2.n English: The Cost of War

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tirsdag den 28. januar 2014

Sue Randolph

Kirstine, Nanna, Andrea og Natascha

"Sue Randolph, 39, grew up in Saudi Arabia and earned her master's degree in Arabic at the university of Michigan." p.25, l. 13-14.

"I joined the Army because I had $65.000 in student loans." p. 25. l. 20

"Iraq looks like it's straight out of the Bible."

Brian, Sasja og Josefine - Sue Randolph

Picture 1.

"Since i had a master's in political science - Middle East studies and Arabic..."

Picture 2.

"..I felt like I was part of a big machine that was going to help them have a better life."

Picture 3.

"We have no comprehension of the psychological of this war."

tirsdag den 3. december 2013

Coward: Characterising through cinematic technique 2

Watch the following two scenes one at a time and characterise Andrew and/or James based on them.
Discuss what cinematic techniques are used to characterise them. You can find the film here.

Comment on the use of framing, angles, lines, composition, sound and lighting when relevant.

Clip 1

5:21 - 6:51

Clip 2

15:58 - 17:10

Coward: Characterising through cinematic technique 1

Task

Characterise Andrew and James and their relationship to others and the war based on these four freeze-frames from the short film.

When you analyse the pictures you must use relevant vocabulary to describe what you see and the effect it has. Comment on framing, angles, lines, composition and lighting when it is relevant.