Documentary Final

Music Video

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Radio (Voice)

The American Life

487:Harper High School, Part One

Blog Response

             

            After listening to this episode from The American Life, I was able to develop a much better understanding of what it would be like to live in an area with such gun violence. Harper High School in Chicago has experienced, in the pas year alone, the shootings of 29 individuals, 8 of which had died. As murders and shootings have risen, principal Leonetta Sanders as well as her staff have tried everything in their ability to protect their students from getting involved or harmed in such activities. While they take any precautions they can, stopping everything as a whole is nearly impossible.

            Throughout the radio episode there are a number of techniques used to make the story telling more effective.  Using direct recordings of teachers interacting with students reinforces the staff’s intentions of reprimanding with love and the caring relationships that they share with one another. At certain parts you are clearly able to hear the emotional strain this has had on students, parents and teachers as they express themselves. You can’t help but find yourself getting caught up in the impact that the direct voice recordings of those that attend Harper have. With the combination of those and the narrator further explaining the story, I found myself intrigued and eager to hear the rest.

Not only does the danger of it all create problems but the emotional toll it takes on students and faculty has become extremely difficult to cope with. Radio episodes like this are extremely important when it comes to making people aware of such circumstances around the world.

Assignment 1

Narrative (Representation)~

Orange is the New Black
 2013
 America
 Jenji Kohan

    In the fairly new American comedy-drama series Orange is the New Black, main character Piper Chapman (played by Taylor Schilling) plays the role of a woman protagonist sentenced to prison for a previous crime she had been a part of with her past girlfriend. Piper being an ordinary, middle class, white female recently engaged would most likely be characterized based off of stereotypes. These pre-conceived views are not entirely shown to be accurate as her story unfolds.
    In the pilot episode there is a scene where an individual tells Piper that some of the other women in the prison may see her as a wealthy white women, this supports and plays into the notions of how her character is likely to be viewed.With that being said the fact that a women like Piper is in such a position in the first place challenges these assumptions. The strength she exhibits shows how tough she actually is, even with her circumstances being so unfortunate. Although her internal fight to remain strong may cause complications, there is definitely more to her character then at first glance.
    One screen shot that would best represent the essence of the protagonist would have to be around 11:44 where Piper is preparing to say goodbye to her fiancé. She is sad to leave but keeping it together and finding some comic relief when joking about the security guard asking her to get rid of her cell phone.

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Final Cut

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