Turning The Tables: Film Analysis

This action has been preformed to convince the audience that the bra boys accept multiculturalism. The constructed footage helps viewers realize that documentaries are highly constructed texts, however reinforces they are proud to be Ausies by acknowledging their heritage and traditions of immigrants making Australia fare home. This challenges societies view on multiculturalism due to the fact bra boys are an exclusive gang and would not accept everyone into their brotherhood.

Based off Charles Webb’s 1963 novel by the same name, The Graduate is an American romantic comedy/drama released in the United States on December 21, 1967 starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, and William Daniels. The film was directed by Mike Nichols, produced by Lawrence Turman and the screenplay written by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham. The film was produced by Lawrence Turman/Mike Nichols productions starting in March of 1967. Mike Nichols has also directed other well known films such as Catch-22 (1970), Working Girl (1988), and more recently Closer (2004). The film was distributed by AVCO Embassy Pictures nationally and United Artists internationally. AVCO Embassy Pictures studio, founded by Joseph E. Levine, the films executive producer, also claims production/distribution for other hit films such as Godzilla, King of Monsters! (1956), The Fog (1980), and Prom Night (1980). The movie was well received due to its $104 million dollar box office opening tab. The score was produced by Dave Grusin and the songs written by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.

C: The release date of A Place at the Table is March 1, 2013.The initial DVD release date is June 25, 2013.

A League of Their Own (Marshall, 1992) explicitly characterizes an American era when a woman’s place was in the home. Even our modern perspective implicitly follows suit. Although women have gained rights and freedoms since the 1930’s, sexism remains prevalent in America. This film offers an illustration when men went to war and big business men utilized women as temporary replacements in factories, sports, and so on. Here, course concepts, such as gender socialization, gender expressions, role stereotypes, emotion expressions, and language, correspond to the film’s characters and themes.

The Frontline film Separate and Unequal discussed about creating a new school system; however, there are opposition by others who wants to maintain the current school system. If we look at the perspectives of the two groups, it is understandable in why there is support and opposition from the people of the city. The supporters of the new system wants a system that can provide better opportunities for their children without any violence. As the film claimed “the school was not teaching and were only babysitting the children”, which was likely a reason why there was a need for a new school system. With the chaotic and uncontrollable situation in the current system, many supporters have push forward the idea of a new system in a new city. From

The Serial is an interesting audio podcast that is hosted by a journalist named Sarah Koenig. Sarah tells the story in a form of a reporter, in which she explains the murder case that occurred in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1999, Hae Min Lee, a popular high-school senior, was disappeared after school one day. After six weeks, a jury convicted Adnan Syed, Hae’s ex-boyfriend, for her murder. Adnan stands firm on the fact that he is innocent and he has nothing to do with Hae’s murder case. Due to the lack of true evidence people are starting to question whether Adnan was falsely accused of the murder. I personally think Adnan is innocent.

“We all live with pain and have trials to overcome, but being 650 pounds felt like my obstacles were never ending. My only outcome was death and I wanted to live. I wanted to rebuild everything my weight had taken away from me. That gave me the fire I needed to start losing weight and getting healthy” -Nikki Webster (“My 600-lb Life”).

Fed Up is a 2014 American documentary film about the rise of child obesity directed by Stephanie Soechtig. The film claim there were no Type 2 diabetes cases within adolescent in 1980, but there were 57,638 Type 2 diabetes cases within adolescent in 2010. Many Americans believe eat less and exercise more will help lose weight, but the problem has to do with eating sugar and blame the government for this problem. In 1977, the staff of the United States Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs warned Senator George McGovern that many foods contain too much fat and sugar and attempt to propose a dietary goal for American. The proposal was denied when the egg, sugar, dairy, and meat association joined together due to fear in sale decrease

In this assignment I will assess Grace’s role as an ethical counselor based on the film Short Term 12. I will identify three codes from the 2014 American Counseling Association Code of Ethics and three concepts from the text that are relevant to Grace’s role in the film. In the film Sammy had these dolls that he cherished and really kept him happy. I believe they were significant for the siblings that he never had and though he needed these dolls in his life, his therapist thought otherwise.

Prior to Becky’s arrival, Gilbert is numb and is sleepwalking through his life. Gilbert appears to be exhibiting avoidant attachment. As described by Mikulincer and Shaver (2012), people with avoidant attachment have “working models of unavailable, unreliable, frustrating or rejecting attachment figures” and are “associated with deactivating strategies – inhibiting proximity seeking while attempting to handle stress and distress oneself”. We are given little information about the type of mother Bonnie was when Gilbert was a baby, other than we know that she was not always obese and Gilbert hints that she was a different person prior to his father’s suicide. Gilbert and his sisters lovingly take care of her, covering her tenderly with a blanket

When people look at most of today’s TV shows, advertisements, and films what do they see? They see a lot of white people. The ratio of white to other races is very unproportioned. Tv, and shows movies are usually a lot of white people with the occasional black friend. In almost every film, an Indians have a strong stereotypical Indian accent. Not every Indian talks like that. Media and film should be more diverse by giving minorities more opportunities, and stop portraying minorities in a bad way.

With a fond point of view of Saroo’s story which at times is shown through the over-exaggeration of certain troubles Saroo faced. Additionally, three years later a film is made about Saroo’s story, Lion (2016), although the documentary is not directly made to publicise the film, a follow up documentary on 60 Minutes has the intention to publicise the film, which brings up the thought about if the documentary’s main intention was influence the production of the film.

Throughout this class, various discussions and blogs have been used to analyze the different elements of films such as theme, cinematic techniques and genre. It is time to bring all of these separate elements together in the analysis of one specific film, according to class text, “analyzing levels of meaning below the surface story can greatly enhance enjoyment as well as understanding of a film” (Goodykoontz & Jacobs, 2014. p. 10.03). There are several different approaches to film analysis including formalist, auteurist, and generic or any combination thereof. Utilizing a genre theory lens, the 1956 film The Searchers will be analyzed addressing contextual information, story/plot, aesthetic choices, social/personal impact and how these areas come together to develop the film.

Many live attempting to decipher the riddle of life. What is life? What is the purpose? What makes? Even though we only seek happiness why can’t we ever seem to achieve it? When we do reach happiness why can’t we seem to grasp it and hold it for more than the few short hours that pass like seconds? The question we must answer first is “What makes happiness, true?”

Part 1 - In American author's 2009 book, The Help, the primary thesis is the relationship between Black maids and white households in Jackson, Mississippi during the early 1960s. The story is really told from three perspectives, Aibileen and Minny are Black women, both maids, and Skeeter is the nickname of Eugenia Phelan, daughter of a prominent White family. Skeeter has just finished school and hopes to become a writer. In general, the relationship between the Black maids and the White employers is six sided: On one side we have the White employers who have three views: 1) Their personal and private beliefs that can range from extreme scorn and bias to kindness regarding race; 2) Their public persona that must have the "proper" attitude about Blacks and "the help," and 3) Their employer attitude, which is condescending and parental. The Black view also has three segments: 1) Their personal and private beliefs that usually range from understanding not all Whites are the same and an extreme love and empathy for the White children for whom they care; 2) The public persona that is deferential, polite, and stoic to their White bosses; and 3) Their attitude and view among the Black community, which usually separates the "poor and ignorant but rich" White souls from the Black view of family and common sense. All in all, the relationship is contentious, phony, and based on economic advantage.