The documentary begins with a medium close up shot of an elderly Zambian woman telling the story of Lazarus. This elderly woman appears to be fragile and weak, but is telling a story of hope. By forcing the viewer to focus on her words and her expressions in a medium close up shot they made this elderly woman a symbol of the HIV/AIDS population of Zambia While her words give a story of hope, her face contradicts that with a look of sadness and pain. A majority of people with HIV/AIDS in Zambia hear stories of hope, but just like this woman, they still believe HIV is a death sentence. By allowing the viewer to see this elderly woman’s shoulders, they are able to see that she is dressed in traditional Zambian clothing and sitting in what looks
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The documentary goes onto juxtapose images of patients before their ART and after. The audience can visibly see the weight changes in the patients from the before and after pictures. This is done to show the significant effects of the ART and the increase in life expectancy; ART raises people from near death (The Lazarus Effect 2010, 2:03). Throughout this documentary the viewer is constantly reminded the need for ART to survive HIV/ADIS through repetitive comments of how ART patients are only alive today due to the medication. Constance Mudenda is introduced 2 minutes into the documentary as the supervisor of three clinics that provide free ART medication to the HIV/AIDS population of Zambia. She goes on to to tell her story of how she lost all her children due to HIV/AIDS, “In my life, I’ve had three children, I’ve lost all three children to HIV. I lost my second-born in 1992, and I lost my first born and third born in 1996. In the same year I lost two children” (The Lazarus Effect 2010, …show more content…
The close up is used to show the tears and pain in Mrs.Mudenda face while the cut from her face is done to show a big blanket with the names of all the children lost to HIV/AIDS. This portrays a life without ART as nothing but tragedy. It shows the audience the number of lives that could’ve been saved with the help of the medicine and reinforces the idea that with ART are needed. The academic authors, Antony S. Fauci, Gregory K. Folkers, and Hilary D. Marston, of Ending the Global HIV/AIDS Pandemic: The Critical Role of an HIV Vaccine says something similar that, “…a safe and effective vaccine is essential if we are to realize a timely and sustained end of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.” (Fauci, Folkers, & Marston, 2014). They believe that the best way to get the ultimate and safe results, of a world without HIV/AIDS, would be through the use of the ART. ART is portrayed as the sole solution because after conducting research, the authors have realized the gravity of this revolutionary drug; “HIV-infected persons can expect to live into their 70s if their infection is diagnosed early in its course and if they receive ART according to accepted guidelines and are provided with other care and support
The documentary goes onto juxtapose images of patients before their ART and after. The audience can visibly see the weight changes in the patients from the before and after pictures. This is done to show the significant effects of the ART and the increase in life expectancy; ART raises people from near death (The Lazarus Effect 2010, 2:03). Throughout this documentary the viewer is constantly reminded the need for ART to survive HIV/ADIS through repetitive comments of how ART patients are only alive today due to the medication. Constance Mudenda is introduced 2 minutes into the documentary as the supervisor of three clinics that provide free ART medication to the HIV/AIDS population of Zambia. She goes on to to tell her story of how she lost all her children due to HIV/AIDS, “In my life, I’ve had three children, I’ve lost all three children to HIV. I lost my second-born in 1992, and I lost my first born and third born in 1996. In the same year I lost two children” (The Lazarus Effect 2010, …show more content…
The close up is used to show the tears and pain in Mrs.Mudenda face while the cut from her face is done to show a big blanket with the names of all the children lost to HIV/AIDS. This portrays a life without ART as nothing but tragedy. It shows the audience the number of lives that could’ve been saved with the help of the medicine and reinforces the idea that with ART are needed. The academic authors, Antony S. Fauci, Gregory K. Folkers, and Hilary D. Marston, of Ending the Global HIV/AIDS Pandemic: The Critical Role of an HIV Vaccine says something similar that, “…a safe and effective vaccine is essential if we are to realize a timely and sustained end of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.” (Fauci, Folkers, & Marston, 2014). They believe that the best way to get the ultimate and safe results, of a world without HIV/AIDS, would be through the use of the ART. ART is portrayed as the sole solution because after conducting research, the authors have realized the gravity of this revolutionary drug; “HIV-infected persons can expect to live into their 70s if their infection is diagnosed early in its course and if they receive ART according to accepted guidelines and are provided with other care and support