Why is the found-footage genre still a thing? It’s almost like “fetch” at this point, filmmakers need to stop trying to make found-footage happen. It’s like Arnold Schwarzenegger’s friend on a plane, it’s dead tired. In all seriousness, I do still think there’s hope for the found-footage genre, but that kind of salvation can only come about when the people backing these films learn to remedy a few of the more problematic elements that have long plagued the genre.
One of the biggest red flags that I frequently notice in found-footage films are the characters. Unlike most other films, you, whether you like it or not, are intimately connected directly to these characters. That’s why I feel the genre has this massive untapped potential, it can
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When your film is riddled with characters like these, that’s when films stop being escapism and instead begin to closely resemble the very thing you wish to escape in the first place. I’m not saying remove all annoyances from your film, I’m saying maybe don’t make them the focal point of the entire picture.
Another problem with found-footage films is character development, or lack there of. I get it, it’s not easy to develop characters when you can only tell the story from their perspective, but it is possible. Thus far, these films have been giving their characters exaggerated personality traits in order to compensate for the one-sided perspective. The best found-footage films use situations to develop characters through the way they react to them, that’s something ‘Chronicle’ did immensly well. ‘Chronicle’ established its main character through the events that he endured on camera, being beaten by his step-dad, watching his mother slowly fade away, being bullied at school, it all culminated in what would come to be a very broken person. This film does use the bullying angle, but it explores the perspective of the bully without any sort of consequences, when you do that, it’s not character development, that’s aggravating. It’s almost the intention of the filmmakers, this film wants you to hate that character, which isn’t an uncommon technique in horror
Another thing I look for in movies is actors who are good at acting. In my opinion, I believe that a bad actor can ruin the whole movie. Sometimes it can
Many people, especially parents of school children, would be inclined to believe impressionable human beings should not be exposed to the violence seen in
(Topic sentence) 3.2 million students across America are bullied each year. (Attention grabber) Is it really justified? (Background info) In Ashland, Wisconsin, Jamie Nabozny endures horrific bullying. A group of students torments him, starting with words, but quickly escalating to become something much worse. Jamie is no longer safe at school. Eventually, in the middle of freshman year of high school, Jamie ran away to Minneapolis. There, in a youth center, he finds hope, and decides to sue the Ashland school district for turning their back to the merciless bullying he has endured. (Thesis statement) The documentary Bullied conveys a message of support to all people that are being bullied; by doing so, it shows how the victim can win at the end. The documentary showed that by providing details on how Jamie Nabozny was bullied but ended up suing the school district and winning.
The stories that I’ve read I noticed that there were only two videos like the detectives in The Real Cool Killers like the video about the women who was aggressively trying to catch her husband cheating on her. She detective style was aggressive and she was going to get her and your answers because she knew exactly what do and how to do it to get that information from that other person. She also wasn’t afraid of anything that came and/or was coming her
(Topic Sentence) Bullied, a word that haunts many, but some have the courage to fight. (Background Info) Jamie Nabozny, a young student in the small town of Ashland, Wisconsin. However, he was faced with many obstacles that challenged his existence because of his sexuality. His peers constantly harassing and assaulting him. (Attention Grabbing) His peers actions caused him to be overwhelmed. One day, all this harassment and assaulting led him to escape. Provided that, words such as, “I’ll kill you” repeatedly echoed in his ears. After hearing such threatening words, he ran away, trying to seek asylum (craft) in Minneapolis. Eventually, he told told someone about the abuse he has been facing. (Thesis Statement) The documentary,
American Actor, Clint Eastwood once said, “The innocence of childhood is like the innocence of a lot of animals.” Moreover, this describes the lead character that Disney Pixar’s short film, “Big Buck Bunny” uses to teach children about the evils of bullying. About 2 years and tremendous amounts of money are needed for qualifying filmmakers need to create these films just to put out a message. The message on bullying, compressed within this film, puts out is important as a result being it is a worldwide issue.
The performances in this film make you feel like these characters, even though they have no redeeming social qualities at all. It is hard to not feel a certain amount of sympathy for the main characters as they go from the victimizers to the victims.
Point 1 - The author makes claims that violent media is actually a good thing for children to be exposed to. Jones even goes into detail about how his childhood was saved by being exposed to violent media, while keeping him away from it was making him lonely. Jones says, “ They were good for me because they were juvenile. And violent.”,
This real based true story film revives in our character some traits that we are sadly unable to explore with our current social environment. It is an environment where we lack honesty, braveness and decisiveness.
Bullying is an emerging issue that many teenagers and children experience, they endure harassing behaviours from their peers, primarily at school. Mean Girls, directed by Mark Waters and Bully, directed by Lee Hirsch are both effective in their own ways, as they display the causes and effects of being taunted. Although there are many similarities in the messages of the films, they differ in delivery. Mean Girls shows a less conspicuous perspective of bullying, on the other hand, Bully educates the more expected definition.
Which characters seem unrealistic to you? i.e. not representative of how people behave in real life. A: One of the main characters
When children are pushed to commit foolish activities or suicide because of bullies, one can tell there is something wrong with the way situations are being handled in our society. The documentary, Bully, presents countless examples of the effects of bullying and how poorly circumstances are managed. Through instances resulting in juvenile detention or taking one’s own life, the documentary displays various ways kids deal with torment. As we follow the lives of five different youths suffering at the hands of their peers, we see just how much these kids go through with little to no support.
All of the characters presented in the movie have a distinct personality, making the viewer engage deeply in the heart pumping action and drama.
Adults could watch this film and see what they went through and could prevent the same thing to happen to a child or a child of their own. Children can watch this short film and prevent bullying from happening in their school or at anywhere else. All audiences can learn a valuable lesson from this short film, henceforth, by all the events that occurred in Big Buck Bunny. The animation and characters of this short film catch the eyes of most audiences today, since, animation being popular present day. Addressing the topic of bullying in a short film like this is a great idea, and can imply a message to almost everybody watching
It is safe to say that most of the stories that we read in novels and see in films are depictions of what we see and experience in real life. As per Kaindl: “literature and film are never detached from society, but rather react to its developments, changes, and upheavals with their own methods and devices” (2014, 4). Of course, this is only true if we exclude genres that use elements belonging to mythology and fantasy. In novels and movies, it is very common to read or see stories of doctors, lawyers, academics, scientific researchers, journalists, policemen, and the list goes on; these occupations have dominated the storylines. But, there are two professions that are increasingly being featured in literature and film in the recent times; these