The book Schooled is written by Gordon Korman. The main character is capricorn Anderson. It takes place at a school by the name of Claverage school (Or as they call it C-Average). It also takes place at Garland Farms Commune where Cap lives. Caps grandma Rain gets hurt and Cap has to go to school.
Invisible City (2009) is a documentary directed by Hubert Davis that follows two teenage boys journey as their community in Toronto's Regent Park undergoes a housing revitalization project. Davis followed the lives of Mickey and Kendall for three years exploring how they are individually affected by structural changes within their neighborhood. The boys are African-Canadian and due to their ethnicity experienced racial discrimination and segregation (Davis, 2009). Regent Park was a community that consisted of a vast number of people that are lower income and living in poverty (Davis, 2009). The communities geographical location placed Mickey and Kendall at a greater risk of engaging in law-violating behaviors (Davis, 2009).
In Cold Blood features the true story and details of the bloody murders of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas. “Images in the film Brooks has made from Capote’s celebrated reporting of a Kansas murder case, In Cold Blood” (Crowther). One early morning in Holcomb Kansas, the Clutter family is awaken from their sleep and brutally murdered. The killers are two ex-convicts Dick Hickock and Perry Smith who planned to rob Herbert Clutter of $10,000 that was contained in a safe at his home. However, Dick and Perry find no safe, or $10,000, they end up leaving the scene of the crime with only $43.
Bad Day at Black Rock Kathryn Abbott October 29 2015 DRAMA 3030 The unexpected arrival of a stranger to a small, Midwestern town creates a feeling of scepticism and suspicion, and through this the explicit meaning is revealed: Fear of the unknown and the moral and physical deterioration of a town left to its own devices. The film exemplifies these concepts through the use of mise-en-scène, and vivid cinematographic elements. The blood red coloured train stands out against a muted background.
Directed by Chris Drummond, Brink Production’s latest performance, Long Tan, takes his audience directly amid the infamous battle of the Vietnam War in just under two hours of heart-warming companionship and immersive carnage. Set primarily on the stormy evening of August 16th, 1966, in a rubber plantation, the play follows Delta Company, an infantry battalion comprising of ten young and rigorously trained soldiers from the Royal Australian Regiment. In a nonlinear narrative, Drummond explores the battle from both sides between the Viet Cong and the Australians. Chiefly compiled from a list of interviews with Vietnam veterans and their families, Verity Laughton’s script showcases the battle in all its confronting intensity, overwhelming the audience with history through a powerful Verbatim style theatre, whilst exploring themes of warfare, mateship, discipline, family, and the
In the excerpt “Under the Eye of the Clock” by Christopher Nolan, talks about the paralyzed boy joseph who is overwhelming with muscle pains. The excerpt develops an idea that tell us that no matter what the situation is, there is always hope. According to text, “Typing festered hope” (line 20). The author of the excerpt, means to tell us that you should never think that, you will not able to do anything, since you are paralyzed; there is always hope and you should wait for right time to come. In addition to that, author also says “great spasms gripped him rigid and sent his simple nod into a farcical effort which ran to each and every one of his limbs” (line 24 and 25).
Have you ever imagined living through life without a steady job, no money, or no food? Both of the characters in these stories endured all of those things. Jurgis and James had many different experiences and many similar experiences throughout their lifetimes. Upton Sinclair wrote a book, The Jungle, describing a young, late teen’s man named Jurgis Rudkus and his family. His family and he moved to America in the early 1900’s looking for a better life.
In the drama, “Twelve Angry Men,” by Reginald Rose. A 19 year old boy is a suspect in the murdering of his father. A jury of twelve men is left to decide his fate, guilty or not guilty. Juror 10 is biased and a hypocrite, which helped them reach a unanimous vote of not guilty.
Stress for students can come from many things including academics, sports, family, college, and their social life. Dead Poets Society directed by Peter Weir and A Separate Peace by John Knowles are stories about adolescent boys that attend strict all-boys private schools, Welton and Devon. In Dead Poets Society one of the main characters, Neil Perry is an excellent student with a strict father who pushes him to become something Neil does not want. In A Separate Peace Gene Forrester, another excellent student feels pressure to compete with his peers to be the best. At both Devon and Welton there is a lot of pressure being put on the boys studying there to be the best.
Since 1989, over 1500 people have been exonerated for crimes they served time for but did not commit.(NRA) These are only the cases we know about. In our country’s justice system, many wrongfully convicted people are never given a chance to be exonerated and remain in prison for their entire sentencing. Errol Morris, an American film director attempted to shine a light on the dark side of the criminal justice system. In his 1988 documentary, “A Thin Blue Line,” Morris conveys the need for our justice system to be reformed as he trails the court case of Ranadall Adams, a man wrongfully convicted of a murder; following the case through the prosecution painting an unfair view of Adams, flimsy witness testimonys, and prosecutors who’s motives are
The play Twelve Angry Men written by Reginald Rose the jury decides whether or not the boy is guilty of murder in the first degree. Juror Eight votes not guilty because, he needs more evidence. Juror Eight is compassionate, when all the other jurors voted the boy guilty. He tenderhearted proclaims that voting him guilty isn’t easy he implies, “Look this kids been kicked around his all his life.” Juror Eight doesn't want to just send the boy off to prison without further investigation.
Citizen Kane by Orson Welles is a cinematic classic, released in 1941. Citizen Kane challenged traditional narrative and technical elements of classic Hollywood cinema. Kane was narrated by several people that include their take on Kane’s life. The story unfolds by many flashbacks and is told by different perspectives over the years through different narrations. Charles Foster Kane was a millionaire, head of newspapers and died saying “rosebud”.
The 1988 film, The Thin Blue Line, was the first documentary of its kind. Director Errol Morris, created the Interrotron, a device where the subjects are able to look right at the camera, cutting out the third party, and allowing the audience to feel as though the subjects are talking directly to them. This interview technique was accomplished by taking Morris out of the room and putting him on a screen where the subjects were able to simultaneously talk to him and look through the lenses of the camera, all the while being recorded. This entire documentary was an investigation into the murder of Robert Wood, a Dallas police officer that was shot and killed while pulling over a car with no headlights on. Randall Adams was wrongly accused for the crime based off one “eyewitness,” David Harris.
Citizen Kane challenged the traditional narrative and technical elements of classic Hollywood cinema mainly in the area of sound. Orson Welles was ahead of his time when he created his works of manipulating sound to transfer meaning in the film Citizen Kane. Welles used concealed hanging microphones to obtain different levels of sound throughout the film. The manner, in which the story was told, from Kane’s death flashbacked to his life of success and ultimate failure, was also a new style of storytelling for films. Welles also used symbolism with his last mumbling word “Rosebud.”
Film review- The thin blue line by Errol Morris This is non-fiction film making, revolutionary for its time. Morris does so by merging documentary and film. It tells the story of the arrest of Randal Adams through the statements of interviewees. Adams was sentenced to death for allegedly murdering a police officer.
