Waltzing Matilda There was once a young man who lived a free life of a rover. He traveled all around Australia and he lived free until 1915 when he was called up for the WW1. He and the other young soldiers left their home to sail to Gallipoli‚ a peninsula in Turkey. All the peoples came to the quay to bid farewell to the young and healthy boys that were going to fight for their country. When they arrived to what they called Suvla bay‚ the Turks where already there and had advantage. They Turks
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Matilda Directed by Danny DeVito Matilda is a family comedy which takes place somewhere in the USA during the nineties. Matilda is a brilliant girl neglected by her stupid‚ self-involved parents. Ignored at home‚ Matilda takes interest in reading and she develops telekinetic powers. Eventually‚ her insensitive parents send her to a school run by the cruel Miss Trunchbull. Matilda befriends her schoolteacher‚ Miss Honey. She soon realizes Matilda’s talents‚ but is later amazed to see the
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of the plot of the film in your own words Matilda is a very smart and brilliant little girl who by the age three has read everything in the house and wants nothing more than a book. So she starts going to the library and increasing her brainpower. Meanwhile at home‚ her parents are horrible and don’t pay her any attention. Matilda’s father is a crooked used car salesman‚ who meets Agatha Trunchbull‚ a headmistress of a local school‚ and he enrolls Matilda in school there. But the Trunchbull is a horrible
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Matilda Matilda is an intelligent young girl who lives in a lovely house in an ordinary neighbourhood but a not so nice family. First there’s her brother who is constantly calling Matilda a dip face and wasting his sweets by continuously throwing them at Matilda. Then there’s her self-obsessed mother who is always seen smothered in make-up and in a pose to try and make her look good. Finally her father‚ her father is a selfish low-life cheapskate. He works in a second-hand car shop and most of
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ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA MRS. PHELPS It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine‚ they still think that he or she is wonderful. Some parents go further. They become so blinded by adoration they manage to convince themselves their child has qualities of genius. Well‚ there is nothing very wrong with all this. It’s the way of the world. It s only when the parents begin telling us about the brilliance
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Matilda (film) Title- “matilda” Type of text Film Composer- Danny DeVito Audience families‚ little children Source- directed in 1996‚ based on the book written by Roald dahl Context- A young girl‚ Matilda‚ who unfortunately was raised into a family that treat Matilda like a stranger rather than their daughter. Purpose- entertain inform Key elements- Dialogue‚ narrative structure with an orientation‚ complication and resolution cinematic techniques‚ e.g.
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MATILDA Michael Skourtis The film Matilda is a clear representation of the concept of belonging‚ the ideas that are conveyed in the film are relevant to belonging by how they are displayed. The ideas of belonging in Matilda are that Matilda doesn’t belong in her family; Matilda finds a sense of familial belonging with Miss Honey‚ Matilda finds a sense of familial belonging but with classmates and that the catalyst for belonging is the personality of Ms Trunchbull‚ it creates a sense of unity
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Paterson near Orange‚ New South Wales‚ Australia in 1864‚ Paterson was a lawyer‚ journalist and poet‚ best known as the author of Waltzing Matilda‚ and a number of distinctively Australian pieces that would be at least familiar to most Australians. He died in 1941. For more information on Banjo Paterson‚ please go to our 90 minute documentary of the History of Waltzing Matilda which is included in our Documentaries and Video Footage Topic area. Listed below are the 17 different Banjo Paterson poems
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Essay question: what techniques does the director‚ Danny DeVito‚ use in the film Matilda to illustrate the character‚ Agatha Trunchbull‚ as evil and malicious (mean)? The film ‘Matilda’ directed by Danny DeVito released in 1996‚ is a film in which the principal‚ Ms Trunchbull‚ is depicted as an evil and malicious person through her intimidating appearance‚ unpleasant personality‚ the suspenseful lighting and lastly the unflattering camera angles. To begin with‚ Ms Trunchbull’s intimidating appearance
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Reaction Paper on “Matilda” “If you’re not having fun‚ you’re not learning”‚ this quote is taken form the movie “Matilda”. This is very meaningful to me because it is placed in the classroom of Miss Honey and it contradicts the school’s ambience of not being a conducive place (or even a fun place) learn. This of course is reinforced with the meanest principal on Earth‚ Miss Trunchbull‚ who is in fact hates children. I do agree with the quote because if you’re not having fun with what you are doing
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