Thursday, December 2, 2004

Camp

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Well, I'm back from camp. I had a pretty good time to. We did a lot of fun stuff, and some serious stuff too. We visited some Universities, a few things like the Supreme Court, Maritime Museum and stuff like that. We also went to Q-Zar which is like a lazer shooting game, where you're in a big mazey-type level thing, with two storeys, and you run around shooting each other. Its fun, lol. I think I got the highest score out of both teams for it, actually, which is cool. I kind of expected most of the people on the camp to be Nerds...but, actually, most of us were normal. lol. A pleasant surprise, heh. We also went on a high ropes course...but I might do a post on that another time...I'll need content for more boring days. A fair bit of stuff happened on camp actually. Yeah, some interesting stuff. But, sadly, some of it was marred by a particular jerk-off, by the name of Adam [no relation to our esteemed Founder]. Anyway, this guy was a complete....loser. Ggrrr. Don't you hate that? Anyway, it was relaxing and fun, and stuff. So, the camp was good. I give it an 8/10 rating. [Edited: This is just some work I need to get home from here] The opening scene of the film shows Helen digging up potatoes in [her garden?] whilst in the background she recounts a childhood memory of the neighbourhood bully. She uses this reference in context with their fight againt McDonalds, and how what her mother advised to deal with the bully, worked with mcDonalds too. You have to hit them back. And if someone is trying to make you do something you don't want to, you "have to stand up to them and say 'No, I'm not going to do it, I'm not going to give in to your intimidation and bullying'" The visuals themselves begin with Helen unearthing a potato, which could be an indication of their 'healthiness', the fact that they're eating healthy, natural foods, and then it shifts to Helen when the audio commentary she made switched the bully analogy over to McDonalds. This 'grass-roots', approach to the introduction helps us feel closer to Helen and Dave. The more that we see of them in their natural lives, the more we realise that they are ordinary people, fighting against extraordinary odds. The purpose of this early scene was obviously to bond us to Helen and Dave...it gives us our first impressions of them. By showing Helen digging up her vegetables, it softens any harsh images we may already have of her in our minds, whilst nthe childhood memory recounting makes us feel close, but also gives us a better understanding of the context that is going on. The scene where Dave is telling his part of the Private Investigator story is a well designed element. It crosses over two main types of video work, Close-shot and Medium-shot. Each serve their purpose, the first two interest us, and the second to disgust us, when placed along side the innocent images of Charlie playing. It is this form of juxtaposition, the conflicting tones presented by either two visual pieces, a visual and an audio, or two audios that are one of the best ways to increase the depth of feeling we recieved from a particular image or line. The scene where Dave, Helen and Keir [their legal advisor] are discussing the difficulties inherent in two civilians attempts to represent themselves in a legal case. Each take different areas of the problem, such as the actions of the judge, the difficulty Helen and Dave would have in proving their claims, etc. The shots are mostly a variety of close-shots, designed to acquaint us in a more personal feel with the defendants. it positions us on their side. The use of negative terms and feelings in regard to McDonalds ['breathing down your neck'], as well as the feeling of pity we have for Helen and Dave in terms of the difficulty of the situation they faced, are emphasised by the shot of Dave working in amongst reams of papers and files, and his use of wording for the impression he got from the judge 'What are these people doing in my Courtroom?

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