Posts

Showing posts from October, 2017

The Story of Sandro Rosa do Nascimento

Image
1) Who was Sandro Rosa? Sandro Rosa do Nascimento was a struggling man who took to crime and one day boarded the public bus 174 on June 12th, 2000, in Jardim Botanico, Rio de Janeiro with the intention of robbing the passengers. The situation escalated fast when the bus driver escaped and the vehicle was blocked by a passing by military police car. TV crews, civillians and more officers flocked to the scene as Sandro Rosa took the passengers hostage. He demanded weapons and a new driver. If his demands weren't sated threatened to kill all of the passengers by 6 PM, he however had no intention of doing so. By 6 he faked shooting one of the passengers Janaina Lopes Neves and unsuccessfully attempted to exit the bus at 7. A police officer opened fire on Sandro who in panic accidentally killed the hostage along with the officer who missed his target. The whole event was aired live through the country. Sandro died while being taken to custody by the police.  2)  Why did he do ...

Still Images

Image
In class, we created a few still images from Rio de Janerio. We wanted to showcase the rich and the poor and how living in favelas can affect your daily life. In this one, three of us are begging and one is selling a stolen phone. This shows the life of people in favelas. Everyone is poor and sad with no money and therefore have to beg to survive. Their lives are affected because they live in a poor environment and therefore have to resort to stealing items and selling them which we have also showcased. I think that this unit will help us have a more realistic take on acting and how we can incorporate it in real life Here, We are on yacht and are living the rich life. I am driving the boat with my chin high and everyone is sightseeing and having fun. I feel that they don't really know what is going on outside of their lavish lifestyle. They are oblivious about the poor people and have no idea that there is a favela. They're happy and are subconsciously ignorant about how pe...

Drama assessment

Here is the link to my new file for the drama video https://youtu.be/j0n8WxiclpM