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Monday, 8 June 2015
Blog Task 9 
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A. Comprehension of the movie
1. In 250 words or
less, without giving away the conclusion and major spoilers, describe what the
movie “Nightcrawler” is about and what are the themes permeating throughout the
film. Assume that you are telling your friend who hasn’t seen or heard about
the film.
Nightcrawler is an
atmospheric character study that brings us to know Lou Bloom, played by Jake
Gyllenhaal. Lou true sociopath, whose presence in the room makes his rounds of
the skin. All ran someone like this and usually gives them a wide berth. We
meet Lou at his most desperate, living on the fringes of society are looking
for any opportunity. He's smart with encyclopedic memory, he recited back to
those who will listen. Most of them are 101 business books and philosophy of
management and on the basis of his mouth, it makes you shiver. Rene Russo plays Nina, and she is TV news
producer, whose career is winding down, and is willing to cross any border to
keep up. She takes the shine Lu. Although they are very different, they are in
the same moral point of his life - Lou just started there and Nina slipped
there for decades. Her colleagues are shocked by how low it is ready to slide
into using footage captured Lu breaking all the rules of decorum and
journalistic process. This symbiosis, where she thinks she is on top, but in
fact, it is underestimated, and it sucks it dry. Bottom
line is that Jake Gyllenhaal should be considered a real candidate for the Best
Actor Academy Award -- it's as creepy as DeNiro in Taxi Driver.
2. Which part of
the scene from the film left an impression on your group? What did you learn or
discover from this film? Explain in 200 words or less.
We were impressed
by that scene in which Jack selflessly rushed to the house where the family was
killed, he was able to capture all of the evidence and the bandits themselves
without any fear and in the future he find them and punish them. We were impressed
by that scene in which Jack selflessly rushed to the house where the family was
killed, he was able to capture all of the evidence and the bandits themselves
without any fear and in the future he find them and punish them. Another scene
that shocked us was the scene where the main character has seen the murder of
his friend, he can say specifically led to it, but did nothing. The thing that
I learned from this film is, there will never be true friendship if the main
thing that connect it is money. Jacks hero was thief before his successful
"career ", we remember one episode at the beginning of movie when he
brought metal to metal garbage and asked him if he could work in this business,
but the owner said I can't give u job, because you're burglar. The way he
earned his money in our opinion is the worth way, so we learned from this movie
to be who you are and try to earn honest money.
3. Elaborate on
the lessons you’ve gained from watching this film, especially in relations to
the field of journalism, news gathering and news reporting. Explain in 150
words or less.
Easy as it seems,
it is actually quite difficult to gather information
in the news field to make an appealing footage. The task of getting near a crime scene and recording can be tedious and in fact, very dangerous. Dangerous in the sense, the authorities handling the situation will rebel against the news reporters because they can out to be nuisance. Furthermore, in an unfortunate turn of events, the news reporter could be linked to the murder. In conclusion, everything should be done professionally with all the information in proper order.
B. Ethical Implications and reflections of the news
media industry
1. Although the
context of the article is on US news media and US audiences, but it is
applicable to our local news media in general. Which position would you agree
on more- the findings of the 2011 Pew Research poll or the perspective of Lisa
Carol Fremont and Dan Gilroy? Elaborate why you choose that position in 300
words.
Before we
elaborate the position we have chosen, let's take a look at the two
perspectives provided first. According to the findings of the 2011 Pew Research
poll and as stated in chronicle-independent, “Three quarters of the population
said at the time they didn’t feel journalists got their facts straight, while
two thirds said they believed news stories were often inaccurate and three
quarters said they felt journalists covered up their mistakes rather than owned
up to them”. Whereas Lisa Carol Fremont and Dan Gilroy argued that,
“Nightcrawler” isn’t so much a reflection on the news industry as it is on its
audience and its escalating taste for violence”, and “as much as the film
indicts of television news, it also has the American public in its judging
crosshairs”. As a group, we have decided to support Lisa Carol Fremont and Dan
Gilroy in this matter because we deemed the poll to contain inaccurate results
on people’s actual opinion. Society believes what they want to believe and
regardless of how issues are portrayed to the public, they will not steer away
from their own mental representations. For example, “Nightcrawler” is an
excellent depiction of how the media industry has shifted from an objective,
news-delivering platform to one revolving around profit or the race for
attaining the highest ratings. We can assume the public agrees with this by
knowing they have rated the movie 7.9/10 on IMDB. However, even though this
might not be a perfect example, but the thoughts of the public is
comprehensible. Which is, they do believe humans have a natural instinct to
survive by any means necessary and when faced with danger, ethics and moral
codes is a mere echo in their head. In reality, Louis Bloom is an accurate
representation of human complexities.
2. If you were put
in the position of a news producer and was offered exclusive content about a
robbery and a shootout that left 3 police officers dead by an independent
videographer such as Lou Bloom, in return for a fee, what would you have done?
Illustrate your decision using the Potter Box approach.
With the Potter Box provided above, we accept we
would buy the recording. However, we would be cautious about exposing the
content to the public.
3. Do you think Lou is mentally ill or is he just
a product of a violent society, fed by violent imagery from our media?
From our perspective, Lou Bloom is an intelligent
sociopath that comprehends the actions required to achieve goals in life. By
any means necessary, he attains exclusive content and goes to the lengths of
altering crime scenes to create a better recording of the incident. With that
being said, he is definitely not a product of violent societies as the society
itself is in denial of the ongoing violence in real life. In conclusion, it is
blatant that Louis Bloom is not ill, but a motivated and strong driven
sociopath.
Writers & Researchers: Jeff Tan, Dina, Amanda, Iqram
Editor: Joey Hung
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