Tony Zhou and Taylor Ramos examine Joel and Ethan Coen’s masterful use of the shot/reverse shot. To wit:
How do you film a conversation? Most likely, you’re going to block the actors, set up the camera, and do shot/reverse shot. But where do you put the camera? What lens do you use? And how do you cut back and forth? Today, I consider the Coen brothers — Joel & Ethan — and see how these choices lend a particular feel to their version of shot/reverse shot.
Yesterday’s Sunday Independent
PF writes:
Saw the attached in yesterday’s papers. Perhaps the same products that the company, who dealt with a huge lawsuit in the States recently, makes, are on Irish shelves?!
Anyone?
Johnson & Johnson to pay $72m in case linking baby powder to ovarian cancer (The Guardian)
54-55 Mountjoy Street, Dublin 7 last Friday
You may recall how 13 families were due to be evicted from their emergency accommodation on 54-55 Mountjoy Street, Dublin 7, last Friday, the day of the election.
Further to this…
Dublin Central Housing Action writes:
Dubin City Council (DCC) have failed to meet [the families’] demands and are refusing to enter into talks with them. In response to this they have, thus far, resisted the eviction and appear to be staying put. They have garnered a significant amount of support from the local community and further afield.
No suitable accommodation has been arranged by DCC. The families state that the temporary accommodation being offered is unsuitable as they offer no security, have no provisions for young children and disrupt their place on the housing list.
The stated reason for the eviction was an increase in the property’s rent, which DCC would be unable to supply. As the residents are in emergency accommodation, they do not receive protection under the tenants’ rights law. The residents became homeless for a variety of reasons, including landlords increasing the rents and rent allowances remaining stagnant.
Their demands are:
1) We are are allowed to stay in 54-55 Mountjoy or are properly and securely housed with full tenants rights in alternative accommodation, suitable for children.
2) That DCC and management go into talks with us collectively as a campaign.
3) All people are granted adequate and protected housing rights, tenancy protection and the safety of a home.
Previously: Squeezed Out Of The Market
Sam Boal/Rollingnews
By Rory Bradley, who sez…
It’s probably a bit too long and pretentious but sure this is it…
Music: Forgive – Burial
An ultra high definition tour of the stunning Zion National Park in Utah by the More Than Just Parks project.
By Stephen Cummins who writes;
A self initiated illustration to try out my new 53 pencil and Adobe’s Draw app. Exported the illustration to Illustrator to create the finished infographic….
French riot police and refugees at the ‘jungle’ camp in Calais, France this morning
You may recall reports from Saturday about how nine refugees had been found in a truck in Wexford.
It’s since been reported they are Kurdish men, and that eight of the men are now seeking asylum in Ireland, while the ninth man has been “detained for immigration offences”.
This morning officials started to dismantle sections of the refugee camp in Calais, France.
Further to this…
The Immigrant Council of Ireland writes:
The discovery of refugees in a container [in Wexford] from France is the direct result of the EU’s failure to honour commitments on resettlement and funding in response to the crisis.
Those involved have come through an ordeal and must be provided with every possible support – including medical aid, access to swift immigration procedures and legal representation.
Brian Killoran, Chief Executive of the Immigrant Council says: “While the arrival of refugees in containers in Ireland is unusual it is not unprecedented and it again highlights the fact that EU Government’s including our own have not honoured their commitments to offer protection, help and support to those fleeing war and conflict.
“The first priority now is to ensure that those found are treated with humanity. Any request they make to restart their lives in Ireland must be swiftly processed through fair and transparent immigration procedures.
“The next Government must immediately honour the promises already made by restarting the lifesaving operation by the navy on the high seas, end the unacceptable delay in Ireland offering shelter to men, women and children fleeing for their lives and implement policies to ensure proper integration of those arriving here.”
Meanwhile, in Dimitrovgrad, Serbia, near the Bulgarian border…
Andrew Connolly reports:
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimates that just under 30,000 refugees entered Bulgaria in 2015, a seemingly small percentage of the total arrivals in Europe, which passed the million mark.
Yet no other EU state has seen anywhere near a comparable number of allegations of violence committed against refugees. In a continent increasingly torn by how to deal with the ceaseless arrival of people fleeing the world’s worst conflicts, Bulgaria’s tough approach is silently tolerated, if not publicly endorsed.
In December 2015, British Prime Minister David Cameron met with his Bulgarian counterpart (and former bodyguard to Communist dictator Todor Zhivkov), posed for photos at Bulgaria’s fence with Turkey and praised the border regime for doing “vital work” for Britain in stemming the flow of refugees.
…In March 2015, the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee reported that two Iraqi Yazidis fleeing ISIL and whose legs were reportedly broken by Bulgarian police were brought back to Turkey by friends and, unable to move, eventually froze to death in a remote village.
Refugees in container a result of Europe’s failures (Immigrant Council of Ireland)
Letter from Dimitrovgrad: Europe’s most hostile port of entry (Andrew Connolly, Politico)
France begins clearing part of Calais migrant camp (Reuters)
Previously: Found In A Truck
Pics: MSF
Screen grab from the Oireachtas’ Dáil dissolution guidelines
Karlj writes:
Members retiring or not returned to the 32nd Dáil may retain their iPads. More stuff.
FIGHT!
