This film tells the story of a married couple who decide to adopt a child to strengthen their relationship. They choose a 9-year-old Russian girl named Esther. However, Kate begins to feel Esther is manipulative and disturbed. Kate discovers Esther is not who she claims to be and is actually an old woman with a condition making her appear childlike. Esther tries to seduce the father and fails, so the mother drowns her in a lake, resolving the problem.
This is our final film idea which is a mystery thriller about a girl and her friends who investigate her relation to a girl murdered in the 1800's for witchcraft.
Marton Lendvay - Aberystwyth University
http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/iges/staff/phd/mal59/
Researchers have applied a wide range of approaches and methods for analysing ‘rural community resilience’ but there remain gaps in handling the concept, especially when used simultaneously with other conflicting notions such as social capital or post-socialism. Works in the field often fail to deploy theoretical frameworks and thus findings remain descriptive and uncritical. This paper explores how the concept of ‘rural community resilience’ may be conceptualised based on empirical research undertaken in Hungary and Wales. The aim of the paper is to introduce how the research developed from setting the starting research questions to some initial findings of the empirical research carried out searching for different forms of rationality and adaptation strategies with agricultural communities in two case-studies. By discussing experiences with a watermelon producing community of South-East Hungary and the hilltop farming community of the Cambrian Mountains in Wales the paper presents possible ways of interpreting findings by developing a grounded theory of the empirical research through the lens of actor-networks, governmentality and discourse analysis
Nigel Curry's presentation at the CCRI seminar Series of 16 January 2014 looking at Innovation and the source of previous knowledges and practices as a basis for this, including results from ESRC funded Grey and Pleasant Land project and EU FP7 funded SOLINSA project.
GARDENING CYBERSPACE - hybrid
spaces and social media in the creation of
food citizenship in the Bristol city region.
Matt will be presenting this at the ESRS Conference in Florence http://www.florenceesrs2013.com/
This is our final film idea which is a mystery thriller about a girl and her friends who investigate her relation to a girl murdered in the 1800's for witchcraft.
Marton Lendvay - Aberystwyth University
http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/iges/staff/phd/mal59/
Researchers have applied a wide range of approaches and methods for analysing ‘rural community resilience’ but there remain gaps in handling the concept, especially when used simultaneously with other conflicting notions such as social capital or post-socialism. Works in the field often fail to deploy theoretical frameworks and thus findings remain descriptive and uncritical. This paper explores how the concept of ‘rural community resilience’ may be conceptualised based on empirical research undertaken in Hungary and Wales. The aim of the paper is to introduce how the research developed from setting the starting research questions to some initial findings of the empirical research carried out searching for different forms of rationality and adaptation strategies with agricultural communities in two case-studies. By discussing experiences with a watermelon producing community of South-East Hungary and the hilltop farming community of the Cambrian Mountains in Wales the paper presents possible ways of interpreting findings by developing a grounded theory of the empirical research through the lens of actor-networks, governmentality and discourse analysis
Nigel Curry's presentation at the CCRI seminar Series of 16 January 2014 looking at Innovation and the source of previous knowledges and practices as a basis for this, including results from ESRC funded Grey and Pleasant Land project and EU FP7 funded SOLINSA project.
GARDENING CYBERSPACE - hybrid
spaces and social media in the creation of
food citizenship in the Bristol city region.
Matt will be presenting this at the ESRS Conference in Florence http://www.florenceesrs2013.com/
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This study focuses on exploring the relationship between experience of climate change (flooding) and response to climate change amongst farmers in Gloucestershire. Findings from a postal survey with farmers, and follow up interviews are discussed and conclusions offered.
Presentation given by Rhiannon Naylor, Damian Maye, Alice Hamilton-Webb and Ruth Little at the recent European Society for Rural Sociology Congress - 'Places of Possibility? Rural Societies in a Neoliberal World' in Aberdeen.
This presentation will present a summary of my PhD research to date, along with the conceptual and methodological framework. The aim of the research is to explore the monetary and non-monetary value of sustainable drainage systems (SuDs), including social shared values. It will look to clarify the influence of the valuation process and the social-ecological system, on the values of ecosystem services associated with SuDs, as an example of a natural flood management technique.
The concept of ‘therapeutic landscapes’ has been used as a way to critically understand how health and wellbeing are related to place.This paper offers a critical understanding of the role of non-human animals as agents in co-creating the therapeutic landscapes of rural care farms.
Chris Short (CCRI) and Jenny Phelps (Gloucestershire FWAG) discuss their findings and experiences from work on developing an integrated approach to environmental outcomes - Integrated Local Delivery (ILD).
By Matt Reed and Dan Keech
Presentation at Critical Foodscapes conference
Warwick University 7th July 2016
Matt Reed & Dan Keech, CCRI, University of Gloucestershire
Dan Keech's presentation at a meeting of the Bath and North East Somerset Local Food Partnership. This is the multi-stakeholder network which oversees the implementation of the council's Local Food Strategy. The strategy combines work on public health, food and agriculture sector development and the environmental footprint of the food chain. More information about Dan can be found at: http://www.ccri.ac.uk/keech/
In recent years researchers have displayed an interest in understanding the rural dynamics in other regions of the world which are also being affected by global processes in different ways and the sum result is great global spatial diversity.
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The movie Once and Covered Bridges are an extract from the love and lost love. It depicts the urge to get the lost love back said very well that one cannot overcome his first love. So, in literature there is a great importance for love and romance. The topic I choose is the Lost love. These words would better explain the topic; Comment by Nocton, Amy: Once should be either underlined or italicized and "Covered Bridges" should be in quotes. Comment by Nocton, Amy: This sentence is syntactically awkward.
“You can love someone so much...But you can never love people as much as you can miss them.” Comment by Nocton, Amy: Beatuiful quote.
Anonymous
The story Covered Bridge has been discussing the life of a divorced lady who want to get a partner who would support her, and the man also needs a partner. Similarly, in the movie, there is a married lady who had a daughter and she had to take care of her daughter. She had to do odd jobs so that she can support the family. The girls meet the buy who was a guitarist and the girl had a great command over playing piano (Thomas, Paul Lee. Reading, Learning, Teaching Barbara Kingsolver. Vol. 1). Their common interest brought them together and they fell in love with each other. Comment by Nocton, Amy: "Covered Bridges"
No, this is not at all the plot of the story. Comment by Nocton, Amy: This is in the wrong location.
The boy wanted the girl to stay with him, talk to him for hours but she had to work so as to earn. Every time she said that she had responsibilities and so cannot spend time with him. They both started singing songs together, which was a great hit. Their voices were supporting each other, and the combo was great. The whole movie was based on love, the closeness and the feelings of being close to each other far away due to the social pressures. The man was handsome, and the girl loved but she was so attached to her daughter and her family and the boy was attached to behind first love that they both had to part ways. The sad moment was that when the big come to say farewell to her, she was at work and could not be reached. The boy sends her piano as a farewell gift which she loves to play (Pikulski, John J., and David J. Chard. 510-519.).). This was a sad end to the most beautifully adorned live story but as they say that Comment by Nocton, Amy: Why are you citing this here if this is only plot summarization?
“It is not necessary that you will always get your love, if you find a perfect person, the world will not let the two unite”
Anonymous
This is what happened in the movie, while in the story Covered Bridges, the man and the woman they fall in love with each other and they decide to get married. It was a very loving and romantic story where the things were just perfect. But a twist that came in the end was that the couple decided not to bear the baby as it will be a hurdle between the two and they won't be able to give the same attention to each other (Spillers, Hortense 2.
2. Orphan
Summary of film
Kate and John Coleman are rebuilding their troubled marriage.
Kate has a drinking problem, but is in therapy and is doing well.
She has been sober for one year. The couple decides to
adopt a child
They decide to adopt a nine-year-old Russian girl, Esther.
They immediately fall in love with her.
Kate begins to feel that Esther is manipulative and
possibly even psychologically disturbed
Kate delves further into Esther's past and discovers she
is not at all who she pretends to be
Esther is in fact an old women with a syndrome that makes
her appear look like a child
She tries to seduce the father, and fails. The mother
then drowns her in a lake.
3. A)Has the institution created a text with a conventional narrative structure?
Beginning
Yes this film has a linear structure as the film begins quite cheerful. A married
couple want to adopt a child.
Middle
During the middle of the film there is a problem, as they find out the young girl
they adopted is not who she said she was.
End
The end this is then resolved as the mother kills the adopted child and therefore
leaves the audience feeling satisfied
Most films consist of this type of structure and therefore this film has a
conventional narrative structure
This Film narrative is explicit as it is clear and easy to follow. Most people are
used to and fond of this type of narrative.
4. Beginning act1
The Film begins cheerful…
Kate and john are Esther catches the Kate and John Esther is placed
on their way to couples attention. adopt Esther and into a new school,
the She seems very show her around and is introduced
orphanage, where friendly and is her new home. to her class mates.
they wish to amazing at art.
adopt.
5. Middle Act2
Then problems start to occur….
Esther Starts acting Esther encourages Esther sets a tree Esther aggressively
bizarre, and stares her adopted sister, house on fire pushes a little girl
intensely at her Maxine to help her purposely, when from the top of the
adopted sister kill a the lady who her adopted slide.
while she is works in the brother, Daniel was
sleeping orphanage. inside.
6. End Act 3
Finally the problem is resolved.
Esther reveals Esther attempts to Adopted mother Esther drowns in
who she really is, seductively seduce kicks Esther into the freezing lake.
a mature woman her adopted the lake and
inside the body father breaks her neck.
of a young girl.
7. Why have the film makers done this?
1) To ensure the film reaches target
audience
2) The film will definitely make money
as the audience will want to see it
3) Certain that it will entertain and
satisfy the audience
8. What impact does this have on the audience?
Positive Negative
The audience are familiar with the Becomes to predictable
conventional structure
The will enjoy the conventions as this is Can get quite boring, as the film fails to
what they are used to surprise
It is certain that the audience will be Discourages social interaction
entertained
Audience are satisfied with the Hinders creative opinions
outcome of film
9. What audience expectations have they established or challenged by using this
structure ?
They have established the conventional idea of a the story line having a:
• pleasant beginning
• A Dilemma in the middle
• A resolution at the end
This is the audiences general expectation of how the structure of a film should be like .
This structure is very typical of Similarities to orphan:
the horror genre and conforms
to audiences expectations
because:
Everything is fine in the beginning I.e. couple Everything is fine, couple are looking to
are just married. adopt.
In the middle, everything starts to fall apart Esther has obsession with her adopted
i.e. Evil man has obsession with woman, and father, when this fails she tries to harm the
tries to harm them both family.
At the end there is a battle between good There is fight between Esther and her
and evil and good usually wins. adopted mother. The mother wins and good
beats evil.
Therefore the film ‘Orphan’ has established the audiences expectations of the horror genre