scientific knowledge. Looking through films you can see many sociological themes. I chose to look at “Mean Girls” and pull the sociological themes out. Mean Girls is a movie about a girl‚ Cady‚ who moves to the US from Africa and starts at a new school. She immediately befriends two outcasts‚ who explain the school ’s social scene. There are a group of three girls (the “Plastics”) who are popular‚ malicious and rule the school. As a trick‚ these three girls befriend Cady. Her outcast friends encourage
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people want to make friends‚ and “up” their popularity status‚ they are nice to others. In high school‚ it seems that girls do this the opposite way‚ and are mean to one another in order to bond with friends and become more popular. This paper will discuss reasons why adolescent girls tend to put down others‚ rather than be nice and respectful. It seems that the number of mean girls are increasing every year‚ and high school seems to be a connection. Schools all around the country are dealing with
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Thinking Monstrosity and Celebrity Culture in Mean Girls Mean Girls‚ written by Tina Fey and directed by Mark Waters‚ takes its viewers through high school from the perspective of Cady Heron‚ a young girl who never known what “high school” genuinely meant. Upon arrival‚ she makes friends with Janis and Damian‚ who were in the stereotypical “unpopular” crowd. They warn her to stay away from “The Plastics”‚ an exclusive clique that includes three drama-filled girls who are superficial‚ spiteful‚ and have
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like you belong‚without a sense of belonging our wellbeing can be seriously affected In the book The Simple Gift by Steven Herrick‚ the main theme is belonging as it follows a boy’s journey to find a place where he feels he belongs. Inthe movie mean girls ‚ the main themes are belonging and changeas it shows the development of Cady Herron as she goes from ‘home schooled jungle freak’ to ‘cold hard shiny plastic’ to ‘actual human being’ and how she belongs to the groups of friends she makes.
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This film focuses on the controversial topics of feminism‚ immigration‚ Latino Health inequality through art‚ reproductive justice‚ and human rights. Where in the 1960’s women who went to seek medical care in the county hospitals especially those giving birth went back home while sterilized to save taxpayers money and control population among Mexican immigrants. This procedure was a forced one as mothers signed them while going into labor and others didn’t remember signing them. Civil rights movement
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Filmic Techniques Establishing shot • An establishing shot is usually the first shot of a new scene‚ designed to show the audience where the action is taking place. It is usually a very wide shot or extreme wide shot. • To orientate the viewer to the flow of the narrative by alerting the audience to the beginning of a new sequence‚ but does not itself carry narrative information. Effect: When the director wants the responder (us) to understand the emotion being experienced by the character
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Film Techniques Folio Defining what you need to know about film ______________________________________________________________ What do you know about film? ( How did they do that? ( Why did they put that in? ( What was the point of that? ( Why did that character do that? ( What’s this film really about? These are just some of the questions which might arouse you when you are viewing‚ or studying‚ a film. And‚ clearly‚ your
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Film Techniques Camera Composition Camera Shots Establishing shot or Extreme long shot This shot is taken from an extreme distance and usually shows landscapes‚ cityscapes‚ etc. Often used at the start of a movie. Showing the vast surrounding. Long shot This shot establishes the exact location of the scene by showing subjects in their surroundings. Full Shot Shows a character from head to toe. Point of full shot is to show/ bring attention to the body‚ body language‚ posture and costuming. Medium
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Film techniques Camera angles: Bird’s eye view- An aerial shot of a view‚ sensation of flying or floating Eye level- Camera is positioned at the character’s eye level. Often used to display facial expressions and focus on dialogue. Low angle- The camera is positioned below the feet. Can indicate power and authority and make them look tall and overbearing High angle- The camera is high in the air. Make the audience feel that they are more important then the object provides the feeling of inferiority
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Critiquing Mean Girls The film industry into one of the highest grossing within the larger entertainment sector with companies investing millions of dollars on single releases. As a result‚ there is a need for the production firms to create a trailer that intrigues the intended audience into buying cinema tickets or the DVDs for entertainment. For example‚ an investigation on how a trailer of one of the most popular movies in 2004‚ Mean Girls‚ applied art and cultural values can show how a film can attract
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