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3/22/2009
Blog/Diary Assignment 4
W Five (CTV)
Stamping out crime
If you live in Toronto, you may be a lucky one because you don’t need to worry lot about your mail is stolen. But in Vancouver, a lot of people have been losing their mail every day. In this episode, Stamping out crime Organized thieves are honing in on other peoples' mail and cheating them out of billions by stealing their identities. describes that there are some organized thieves who are honing in on other peoples' mail and cheating them out of billions by stealing their identities. Who should take the responsibility, the police or the Canada Post? Although the latter has been charged with ensuring that our mail gets through to its rightful owners, no matter what, but are these safe guards really protecting your mail? The answer is No. Unlike American postal service, whose security has the right to arrest the Suspect who involves in mail stealing, the safe guard of Canada Post even can’t give evidence to the police. If you live in Toronto, are you a really lucky one? No, because the same thing has being happening across whole country.
Discovery Channel
Destroyed in Seconds Greensburg
In this episode, the tornado shows elemental rage in its violence. On May 4th, 2007, EF5 tornado, one of the largest twins in the recent history hit Kansas, wiped the town Greensburg off the map. This documentary also shows that human beings are creative creature. After the disaster, scientists begin to study where those tornadoes come from, how strong they are. Their goal is tries to learn about the tornado’s form and wind in the tornado, how it to get damage, so in the future people can build better building. There are some C.G in this documentary such as 3D models of the houses and museum.
The Fog of War
This documentary film seems very simple, this is, only one man is interviewed, and the place is not changed. However, when I watch it, I get big shake. Former Secretary of Defense of the United State Robert S. McNamara just seats there and talks like a regular guy, but he went through some great moments in history. In fact he’s been part of wars. He was born two years ago of the world war I, Three years in the U.S. Army during World War II and seven years as secretary of defense during the Vietnam War. As a soldier, a politician and a banker he teaches me a lot. For example, he says: Empathize with your enemy and never say never. This film uses a number of rare images to show the significant periods in history. In addition, I remember a very moving statement Robert S. McNamara issues in the film: human beings must stop killing other human beings. Now, however, we all know human beings never stop killing other human beings.
LEo
Stamping out crime
If you live in Toronto, you may be a lucky one because you don’t need to worry lot about your mail is stolen. But in Vancouver, a lot of people have been losing their mail every day. In this episode, Stamping out crime Organized thieves are honing in on other peoples' mail and cheating them out of billions by stealing their identities. describes that there are some organized thieves who are honing in on other peoples' mail and cheating them out of billions by stealing their identities. Who should take the responsibility, the police or the Canada Post? Although the latter has been charged with ensuring that our mail gets through to its rightful owners, no matter what, but are these safe guards really protecting your mail? The answer is No. Unlike American postal service, whose security has the right to arrest the Suspect who involves in mail stealing, the safe guard of Canada Post even can’t give evidence to the police. If you live in Toronto, are you a really lucky one? No, because the same thing has being happening across whole country.
Discovery Channel
Destroyed in Seconds Greensburg
In this episode, the tornado shows elemental rage in its violence. On May 4th, 2007, EF5 tornado, one of the largest twins in the recent history hit Kansas, wiped the town Greensburg off the map. This documentary also shows that human beings are creative creature. After the disaster, scientists begin to study where those tornadoes come from, how strong they are. Their goal is tries to learn about the tornado’s form and wind in the tornado, how it to get damage, so in the future people can build better building. There are some C.G in this documentary such as 3D models of the houses and museum.
The Fog of War
This documentary film seems very simple, this is, only one man is interviewed, and the place is not changed. However, when I watch it, I get big shake. Former Secretary of Defense of the United State Robert S. McNamara just seats there and talks like a regular guy, but he went through some great moments in history. In fact he’s been part of wars. He was born two years ago of the world war I, Three years in the U.S. Army during World War II and seven years as secretary of defense during the Vietnam War. As a soldier, a politician and a banker he teaches me a lot. For example, he says: Empathize with your enemy and never say never. This film uses a number of rare images to show the significant periods in history. In addition, I remember a very moving statement Robert S. McNamara issues in the film: human beings must stop killing other human beings. Now, however, we all know human beings never stop killing other human beings.
LEo
3/01/2009
Blog/Diary Assignment 3
Sunday (CBC)
Animals Have Feelings Too
A few years ago a writer traveled to Africa, and after coming back to China, he published a book. In his book he not only describes how beautiful scenery Africa has, but also talks about animals in the grasslands. While he was lecturing in public once, one audience stood up and asked him a question: you say there are a number of animals in the grasslands of Africa, but why a lot of people are famished to death? The writer answered: because Africans think that like human being, the wild animal has the right share one and the same planet. In this episode Animals Have Feelings Too in Sunday (CBC) bestselling author Temple Grandin has the same view about the animal even she thinks that like us animals have feelings. In fact, this is very complicated puzzle how to treat animals humanity because we have to face different cultures, religions and economic situations in the different places in this world. Some country like Canada we can sit down and discuss the animals’ feelings with cups of coffee; however, another country like Afghanistan or Palestine people still concern how to survive under the battlefield bristled with guns.
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
Actually, the documentary film is biographical film about Noam Chomsky and his book Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media. This film employs a lot of interviews of Noam Chomsky, so it explores his opinion by the greatest extent. In his point of view the government, some large corporations, the elite and big media businesses cooperate to produce an effective propaganda machine in order to manipulate the opinions of the United States dumb millions. I like the set-up scene that they put a rat in a case over The New York Review-Noam Chomsky: The Case Against B. F. Skinner.
PBS
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
This documentary was directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Barak Goodman and the narrator is Academy Award-winning actor Chris Cooper, so It's no wonder that how amazing this film is. In addition, before I watched it, I guessed the film must be the story is about why and how Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, but I’m wrong. It spends a lot time to introduce the murder John Wilkes Booth. I think it is very interesting part. Since the event happened in 1865, it is impossible to go back that time. Therefore filmmakers employ vivid set ups to reestablish the history such as the old trains, people wearing old clothes on the old street and so on.
LEo
Animals Have Feelings Too
A few years ago a writer traveled to Africa, and after coming back to China, he published a book. In his book he not only describes how beautiful scenery Africa has, but also talks about animals in the grasslands. While he was lecturing in public once, one audience stood up and asked him a question: you say there are a number of animals in the grasslands of Africa, but why a lot of people are famished to death? The writer answered: because Africans think that like human being, the wild animal has the right share one and the same planet. In this episode Animals Have Feelings Too in Sunday (CBC) bestselling author Temple Grandin has the same view about the animal even she thinks that like us animals have feelings. In fact, this is very complicated puzzle how to treat animals humanity because we have to face different cultures, religions and economic situations in the different places in this world. Some country like Canada we can sit down and discuss the animals’ feelings with cups of coffee; however, another country like Afghanistan or Palestine people still concern how to survive under the battlefield bristled with guns.
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
Actually, the documentary film is biographical film about Noam Chomsky and his book Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media. This film employs a lot of interviews of Noam Chomsky, so it explores his opinion by the greatest extent. In his point of view the government, some large corporations, the elite and big media businesses cooperate to produce an effective propaganda machine in order to manipulate the opinions of the United States dumb millions. I like the set-up scene that they put a rat in a case over The New York Review-Noam Chomsky: The Case Against B. F. Skinner.
PBS
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
This documentary was directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Barak Goodman and the narrator is Academy Award-winning actor Chris Cooper, so It's no wonder that how amazing this film is. In addition, before I watched it, I guessed the film must be the story is about why and how Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, but I’m wrong. It spends a lot time to introduce the murder John Wilkes Booth. I think it is very interesting part. Since the event happened in 1865, it is impossible to go back that time. Therefore filmmakers employ vivid set ups to reestablish the history such as the old trains, people wearing old clothes on the old street and so on.
LEo
2/14/2009
Blog/Diary Assignment 2
The Fifth Estate
Strangers in Paradise
Second Life (http://secondlife.com/) is an online virtual world. Registers can create “their own “avatar”—a user’s idealized persona that embodies the physique and personality of his or her dreams”. In this episode, Hana Gartner tells two stories about 2 women who live in the real world as well as the virtual cyberspace. Janet is divorced mother, and Carolyn is a housewife and mother of four. Both of them meet their lovers Dutch and Elliott on Second Life, even get married with them. Janet and Carolyn think that this is just virtual world and there is no actual touching, so they never think it is cheating for their families. But Dutch’s wife and Carolyn’s husband don’t think so. They think if someone’s life in the real world is sating in the front of a computer 17 hours per day, her/his life is in the cyberspace. I can image before this doc was shot, the film crew did a lot of preparation work, so we can see Carolyn’s four youth children on the screen. In addition, some setup is set up in this episode. For example, Carolyn is packing for her meeting with her lover in London, and Janet and Dutch are spinning along the highway on a motorcycle.
The Thin Blue Line
This documentary makes me recall a film named The Shawshank Redemption, for they describe similar plots. There is no enough evidence, but an innocent person becomes an offender, and the judicial system gets a problem. From The Thin Blue Line I figure out two things. Firstly, compare with a hug system such as a system of law courts, one single person can be so insignificant; secondly, be careful to chose your friends. To illustrate, Randall Adams knows David Harris who has an arsenal, and he often takes out the gun and shots with any purpose; however, Randall Adams still intermingles with the extremely dangerous gangster. I also learn a lot from the doc. I understand that if you are a smart filmmaker, you can make use of many things to tell your story. In this doc an ashtray is used to show that Randall Adams is so anxious in the calaboose, and a falling cup on the ground with drink can make you imagine that the police officer is falling down and bleeding.
TVOntario
Wipe Out
These are the stories of three young men living with brain injuries. They describe how they got brain injuries and their feeling during those serious accidents. This program wants to tell a truth to viewers: there many people are crazy about the extreme sport in Canadian, and it’s the leading cause of death and disability among sporters. It’s too dangerous so that “more than 100.000 Canadians are brain injured each year” like other docs, they only disclose this phenomenon, but it’s hard to find an effective way to stop it. Because this program describes extreme sports, in the postproduction it makes every shot very short so that we can imagine that some accidents happen so quickly. Of course, it’s a kind of film style.
Strangers in Paradise
Second Life (http://secondlife.com/) is an online virtual world. Registers can create “their own “avatar”—a user’s idealized persona that embodies the physique and personality of his or her dreams”. In this episode, Hana Gartner tells two stories about 2 women who live in the real world as well as the virtual cyberspace. Janet is divorced mother, and Carolyn is a housewife and mother of four. Both of them meet their lovers Dutch and Elliott on Second Life, even get married with them. Janet and Carolyn think that this is just virtual world and there is no actual touching, so they never think it is cheating for their families. But Dutch’s wife and Carolyn’s husband don’t think so. They think if someone’s life in the real world is sating in the front of a computer 17 hours per day, her/his life is in the cyberspace. I can image before this doc was shot, the film crew did a lot of preparation work, so we can see Carolyn’s four youth children on the screen. In addition, some setup is set up in this episode. For example, Carolyn is packing for her meeting with her lover in London, and Janet and Dutch are spinning along the highway on a motorcycle.
The Thin Blue Line
This documentary makes me recall a film named The Shawshank Redemption, for they describe similar plots. There is no enough evidence, but an innocent person becomes an offender, and the judicial system gets a problem. From The Thin Blue Line I figure out two things. Firstly, compare with a hug system such as a system of law courts, one single person can be so insignificant; secondly, be careful to chose your friends. To illustrate, Randall Adams knows David Harris who has an arsenal, and he often takes out the gun and shots with any purpose; however, Randall Adams still intermingles with the extremely dangerous gangster. I also learn a lot from the doc. I understand that if you are a smart filmmaker, you can make use of many things to tell your story. In this doc an ashtray is used to show that Randall Adams is so anxious in the calaboose, and a falling cup on the ground with drink can make you imagine that the police officer is falling down and bleeding.
TVOntario
Wipe Out
These are the stories of three young men living with brain injuries. They describe how they got brain injuries and their feeling during those serious accidents. This program wants to tell a truth to viewers: there many people are crazy about the extreme sport in Canadian, and it’s the leading cause of death and disability among sporters. It’s too dangerous so that “more than 100.000 Canadians are brain injured each year” like other docs, they only disclose this phenomenon, but it’s hard to find an effective way to stop it. Because this program describes extreme sports, in the postproduction it makes every shot very short so that we can imagine that some accidents happen so quickly. Of course, it’s a kind of film style.
LEo
2/02/2009
Blog/Diary Assignment 1
60 Minutes, is considered the preeminent investigative television newsmagazine in the United States and is the only regularly scheduled television program in American. In CBS 60 Minutes on Jan 11 2009, Steve Kroft explores the change of oil prices. The gas price is still a sensitive issue because nearly every family in North America owns at least a car. Steve Kroft says in his investigation of the swings that, "There must be someone answerable for this because some large corporations are controlling the gas price but general market factors”. （http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4713523n.) Next David Martin introduces Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen. Then Scott Pelley features Wyclef Jean, a famous Haitian American musician and the creator of the foundation Yele Haiti. They talk about providing resources and assistance to Haiti because Haitian is in rioting and food shortages now. Last, in A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney, Andy Rooney shares his favorite holiday: Fourth of July. Because it involves fireworks.
Gimme Shelter is a 1970 landmark documentary film and is called “the greatest rock film ever made”. It follows the Rolling Stones on their disastrous 1969 US tour. After 4 months of the Woodstock Music Festival, Rolling Stones gave the free Altamont concert. It originally could be a significant festival for their fans. Unfortunately, about 300,000 people collided with a few dozen Hell’s Angels, security guards around the stage, and the terrible scene was recorded in the film, Gimme Shelter. The film is named after the lead track from the Rolling Stones' album, Let It Bleed. The film begins with the Stones watching at rough cuts of the concert and then captures the disastrous events in the history of rock and roll. It also profiles the performances and violence.
Today, the National Geographic Channel brings me back to China. The topic is the Forbidden City this time. A film crew from America took a chance and captured the scenes of the Forbidden City. The Forbidden City, located in the center of Beijing, is one of the best preserved imperial palaces in the world. It was the Chinese imperial palace for 500 years and was a city within a city. From 1420 to 1912, Twenty four Chinese emperors lived and ruled China there. It is reported that there are 9,999 rooms in the Forbidden City. For almost five centuries, access was denied to all but the Emperor and his household. Now the Forbidden City opens as a museum. National Geographic Channel provides us an extraordinary access to the largest palace complex in the world and uncovers some secrets about it.
Unlike CBS 60 Minutes and the documentary film, Gimme Shelter, during this program, the National Geographic Channel involves more communications with audiences. For example, it often tells viewers how they took those amazing pictures. Therefore, we can see the camera and the photographer from the documentary clearly. While the main pattern of CBS 60 Minutes involves a number of interviews, different from Gimme Shelter, which more like telling stories to audiences.
LEo
Gimme Shelter is a 1970 landmark documentary film and is called “the greatest rock film ever made”. It follows the Rolling Stones on their disastrous 1969 US tour. After 4 months of the Woodstock Music Festival, Rolling Stones gave the free Altamont concert. It originally could be a significant festival for their fans. Unfortunately, about 300,000 people collided with a few dozen Hell’s Angels, security guards around the stage, and the terrible scene was recorded in the film, Gimme Shelter. The film is named after the lead track from the Rolling Stones' album, Let It Bleed. The film begins with the Stones watching at rough cuts of the concert and then captures the disastrous events in the history of rock and roll. It also profiles the performances and violence.
Today, the National Geographic Channel brings me back to China. The topic is the Forbidden City this time. A film crew from America took a chance and captured the scenes of the Forbidden City. The Forbidden City, located in the center of Beijing, is one of the best preserved imperial palaces in the world. It was the Chinese imperial palace for 500 years and was a city within a city. From 1420 to 1912, Twenty four Chinese emperors lived and ruled China there. It is reported that there are 9,999 rooms in the Forbidden City. For almost five centuries, access was denied to all but the Emperor and his household. Now the Forbidden City opens as a museum. National Geographic Channel provides us an extraordinary access to the largest palace complex in the world and uncovers some secrets about it.
Unlike CBS 60 Minutes and the documentary film, Gimme Shelter, during this program, the National Geographic Channel involves more communications with audiences. For example, it often tells viewers how they took those amazing pictures. Therefore, we can see the camera and the photographer from the documentary clearly. While the main pattern of CBS 60 Minutes involves a number of interviews, different from Gimme Shelter, which more like telling stories to audiences.
LEo
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