Arts/Film making: The Best College For Documentary Film
By admin | July 31, 2010
Are you interested in making ‘Documentaries’ which reflect the true image of society and our surroundings? It is a good idea to pursue a career as documentary film maker. But with increasing competition, you simply cannot shoot and show your film. Today documentaries too require special skill in handling camera, digital world and other features which would make the documentary a watch worthy item. The New School Department of Media Studies and Film offers you one year graduate certificate program on Documentary Media Studies in New York City. This Arts/Film making course is a full time program.
You would immerse yourself in a dynamic curriculum that would integrate history of documentaries, digital video techniques, artistic implications of form, social angle of needs and how you would produce, direct and edit on your won the short documentary films. Editing is very important aspect of documentary films. Special care is taken to help you in editing.
The program at the New School Department of Media Studies and Film are for working professionals and college graduates who want to pursue career as documentary film maker. After completion of one year program from this institute you may wish to continue your career or pursue Masters Degree for more comprehensive knowledge on Documentary film making. The alumni of this college today are working as documentary film makers of social, economical, political or community organizations.
For more details on Arts/film making of this school browse their web page and ask for a prospectus which would give you detail information on course, curriculum, faculty, classes, practical applications and their success.
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Festivals of Kerala
By admin | July 30, 2010
Festivals of Kerala are festivals of a lifetime. They are inherited from an age old tradition that exudes the essence of Kerala. Visiting kerala or God’s Own Land is a Paradise found for travelers. Enjoy the magic colours of Pooram, Vela, Thalappoli and Utsavam.
Pooram is a remarkable event when the gods and goddess arrive on splendidly adorned tuskers for a celebration. The festival is a spectacle of magnificence and majesty. Ten to hundred caparisoned tuskers stand in front of the temple premises with the mahouts atop holding ornate silk umbrellas, white tufts and peacock feather fans, all swaying to the rhythm of the music.
Thrissur Pooram is the ceremonial procession of two devis (goddesses) on caparisoned elephants to the Vadakunnathan Temple. The parasols held above the elephants are changed in an exciting synchronized ritual, accompanied by chendamelan, an orchestra of percussion instruments. A display of fireworks marks the climax.
The annual snake boat races are usually held during the second week of August. While these are a much publicized event, there are other festivals where boats are used. In the second week of September, at Aranmula, 128 km from Thiruvananthapuram, a procession of boats and races are held as part of the Parthasarthy Temple Festival.
Normally a snake boat is manned by four helmsmen, followed by twenty five singers and more than hundred of oarsmen who row in union to the fast rhythm of the vanchipattu. Thousands of people crowd the water’s edge to cheer the huge black crafts as they slice thrugh the waters to a spectacular finish.
Vishu is the first day of the Malayali New Year. It is believed that looking upon a group of auspicious objects at dawn ensures a year of peace and prosperity. Utsavam is the annual celebration or festival at a temple.
Vela is a ritual martial art performance by the local people to appease the other goddess also known as Durga or Kali. The ritual is performed in the Devi temples and is a part of the other festivals of Pooram.
Thalappoli is a beautiful parade of the native girls and women in traditional attire with thalam in their hands. The thalam is a brass or silver plate containing rice, flowers, fruits and a lighted lamp, all symbolizing prosperity.
Onam is the most popular of Kerala’s festivals. It honours Mahabali, a selfish ruler whose subjects so content that envious gods tricked him into losing his life and kingdom. His last wish was to visit his people once a year to ensure that they were happy. During Onam, an aura of plenty is created to gladden Mahabali’s heart. Great feasts are prepared, new clothes worn, and courtyards are decorated with floral patterns. The renowned Nehru Trophy Boat Race is held at this time.
Are Houston Police Corrupt?
By admin | July 30, 2010
In every town there are people who respect the police force and people who cannot stand the police force. In every town there are “good cops” and “bad cops.” In Houston, however, there seems to be a growing consensus that the Houston police are little more than bullies hiding behind a badge, doing what they can to terrorize the citizens of a great city.
Sure there are probably some people who incite the ill will of police officers, but a look at some of the city’s local forums and sites that report on police actions will show you: Houston police are kinda iffy. It doesn’t stop with police officers, even the security staffers in Houston seem to be on some kind of power trip.
One man who was visiting the Texas Renaissance Festival with his wife and two young children had his throat grabbed and his arm twisted behind his back and was forcibly removed from the festival and threatened with jail time after simply asking a security officer where a restroom was located. The question was asked near closing time, and the man was not allowed to alert his family to where he was being taken.
In one incident, a police offer shot and killed a teenage boy in a case of mistaken identity and was only given six months time served.
In Bellaire, two young men were injured (one was shot in the chest) after a police officer forced them to the ground and accused them of driving a stolen vehicle. The young men were unarmed and the police officer didn’t identify himself as an officer of the law, he simply ran at the men ordering them to the ground and shoving the mother of one of the young men against a wall when she came outside to see what was happening.
In October 2008 five officers were given a deal after being proven guilty of taking bribes to overlook illegal goings on in a variety of Houston cantinas. The police officers told the cantina owners to pay them to keep from being arrested and they were allowed to plea down to minimal sentencing and fines.
One police officer forced a woman to have sex with him after he arrested her for shoplifting and was able to plea down to a misdemeanor for tampering with a government record.
What do you think of all of this? What are the police officers like in your area of Houston? Have you had any unpleasant run ins or are the officers in your neighborhood friendly and honorable? Certainly there are plenty of police officers who are great at their jobs and do provide valuable service to the communities they serve. What has your experience with your local law enforcement been like? Do you feel safe or are you just as afraid of the police department in your neighborhood as you are of any criminals that might be running around?
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