https://padlet.com/samgleave11/pfnro762y533 student professor green definition en-us 2016-10-18 13:01:43 UTC 2025-12-07 12:02:26 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rafaelo.png samgleave11 https://padlet.com/samgleave11/pfnro762y533/wish/131444931 Social action means the process of taking action against problematic parts of our society and taking steps to change things that contribute to these problems. Different formats can be used to take action against social problems including different forms of media such as documentaries, music and movies. It can be used to present the people of the public with new ideas so we as a people can avoid these issues in the future and become better as a society. ]]> 2016-10-18 13:03:44 UTC https://padlet.com/samgleave11/pfnro762y533/wish/131444931 samgleave11 https://padlet.com/samgleave11/pfnro762y533/wish/131450234 Starts with an intertile. First shot gives information to grab attention. Goes against convention of a typical documentary which would perhaps use an establishing shot. The sound added on top is the sound of an emergency recovery scene, using the sounds of a defibrillator and the sounds of discussion from someone in a media profession. Then we see an extreme close up of a patient being rushed into an emergency scene using a high shot and very high key lighting. The first scene isn’t relevant to the main in interview. It then cuts to a bold, white intertile once again. It cuts between the person being recovered and the intertile showing information constantly, we then get a black scene saying ‘Melissa’s story’ to prepare us for the main interview of the social action piece. It then shows a talking head of who we assume is Melissa, with the background showing her talking space. It has a cutaway of a recreation of the night in discussion, when the cutaways show Melissa’s voice is never interrupted. Another cutaway shows of the two friends looking drunk coming out of the pub. It then has a cutaway of an extreme close up of Melissa calling the taxi service. It has a cutaway of Melissa looking into the distance, using an extreme close up of her eyes. Cuts away to the relevant information to what Melissa is talking about, the two friends driving home. Cuts away to footage in the car of the friends arguing once again. Makes use of archive footage to a car crash scene in black and white, to make the scene feel more dark and bleak. It shows another intertitle telling the aftermath of the story with a music bed of ambulance sirens. It then has cutaways of Melissa with her daughter playing with a voiceover from Melissa discussing how her life has changed. The first third of the piece avoids conventional documentary pieces, by not showing establishing shots and conventional openings which would perhaps open with the typical background shots. The next to thirds feature recreations of the story Melissa is telling to the audience and makes use of talking head and talking space to convey her message without distraction, cutting between the recreations and her personal story with her talking head. The music bed is non-existant as the producers perhaps want to convey the ultra serious nature of the topic discussed and don't want to undermine the cynical message of it all, as it would fall flat and seem slightly patronising to have any sort of upbeat music and would also be condescending if they had used dark and sad music as the issue is very real and can happen to anyone, and although it is very sad, things like that happen everyday and shouldn't be seen as a huge drama. The purpose of the piece is to highlight how common situations such as this are and that they can easily be avoided, it is perhaps best shown with the progression of tension used in the recreation, at a certain point it seems as if the girls will be fine and are laughing and joking just as they usually would and then the tension eventually builds up into the disaster that inspired this piece. It is very well done and effective due to the low lighting, sound and good acting in the scene, these three combined give it a lot of authenticity and contribute to the overall arc of the piece, giving it a lasting impact that makes the event seem very real. It had a real impact on me as it gives you a perspective and a deeper exposition into what could happen in situations such as Melissa's through giving us a third person perspective on the matter and on how very easily it can be avoided. Overall the piece is very well made and especially well edited when it comes to the use of the quick cuts between the recreation and the archive footage that depicts the aftermath of the disaster, and it gives us as viewers a deeper view into what is a very avoidable, yet still very common and fatal accident.]]> 2016-10-18 13:15:26 UTC https://padlet.com/samgleave11/pfnro762y533/wish/131450234 samgleave11 https://padlet.com/samgleave11/pfnro762y533/wish/131451512 2016-10-18 13:18:18 UTC https://padlet.com/samgleave11/pfnro762y533/wish/131451512 samgleave11 https://padlet.com/samgleave11/pfnro762y533/wish/136076692 The documentary starts with footage of phone video footage showing an example of casual racism amongst us in Britain, above all else this is a very effective opening to the documentary as it gives us an inside look as to what goes on in Britain when it comes to racism. This particular bit of footage is taken on a bus or train or some sort of transportation, and it especially hit home as the audience may have been the victim or offender or just have witnessed this type of racism before in the past and would have done the exact same thing as the other witnesses. It goes on to show multiple clips of found-archive footage to give further exposition into the extent of the racism that takes place daily in Britain. It perhaps highlights that lower class citizens maybe more commonly racist rather than higher as something that stood out to me was that all of these clips take place on public transport of some sort with no exception. After the archive clips we see some establishing shots depicting suburbia and middle class Britain. It goes on to show even more examples of racism using archive footage once again, this time showing riots happening in London calling out Islamic people calling them terrorists and extremists, this has perhaps been used to show the more extreme side of racism and to mirror what the other archive clips show, which is perhaps considered slightly less degrading to the victim however it shows us what causal racism can manifest into, making the viewer question perhaps what side of racism is more ugly. We then have a talking head of the presenter telling us that she is waiting outside a pub to talk to some of the local pub-goers, this is a very good method of research as pubs possibly represent the middle class and working class of Britain, and considering they are the highest % of the population, we can be able to get an indication of what the verdict would be on the question asked in the title of the documentary. There is a very quiet and cooling music bed playing throughout the intro to the documentary but it is so low-key that it does not distract from the educational and serious nature of the documentary. The presenter then goes on to interview a woman at the pub who has her face covered with a bandana, the pub is seemingly holding a rally celebrating the 'EDL' (English Defence League) ad the woman claims that she is covering her face to counter the 'stigma' attached to supporters of the EDL, saying that they get called racist for being supporters, this looks like it confuses the presenter and she questions the stigma, possibly to highlight that no racist person ever considers themselves a racist and always believes to be in the right and then the interviewee goes on to explain that her parents are immigrants. It then shows a talking space with the presenter explaining that everyone at this rally claims not to be racist, however upon showing what the rally is like and the racist chanting, the presenter says that 'Anyone who isn't white would feel really uncomfortable here'. This whole sequence is very well done with the use of talking space, interviews and exposition all flow well together to give a really impactful message which I interpreted as showing that no single racist person ever believes they are racist and the people at this rally especially believe they are segregated themselves like they are the victim. The interviewee wearing the bandana had an impact especially as it shows that in more racist areas in particular children of immigrants may be bullied into being racist themselves without believing it to be racist and thinking that it is just the culture of the country. The sequence continues by showing the rally leader denounce Islam as a 'disease' and chanting 'This is our England'. This part of the clip shows just how juvenile the rally is, depicting middle aged working class people chanting racist slurs and curse words as if it is the right thing to do is quite shocking on the viewer and it definitely had an impact on me as you can see in these peoples faces that they genuinely believe that what they are doing is correct and acceptable, and to quickly go from someone being interviewed claiming they aren't a racist to this kind of rally and hate speech is quite unsettling, I believe this is intentional from the producers to cut these two clips together as it can impact the viewer who may see themselves as the interviewee and share the same views on their status and whether they think they are racist or not and make them consider what actually makes a racist person, and that it could be something as simple as following the crowd and participating in these kinds of rally's. Having analysed the first five minutes and interview of the documentary I can safely say that the purpose of this documentary is to make people question how they act towards people of different race and beliefs and whether they see more of themselves in the rally goers or the presenter, and what they can do to better themselves by avoiding being a part of groups such as the 'EDL'. The impact it has is quite a large one too, as i see things displayed in this documentary happen everyday, especially at the start of the video when it shows the mobile clips from public transport which really puts into perspective as I'm sure the offenders were probably someones mother or father and that they would all be ashamed of them if they saw this film.
https://youtu.be/oIumpEePL_M?t=1s - I believe this clip which is from the start to around 5 minutes in really exemplifies the quality and impact of this documentary, and it is appropriate for me to analyse as it shows what the documentary is all about and shows the overall message of the film through the different techniques used. ]]> 2016-11-08 13:32:58 UTC https://padlet.com/samgleave11/pfnro762y533/wish/136076692 samgleave11 https://padlet.com/samgleave11/pfnro762y533/wish/136107050 This social action piece is a little more hard hitting than the rest of the other pieces as it discusses mental health and sets out to highlight how poor mentality can lead to suicide and the impact that can have on the people around them. From 5 minutes and 38 seconds into the piece we have some establishing shots of Professor Green's home, an estate in Tottenham. This can really help the audience identify with the topic at hand as for example I know many people to have grown up on an estate in council houses, in fact around 80% of my friends were born and raised in council houses and many have also gone on to live there. We then have a talking space of Pro Green and a voiceover giving us some exposition ad background as to what it was like to live and grow up there, it is nice to have a personal anecdote as it shows the presenter is knowledgable. We then have some still images showing personal family photo's from Greens childhood which is nice to see as it gives the film a degree of authenticity. The music bed featured is very light and delicate harp sounds which gives us an idea of the subjects at hand as it would be undermining having a obnoxious guitar and may be condescending to have a sort of sad piano ballad. Green then introduces his 'rock who raised him', Nanny Pat. It then goes on to an expert interview with Nanny Pat discussing the behaviour of Green's father, who is the topic of the documentary as his mental health issues led to his eventual suicide. At first we have some banter from the presenter and the interviewee, showing the audience that quite obviously they have a paternal relationship. The behaviour that Nanny Pat described that Green's father exhibited can be impactful as she describes him as 'shy and timid', which many people can relate as in many cases suicide and mental issues are usually acted out by the people you least expect. It also serves as a warning to that these issues can affect anyone and no one ever knows what people are dealing with in their head. It is also said that Green's parents were both too young to be having children at the time of his birth and this eventually led to their extinguished relationship, this is also a very personal issue as a lot of us will know people who have had teenage pregnancy and now the resulting child is either being raised by a single parent or a caregiver or a foster carer. It inadvertently brings up another issue which is teenage pregnancy and what that can eventually lead to with the parents and the children, abandonment issues and other related mental illnesses. After the interview it goes on to show some more talking heads from Green discussing that it is very difficult to talk about these topics with those close to him and that he and his Nanny Pat had never discussed it before. We then see more establishing shots and still images with Green discussing that he must talk to those closest to his Dad, and goes to a local pub in Tottenham to interview his Dads best friend. We see more and more still images from Green's childhood which is a constant throughout the film and it depicts how normal life can seem for the sufferers of suicidal impulses. The interview ensues with Green asking Ken whether his Dad shown any signs of suicidal impulses, Ken says that he didn't and would perhaps have too much pride to show these urges which really highlights the stigma attached to the victims of this disease, especially in the case of males as they may feel that their urges are foreign and that it is not the responsible thing to show this kind of weakness even if it can be detrimental in the long term. The topics discussed highlight that male suicide is very common but very hard to see coming and that it should not be treated with a stigma and people should be more understandable towards it. Overall I believe that the purpose of the film is very important as it puts the spotlight on something that should be handled with more care and understanding, as having known people in their middle age who have committed suicide I can say that the way that they are talked about is very similar to what I have personally seen myself and that with a little more care it could have been avoided. I believe that this piece is the most important as it is an especially common issue amongst the middle class. The piece had a very big impact and should sting a lot of males who don't deal with their emotions and feelings in an appropriate manner and I believe that this film can be instrumental in helping a lot of suicidal people come to terms with their issues and seek help rather than let things manifest as it ca hurt people around them in the long term.
https://youtu.be/9E1saYc09Q0?t=5m38s - from here to around 14 minutes into the clip we can get a grasp on what the topic and content of the film is and the emotion displayed throughout. We also get great examples of what techniques are used and how they are used to have more of an impact on us.]]> 2016-11-08 14:54:12 UTC https://padlet.com/samgleave11/pfnro762y533/wish/136107050