Gary Ross

The film, “The Hunger Games”, directed by Gary Ross, uses the camera technique Mis en scene which creates a sense of chaos, injustice and sympathy through the use of diegetic sound, quick jump shots between scenes, use of costume design and high angle shots. Ross uses the techniques of diegetic sounds and quick jump shots to create a sense of chaos. For example, during the cornucopia scene where each tribute is standing on the podium waiting for the games to start, the diegetic sound of the countdown

in order for what is right in the world to be achieved. The four texts that I have chosen to explore the connection of leadership are Remember the Titans directed by Boaz Yakin, Coach Carter directed by Thomas Carter, The Hunger Games directed by Gary Ross and Avatar directed by James Cameron. These four films express leadership in different ways such as a transformational leadership, which is identifying the need for change and creating a vision to execute the change within committed members of a

Director Gary Ross chose to foreshadow the feud between Katniss and President Snow in the first movie to successfully entices viewers to return to the following movies. In the series, President Snow and Katniss develop a distrust, with President Snow gunning to get Katniss after she manipulates the Gamemakers to allow both her and Peeta to win the games. Yet there is only one instance of this in the novel, and that is when Katniss is crowned by Snow who unforgivingly glares at her (Collins 364).

last few years. Popular books to do this with are Young Adult novels as they appeal to a large age group. One story line that was popular in both book and movie form was The Hunger Games series which was written by Suzanne Collins and directed by Gary Ross and then Francis Lawrence. It followed a young girl named Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) as she fights a battle to the death in the post-apocalyptic world of Panem. Through the use of setting, costumes, and character development, this movie

drug agents during his years in the United States” (Webb n.p). Oscar Danilo Blandon was another infamous crack dealer along with Ross and Meneses. “Blandon has also implied that his cocaine sales were, for a time, CIA-approved” (Webb n.p) Therefore, Blandon was also receiving help from officials from the United States in a way that was similar to Meneses. According to Gary Webb, Blandon testified, “And the people that was in charge, it was the CIA, so they didn't want to raise any drug money because

In 1996, Gary Stephen Webb was best known for his three part article series, Dark Alliance. Webb exposed The Central Intelligence Agency’s (C.I.A.) drug trafficking operations. These articles were first written for the San Jose Mercury News before later being published into a book. Webb discovered a drug operation between a California drug ring, the C.I.A., and the Nicaraguan Contras. Evidence showed that the C.I.A. had direct contact with smugglers, knowing that the profits being made from the

In 1996, Gary Webb claimed that black men were incarcerated for charges dealing with selling cocaine because of the CIA. “Thousands of young black men are serving long prison sentences for selling cocaine — a drug that was virtually unobtainable in black neighborhoods before members of the CIA’s army started bringing it into South-Central in the 1980s at bargain-basement prices.” This claim outraged members of the black community because it reaffirmed suspicions of the government intentionally

and three children; and one day following shoots himself in the head, leaving only a note on the front door “ do not let yourself in - call the police instead.” 8 years prior, working as an investigative journalist for the San Jose Mercury News, Gary Webb accused the CIA of supporting and funding the trafficking of crack cocaine in a three part series called The Dark Alliance. Webb claimed,“Thousands of young black men are serving long prison sentences for selling cocaine — a drug that was virtually

It is a universal truth that we all need love in our lives. We all have different ways in which we like to receive and give love. Many of us may not even realize that we do. Gary Chapman writes about five different ways in which we love and titles them five love languages. It is important to identify how we love, because it can allow us to have a happier life and make other people’s lives better. It is especially important to identify the love languages of the children which we encounter, because

Milano 2010 Table of Contents: Friends Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman and produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television. In 1993 David Crane and Marta Kauffman initially named friends as Insomnia Café. They presented the project to Bright, and together they purposed it to NBC, which is a commercial TV broadcaster, this means that this broadcaster is financed by advertisers. Regarding the