History of the camera

approved entertainment (CNN); the screens also double as a surveillance camera, used to spy on citizens private lives. This tactic of control can be viewed as invading personal space in order to protect and secure the citizens’ well-being, but does that make it justifiable? In today’s society, something similar is available. Security camera are available in the majority of public places and even used in homes; these cameras are in place in order to protect society, if a crime takes place, the…

WHY POLICE OFFICERS SHOULD WEAR BODY CAMERAS Ashley Rankin ENG122: English Composition II Instructor Matthew Norsworthy November 27, 2016 Why Police Officers Should Wear Body Cameras Should police wear body cameras? This is a question that has been bounced around for years. Although there are several pros and cons to this subject, the pros most definitely out weigh the cons. Over the past decade due to social media and increasing racial and societal tensions, more and more pressure has been…

their advancement and just wanted to show the European superiority. After the industrialization, secularization started to exist in Europe. After these events Muslim inventions were rare. Europe wanted to strip itself of their past dark ages from the history and also wanted to rise fresh. With roughly 1.6 billion Muslim in the world today, only two have won Nobel Prize in science.…

started to take place called Neo-Film Noir. Even though Film Noir movies, including “Illegal,” and Neo-Film Noir movies, including “Bat-Man: The Dark Knight Rises,” are very similar, they do differ from each other regarding the plot line, lighting, camera angles, and characteristics. In Film Noir, the plot line of one film is actually very similar to other films within the same genre. Like most Film Noir films, including the film “Illegal,” the first initial scene features a crime that…

Drones are the newest airborne craze to infiltrate the skies. The military is the most noteworthy entity to explore the immense potential of using an unmanned aircraft. History traces the first official unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), back to the V-1 rockets (doodle bugs) of the Second World War. The idea of a flying vehicle that could cruise over enemy territory without risking a pilot has been the primary focus of drone development. However, as these little flying remote controlled…

were made to the motion picture camera filmmakers were able to begin exploring the realm of creative possibilities they could achieve. Two notable films that that did this are Dziga Vertov’s Man with a Movie Camera, and Sergei Eisenstein's Strike. Both films are known for their groundbreaking use of montage and the powerful messages the two films convey through their scenes. In 1929, Dziga Vertov released a sixty eight minute silent film he titled “Man with a Movie Camera”. The film is a…

Mass Surveillance in Modern Society “We need more cameras, and we need them now” was a headline run in Slate Magazine (qtd in Proctor).This is what the world has come to- being obsessed with cameras. Every country is installing surveillance technology which decreases the employment rates for those areas and is more expensive. Although there are many positives, do they outweigh the negatives? Cameras are increasingly invading people’s private lives which is considered to be a violation of…

the modern day camera. Yet, it was not until 1879 when the dry plate was invented, when photography made another huge leap. Because the plate was made out of glass and absorbed the light so quickly, photographers no longer needed a portable darkroom, and could send the plates to a professional to be processed. This now means that smaller handheld cameras could be used instead of using huge wooden boxes on…

What if the government planted survelliance cameras in places such as homes and public restrooms? In the dystopian novel, 1984 by George Orwell, Winston Smith first attempts to rebel againsta government called the Party that maintains power by watching everyone's actions through cameras. However, in the end, he, like the others, cannot escape the controlling power of the government. In 1984, the Party controls people in serveral ways. First, the Party controls the population through the…

Armadillo, (Mentz, 2010) is a Danish documentary that follows a platoon of soldiers as they complete a tour of duty in Afghanistan. The filmmaker follows the men and observes each personally as the war progresses. This is done through the use of camera work, graphics, editing and sound. Mentz (2010) structures the story of the documentary chronologically. This is shown by onscreen text. He begins by filming the solders preparing, their final goodbye to loved ones, time at the camp, challenges…