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Video Essay
Video Essay
My intention is to analyze how Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard (1950) presents and depicts the entire process of filmmaking, with a particular interest to how Hollywood is structured. I will also look at Matt Johnson’s The Dirties (2013). These two films are about moviemaking. Billy Wilder looks at the environment that surrounds filmmakers, Hollywood, the lavish life, the expectations, and all the nitty gritty details of the trade. In the video, I argue that filmmaking is not as it seems. To the untrained eye, filmmaking is a fun process, one that involves endless amounts of amusement, entertainment, and freedom. However, using Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard (1950) and Matt Johnson’s The Dirties (2013), I argue that filmmaking is a gruesome process, one that has very dark spaces in between, where despair, regret, and a complete lack of freedom dominate the industry.
To argue my point, I begun by focusing on how Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard (1950) depicts filmmaking including the process and the expectations from the entire industry. In my analysis, I follow up on the story of a washed-up Hollywood star, Norma Desmond, as she battles with her fall from fame. The societal expectations and the film industry demands force her to live in a fantasy world, where she has a complicated relationship with a film writer, leading to the latter’s death. The film sheds a lot of light on the Hollywood scene and the American film industry in general, revealing the truth about the glitz and glamour, and fake lifestyle of those who are major players in it. Norma Desmond is a critical part of the Hollywood star system. She is also a victim. I argue that she sees herself as a great star in line with how the filmmaking process, the film industry, and Hollywood system has made her. As she watches herself both on the screen and from the hundreds of pictures of herself in her disintegrating mansion, she does not realize that she has fallen from stardom, a characteristic feature of the film industry, particularly the Hollywood system of creating and destroying stars.
In a different perspective, I offer an insight into the independent filmmaking industry, as presented by Matt Johnson’s The Dirties (2013). Here, the filmmaker is more independent and not under the limitations or constraints of the film industry. The main characters Matt and Owen document the life of bullies and the revenge plan for two victimized students. While the movie is somewhat dark, it also shows the independence of the film world beyond those constrained by industry standards. Matt sinks into depression and proceeds to cry for help even though nobody notices. He asks embers of the student body about the process for rectifying instances of bullying. There are no avenues for getting help. In the process, the dark side of the filmmaking industry emerge as the bullying persists. The audience is treated to a classic case of making of a culprit from a victim. Matt and Owen’s exposure to bullying hardens them, strengthens their will for revenge, and opens them up to a dark side that they willingly explore. In the filmmaking experience, the daily stresses of writing, editing, and the constant ridicule from their audience get to them. Matt chooses to fight back, despite sinking into a hole of depression. Characteristically, the entire time, Owen has been a part of Matt’s journey without realizing how deteriorated the latter’s mental state has gone, until it is too late.
I think I was able to accomplish what I set out to do. I am satisfied with the way I analyzed the two movies in relation to how they depict filmmaking and how their content is relatable on a general level. However, I felt like I was not able to fully understand the intentions of Matt Johnson in making of The Dirties (2013).
VIDEO CAMERA TECHNOLOGY FOR SECURITY PURPOSES
VIDEO CAMERA TECHNOLOGY FOR SECURITY PURPOSES
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Video Camera Technology for Security Purposes
The use of video recording technology in the police department of late as well as in the security industries has had a positive impact on the maintenance of security in most places. The major or commonly used way of achieving this is through the use of CCTV cameras which can record whatever is happening within the environs of companies and firms which the police or the security companies are given the responsibility to guard. Apart from these cameras can also be attached to cars used for patrol, Tasers, uniform lapels and so many other security devices (Erfani & Tavakkoli, 2018).
Even though this is seen as a very effective manner of recording evidence and making sure that no one escapes with any criminal activity there are many debates around this. One of the major issues raised is that most people feel that the security cameras record even those things which are not harmful and therefore it is an invasion of the privacy of individuals and ceases to be security concerns. Other debates around this are the effectiveness of using video coverage to identify crimes and if these technological tools used in the current age can be problematic keeping in mind their susceptibility to hacking and so on. These discussions make most individuals fail to trust this type of technology when it comes to peace, order, and law enforcement which is the major duty of police officers (Rogers & Scally, 2018).
Therefore technology is a very important aspect of our everyday life and for this type of technology to gain trust from most people, there is a need to look into how it is used as well as make it inaccessible at all by those who may wish to access this technology for malicious use. These include criminal groups which should not be allowed to meddle with the security forces.
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Erfani, S., & Tavakkoli, S. (2018). Law enforcement using modern state-of-the-art technologies. International Journal of Modern Engineering Technologies, 1(1).
Rogers, C., & Scally, E. J. (2018). Police use of technology: insights from the literature. International Journal of Emergency Services.
Video Analysis
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In both videos, it is clear that different rhetoric appeals have been used to facilitate the passing of the intended messages to the viewers. There are also similarities in the message being passed by both clips and there are also a number of differences. These videos are highly inspiring especially to the public. As a result, it is wise to carry out an analysis on both clips in an attempt to develop a general message combined from both the clips. It should also be noted that in both clips, different rhetoric appeals have been used. The following is a comparison and a contrast of the two video clips in an attempt to get the message being passed to be fully understood across the globe.
To begin with, those clips are talking of moments in sports when individuals are down. These are times in which many participants including the spectators at the stands give up and count the game as lost. But both clips encourage us that it is never over until the sport is timed out. To be precise, the first clip talks about the fact that things do not always go as we expect, that sometimes things go differently from our anticipations but it advices that when this happens, we should always find a way through. It further inspires us that when we are held back and not taken seriously, then we will go farther and harder and find a way to prove them wrong, these motivations are similar to those in the second clip which invigorates us into achieving our best by never backing down. The clip heartens us to always be optimistic, in the clip, we are told that even when we are at a time when all seems to be over, we should always find a way to gather strength to keep fighting on.
In addition to never giving up, both clips encourage us to believe in ourselves and possibly in our teammates. We are told in the second clip that even when we are in moments of brokenness and hopelessness, at the time when nobody including ourselves never thought we could make it, during the instances when no one would give us any chances, we still figured out ways to keep going, ways to make it through and come back from what was thought to be impossible, we somehow found the last bits of strength to keep going and it’s out of this little motivations that we managed to achieve every big thing that we had once thought was beyond our accomplishment. We are encouraged to always find a way to return even at times when we seem to have been long forgotten.
Furthermore, both clips inspire us of generally doing greater good for the sake of the whole globe. To point out, the first clip talks of making the world a better place being our responsibility now. This is similar to the second clip which urges and tell us that currently we are fighting for something bigger than a mere win or championship, in other words, it is telling us about improving the world and its conditions from the sports sector, it points out that we are not only competing for ourselves and the rewards, but we are competing for everyone, thus concurring with the first clip.
Despite the similarities named above, there are also differences noted in both clips, occasionally, in the first clip, the spirit of togetherness is strongly emphasized. We can see the group leaders of various teams leading them in chants to psych them up, for individual players, two bodies of different athletes are put together a left and right side put together signifying the bringing together of efforts from different individuals to ensure victory. We are encouraged to work as a team, the video inspires us to always come together even when the encounters are tough, and it is out of these unity that we will find solutions that we act as springboards to put us up again. This is unlike in the second video clip which encourages us to just keep going, it focuses on effort from a single person who has to overcome the odds and pull through a given achievement. A good example is when the athlete falls just close to the finishing line and no one comes to support him and instead has to crawl and pull himself to the finishing line. Therefore the second clip differs with the first as it just motivate us to never be pinned down by ongoing situations and to always find a way through with or without support.
Moreover, the first clip used ethos to enhance its communication and the viewers’ understanding of the message. The characters in the video are identified by the character whose main feature is unity and team work. Ethos entails development an appeal basing on the character of the speaker. This is unlike in the second clip where pathos is used; this is where an appeal is made up basing on emotions. For instance, in the second clip we see individuals who are frustrated and disappointed due to injuries among other reasons. It can be noted that in the second clip, the focus is on individual efforts who give in their best to make sure they achieve their aspirations. This is unlike in the first clip where it is teamwork that seems to bring out unbelievable accomplishments.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA4dDs0T7sMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-t8qPldklc