...fellow documentary makers, we are all in the business of creating documentaries and are all aware of the power that a documentary has to change the world. We are also lucky that it is becoming more accessible for everyone to have the opportunity to make documentaries. This is largely due to the increased accessibility and advances in technology. For example cheaper camera equipment, free editing software and multiple social media platforms to post the documentaries on. This now gives people the best chance to make their voices heard and try to influence positive change in the world. Making a documentary is one of the best ways to change a issue, that you as a documentary maker see as a major detriment to our world. In this presentation I will show you how a small group of people who saw something fundamentally wrong with the treatment of killer whales in captivity at Sea-world made a documentary that caused Sea-world, a multi million dollar company to abolish their killer whale program. I will be taking a deeper look at this Documentary that forever...
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...The development of documentary: observational documentaries There are various different types of documentary modes, including expository, poetic, first person and interactive. However, the documentary mode that interests me the most, is observational. This is because I feel that the observational mode captures the most realistic aspects of the subject. Other modes of documentary have much more interaction, interference and manipulation with the outcome of events. In this essay I will discuss different examples of observational documentaries spanning from the 1900’s to the present day. I will also discuss the development of the documentary mode and the roles of director and producer within a documentary production. The observational mode consists of merely the observation of the subject’s daily life and circumstances, with unobtrusive camera equipment. The traditional aim is for the filmmaker to have no engagement with the subject; therefore there is no interference regarding the outcome of events. By maintaining the observational mode, the director allows the subject to forget the presence of the camera. Consequently, the subject behaves more naturally, giving the audience a better sense of their real emotions and real behaviour. Usually there is no narration or interviews in the observational mode; however there will sometimes be footage of the subject expressing their own views directly to the camera, which emphasizes the real-life emotions of the subject. The filmmaker...
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...Running head: DOCUMENTARIES ON TERRORISM Documentaries on Terrorism by Donna Browne A Paper Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for CJ 212 Heroism Saint Thomas Aquinas Collage Fall 2011 How is Terrorism Financed Introduction As we live is this world we are faced with all types of diversities. However the main diversity that the world has been facing is terrorism. Within the last decade, terrorism has hit the United States hard. Before the last ten years, The United States have seen signs and acts of terrorism. Before September 11, The United States law enforcements and security forces where not on the same sheet of music of getting information or sharing information, as the US have seen in these two documentaries. “The man who knew”, and “Spying on the Home Front”. These documentaries brought to light a lot of knowledge that the American people did not or may not have known. As such this paper will explain the two documentaries. The Man Who Knew The first documentary that will be discussed is “The man who knew”. This story is about an FBI special agent, named Mr. O’Neill, and he lived and breathes terrorism. This FBI agent devoted his life in catching terrorist. As one watch the documentary, it is clear that John O’Neill studied these terrorist behavior and movement very well. Mr. O’Neill had so many informants to where he knew when something drastic was going to happen on the American soil. However...
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...What is PUBLIC BROADCASTING? Exercising of media broadcasting by the nations’ Government is broadly known as Public Broadcasting. It is financed and controlled by the public, for the public. It is neither commercial nor state-owned; it is free from political interference and pressure from commercial forces. It includes radio, television, internet and other media outlets whose primary mission is Public Service. In broadcasting, public service includes the social welfare of people, spreading information, speaking to and engaging as a citizen. Public Broadcasting is wide ranging in its appeal, reliable, entertaining, instructive and informative, who serves only one master – Public. It strives to engage all communities through evocative broadcast programmes and outreach projects. It channelizes the information and ideas to help improve communities socially, culturally and economically. Through public service broadcasting, citizens are informed, educated and also entertained. Public service broadcasting can serve as a keystone of democracy when it is guaranteed with pluralism, programming diversity, editorial independence, appropriate funding, accountability and transparency. What are the Public broadcasting institutions in India? The Major institution for public broadcasting in India is Prasar Bharati. Prasar Bharati through All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan (DD) networks provide maximum coverage of the population and are one of the largest terrestrial networks in the world...
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...1. Introduction The documentary states at the start that its purpose is to discuss the inherent qualities, analysis of growth and history, exploration of impacts, and brief look at the future of the modern business corporation. The documentary defines a corporation as a legal person, explaining that is has most of the legal rights a person has such as borrowing money and managing property. The film was released around the time of major corporate scandals, such as Xerox, Enron, and WorldCom, and uses the metaphor “bad apples” to state that there are more than a few corporations that are bad. The film argues that if corporations were people, they would have psychopathic personalities. It then states that corporations have become a vessel which good and bad people can cause harm to society because of the way corporations have evolved and how they are protected. The Corporation film is concerned with the role corporations have in modern society its impact, or the corporate social responsibility. The film explores how corporations have been poisoning the earth as well as consumer minds and how the government is intended to look over and control these corporations. It looks into some of the unethical business practices and strategies executed by corporations and the externalities that are created to satisfy the main goal of the corporation: to maximize profit and market share. 2. Body A major social issue that was brought up in this film is the way that corporations treat foreign...
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...In the documentary Peace Officer: The Militarized State of American Police, we see the story of former sheriff William Lawrence, who trained the same SWAT unit that ended up killing his innocent son-in-law in 2008. Later down the road, Lawrence relies on his own investigative skills to find out the truth as to why his son’s life was taken so easily, as well as interviewing some other surviving victims of unlawful police attacks along the way. The events mentioned in this documentary that took place can be seen as acts of Police Brutality. Police Brutality can be best defined as “Abuses of authority that amount to serious and divisive human rights violations involving the excessive use of force that may occur in the apprehension or retention of civilians.” (Salem Press Encyclopedia). Police Brutality has been on the rise for quite some time now, causing passionate people to burst out in protest about the unlawful way police officers use their authority. The majority of citizens have never encountered Police Brutality, as well as the...
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...KAMILLE KLAIRE CARLOS Reflection: Inconvenient Truth AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH is a documentary, an instrument of public education and talks about the problem of global warming in the earth and inspires people to take action to save the earth. This documentary centers on Al Gore, and his campaign to make global warming a recognized problem worldwide. Gore combines objective scientific evidence, humor and personal insights to create a powerful exploration of what he clearly believes is the most critical issue of this or any other time in human history. The beginning of the documentary introduces Al Gore’s presentation on climate change, which consists of a research based on historical data and scientific studies that certify the existing danger of global warming. As a way of steering its audience’s attention on this subject, Gore exposes several impressive images of the Earth; photographs that were taken during important space missions. In addition to this, the Planet’s beauty and fragility is revealed and the former vice president claims that these photographs have provided people with a different perspective regarding the issue of preserving the nature by developing an environmental oriented behavior. Moreover, throughout the film, one can notice glimpses of political philosophy, as well as reflections from Gore’s childhood and excerpts that represented major periods of challenge and change from his life. I consider these glimpses as being relevant evidences of Gore’s...
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...An Inconvenient Truth succeeds in making an emotional, and more importantly, a moral case for reducing global warming. I am on Al Gore's side when it comes to the importance of raising awareness about global warming and on the fact that we should act forcefully to change the destructive influence humanity is having on the Earth's environment. The documentary is directed by Davis Guggenheim, an American director and producer, and features former United States Vice President Al Gore. Gore is also an author, businessperson, and environmental activist. He has been involved with environmental issues since 1976, when he was a freshman congressman. This documentary is set to educate, warn and raise international public awareness among viewers about global warming. It also states different solutions to fix this problem. Gore succeeds in doing so by presenting a comprehensive slide show containing real scientific statistics. He appeals to every individual by showing before and after images of our natural habitat, discussing a good number of graphs and diagrams. Quotes from Mark Twain, Upton Sinclair, and Winston Churchill underscore Gore's message of taking action, particularly when Gore quotes Churchill who said: "The era of procrastination of half- measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences." A good example Gore gives to induce fear in the viewers is the possibility of the collapse of a major...
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...The Eleventh Hour The film documentary was most likely called the 11th hour to give emphasis to what would become of humanity in the near future. The latest possible moment – we all must work hand-in-hand to make this a favourable possibility for everyone. It is a challenge we would all face today, but in due time we may reap a great harvest for our fellow people if we persevere. In the field of business, the role of this documentary is to give those in the corporate sector as well as those who own small enterprises an in depth look to why corporate social responsibility is important. They are given the opportunity to look back at the past, present and strive for a future that can still be altered. As the film progresses, the issues on global warming, extinction of species, deforestation as well as the slowly disappearing ocean habitats is depicted giving the viewer the chance to think about what he/she ought to do now. These concerns are actually our country’s own, too. Deforestation as a result of illegal logging had played its part in making matters worse for the past few years – floods had devastated lives, no trees to stop it in its tracks. The drought the country is experiencing – a sign of global warming. Polluted bodies of water had driven out the freshness of the fish as well as other aquatic creatures. Even though it has its share of endangered species, the Philippines however, does not have concerns on the extinction of any at the moment. This is most likely because...
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...‘REEL WOMEN’ 75% of blockbuster crews are male, how severe is sexism in the film industry? This 20 minute long documentary is based on women’s careers in the film industry, how they may be underrepresented, why this inequality persists and how this may have increased throughout the years. Actresses and women from around the world are calling out sexism in the film industry. “Is there a lack of material and great stories for women to work with?” These questions will be answered through a compilation of archive footage and interviews with female students to understand how younger women aspiring in strong career paths feel about it – and also women that are already in the industry who experience the inequality first hand. This leads to my first contributor which will introduce narrative and to give the audience a strong storyline to follow: Carla Lacey is 46. She has recently graduated from Manchester University and wants to excel in her dream of becoming a successful screenwriter. She grew up always wanting to be a singer but suffered with heavy bipolar, restricting her from following her dreams. Carla wrote poems and two novels which are published in books and on the internet – with this not being good enough for her she researched into screenwriting and now aspires to work with many other female screenwriters in the industry. She is passionate about the empowerment of women and wants more material for women to work with in the industry as she feels there isn’t enough...
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...FRONTLINE film “The New Asylums” produced and directed by Miri Navasky & Karen O'Connor is a documentary on the state of mental illness into today’s prisons. The documentary shows life behind bars in a supermax prison in Ohio. The film explores the pros and cons of the mental institutions that have been created out of necessity in America’s prison systems. The goal of the documentary was to answer the question of why prisons are the new mental health providers because there are 500,000 people with mental illness in prisons, as compared to only one-fifth that number being helped in Psychiatric hospitals. According to the film, most of the prisoners end up in prison from being unable to cope with the outside world and get arrested for offenses such as violent behavior, rape and robbery to name a few....
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...In 1800s, some of the researcher found out from their study of hysteria, that an individual could act differently and in a strange way with a separate functioning personality. For instance, a woman from 1920s believe that she had different personality where one is acting like a small child and another as a male who is not comfortable in woman’s clothes. This mental illness has different names but in today’s generation it is called multiple personality disorder (MPD). This documentary has talked about why those individuals have broken in to different personality and how can they search for their deadly buried memories. Also this documentary focuses on few individuals, from which Gretchen is one. She is divorced, lives alone and has two children who she hardly ever meets. She was diagnosed with MPD two years ago. She used to go to college and learning arts (painting and sculpture...
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...Enslaved and Exploited Imagine being in situation where you are forced to perform sexual acts and all odds were against you. How would you feel? Over twenty-one million people experience that on a daily basis, and this act is called human trafficking. In a recent documentary about the subject Ensalved and Exploited, they defined human trafficking as the “recruitment, harbouring, transportation, provision, obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act” and most of these people are women and children who are destined for the sex trade. Anyone who is being abused or provides a service because they are afraid is considered human trafficking. This essay aims to explain the contexts of human trafficking and its effects. It will also look at the case of Timea Nagi and relate it all back to course material. Firstly, many wonder how do these people get involved in this trade? The main way that people can get tied up inhuman trafficking is by responding to a job offer. Many young European women who seek jobs as nannies or models in North America, have their passports confiscated upon arrival and are forced to work in strip clubs and brothels. The girls are told that they owe a lot of money for food and travel debt to their traffickers and that is how they are forced to service men. Some may service an average of five hundred to seven hundred men before their debt is paid. Why don’t they just run away or quit? If the women refuse work or run away, are threatened with...
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...As a spectator, I observe the lives of those people with a perspicacious view and engrave them on my memory. As a filmmaker, I trace these people through my eyes, my ears, and my camera, aiming to reveal the meanings behind these lives. As a woman, I see these stories through a sensitive, compassionate, feminist eye, looking for ways to have a say in this world. I want to become a documentary filmmaker because I care about these lives and determine to have their voice...
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...Fiction and Non-Fiction Documentary Films Name Institutional Affiliation Introduction Non-fiction documentaries often face tight budgets that force them to rely on actors to produce the plot that was intended. Fiction and nonfiction documentaries are anything but just academic and sensational arguments of the differences, for instance filming of a pack of lion over a year is obviously non-fictional as the main characters are unable to act. However, there are events such as for the movie mentioned below that involves that actually took place, but must be reacted to given a storyline of the actual events that took place. Nonetheless, it is always important to know that the fiction and nonfiction documentaries can be understood in relative terms, and that both the two categories of documentaries always aspire to tell a truth about the real world, but fiction is not constrained by the real world. Fiction develops a world for its story to take, and yet a documentary finds its story in the world we live in, and yet a fictional documentary becomes a marriage of these two concepts in films. The Naook of the North is the typical documentary that was built around the nonfictional story line with acting set in into the film. The story is a documentary about Eskimos, and it was the first documentary in the period, a first feature-length documentary and it was preserved by U.S. Library of Congress as a culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” movies in a National Film...
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