That is a scene from the movie wolf creek. It is based on the murders committed by Ivan Milat with that scene in particular being inspired by the paralysing spinal wounds that each of his victims were found with. Milat is serving 7 consecutive life sentences at the Goulbourn Supermax prison, for the torture and murder of 7 backpackers found in the Belangalo state forest between 1992 and 1993. Since Milat went to prison he hasn’t been any better behaved.…
The four films serve our historic visualization of the past’s realities. What the four films share strongest are the representations of African Americans in the past, and what we can see as immoral today. The earliest of the four films Within Our Gates by Oscar Mischuax depicts a lot of these historical messages/representations that all four films share. The title says it all, it brings an inside perspective of what it would have been like as an African American in the 1920’s. During this race film era we have the infamous Birth of a nation that paved the way for false black stereotypes of the future.…
Media is a way of mass communication, media is shown through movies, tv, books, news, internet, games, and more. The media delivers the news, stories, popular information, and more about war. What the media doesn’t show you is the effects veterans face after war. PTSD is a health condition that causes the victim to experience a previous terrifying event. Many veterans or active soldiers suffer this condition after the war,…
Produced in 1939 by Edgar G. Ulmer, The Light Ahead highlights a transition away from past superstitious beliefs toward Jewish Enlightenment thinking. The film is set in a small village of Glupsk, which serves to portray Jewish shtetl life as a juxtaposition to big city life. In his film, Ulmer pushes for the furtherance of Jewish Enlightenment through underlining stark contrasts in opinion between religious leaders of the village and Mendele, a book peddler and Jewish Enlightenment thinker. Mendele is a highly influential character throughout the film, altering the storyline through his asides with Fishke, a cripple, and Hodel, a blind woman, at pivotal scenes at the beginning and end of the film. Mendele's character is further used to champion Jewish Enlightenment values…
The Film, Half Life: A Parable for the Nuclear Age is written and directed by Dennis OʻRourke. The film was released in 1986 and won the Peace Film Award in Berlin later that year. The film gives a well-balanced insight on the impacts on the indigenous communities from the Castle Bravo nuclear testing of 1954, in the Marshal Islands. The film shows multiple perspectives of the event from personal accounts of the indigenous people, to military personal, and even US political leaders. Declassified military footage of the testing, which was released shortly before the film, was also included in the film.…
First Contact also makes heavy use of filming in first person perspective, to give the audience the feeling of being there experiencing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ culture and how they live in different environments. This is evident in the scenes of episode 1 where the participants went into the homes of indigenous people to experience an overnight stay. The episode allows the audience to see and experience the practice and culture of the indigenous people through the eyes of the participants. These immersions are used throughout the documentary. Through genre conventions and a range of film techniques First Contact meets the audience…
The people in the Deaf culture love being associate with each other because they are not isolated from the world or the society. By connecting to each other, they will not lose their confident and be strong. The scenes previously mentioned indicate that Matt does not know how to be associate within the people. Since he basically grew up in the hearing culture, he had a hard time to be associate with the other hearing people and thus, this made him to be alone. In other words, because he is used to be alone and not acknowledge the Deaf culture, he does not know how to participate in any team works or connect to the other people.…
In 1967 a year after the first release of the book In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Richard Brooks released a film adaptation of the nonfiction novel. Both the movie and the book were based on a real life murder of a family of four living in Kansas City. Dick Hickock and Perry Smith, two men who had previously been to jail, were the central focus of the novel. Richard Brooks infused strikingly similar dialogue between characters and key events into the movie, although many minor details were lost. Because of the extraction of these details the overall mood is less intense than the book.…
In film, there are both visual and sound aspects that allow the audience to know the true meaning of a story. Two aspects equally important in a modern aged film. The award winning movie Up (2009) is brilliant at combining these two aspects. The film is about an old man’s adventurous journey to forfill a promise by traveling through a floating house carried by hundreds of balloons. Today I am going to analyze a scene in the beginning of the film about Carl’s past.…
Issues in Youth Sport: An Analysis of the Film Perfect Body The movie Perfect Body includes important themes evident in society today. It is about a young female, Andie Bradley, specializing in gymnastics and the challenges she faces during her career. The movie focuses on Andie’s desire to fit into her perfect ideal. She faces pressure from her coach to lose weight and win competitions.…
DOPE is a crime dramedy written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa about a black teenager named Malcolm living in Inglewood trying to get into law school. He and his two friends Diggy and Jib are then roped into a wild goose chase when Malcolm is given a large amount of drugs amidst an intense gang war. He struggles to maintain his chances of getting into Harvard while surviving this unfortunate situation. DOPE grapples with several issues regarding race including issues with the school system and with depictions of African Americans in the media. The film parodies and challenges the common depiction of black communities in crime dramas.…
Departures is an award-winning Japanese film about a young man who returns to his small hometown and works as an undertaker after an orchestra in Tokyo he is a member is disbanded. The Japanese name of the film is Okuribito, which means "the one who sends off" and describes Daito 's career as someone who prepares bodies before they are placed in coffins to be cremated. Daito 's job involves cleaning, clothing, and making up the person to the family 's liking before they say their goodbyes. Departures explores the themes of death, family, and the importance of making sure that the deceased and their families are respected during tragedy. The film provides insight into the handling of dead bodies in Japan, Japanese food, and bathhouses.…
There are a few themes and the most notable theme of this article is how they are just people who are coping with a mental illness like, for…
A Separation is a 2011 Iranian drama, set in present-day Iran, directed by Asghar Farhadi. The movie revolves around religiosity, ethics and love. The movie is a roller-coaster of different emotions and events. It deals with different relationships in an Iranian context. The movie starts with a couple, Simin and Nader, in front of a magistrate having a divorce hearing.…
The movie Agora depicts the escalating conflict between Christians and pagans in Roman Alexandria in the late fourth century under the emperor Theodosius I. Agora’s attempt to describe the dynamic of the conflict between Christianity and pagan Neoplatonism, especially the violence employed and shifting power, falls short of the true historical complexity by simplifying and distorting the historical narrative. Agora’s portrayal of the Christian faction known as the parabalani and their involvement with the widespread violence against dissidents, such as the pagan Neoplatonists, aligns with the historical record, although the film does not fully explain the parabalani’s relationship with Cyril, the bishop of Alexandria. Mitchell describes the parabalani as “supposedly teams of paramedics, who were organized into a virtual regiment of vigilantes,” under the direct control of Cyril to enforce his will with brutality (Mitchell 298).…