en to win an Oscar. It was filmed only 3 miles away from Iraq to keep the authenticity of the locations. During filming, three, four or more hand-held super 16mm cameras were used to film scenes in documentary style. Part of the shooting took place during the Muslim month of Ramadan, which is observed by fasting from sunrise to sundown. The expression "the hurt locker" is a preexisting slang term for a situation involving trouble or pain. The film The Hurt Locker relates to is Taken; both main characters do what they enjoy most even if it gets in the way of their family. A thematic thread is peole who crave the adrenaline rush will do anything to obtain it. 
war is. The uniforms and civilian clothes shows the difference of their worlds. While the civilians live there, the soldiers are there to fight and serve their country. The actors were great at conveying their characters. Srgt. James did the best; he seemed liked he was not scared and that he enjoyed what he was doing. The actors were believable; they showed the emotions that soldiers fighting in Iraq would. The setting was very dangerous but Digelow wanted to get the sense of realism of war for this film. The production design is very realistic. It is made up of all the weapons and machinery. Without all the weapons the film would not be realistic.
not seem as fake. The camera angles in this film vary from scene to scene. The cinematographer does a very good job with coverage in this film. The use of close ups show the stress and emotions that are going on inside the characters' minds. The cinematographer uses many different shots in each scene. First they start with an establishing shot that is a long shot then go in closer for dialogue scenes or to show how a character is feeling. There are not many bright colors in this film, they are mostly dark colors that reresent the danger and fear of war. The director uses mostly close ups in this film to get the audience to pay attention to the little details of war rather than the big picture. There are not many long shots in this film because the director wanted to pay attention to the details.
tyle of the editing is quick cuts. The end product of the film was smooth and all the shots transitioned well with each other. There were no cuts or scenes that seemed unrealistic like some Hollywood war movies. An example of manipulation of time and speed in this film is in the beginning of the film. There are about 3 different times they show the explosion of the bomb and the different angles. The length of the cuts varied; some were short, for example the war scenes, and some were long, such as when the characters are depressed. There were no narrative techniques in this film; i think the director chose to have it this way so it emphasizes their life in the war and does not take attention away from what is going on at that time. 
rs' voices when they want to go home. Some foley sounds are the bombs and guns. These were most likely made in a studio. This film is synchronous; we know that when a gun is shot that we are going to then hear the sound of the gun. An example of sound effects is when the first bomb goes off. They isolate the sound of the sand from all the other sounds in the scene for emphasis and they do that for the sound of the car, sound of the bomb exploting and the soldier breathing until the last shot when they then put all the sounds together. 
n be how real soldiers talk in war. Their dialogue is informal but that can be seen as emphasis to how stressful it is to fight in war for the soldiers. The use of humor in this film shows that the soldiers, although they are putting their lives on the line for their country everyday, are just like everyone else and need a good laugh to relieve their stress and frustration. I think that "hurt locker" really means that whether someone likes to fight in war or does not, they are always going to be in pain whether it is physically or mentally. They are putting their lives in danger to not only fight for their lives but their family's and strangers' lives. 
guns, and the people that are killed. This film can also be a dramatic film because of all the depression the soldiers have to go through when they lose a soldier. Also because they have to be away from their friends and families for so long to fight for their country.
from the beginning of the film. War is James' drug; James has a talk with his son, although his son cannot understand and is telling him that the only thing he loves is war. Life at home is too boring for him and does not have any excitement like war does. 
ow something so small in life can scare and affect women's relationships. The three women in this documentary cannot have sex because of a physical condition. These 3 women cannot control their pelvic muscules so it hurts them to have intercourse. This affects their everyday lives because it causes them anxiety whether their boyfriends are going to leave them because of this condition or if they can even have a normal, intimate relationship. It also causes them stress in their relationships because Tali's boyfriend is getting tired and fed up because of this conditi
on and that causes them to have relationship problems, that most likely led to their break up. Tamra was able to find a way to stop her pelvic pain and is not going to try to date until she can control her pain after surgery. Tess and her boyfriend worked together to try to fix this condition and her boyfriend is working with her and being understanding, which she is happy for because she does not think any other guy would put up with it. 
The editing brought the audience in and is what made the audience pay attention. The editing style was not boring; it was very interesting because it went from one girl to another then went back to the first girl. This style did not divide the documentary up by girl but rather time in their lives. It showed all their struggles at one time then their success at one time. It also was interesting because you were able to see the different points of views of the women and p
eople in their life. Although the women in this documentary are going through the same thing the effects of it are different. One girl is alone trying to find a relationship, another girl is struggling with her boyfriend and their relationship, and the other girl is able to be open with her boyfriend and he is supportive of her. The sound design was calm. It did not distract the audience from the documentary and was very subtle.
The film Baraka had nice shots but it is not the type of movie I would watch on my own time. There was a little amount of dialogue, which is not the type of movies I enjoy to watch. What I did like about the film was the use of coverage and the different locations they shot this movie on. The shots were beautiful which is what kept the audience into the film. It allowed the audience to focus on the locations and shots rather than what is going on in the film. It also allows the audience to take a second and appreciate what we have in nature. I think this film is titled Baraka, meaning breath in Islam, because the shots in the film make the audience take a second and just breathe. I think that this film expresses a critique of the modern world because in a part of the film it shows city life and how busy and fast things are but in the parts in the nature the shots are slowed down to show how people there appreciate the world and what is happening around them. The people of the modern world do not take a second to
stop to see what is around them since they are so busy. The message I get from the film is to stop and take a breathe and look around to see what is happening around you. Also the message I get from this film is to appreciate nature and take a second out of your day to notice what you would not notice if you were rushing to do an errand. The absense of voice and text in the film Baraka emphasized to the audience to just notice what is going on around you rather than paying attention to the story line. The absence of dia
logue in this film is important because it forces the audience to pay attention to the shots rather than just listening to what the characters are saying. Some possible interpretations of the monk could be that the monk represents purity whereas the cigarette factory represents contamination. The film suggests that religion and spirituality are the way to life. The kind of social statement the film Baraka maked with the people on the refuse heap and the images of the poor is that not all of today's society is equal based on how different people run things. We watched the film Baraka to teach us that a movie can be successful without dialogue and that messages can be conveyed without the characters talking. This film does make me want to travel; it shows all the beautiful nature thatt people would not notice if they do not take time out of their day to slow down and see what is happening around them.
