Some people may think that filmmaking is about the big picture, not small details. The movie Paradise Lost:The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hill directed by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky captures the big picture and exposes raw footage, interviews, court room conferences, and personal family gatherings. The filmmakers use a plethora of rhetorical devices to show the audience their perception of the court cases, whether they perceive the defendants guilty or innocent. Berlinger and Sinofsky communicate
Around 20 years ago from our frame in time, from within the town of Robin Hills was an event of tragedy involving gruesome deaths of children. No matter the point in time the importance of the event that transpired has never changed. The film is based on the murders titled, Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hills, focuses on the lives of the families before, during and after trials. Not only does it focuses on the deaths of the children, the film focusses on an internal theme that explores
Memphis 3 were three teenagers who were accused of the brutal murder of 3 eight-year old boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. The boys were believed to have been killed as part of a satanic ritual. By the next day, the police had already found their first suspect Damien Echols and were questioning him. Echols was considered a suspect because of his interest in the Wicca religion and officers investigating the case both thought that the “murders had strong overtones of a cultic sacrifice.” One of the
County Child Killer task force didn't determine who murdered four children, but it did lead to a child porn ring being busted. Interestingly, Chris Busch was part of the arrest for the North Fox Island porn ring. Busch was found with eight rolls of undeveloped film that contained disturbing images of children. After being arrested, Busch was bailed out for a mere $1,000. He was never prosecuted, and the Oakland County Child Killer's last victim was abducted three weeks later. Shockingly, child porn
of the accepted rules set within the society on behavior that go against the norms whereas crime is the practice of behavior that contracts the set written or accepted rules and are punishable by law. By watching the movie, Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills various sociological themes on social interaction, social institutions and social organization are clearly illustrated and discussed at length by telling an extremely shocking and chilling story of American crime and punishment
West Memphis 3: Wrongfully Accused? On May 5th, 1993 three eight year old boys were reported missing in West Memphis, Arkansas. The boys were found the next day, hog tied in a wooded area called “Robin Hood Hills”. After the case had been “thoroughly” investigated, the West Memphis Police announced on the news that they had found the murderers, pointing fingers at Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin, three teenagers who were different from the norm in West Memphis, making it easy
As this scene slowly transition, viewers find two more officers standing beside the creek. The dialogue “Robin Hood Hills – West Memphis, Arkansas” are presented just below the screen. Filmmakers adjust their cameras at this point, so that viewers can finally hear some communication between the officers. This grabs viewers attention as they can hear one officer saying, “Don’t let nobody come up here. Don’t want nobody in here.” The communication between the officers appeals to ethos because filmmakers
act; “Imagine all the evil that you could think of, of how someone could be murdered, and that’s how these three children died.” The fear of such things quickly spread through the town of West Memphis, Arkansas on May 6, 1993. The scene at Robin Hood Hills was a gruesome one on that hot afternoon. The discovery of three bodies, each an eight-year-old boy, sent shock across the community instantly. Stevie Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers were last seen riding their bicycles into the