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Unit 1 - Drama Exploration – Evaluation For my Unit 1 Drama Exploration module, I focused on the topic of gang culture as well as the issues, stereotypes and various perspectives or attitudes relating to gang culture. The first stimulus I was given was a collection of images of stereotypical gang members and scenarios relating to gang culture. At the start of the first session, I worked with Rhiannon to create a model of a stereotypical gang member as a reaction to the stimulus. Rhiannon acted…

With Crime Comes Punishment Although the movies Tim Burton directs have various plots, they all have one thing in common, their theme. In the movies, Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Beetlejuice, Burton uses music and sound, costuming, editing, and props to emphasize the theme of crime and punishment. Burton portrays that if one does something they know they shouldn’t do or are told not to do, their actions have consequences. Burton uses numerous other cinematic…

Lee attempting to confront an enemy located at the top of a multi-storied tower, each level presenting a new opponent. This plot structure was the preface to many video games and spin-offs to follow. Additionally, Lee sported a yellow and black tracksuit in the movie, to which has become a staple when remembering the image of Lee, that has also been used multiple times in other video shorts. Unfortunately, Bruce Lee’s cinematic career ended prematurely when he died from a drug overdose during…

Symbolic capital is gained when a child has been socialised at home to suit the tastes and preferences of those who are middle class, symbolic capital is the basis of status and recognition from the school are all deemed to possess worth and value. This gains respect for those who gain capital as they are seen as better and of higher social status than those who lack these qualities. Schools tend to devalue the tastes and preferences of the working class pupils as they are seen as worthless and…

Adidas is a well known multinational corporation that designs and manufactures sports shoes, clothing and many other accessories. They are currently the largest sportswear brand in Europe and the second largest in the world, only behind Nike. Adidas strives to be the best, by making the finest quality apparel with the most comfort, aiming to help athletes, as well as regular people perform at their highest potential. Adidas currently employs over 55,000 people in over 160 countries, producing…

The early 1960s saw The Black Civil Rights Movement as a dominant and visible group in America. Martin Luther King Junior was leading the way in challenging and working towards changing the manner in which Black African Americans were treated in the United States. The Movement was making good progress until the late 1960s where the appearance of black radical groups started to emerge and began to cause inter-racial riots between black and white Americans in the streets of America. At the time…

black woman at the barbershop. In the short cameo of women of color taking spotlight in the film, they are not educationally portrayed as being successful in law, however they are portrayed as women with long thick braided hair dressed in jeans or a tracksuit.…

On Friday 24th October 2014, I went to see Frantic Assembly’s version of William Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’, directed by Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett. Frantic Assembly are a theatre company whose performances are primarily dominated by their unusual use of physical theatre to express emotions of characters and uncover hidden meanings within the play through the use of movement. The play was performed to an audience of mostly young adults and teenagers, perhaps because it had been…

Bending the Culture: Hybridization of Punjabi Ethos in Gurinder Chadha’s Bend it Like Beckham “Sometimes we feel we straddle two cultures; at other times, that we fall between two stools.” - Salman Rushdie ‘Diaspora is the term used to describe any population which is considered deterritorialized, dislocated and disintegrated fostering feels of ‘unbelongingness’ and ‘dispossession’. The…

Samantha thinks that she will never find love, that is until her sister, Diane, sends her on a vacation getaway to an exotic island, where she meets this hot stranger. Problem is, she discovers that Christian is a spoiled billionaire who is a super womanizer. At first Samantha tried to deny her feelings for Christian, but she discovered that she could not get him out of her mind. Christian knew he was head over heels in love with Samantha right from the moment that he first saw her, and he could…