auschwitz q's

the five visual effects:

1.  vectors have been used on the barbed wire to draw your eye over to the watch tower.
2.  the line of the perfectly straight barbed wire makes it seem like and impossible camp and that it is very well organised.
3.  there are dull cold colors in the  picture to represent how horrible Auschwitz was. 
4. composition - in the middle ground is the fence and a building inside auswitz. In the foreground you can see the fence and the barbed wire.  In the background lies the fence and watch tower.
5. the visual elements in this picture evokes a sad and horrified emotion from the viewer because of how the elements such as the cold colours captured as well as watch towers and two sets of barbed wire fences create a feeling of no escape in the viewer.
6. Auschwitz is represented as a place where dark things have happened and a place which cannot escape from.

 

7. The visual techniques such as the dark and gloomy colours captured in this photo make it particularly engaging. Once again the colours used evoke a very dark and depressing emotion in the viewer.  The foreground, middle ground and background are almost all the same; all you can see are the walls, openings and dull lights

Donald Duck cartoon Q's

1. How are the Germans (and Japanese) portrayed in the opening sequence? How is irony created?
2. How is propaganda and the effect of propaganda portrayed with the introduction of Donald Duck?
3. How is irony continued into the breakfast scene?
4. How is Naxi Germany portrayed in the opening shot at 3:30?
5. What is ironic about the song lyrics regarding work and what is happening in the scene?
6. What does the conveyor belt portray regarding the lifestyle of Germans?
7. Why do you think that there aren't actually any people that force Donald to work? We only see the ends of bayonets and a speaker.
8. What is ironic about the vacation?
9. In the dream sequence, how are the Germans portrayed? Why?
10. What do the pajamas when we see Donald in his bed tell us?
11. What is the Statue of Liberty used to convey?
12. How is Hilter portrayed at the end of the film? What is it about his face that is important?

1. the Japanese and the germans in the first scene are seen in the nazi uniform marching and chanting for their leader.  The irony in it is that it makes them look like there are happy.

2. propaganda is portrayed in the introduction of the movie by making everything in the shape or having the swastika on it. Everyone is shouting heil Hitler including the rooster in the morning and Donald duck in his sleep.

3. the irony is continued by showing Donald duck eating bread shaped wood and that he is hiding all of his food behind a painting of hitler and then a book of “mein kamf” is thrown in front of him.

4. nazi Germany is shown as being very dark and gloomy at the shot at 3:30. It shows very dirty factories spread across Germany and swastikas everywhere. This shot was trying to tell us that it was a bad place to be for most people.

5.  the irony in the song lyrics is that what they are saying is actually what Donald duck has to do. The lyrics are somewhat telling Donald duck what to do.

6. the conveyer belt portrays the life of germans as very hard because the amounts of shells keep increasing and the belt kept getting faster and faster.

7. there are no other people telling Donald duck what to do because they’re possibly doing the same. There are bayonets and a speaker telling Donald what to do because it makes it seem more vicious.

8. the irony in the vacation is that it is just a lie to get Donald to work harder.

9. in the dream sequence the Germans/nazi’s are portrayed as being very demanding, vicious and obesest with the Fueherer. This was done to give the viewer an idea of what it was like in those times.

10. the pyjamas tell us that Donald is most likely a patriot of America.

11. The statue of liberty conveys freedom of the Europeans in America

12.  Hitlers face is very ugly and mean looking; his nose is big, eyes are close together and his face is very tensed. This shows how much of a nutcase Hitler is.
 

Why is this a representation of propaganda? Why is it actually ironic considering the way the Nazi's are portrayed?

-          Because of how everything thing is exaggerated e.g.  everything living or not is saying heil hitler. This is ironic because despite the exaggeration used to portray the nazi’s it was actually quite similar.

Who are the villains, victims, and heroes?

- the German Nazi’s are the villains

- the victim is Donald duck

-  heroes could possibly be the Americans

How are the portrayed? The Germans are shown as being very strict, mean and demanding.

Donald duck is portrayed as being hard working and innocent. The Americans are not properly portrayed and are only represented the Donald’s patriotism.

Life is Beautiful visual effects

(4:20) How are camera angles used when Joshua says 'Thank you' (not in German)? Which angles are used to view each of the characters? What does each of these angle signify?
 there is a clos up shot used on Joshua when he say : "thankyou". there are more distant shots used on the German's to show power and symmetry.

(4:45) What shot distance and angle is used to show Guido's concern for Joshua when the German waiter leaves the room? Describe the composition)
There is a non symmetrical close up shot used on Guido's face to show his concern.

(4:46) How is shot of Guido contrasted to the shot of the German waiter walking away to tell someone what has just happened? Describe the composition and compare it to the previous shot of a concerned Guido.
medium shot and  symmetrical shot to show balance of the waiter as he walks away, the previous shot on Guido is the opposite.

(5:02-05) How is the shot of the German's contrasted to that of Guido teaching the children to say 'Thank You'?
There is a close up shot on the German waiter and a longshot used on the children and Guido, there is also no balance used on Guido and the children.

Life is beautiful essay

In Life is Beautiful the audience is engaged by the unique way the holocaust is looked upon. The combination of the personalities used by the three main characters; Joshua, Guido and Dora, steers the audience in to focusing mostly on the comedic side of the movie despite how dark and daunting the genre is and on the feelings of Joshua instead of what’s  really happening to him.

In the first half of the movie, there is no plot to it. During this first half of the movie there is little warning as to what is going to happen to the characters and instead just shows a combination of happy, funny and romantic events. This allows the viewers to be able to adapt better to the character and their personalities.  This is why the director Roberto Benigni postpones the  complication of the movie. Because of this sudden turning point of the movie the audience cannot accommodate well enough to what its main theme really is because they are still adjusted to the happy and funny side of the movie, therefore making the audience view the holocaust differently to a movie where the theme is constant.

Another reason which makes the viewer’s experience of the holocaust different in the movie  Life is Beautiful , than any other movie with the same theme is the way the characters personality barely change when they become victims of the Jewish death camp, but there are reasons for this.  Because of the unexpected turning point of the movie, Guido’s son Joshua is un-aware of what is going on. So for Joshua’s sake, Guido pretends to Joshua that they are going on a competition camp, where the winner, who must reach one thousand points, wins a tank. Guido does this because for Joshua’s birthday, he wanted a toy tank, pretending that the death camp is all just a game and the prize is a real tank keeps Joshua’s spirits high and more importantly protects his innocents. For Guido to continuously do this he must behave exactly the same as he did before the death camp, in the death camp and commit heroic acts and be a larrikin at the same time. An example of how he has done both is when the Nazi commander gives instructions of the death camp and Guido volunteers to translate, even though he cannot understand German he translates the German in to saying instructions about the pretend game instead.

The unique and comedic heroism displayed in the movie by Guido overall makes the personality and behaviour of Dora, himself and Joshua remain the same and the unique connection between the audience and the characters because of the delayed complication makes the presentation of the holocaust theme different  in Life is beautiful, to any other holocaust movie.

Life is Beatiful best scene

1. In the scene a German Nazi walks in to the room and is giving instruction but before he does he askes who can speak German so he can translate what he says. Guido walks up and pretends he knows how to speak German even though he doesn't know what he is saying he pretends he is translating it and says something completely different, pretending he is talking about a game, for his son's sake.

2. in this scene The german Nazi is the villain, Because of how he treats the jews and what he would of really been saying to the nazi's.Guido is the hero because he had the bravery to come up and pretend he was translating what the German nazi was saying.

3.   the long shot is used on the german to shows their whole body to express doninance, the shots of guido are more close up. The shot of Guido and the soldier are in height order possibley to show order of power. Their is a lot of juxtaposition that has been used between the Germans an the Jews.

Life is Beautiful questions

1.       An event that has a bad ending e.g. something that causes destruction or suffering.

2.       “Life is beautiful” is a tragedy because it shows how the life of Jewish people were rewind or ended during the holocaust. This movie tells the story of Guido and his family during the holocaust and how they in particular survived and the sacrifice that Guido made for his family.

3.       This movie can be classified as a comedy because of the  manner in which the protagonist behaves in everyday situations and  in more serious situations.

4.       Villain –  a villain, also referred to as the bad guy or antagonist,  is usually someone who is the reason behind the something bad the happen and in most cases is against the protagonist.

Victim –  Someone who witnesses or is a part of the event or act and is effected by it, but is not recognised.

Hero –  A hero is usually the main character in the movie, or in real life  someone who has done something special enough to be seen as heroic by those who witnessed or been victim or the heroic act.  

Examples:

Fiction

. hero   –  Batman

. Villain –  Joker

. victim –    Rachel ( batman’s girlfriend )                     

Real life

. hero   –  The person who saved the Victim from being shot

. Villain –  the person trying to shoot the villain

. victim –  the person who was almost shot

5.        - Guido ( the main character ) and the Americans

Is the hero (partially)

-          Joshua, dora, people in the Jewish death camp, the nazi commander/ Dr are the Victims

-          The German Nazi’s and nazi commander are the Villains

6.       Joshua , victim

- Is The son of Dora and Guido and is introduced later on in the movie. He  is a part of the plot because everything that Guido does when he is introduced is because of him. The audience would have a range of emotion towards this character because of his innocents and how much sufferage he puts up with, but without completely knowing which builds a strong connection between him and the audience. He is a part of history because he survived the holocaust at such an early age.

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Guido, hero:

is the main character and Hero, he adds comedy to the movie through his personality. At the beginning of the movie his aim is to win the love of Dora. When he gets married to her, they have a son Joshua. They are then all sent to the Jewish camps.  He is an important character in the movie. The audience would have a range of emotion for him; homour, sorrow and happiness. He is a part of history because of his story and how he died saving his son and wife in the holocaust.

Dora, victim

- Is Guido’s lover and wife in the second half of the movie.

 - The  majority of the funny acts by Guido are in an effort to win her love. She is with Guido from the beginning of the movie and is the driving force behind Guido’s bravery.

- she was a part of history because she was a woman who had experienced the suffrage of holocaust the survived it.

Nazi’s, villains:

-  They are the antagonists in the movie who send the main character to the camp and make them suffer. They are introduced toward the end of the movie and causes the suffrage of the Jewish people in the camp.

-          They are a part of history because they the main problem in WW2 and the holocaust

Nazi commander/ dr , Villian and Victim:           

 Starts off as  a rather friendly character as the doctor at the start of the movie. He is then later realised by Guido  as a Nazi commander. He has a conncection with Guido through riddles.  He is a part of the plot because he takes charge of Nazi’s and is served by Guido who is a waitress at the time.He is a part of history because of how much power and control he had over the nazi’s. The audience has a neutral connecetion with this character.

chapter 2 and 3 questions

1.  (9) Who are speaking at the beginning of the chapter again?

A: the start of chapter 2 begins with soldiers talking.

2.  From what these voices say what can we speculate the ‘monitor’ allowed these people to do with Ender?

A:the first sentence of chapter 2 says “ you live inside somebodys body for a few years, you get used to it.” This gives us a rough idea of what the monitor was doing.

3.  How do the soldiers react to Ender attacking the bully?

A: he embraced his actions and new the he was the child that they needed to save the world.

4.  What effect do the soldiers admit that they had on Ender’s brother Peter?

A:  thhe soldiers originally thought that peter was the right soldier to become a commander but would not suit battle school.

5.  What voice do we switch into when the soldiers section of the text is through?

Valenine is that last person he is speaking at the end of the text.

6.  (10) What is Ender’s sister’s name and what is implied by her name?

A:  enders sisters name is Valentine,  it is implied by her name that she is comforting.

7.  What are the two sides of Peter?

A: there is the angry bully side of peter and then there is the side where he really cares about ender.

8.  (11) What do we learn about the greater world from the description of the game that Peter forces Ender to play called Buggers vs. Astronauts?

A:  we learn about the risk of the buggers and how he describes how close they were to destroying it.

9.  (13) What informatioin does Valentine have that she uses to keep Peter under control?

10. (15) Who tells the Enders to have 3 children? What does this tell us about the power of the government?  The government told enders parents to have a third child, This shows how powerful the government is.

11. What does Ender do at the end of the chapter? What emotional state is he in? Why?

A: He is in a very sad emotional state because it may be the last time he will ever see his family again.

 Chapter 3

1.  What does Ender get chosen for in the end? Why does he get picked?

He was chosen as a launchy to start. He gets picked because of what he did when they they removed the monitor and what he did to stilson.

2. What reservations does Ender have?

            

 What does the soldier say about religion and large families? So is this a religious or secular society? Why?

3. What does ‘Third’ mean? Why is this such a big deal?

“Third” mean a third child when your only supposed ot have 2

4.       What do we learn about the ‘society’ what countries on earth make it up?

5. What big decision does Ender have to make? What are the reasons against it/for it? What does he decide? Why? What would you decide?

The decision is whether he is going to go to battle school. A reason for it is so he can become a commander like in the movies and especially so he can stay away from peter. He deosn’t want to go because he will miss his parents, valentine and a normal life. He decides to go with graff to battle schoolwhen he thought of all the movies of the bugger wars and especially because that graff said theat he might just save to world. I would go because I would want to get away from peter and because I had been selected as being the right person for the job.