COM 261- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 32 pages long!)
12 Oct 2017
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The tiananmen square protest, beijing, china: spring 1989. Fall of the berlin wall: fall 1989. Revolutions in eastern europe: peaceful revolution (germany) velvet revolution (czech republic) gentle revolution (slovakia) the bosnian war. Moscow coup: summer 1991/ on 12/25/1991 ussr falls. Yugoslavia succession: bosnia, croatia, serbia, slovenia, kosovo, macedonia, etc. Soviet union breakup: ukraine, latvia, estonia, kazakhstan, belarus, armenia, etc. Aftereffects of wwi(aka the great war /the war to end all wars) (17 million) Post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), physical deformities, loss of identity. Economic instability (hyperinflation & poverty, especially in germany) Unimaginable mortalities: the death of a generation. Shows audience what to pay attention to. Based on leaving out a scene"s establishing shot and leading the spectator to infer spatial or temporal continuity. The same shot edited together with shots of different subject matter: ex. A bowl of soup, a dead body, and a woman. Viewers registered alternate interpretations such as hunger, sorrow, and lust.
