Module 11 Essay

This movie can relate to quite a few people for many reasons. There are cases when there is a

clever camera techniques which create tension and fear. The camera shots also pay close attention to detail. For example, when the man with the dog throws a stick for his dog to fetch into the sea, the camera

Shin Dyong-Hyuk demonstrates his committed loyalty to his beliefs, while trying to survive in a society where love means punishment and faithfulness means

North Korea is a mystery to the world as is the world a mystery to the citizens of North Korea. One of these “citizens,” the main character of “Escape from Camp 14”, is Shin. Shin was born and raised in a labor camp, causing him to grow up as someone that lacks emotions. After his escape, he strives to express and feel more emotions. In the next few paragraphs, Shin’s growth as a person and the evolution of North Korea will farther be compared.

Gender roles in Korea were based on a hierarchy in which men and the elderly were at the top. Women were there to serve the men as they provided for the family, “girls had to be closer to the kitchen to serve the men.” According to Jid Lee’s grandmother “this hierarchy was a perfect system for a Korean family, who success was dependent on the men’s strength and intelligence.” However, as the Americans had more of a presence in Korea, they brought over contemporary ideas that went into direct conflict with those ideologies. Jid Lee went against those traditional values. She talked back to her father and brothers. She questioned why women were treated the way they were. Her actions were influenced by reading Western novels. In the chapter “Love in a Dust Storm” she did not do the dishes and was reading Jane Eyre, her mother came back and was furious. Her mother yelled “Once you die you’ll be able to sit on your ass in heaven and red! But until then, you’ve got to do your job! You’ve got to know your place in this house, which is the kitchen.” Thus, caused a tension in the family. Additionally, with the change in gender roles, education began to change. “Koreans built an educational system designed around absorbing information, a system of methods that tested one’s ability to memorize, regurgitate, and apply

The director used these camera techniques in order to include the audience in the movie. There is nothing fancy or complicated about his camerawork. The director needed to figure out a way to involve his audience in the plot so they would not be merely witnesses to the mind games and actually feel the suspense. The director positioned the camera so that the actors are speaking directly to the audience in close-up and extreme close-up shots, suggesting the characters in the film recognize the audience’s presence or their own participation in the movie. This camera work instills fear and anguish in its audience because it makes it seem as the actors are peering down or looking straight into the audience’s eyes. The camera work did an amazing job in including the audience in the

“Maybe you should go down to the office your parents are here” Seolhyun says my heart quickens, “Don't worry I don't think they figured out about you being a trainee.” Joo-Woon says reassuringly. I walk into the office it smells like McDonalds they're always telling us to eat healthy, but here they are eating McDonalds. “Kim Hyun-a go to the counselor's office.” I bow and walk slowly, I didn’t do anything, did I? I walk into the room and see my parents and the counselor all sitting, Mr.Park smiles at me and motions me to sit. “So Hyuna we’ve heard from some pears that you’ve been having some trouble recently, is everything

Yi Jeong, through his progressive relationship with Ga Eul was shown to be transformed from a Korean male who displays a hegemonic masculinity to a more egalitarian-like male. Episode 4 displays the ill-treatment of Yi Jeong to women.

“Zu Zhang lee?!” he asked. They embraced, questions in his mind gathered into an earth-shattering storm. This was the first time in weeks that he saw or talked to a person that didn't want to take his life. “ What happened in the village? I saw you executed,” spoke Kim II Young with confusion in his voice.

“Ultimately this movie’s excitement comes from its Koreanness. Its greatest attraction is that it calls up a nostalgia for “[Korean] culture” which cannot be found in a contemporary hectic lifestyle.”

Each of the narrator’s experience with Yeong-Hye as a vegetarian differ by their interaction with her. Mr. Cheong, her husband, was the first to acknowledge her vegetarianism which disrupted their daily routine together that created an extensive inconvenience to him which lead to their divorce. Yeong-Hye’s brother-in-law took interest in her body upon hearing about her mongolian mark from his wife. He soon took advantage of her body by merging it into his artwork. In-Hye, Yeong-Hye’s sister, took the burden of the familial responsibility after their parents abandoned Yeong-Hye. Her vegetarianism managed to disrupt each narrator’s lives from their relationships to their own thoughts.

The influx of Korean Dramas in the Philippine market became a hit during the early 2000’s and some of the game changers for the increase in the popularity of Korean Dramas can be attributed to Lovers in Paris (2004) , Full House, Jewel in the Palace, the remake of the Taiwanese film ‘ Meteor Garden’ (2003) which is Boys over Flowers (2009), and more The Korean entertainment industry basically produces

In the movie, Ah Jong is a professional killer. During his mission, he accidentally hurts the eyes of Jenny - a nightclub singer. When he knew

Kim Tong-In immediately portrays the main character L’s desire to be with Hye-gyong through the use of repetition in the opening passages. The author repeatedly uses the word “same” on page 39 which mimics the

The structural element of set-up is what begins the story and directs the audience toward the character, backdrop, time frame, mood and ultimatley present them with the theme of the film (Cowgill, 2005). In order to get the story moving, the set-up in short films must be accomplished up front and with conviction. In “Eating Sausage”, Mandiviwalla does this by opening with our protagonist Su Jung who is chopping up cabbage to make a Kimchi (Korean dish). This is followed by the title credits which are deliberatley also written in Korean. Twenty seconds into the film and already the audience have been exposed to the essential information required to further develop the character. The audience has already achknowledged Su Jung as a foreigner, perhaps on the outside looking in. This is demonstrated when she peers outside her kitchen window at the local women who are lining up next to the van to go swimming. As this structural element progresses, the audience learn more important information. We see