...an individual. Barriers and obstacles often prevent the smooth transition whilst moving into the world. However, with self-determination and the support of others it can potentially lead to a positive outcome. Stephan Daldrys film Billy Elliot (2000) explores these notions and highlights the importance of rising above circumstances and embracing the support of others by enduring such experiences in order to succeed in the transition of moving into the world. The film reveals how individual determination and strength is often required to transition from one world to another, also exploring the idea of how transitioning into another world can be daunting and unexpected for the individual whom is making the change and that everyone's world is different and needs to be accepted. Firstly the film explores the notion of how individual determination and strength is often required to transition from one world to another, this idea is reflected throughout the 'private lessons and rising tensions' scene. In this particular scene billy and his ballet teacher Mrs Wilkinson are both equally committed, consistent and also remain perseverant regardless of the circumstances in which they find themselves. We see that Billy embraces the support of others and in turn, is on the road to potential success. As billy enters the hall, a high angle shot of him is used representing his powerless emotion. The shot reveals vulnerable billy, as he has not yet embraced the support he has been given. Also...
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...(Introduction you must introduce Billy Elliot (2002) directed by Stephen Daldry) Paragraph One: The context of Billy’s World * Depicts the obstacles of transgressing cultural and economic boundaries * Set against Britain’s bitter 1984 coal miner’s strike – frames of posters encouraging workers to keep to the strike are juxtaposed with lines of police officers holding up shields * Explores the effects of economic struggle on the community and individual * The recurring image of an armed police presence represents the social conformity that blocks Billy’s transition * Family’s economic struggle due to the strike – emotional scene of Jackie cutting up his wife’s piano for firewood at Christmas * Juxtaposition of Billy’s impoverished working class neighbourhood of crammed red brick townhouses with Debbie’s more affluent suburb with well-trimmed gardens and open spaces – the steep, cobblestoned backstreets reflect the confined uniformity of Billy’s existence * Billy’s aspiration of becoming a ballet dancer is contextualised within an environment of limited opportunities – the mis-en-scene of billy preparing breakfast shows a cramped kitchen with clothes hung on a makeshift clothesline. Yet Billy glides around to “Cosmic Dancer”, oblivious to the mess and disorder * Yorkshire slang and working class dialect is used in the film to add credibility to the story * Slow motion images of jostling torsos and beating shields during the miner’s confrontations with...
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...movie. Stereotypes play a significant role in this movie as they represent the main obstacles that keep Billy from achieving his dreams. Billy has to overcome the fact that his family, and even Billy himself at the beginning of the film believes that only “puffs” or homosexual men would want to do Ballet. Similarly, he has to fight the stereotype that “real” men play football, or box, or wrestle. In what way do the male characters in the film influence Billy or function as a role model? Male characters play an important role in Billy’s life as they both help him and keep him from accomplishing his dreams. Billy’s dad for instance, at the beginning of the film is a distant father who is set against Billy learning how to dance. However by the end of the film this changes as his dad begins to fulfill his duty as father and raises enough money for Billy to audition for the royal ballet. Meanwhile Tony influences Billy by showing him the dangers of following in his family’s footsteps by going to work in the mines, and by pushing him to dance as a means of self expression when they get in to conflict. Comment on many critics’ description of Billy Elliot as a “feel-good movie” To label Billy Elliot as “feel-good” movie is to ignore the political, social, cultural and historical context of the film, thereby missing a significant portion of the film. Billy Elliot is a British film as the accents, the scenery, and the dialogue all attest to, and is therefore influenced...
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...Dear Bob. Long time no see! Thank you so much for the letter, I was really happy when I received it! A lot of things have happened since you moved out of Durham. You know my father was all into boxing and he hoped that I will become at great boxer one day! But I didn’t want to box and I really didn’t have any talent for it! I had my thoughts in a completely different place. I loved music and of course I had that from my mother’s side! A little part of the boxing gym was used by a ballet class, and here I had my chance to learn ballet. So I was learning ballet secretly without my father knowing it! But pretty soon he found out! He wasn’t happy, but what could I do? This was my passion. My father was striking, and all the other miners were doing the same. They didn’t want to work anymore down in the black, and cold mines, they wanted more pay for the hard work they did! My brother Tony was doing some bad things when he saw my father sitting in the bus with the other striking miners! And I actually missed a very important audition for the Royal Ballet School because of Tony’s act! So my ballet teacher took all the way home to my house just to tell my father about the bad influence he got on me and my ballet, and she persuaded my father to go to the next audition in the Royal apartments. Two months later I got a letter back from them, where they told me that they wanted me on the Royal Ballet School. So I moved to London when I was only 11 years old! Fourteen years later...
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...Ronnie Palachuk In the movie Billy Elliot, directed by Stephen Daldry, choosing what direction to go in life is never easy, the struggles you face and sacrifices being made you can overcome and succeed over everything else. With the miners’ strike and Billy switching from what his father wants and what he wants, creates turmoil not only for himself but his family as well…in the end creates a world that gives him clarity and definition. The plot focuses on Billy, the younger son of a mining family in which the mother has recently died, and Billy’s macho father and older activist brother take part in the miners struggle. Billy does not identify with the masculine world-view of his father and brother, and instead of boxing he secretly joins the ballet class. The notion of belonging to a group that shares the same values is repeated throughout the film, which portrayed class, gender and sexual orientation issues. Billy’s gender role shift journey starts as he is first exposed of a ballet class while he participated in boxing class at the gym. A new world opens up for Billy, it marks a world of self-identity. When Bill’s father find out that he’s dancing and not boxing, his father makes it clear he’s not happy and wants Billy to quit ballet dancing. But Billy defied his father and started taking private lessons with Miss Wilkinson. Billy’s gender issues are being questioned but over comes the odds and the stereotype of what society thinks. Billy finds Michael dressing in woman’s...
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...Billy Elliot - Film Review Running time: 111 minutes Starring: Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Gary Lewis, Jamie Draven, Stuart Wells, Jean Hollywood ✶✶✶✶✶✶✶✶ Rating 8 out of 10 Billy Elliot is a coming-of-age drama about a young son of a poor coal miner, who dreams of being a ballet dancer. Billy Elliot (Jamie Bell), main character, is an shy 11-year old boy who is living with his proud miner father (Gary Lewis) and older brother Tony (Jamie Draven) during the political and social unrest of the 1984 miner’s strike in Durham, North East England. It’s a hard time, - the men of the house is spending their days on the picket lines clashing with the police, while Billy is exploring new sides of himself and taking care of his increasingly senile grandmother (Jean Heywood). Though his dad, and brother nagging him into taking boxing classes, he manages to fall in love with the art of dancing. While his fancy footwork can’t being pointed fingers at, he simply can’t take a punch. One day at the gym, Billy notices a ballet class, which it taught by hard-bitten Mrs. Wilkinson (Julie Walters), and ends up joining the class after being dared by Mrs. Wilkinson’ young daughter. When Billy’s father learns about his son has being forsaken boxing gloves for ballet shoes, he is distraught, and bans him from taking classes. Despite his father banning him from taking classes, he can’t put his passion on hold. After accepting his son’ passion for dancing, he sets about raising money to send his...
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...Billy Elliot Analysis template |Description of scene: Opening scene: Mood, direction of plot and characterisation is established. | |Scene numbers: One, two, three | |Link to Into the World focus: Billy’s natural world is established | |Action |Film techniques used |Meaning conveyed | |Billy puts record onto record player. He |Extreme close up. There is no sound. |There is a sense of anticipation. The | |begins playing the song. |Costume: Billy is dressed simply, |audience is waiting for something to happen| |( to 1 min; 14 secs) |predominately in a bright yellow singlet. |and wondering what it will be. | | |The singlet symbolises both childhood | | | |(children wear singlets) and his working | | | |class background (‘working class’ men | | | |stereotypically wear singlets). It is also | ...
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...Biosafety, Compliance and You! A seminar by David Cavallaro, Institutional Biosafety Officer at UConn Friday, September 13, 2013 12:20pm – 1pm Storrs Campus, George White 209 Rainbow Cinema: F**k the Disabled Saturday, September 14, 2013, 2pm - 4pm Rainbow Center @ UConn, Student Union 403 Admission Fee: Free and open to all Female Orgasm Dorian Solot and Marshall Miller are renowned sex educators who have put together a hilarious, yet incredibly informative, sex education seminar. Thursday, September 17, 2013 7pm – 8pm Student Union Theater Admission Fee: Free Fall 2013 AACC Annual Welcome Back Soul Food Dinner Friday, September 20, 2013, 7pm - 10pm Student Union , Ballroom Admission: Free Rainbow Cinema: Billy Elliot Saturday, September 21, 2013, 2pm - 4pm Rainbow Center @ UConn, Student Union 403 Admission Fee: Free and open to all Chorus Concert...
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...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This strategic audit is being conducted in order to evaluate the organizational, financial, and clinical excellence of INTEGRIS Health. Data for this audit was obtained through interviews with various members of the INTEGRIS Health leadership team including Chris Hammes, COO; Ed Heinen, VP Strategy; and Hardy Watkins, VP Marketing and Corporate Communications. Additional material was obtained through reviewing information provided in the official INTEGRIS Health system strategic plan for 2013 and the INTEGRIS Health website, www.integrisok.com. INTEGRIS Health is Oklahoma’s largest health care organization and is known for providing a wide range of high quality health care services; It is a not-for-profit, non-stock ownership health care system. It is consistently ranked among the top health care systems in the United States. INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center, the flagship hospital for INTEGRIS, was recently named by US News & World Report Oklahoma’s #1 hospital. The overall satisfaction with this organization is very positive in both the community and among its employees. The positive reputation and transparency of INTEGRIS have made it a reliable source of care for the communities it serves. INTEGRIS relies on its vision, Most Trusted Name in Health Care to continue to work toward a higher level of excellence and accountability to its customers. A 19-member board of directors enables the organization to construct and execute its goals in order to...
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...C h a p t e r 1 Prewriting GETTING STARTED (OR SOUP-CAN LABELS CAN BE FASCINATING) For many writers, getting started is the hardest part. You may have noticed that when it is time to begin a writing assignment, you suddenly develop an enormous desire to straighten your books, water your plants, or sharpen your pencils for the fifth time. If this situation sounds familiar, you may find it reassuring to know that many professionals undergo these same strange compulsions before they begin writing. Jean Kerr, author of Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, admits that she often finds herself in the kitchen reading soup-can labels—or anything—in order to prolong the moments before taking pen in hand. John C. Calhoun, vice president under Andrew Jackson, insisted he had to plow his fields before he could write, and Joseph Conrad, author of Lord Jim and other novels, is said to have cried on occasion from the sheer dread of sitting down to compose his stories. To spare you as much hand-wringing as possible, this chapter presents some practical suggestions on how to begin writing your short essay. Although all writers must find the methods that work best for them, you may find some of the following ideas helpful. But no matter how you actually begin putting words on paper, it is absolutely essential to maintain two basic ideas concerning your writing task. Before you write a single sentence, you should always remind yourself that 1. You have some valuable ideas to tell your reader,...
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...animal Books by Elliot Aronson Theories of Cognitive Consistency (with R. Abelson et al.), 1968 Voices of Modern Psychology, 1969 The Social Animal, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2004; (with J. Aronson), 2008 Readings About the Social Animal, 1973, 1977, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2004; (with J. Aronson), 2008 Social Psychology (with R. Helmreich), 1973 Research Methods in Social Psychology (with J. M. Carlsmith & P. Ellsworth), 1976 The Jigsaw Classroom (with C. Stephan et al.), 1978 Burnout: From Tedium to Personal Growth (with A. Pines & D. Kafry), 1981 Energy Use: The Human Dimension (with P. C. Stern), 1984 The Handbook of Social Psychology (with G. Lindzey), 3rd ed., 1985 Career Burnout (with A. Pines), 1988 Methods of Research in Social Psychology (with P. Ellsworth, J. M. Carlsmith, & M. H. Gonzales), 1990 Age of Propaganda (with A. R. Pratkanis), 1992, 2000 Social Psychology, Vols. 1–3 (with A. R. Pratkanis), 1992 Social Psychology: The Heart and the Mind (with T. D. Wilson & R. M. Akert), 1994 Cooperation in the Classroom: The Jigsaw Method (with S. Patnoe), 1997 Nobody Left to Hate: Teaching Compassion After Columbine, 2000 Social Psychology: An Introduction (with T. D. Wilson & R. M. Akert), 2002, 2005, 2007 The Adventures of Ruthie and a Little Boy Named Grandpa (with R. Aronson), 2006 Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me) (with C. Tavris), 2007 Books by Joshua Aronson Improving Academic Achievement, 2002 The Social Animal To...
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...Use these links to rapidly review the document TABLE OF CONTENTS Index to Consolidated financial statements Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 20-F (Mark One) o REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended 30 June 2013 OR o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR o SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Commission File Number 001-35627 MANCHESTER UNITED plc (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) Not Applicable (Translation of Company's name into English) Cayman Islands (Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) Sir Matt Busby Way, Old Trafford, Manchester, England, M16 0RA (Address of principal executive offices) Edward Woodward Executive Vice Chairman Sir Matt Busby Way, Old Trafford, Manchester, England, M16 0RA Telephone No. 011 44 (0) 161 868 8000 E-mail: ir@manutd.co.uk (Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person) Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act. Title of each class Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0005 per share Name of each exchange on which registered New York Stock Exchange Securities...
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...University of Tennessee, Knoxville Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 12-2009 Peeking Out: A Textual Analysis of Heteronormative Images in Prime-Time Television D. Renee Smith University of Tennessee - Knoxville, drsmith@utk.edu Recommended Citation Smith, D. Renee, "Peeking Out: A Textual Analysis of Heteronormative Images in Prime-Time Television. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2009. http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/10 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact trace@utk.edu. To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a dissertation written by D. Renee Smith entitled "Peeking Out: A Textual Analysis of Heteronormative Images in Prime-Time Television." I have examined the final electronic copy of this dissertation for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, with a major in Communication and Information. Catherine A. Luther, Major Professor We have read this dissertation and recommend its acceptance: Michelle T. Violanti, Suzanne Kurth, Benjamin J. Bates Accepted for the Council: Carolyn R. Hodges Vice...
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...Media History Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Mass media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1.1 1.1.2 1.1.3 1.1.4 1.1.5 1.1.6 1.1.7 1.1.8 1.1.9 Issues with definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forms of mass media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professions involving mass media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Influence and sociology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ethical issues and criticism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See also . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 1 2 6 6 7 8 10 10 10 10 11 11 12 12 12 12 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 19 20 21 21 21 1.1.10 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1.11 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1.12 Further reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1.13 External links . . . . . . . . ....
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...Instructor’s Manual and Test Bank to accompany A First Look at Communication Theory Sixth Edition Em Griffin Wheaton College prepared by Glen McClish San Diego State University and Emily J. Langan Wheaton College Published by McGrawHill, an imprint of The McGrawHill Companies, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. Copyright Ó 2006, 2003, 2000, 1997, 1994, 1991 by The McGrawHill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. The contents, or parts thereof, may be reproduced in print form solely for classroom use with A First Look At Communication Theory provided such reproductions bear copyright notice, but may not be reproduced in any other form or for any other purpose without the prior written consent of The McGrawHill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, in any network or other electronic storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning. PREFACE Rationale We agreed to produce the instructor’s manual for the sixth edition of A First Look at Communication Theory because it’s a first-rate book and because we enjoy talking and writing about pedagogy. Yet when we recall the discussions we’ve had with colleagues about instructor’s manuals over the years, two unnerving comments stick with us: “I don’t find them much help”; and (even worse) “I never look at them.” And, if the truth be told, we were often the people making such points! With these statements in mind, we have done some serious soul-searching about the texts that so many teachers—ourselves...
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