Swimming Upstream

the movie Shine is Scott Hicks. Robert Scott Hicks is an Australian film director and screenwriter. He is best known as the screenwriter and director of Shine, the Oscar-winning biopic of pianist David Helfgott. Similarly, the second movie, ‘Swimming Upstream’, is directed by Russell Mulcahy. Russell Mulcahy is an Australian film director whose work is recognizable by the use of fast cuts, tracking shots and use of glowing lights. The comparison will compose of the different aspects of the movies

Introduction The Author of shine is Jan Sardi and is directed by Scott Hicks and the author of Swimming Upstream is Anthony Fingleton and the director is Russel Mulcah, each of these films are about a young talented kid that wants to go and live their lives and become famous but there is one obstacle standing in their way, their father. During the movies there are different scenes showing different facial expressions showing how much the father expects from their sons to be the best that they can

Intro 125 words: In ‘Shine’ and ‘Swimming Upstream’, Scott Hicks and Anthony Fingleton explore the journey and challenges two Australian’s take, in finding themselves, dealing with success and failure, and discovering their purpose of life. Through a variety of filmic and language techniques, both film makers created captivating and relevant productions, that moved the audience to connect deeply with their characters. Paragraph 1 (Action): By utilising a variety of filmic techniques, both Scott

Evidence 1: (Key quotation/scene/technique) The techniques of text and vocabulary that are directed by Russell Mulcahy, uses the Australian dialect, which is common English mixed up with Australian slang, “Coppers came out “-‘Harold Fingleton’, Swimming Upstream 2003, This quote illustrates the Australian slang word for Police or Policeman. The camera view of ‘Harold Fingleton’ who is played by Geoffrey Rush, depicts the scene of Harold stumbling home after the work strike at the docks drunk and provides

Swimming upstream directed by Russell Mulcahy as a 2003 film and shine directed by Scott Hicks in 1996 were both inspiring award winning films. Shine tells the story of a famous pianist David Helfgott and how he was challenged by his father’s arrogance. Swimming upstream tells the story about an Australian swimmer, Tony Fingleton, and how he had to conquer the bad relationship that he had with his father to achieve success. They are both based on true stories that emphasize father son relationships

A: The Swimmer - S.J. Butler The fear of the unknown is a very common type of anxiety that occurs when someone is afraid of something that he or she does have knowledge of. In that connection, following one’s cravings, longings and desires can be a difficult task that requires courage and bravery. Accordingly, it can be problematic to realize that one should do what one wishes for - even though it might include venturing into the unknown and seem scary at first sight. Facing her fears is exactly

in rivers so that a male salmon will come and fertilize the eggs. The reason why this is such a hard journey is because the Sam and the other salmon are going to be swimming upstream. The salmon having to flip their bodies up and against the forceful downward

Swimming in the lower chordates is made possible due to the arrangements of the muscles in fish. There are muscles on both the left and right side of the fish’s body that act in tandem to move the fish forward through the extremely dense water. When the muscles on the left contract, the muscles on the right relax allowing the fish to move in “s” shaped waves through the body of water. The muscles are arranged in segments, allowing for different muscles on the same side to either expand or contract

Phelps is an international swimming sensation from the United States. Born in 1985 in Baltimore Maryland, he began swimming at an early age. By age fifteen, he competed in his first Olympics as a member of the U.S. men’s swim team. Not seven years later, Phelps dominated the next Olympic Games and set the world records. Phelps is most known for his Olympian status and endorsement deals. At just twenty two years old, Phelps set the world record for men’s swimming medals earned during the Olympics

Swimming has always been a great part of my life it takes hard work and determinations to get the results one hopes for. Many athletes don’t see swimming as work hard sport but I beg to differ. It takes so much energy, time, sweat and tears to get that first place spot. When there is a meet coming up I always talk to my coach beforehand and find out which events and strokes I should start preparing for. I never get nervous about meets until this one particularly, Alief Elsik High School vs. Cy Fair