks, and samurai. This paper will discuss the negotiation approaches employed by the negotiators and how their worldview, comprehension, desire for power, and ethics is what determines whether they are a saint, shark, or a samurai. Based upon the observations of the Samurai, Nelson Mandela, Hunt Wesson (HW), and The Trust agency of Germany, as a Christian I believe that it is best to adhere to principled negotiations because ethics can be a major source of power.
Hundreds of people, who get in the ocean every year, are almost none that encounter sharks. Even if you're lucky enough to see a shark big enough to bite you, you're much likely to die from a heart attack than getting bit by one. Shark attacks are mistakes and the idea of a shark off every beach waiting for people to come in the water is completely untrue. I will inform you on the background knowledge of sharks and the reasons why humans should not be afraid only aware.
Judging from these media frames, achieving proficiency with communication technology, not through partnerships with the state or even NGOs, is the path that indigenous communities need to follow to not only protect their interests, but ‘master the modern world.’ If there is any doubt about this, images that accompanied the reports generally relied on the predicable juxtaposition of key codes: a community member dressed in indigenous garb holding a laptop or some other high tech communication device framed by a backdrop of lush forest. The Ecologically Noble Savage resuscitated and now merged with and empowered by modern, portable communication
We as a class have watched the movie ‘Whale Rider’, created by Niki Caro in two thousand and three. We are writing a response in paragraphed sentence form to analyse and evaluate this emotional film. I strongly believe that three themes I found intriguing were respect, tradition and cultural identity.