It's all in the ending

Often times in popular documentaries the end result of the story is slightly changed to better suit the positive image portrayed. I'm not sure if this is a documentary but the movie "Friday night Lights" is about a Texas high school football team that loses their best player to injury after they were favored to win the state championship. In the movie the school Odessa-Permian Panthers make it all the way to state but lose to Dallas Carter. In reality, the team doesn't even make the playoffs and after Booby Miles tears his MCL the season goes down the drain. The real question I'm getting at is does the director have the ability to at his own discretion change the events of the movie. I'm not saying that the entire outcome must be changed but often, to make it more exciting they will make the games closer than in reality. The real question is whether or not this is okay to draw in more audience? Do documentaries have to be strictly on the events of real life or can they be fudged a little?

Doubt and Misdemeanors

I chose to examine and compare the shot of Sister James in the garden from Doubt, and of Judah driving in his car from Crimes and Misdemeanors. Both shots are close and have the characters faces in the middle of the shot and both portray them deep in thought and represent the inner struggle and moral dilemma they both are facing.

            Sister James replays evidence in her head and tries to decide whether or not Father Flynn was abusing Donald. Her facial expression is a perfect example of how an actress does not have to speak for her thoughts to be known. She is looking into the sky with a puzzled look where you can tell that she doesn't want to believe that it is true but simply cannot choose. Over her shoulder is shown a statue of the Virgin Marie but its shadow is also shown as dark to represent the lack of clarity in the situation. James however, represents the positive side of moral ambiguity because she is always very kind and has strong morals, while Judah ignores the consequences to help keep his "happy" life afloat.

         The shot of Judah has background dialogue of him talking to himself, presumably his thoughts about his affair and the idea of her murder. What is so interesting is that the director (Woody Allen) doesn't need to include the dialogue and the same picture is portrayed by the imagery. I actually watched the scene with the sound off and Judah's character has the look of someone who is made sick to their stomach by the issue hanging over them. Judah must decide whether to tell his wife of his affair or to take the path of "having her taken care of." The sheer idea of someone dying as  result of him directly is a struggle of moral values vs. personal gain. His fear is that of he goes through with it he will feel guilty and that ends up being correct. After she is killed, Judah begins to feel extremely anxious and guilty to the point where it affects his well being. These portrayals of moral struggle are probably far larger than any we will have to experience but on a bigger scale, these teach us of the importance and sometimes ignorance of moral values for the better of oneself.

Womens Bias

I bias that is commonly seen is the increased want for male workers over female workers. Many feel that men are more equipped or just better workers than women are. Men tend to be more handy and stronger which make them better for Manuel labor. These are some reasons that people prefer men to women in the workplace. This bias can impact their behavior because it makes them discriminate against women and that is just not acceptable. I seriously do not understand this bias because many women are capable of all of the things that men are capable of.