to suit their purpose and context. Rob Sitch’s Frontline is a satirical examination of current affairs programs and explores the media’s selective dissemination of information to construct the desired truth. Though being disturbingly accurate in their sarcastic attack on the deceit and hypocrisy of the media‚ the producers of Frontline use wit and parody to challenge the reliability of the media and such concepts are explored through a number of film techniques
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self-interests. This is represented by the satirical television series Frontline directed by Rob Sitch et al. Frontline humorously mocks a typical current affairs show and its representation of the truth. In the episodes ‘The Siege’ and ‘Smaller Fish to Fry’‚ Sitch utilises sophisticated techniques to demonstrate how truth is manipulated and concealed. The notion of truth is that it is easily a victim to manipulation. Rob Sitch successfully portrays the manipulation of truth to achieve goals in ‘the Siege’
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Rob Sitch’s The Castle (1997) remains an incredibly popular film that portrayed the ‘Aussie Battler’ family in suburbia. The Castle is the story of a working class family‚ the Kerrigans‚ who live a modest life in Melbourne suburbia. Despite their removal from the central city they love every bit of their simple suburban life‚ including the airport in their backyard. Their life and home is threatened when the government tries to attempt to acquire their house for the expanding Melbourne airport. Suburbia
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brings to the fore. ‘The Castle’ a film‚ directed by Rob Sitch‚ is such a text‚ where the composer creates a ‘distinctly’ Australian voice’ through the examination of such thematic concern as family‚ mateship and the little Aussie battlers. By portraying these ideas‚ the film adopts a unique Australian tone since the Australian culture embodies such sentiments; these sentiments are represented through the composer use of specific features. In viewing the film ‘The Castle’‚ the most central message
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presented in the film directed by Rob Stitch‚ The Castle‚ and a number of related materials. One aspect of the global village which is effectively represented by Sitch in The Castle is the attitude towards the food from diverse cultures which exists in Australia. Kerrigan family is very contented with their rather bland and preservative diet which they share in their family home. Sitch represents this situation by repeatedly filming the dining of Kerrigan family. Sitch focuses on the food menus and
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believing they would add value. Iconic Australian film‚ Title – Castle; home figuratively castle‚ humble household cause humour‚ Genre – humorous‚ comedy‚ satire (mock/ ridicule something)‚ Kerrigans – main family‚ Working class family‚ Low budget film‚ Melbourne setting next to airport – house built on toxic landfill‚ beneath power lines‚ Events told by son Dale Kerrigan p.o.v‚ Australian culture/ identity‚ Made in 1997 Rob Sitch‚ Michael Caton father‚ Stephen Curry son‚ Humour: created by self-image
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Rob Parson The problem with Rob’s promotion is a recurring one‚ especially in professional services firms and it refers to performance evaluation and more broadly to talent management. Should a person that substantially exceeds expectations in certain skills but significantly lacks other skills‚ be promoted by virtue of the fact that the first can somehow off-set the latter? There is no doubt that Rob is a star in his position at Morgan Stanley. Businesswise‚ he has a proven track record and
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you could do anything. When Gene and Patty Dyrdek had their son‚ rob‚ I don’t think they knew just how far he’d go with that. Through skating‚ Rob Dyrdek created safe spot skate spots and his own line of clothing. Rob Dyrdek is a skating pro and has been for over 20 years. He has built himself up out of the ground through hard work and dedication to his sport. When he started‚ skateboarding wasn’t even considered a sport. But Rob was determined to show the world just what skating could be. He
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The attitudes‚ values & beliefs of the Kerrigan family in The Castle‚ represent the central theme of family through the way in which they’re portrayed by the director‚ Rob Sitch. The Castle is a visual text about a battling Australian family living in a low socioeconomic area‚ near an expanding airport. The owner of the airport‚ Air Link‚ wants to grow its business and the Kerrigan family home amongst others is in the way of the development. Daryl Kerrigan‚ his family and friends‚ mount a high profile
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Remembering “Rumblefish” Rob Sheffield is former radio D. J.‚ as well as an editor and columnist for the Rolling Stones magazine. He stumbled upon a mix tape titled Rumblefish with no songs written on it. At first he referred to it as “just another piece of useless junk that Renee left behind” (Sheffield 643). Renee was his wife whom passed away after they were married for only five years. So as he listens through the tape‚ he finds himself re-living and relieving the memory of his life with
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