Summary Of The Documentary Restrepo '

Almost every piece of cinema seeks to give the viewer an understanding by intricately assembling shots in a coherent, and a sometimes muddled, manner; the techniques used in editing places various shots in purposeful sequences, to emphasize certain relationships between shots. The shots can be arranged smoothly and logically, or shift abruptly from shot to shot; different methods of the aforementioned arrangement of shots are utilized in either discontinuous or continuous editing. Sherlock Jr. and The War on Drug’s music video “Holding On”, are two motion pictures that offer spatial relations, by applying techniques of both continuous and discontinuous editing.

The documentary “13th” is very telling about the problems with the prison system and society's view of African-Americans. After the end of slavery, the economy too a hit because of the lack of labor needed for the industries. To solve this problem, people turned to prison workers, because it was cheap labor that weren’t protected under the 13th Amendment. This amendment abolished slavery and indentured servitude, but left the clause of criminal punishment. Because of this loophole, and because whites were very much still in control of society soon after the 13th Amendment was passed, police forces began going after African-Americans in order to fill prisons and satisfy work forces.

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

The camera movement from one side of the street to the unknown neighbor's house illustrated how unwilling they were to listen to Will’s reasoning yet determined to inflict violence upon a presumed “terrorist family”. The previous examples revealed that with the correct camera movement you can enhance feelings, and foretell them too. In specificity to these scenes, the reoccurring slanted motion appealed to the feeling of disarray and foreshadowed the mayhem to come. While the camera movement from one house to another depicted the wrath of the mob; proves that the cam movement allowed the viewer to receive a better sense of what unreasonable fear the characters are feeling.

FRESH is a documentary by Ana Sofia Joanes, she explores the consequences of our current agricultural system and documents the work of farmers, activists, non-profit organizations and business that advocate for sustainable agricultural practices to address the problem. The film presents the farmers from Shenandoah Valley that practice traditional farming by raising and keeping their chickens, pigs, cattle and soil in traditional ways that attempt to imitate the way in which nature naturally works on nutrient and energy cycling. These practices challenge the industrial agricultural model that use a high input of resources to produce large amounts of a single crops/species in designated areas known as monocultures. Monoculture agricultures relies

This is accomplished with different camera angles as well as the movement of the camera. For example, in many scenes as the camera follows the action it is shaky rather than sturdy, as if you as a viewer are walking around and seeing the action through your own eyes. One may also notice that an escalated level of action or conversation on the screen is mirrored by the pace of the film from frame to frame. In essence, a heated argument would involve a quick paced transition of shots, going from a close-up of one character to another at a rapid pace in tune with the argument.

The camerawork emphasizes the sense of detachment between the characters, and Billy’s inability with connecting with others. In addition, the film has a contrasty, bleak look to it, like a faded photograph. Gallo shot the movie on reversal film stock to capture that contrast and grain, in attempt to reproduce the same look of football games from the late 1960’s and early 1970’s.

Another way to break down movements into a series of still pictures is a so called “video flipbook”. A flipbook is the simplest way of making a sequence of still pictures appears to move. The intervals of darkness necessary for the illusion of motion are provided by the turn, or flip of each page. The nineteenth-century photographic experiments of Eadweard Muybridge and Etienne-Jules Marey broke down the movements of animals into a series of still pictures. When displayed in rapid succession, these pictures appear to be moving, recreating the original motion that the images document.

In this movie, different filmic techniques are used, however, in my opinion, they are not very effective and thus it fails to improve or contribute to the success of the movie, which I believe it should. The filming techniques used in

An additional film technique is how Sunny Abberton decided to film the documentary. The shots included close ups for example, in the car on the way to Koby's court hearing they used this technique to make us feel as though we were there in the car too, and we were feeling the emotions he was feeling. Hand-held shots were also used quite frequently. The hand-held shots were there to provide us with primary sources of information. Abberton wanted the audience to see fisrt hand the facts of the court case and for the audience to make up their own

Stephanie Soechtig, is an award-winning film-maker, and director and producer of the nonfiction documentary Fed Up. She began producing documentaries for network news programs such as Primetime Live and 20/20, while also working for Good Morning America during the 2000 presidential elections and the O’Reilly Factor. In 2008, Soechtig partnered with Michael and Michelle Walrath to start Atlas Films, which provided inspiration and education to consumers on the most controversial topics. So far, Soechtig has been awarded the “Best Documentary Feature” for Tapped (2009), “People’s Choice Award” for Under the Gun (2016), and Fortune Magazine named Soechtig as being one of the “Most Innovative Women in Food and Drink” (Biography). In 2014, Soechtig’s “Grand Jury Prize” nominated film Fed Up (2014), narrated by TV Journalist Katie Couric, was created in hopes of unveiling the hidden secrets of the food industry by using statistical analysis and research expert’s testimonies to inform viewers of the direct impact that the food industry has on the health of our nation’s most vulnerable population—children. Soechtig and Couric present the argument that the roles of our government along with the interests and processing methods of food industries are ultimately responsible for the increasing rates of childhood obesity in the United States.

Anderson uses camera movements to speed up the pace as well as to show a constant forward motion. Having an upbeat pace makes the audience feel more elated because it is going so fast they do not have the time to process the sad parts of this story. He also quickens the pace by having short takes so the audience does not have a lot of time to process what has just happened. The constant forward motion of the camera, which is created by either moving the camera on a dolly as they walk, e.g. when the Scout Master is walking past all the tents with the khaki scouts in tow, or by pan the camera extreme fast between each frame, e.g. the beginning and end scene in the house with Suzy’s family.

The directors chosen camera technique, a simple two composition that progresses the scene a steady pace, forces the audience to feel a part of the awkward exchange; obviously, a quality of film that could not be as profoundly achieved through the narrative in the novel.

Though emerging from disparate circumstances, styles, and techniques, Raúl Ruiz’s 1977 experimental short-film Colloque de Chiens and Dziga Vertov’s 1929 groundbreaking experimental documentary Man with a Movie Camera find common ground in their strategic use of motion and stasis. Ruiz’s Colloque de Chiens is a film that is the product of its circumstances. Made on an extremely low budget during a strike in the production of Ruiz’s 1978 film The Suspended Vocation, the film is an experiment in delivering a convoluted story through an extremely limited means—still images. Vertov’s Man with a Movie camera, in contrast, is an experiment in pushing film technology to its limits. Lacking a plot, the filmic techniques of the film are both a

Restorative Justice (RJ) is a program that if implemented correctly, could not only revolutionize our justice system but perhaps transform our society as a whole, by greatly reducing crime. This is a bold statement; but if people can be taught about the harm the smallest crimes can have on our society, as well as the grave potential it could lead to other more harmful crimes. When added in the home training, as well as our school system, as young as preschool, there is no doubt this would greatly reduce crime, because society would have been talked earlier on about the impacts of crime. Yes, there will be those who would only see this as a program to be soft of criminals, however when they see the true goal of this program, responsibility,