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    Cited: Fromm‚ Erich. Escape from freedom. New York: Farrar and Rinehart‚ 1941. Print. The reader. Dir. Stephen Daldry. Perf. Kate Winslet‚ Ralph Fiennes‚ and Bruno Ganz. Mirage‚ 2008. Film. Walker‚ Donal B. The Detah Penalthy: Legal Cruelty. USA Today‚ November 1983.

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    face by individuals coming into the world. A Person moving into a new phase of life it can result in growth to a new sense of maturity and development for the specific person. This is evident in the Bildungsroman texts “Billy Elliot” (2000) by Stephen Daldry and “Ranger’s Apprentice: the Ruins of Gorlan” by John Flanagan which is highly effective in showing rewards and challenges faced when overcoming obstacles. The challenges in Billy Elliot spring from both his home world and his secret world of

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    Billy Elliot Traditional ideas about stereotypical gender roles can be challenged or supported with different characters and environments. The visual text Billy Elliot was created in 2000 and directed by Stephen Daldry. The film is about an 11 year old boy (Billy Elliot) who tries to pursue a career in Ballet despite negative stereotyping. Billy must overcome many obstacles in his path including his stereotypical father and brother who are convinced that men cannot do Ballet. Billy Elliot demonstrates

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    Love and friendship plays a major role in everyday life. This is shown particularly well in the film Billy Elliot‚ directed by Stephan Daldry. It is set in Evington in 1984‚ during the miners’ strike. Throughout the film love and friendship is portrayed in a range of different ways as Billy‚ the main character‚ has a different relationship with each of the other characters. The effective use of symbolic and technical film codes and the narrative elements; point of view‚ plot and characterization

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    which an individual learns to overcome. Moving into the world is explored in two texts which are Billy Elliot‚ by Stephan Daldry‚ and Eminem’s song “Lose Yourself”. Change in attitude is one of the themes explored in Billy Elliot which encounters the changes Billy faces as he realises that he wants to change and become less marginalised within the society. Stephan Daldry uses many techniques to incorporate the theme within the text. In the movie‚ when Billy is walking with Debbie‚ the composer

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    that a softer approach has a welcoming effect‚ whilst an aggressive tone creates a barrier to belonging. Tony’s dispute with Miss Wilkinson‚ leads Billy’s mind into a confusion of continuing with dance or staying home and looking after his granny‚ Daldry shows this by Billy trying to break out of brick wall by an unusual choreography and the

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    Billy Elliot The experience of moving into the world can have multiple consequences. This is highly reflected in Steven Daldry’s direction of the film Billy Elliot (2000). The protagonist‚ Billy Elliot and his father Jacky Elliot go through many experiences that consequent in growth and change‚ barriers and obstacles as well as making decisions. The experiences of moving into the world can consequent in growth and change. The jump cut between Billy dancing around the boxing ring and his opponent

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    Love and friendship plays a major role in everyday life. This is shown particularly well in the film Billy Elliot‚ directed by Stephan Daldry. It is set in Everington in 1984‚ during the miners’ strike. Throughout the film love and friendship is portrayed in a range of different ways as Billy‚ the main character‚ has a different relationship with each of the other characters. The effective use of symbolic and technical film codes and the narrative elements; point of view‚ plot and characterization

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    significant experiences that force the individual to step out of their comfort zone and into the new world. Scene 10 in Billy Elliot is a scene that demonstrates the protagonist‚ Billy Elliot‚ confronting his father and family and dancing on the table. Daldry uses close up shots and editing between Billy‚ his family and Mrs Wilkinson‚ his teacher to show the tension between them and to emphasise the panic they are all in as Billy continues to confront his family’s comfort zone. The use of editing shots

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    Jordan Benson C3297422 Choose a case study of one example of a representation of the ’English North ’ in film or literary form. In this assignment‚ I will be looking at how the north is represented in film and literary. For my example‚ I have decided to choose the film ’Billy Elliot ’ to give a modern day representation of the north in the 1980 ’s. The film is based around the life of Billy Elliot‚ an 11 year old boy growing up with his father and brother in northern Britain. The film is bset

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