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The baddies coming across the disasters, tornadoes, and tsunamis.
basically this is about our process as a team work. what are the challenger we had and how we overcame it.
like I have said in a previous post, our biggest challenge was, having lot of information instead of lack of information, which is a good thing but also a disadvantage at the same time.
in stage one presentation we didn't acknowleged about the time line. so we were fine with it. But we had to go deep in facts. like we had discussed about the best points but haven't gone deep. Also our lecturers wanted us to read some books. white man's burden, heart of darkness, the anarchy, orientalism are the books.
Actually from the beginning my team mates were really good and helpfull. it made me feel like i did nothing compared to them. But eventually i understood we all had work hard on this project.
moreover, in the second presentation we had a time limit to present. we did an animatic for it. you can see it in our final video essay. actually semini gets the credit for that creative animatic. it's such a cute one. everyone loved it. In this time, we had talk about the points going deep through it. actually from the help of the books our lecturers suggested we overloaded from the information.
so we had to cut few topics that are not too important. And gather of of our information to a limit. 2.5 minutes is the time limit eachone had. though some exceeded, we managed it from the whole video in the end.
To be honest, in the end we all got tired and done with the life. cause editing took so much time. Thogh the people was kind and helpfull in the beginning, there are different kind of people you will meet. Some might have patience, some might have bad temper, some might facing personal issues... yeah so that's what teamwork means. Understanding everyone, listens to everyones opinion, facing any kind of sittuation is the literal definition of team working.
And i proudly say that we overcame from everything and took our tears and sweat to the success.
thank you for reading my entire yapping :3
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welcome to baddiegama
us four baddies. heh heh
so much stuff in our whatsapp group. lol
thesandu sending his work progress
me sending my work progress for them
semini''s progress
tadaa.. and here we are submitting today. i mean we have already submitted now.
yeayyy
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Script - all of us
animatic - Semini
Video editing - Pinipa
Presentation editing - Shiza
sound editing - Thesandu
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Script
Baddegama Script
Team members:
-Semini
-Shiza
-Pinipa
-Thesandu
Hi guys, My name is Semini and today we will be doing a comparative analysis of novel vs film. I am joined here with Shiza, Pinipa, and Thesandu. the film that we chose is Baddegama. Baddegama(also known as village in the jungle is an english novel written by Leonard Woolfe and readapted into a sinhala version by the famous Sri Lankan Director Lester James Peiris. What we’ll be discussing in the film includes
Sem- Author vs Director
Themes
Hierarchy and Gazes
Mise en scene
Cinematography
Shiza- Author vs Director
Leonard Woolf, born in England on November 25, 1880, arrived in Sri Lanka in 1904 as a public servant and by 1908 was working as a government agent in Hambantota. Inspired by his stay in Sri Lanka, he returned to England in 1911 and wrote his most famous piece, The Village in the Jungle in 1913.
Lester James Peiris, a well-known Sri Lankan cinema director, screenwriter, and producer, was born in Sri Lanka on April 5, 1919. Despite not having a strong interest in movies at first, he went on to direct more than 28 well regarded movies and gained recognition as a director. He released Baddegama in 1980.
SIMILARITIES:
Both the novel and the film are set in a rural village that show the struggles and harsh realities that people at the time faced.
Both the novel and the film explore the impact of British colonialism. Although not direct, it is evident in both, that hierarchies are drastically present, not just outside the village but within it too.
DIFFERENCES:
Leonard Woolf, a British colonial officer, reflects what Edward W Said refers to as Orientalism, the West's perception of the East as exotic and backward, when he portrays the Sri Lankans in the novel, the Village in the Jungle as helpless and imprisoned by nature and superstition.
Lester James Peries, presents a more genuine and respectful portrayal of village life in Baddegama in the film. Shifting from Woolf's exotic picture, he presents the villagers as multifaceted individuals with unique talents, eliminating the Orientalist clichés that Said assesses.
In addition to the above statements, the two varied views of the author and the director may also have been influenced by the fact that they were in two different eras of Ceylon and Sri Lanka.
Woolf was a pre-colonial Sri Lankan, who published his novel during the era and Peiris was a post-colonial Sri Lankan, who released his film after the British Colonial era and Sri Lanka’s independence.
Shiza- Themes
REPRESENTATION AND PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN
The novel portrays village life from a British colonial perspective, depicting women as oppressed and confined to traditional roles. In contrast, the film offers a more nuanced local view, subtly highlighting both the strengths and struggles of the women through its visuals.
For example: Hinni Hami's determination to fight back and her efforts to manage her family are put to the test when the village doctor, Vedarala, tries to pursue her, causing trouble for her household.
Additionally, the depiction of the male gaze in the novel reflects a highly sexist perspective. In the novel, Punchi Manika is described as feeling both excited and scared as she is being engulfed, whereas in the film, she appears terrified and is shown resisting Babun's actions.
HUMANS BEING REFFERED TO AS ANIMALS:
In the narrative, the villagers are portrayed as animals: women are portrayed as devoted dogs, Arachchi as a jackal or wolf, and Silindu as a water buffalo. The British system is portrayed as cunning hunters. The film shows Hinni hami’s tragedy and Silindu’s sudden bravery despite consequences, all from the viewpoint of the village in the jungle.
This contrast implies that only characters who are viewed as backward are shown as animals, while other characters are portrayed as regular people.
Sem- Hierarchy and gazes
Hierarchy is present in many parts of Baddegama, and there are several types of hierarchy which includes,
Whites vs locals
Being a country under British rule at the time, the white’s had a power dynamic over the locals of the country. The subtle rules of the people of Baddegama were evident through something as simple as one’s clothing. By imposing their rules onto the locals, they got a sense of superiority which was infiltrating the norms of the locals. In contrast to this, the local man often dressed in clothes with relation to the environment around him and the work that he had to do, focusing less on how he appears and more on. practicality. The book is subtle with mentioning descriptions of how they dressed while the movie has gone into great detail about their looks which I believe the director did to mention the effect of the British rule more upfront as the book only gave monologues or text describing it.
Oppressor vs oppressed (referencing the white man’s burden)
The oppressor vs oppressed references the relationship between the white man and the locals, and an example of this is the White man's burden by Rudyard Kipling, which I found interesting as he was a brown person himself. The poem talks about the heavy burden of the white man to take care of the lesser educated brown man and this is evident with how the author speaks of the villagers, claiming they act like animals while this is how their society functions.
The Baddegama village system
Even amongst the villagers, there was a certain hierarchical system. The village headman had his position due to him being the only one in the village who could write his name, this also shows an influence of white culture as back in those times, writing was not a priority for their everyday work life.
Gazes
The novel gaze vs film gaze (point of view of the author & director)
The novel delves into the lives of these characters much more, giving thorough descriptions on their thoughts, struggles amongst other things, while the film focuses more on visual storytelling due to certain limitations in movie production. This can be seen with how descriptive the novel gets while the film is limited to only visualization. There is a depth of character for Silindu as we see his conflicting emotions and his emotional growth as a person throughout the book, specifically towards his daughters, whilst the film did not have any sign of having change as a person and had not mentioned how Silindu had abused his wife and that was the most likely reason she passed.
Thesandu- Cinematography
For cinematography, both novels and movies depict a perspective of observing characters through the jungle. But the novel describes the characters in a way that overlooks animals from a high place and a distance throughout. Observing from a human or even divine perspective only reinforces the animality of the character
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However, the movie cleverly uses mise en scenes to peek into the corners of the jungle while saving costs and facing technological limitations of the times, successfully creating a world where the audience can peer like wild beasts in the forest. Make movies more effective in enhancing the humanity of characters and even understanding the beastly nature of empathetic characters. For example, Silindu and our audience saw the water buffalo from a distance from a different perspective. Silindu's vivid expression expressed thinking and rationality, allowing the audience to better understand the later animalistic outburst of Silindu killing Arachni.
The same animalistic moments in movies have not been completely abandoned, but rather appear more targeted in scenes such as Babun's oppression of Punchi Manika, Silindu's fear of Vedalala's curse, the juxtaposition of deer and HinniHami's death scenes, and the killing of Arachni, which are filled with darkness between people. At this moment, the jungle was as dark, lush, and terrifying as in the novel.
The village is a symbol of an old civilization, and in the novel, the village has disappeared. Although there are still various terrifying beasts at the beginning of the movie, the director's portrayal of the jungle is not without sunshine, and the villages have not disappeared. This symbolizes the independence of the Sri Lankan government and the fact that civilization has not fallen. Pinipa will use more symbolism to explain.
Pini- Symbolism
(In cinematography, symbolism plays a crucial role in storytelling. In a dried, desolate environment, symbols like skulls and skeletons, represents the deathfullness.
The plants and trees, like thorny grasses and cacti, symbolize resilience, thriving in the drought-stricken environment in it.
Book has widely described the environment, people and the props..
In the book Leonard Woolf has described the humans as skinny and unhealthy people.
Both the book and film use symbolism effectively. The film incorporates visual elements like bones and skulls to represent death and fear while the book itself describes from words. And the book describes everything in detail too.
The film also features both innocent and carnivorous animals, hinting at the villagers' inner reality. These animals reflect the struggle between vulnerability and survival within the harsh environment they endure.
The villagers, blinded by myths of evil spirits, believe the devil resides in trees. To symbolize this, Sri Lankan devil masks are hung on trees, reflecting the culture.
Since cultivating is the villagers' main livelihood, they have use axe and hoe in the movie.. To make the farm they fire the forest down. In sinhala we say hen gini thiyanava. And they have represent that too in the film to make it realistic.
To highlight the gap between different social classes, cultures and job positions the film cleverly uses various elements like clothing , props and backgrounds.
Poor villagers have their own house with mud and cocunut roof while the arachchi who has a position in the village has a brick house with ulu roof it self. Also his house is painted in white. Which only the richest people can do back then.
Book haven’t described either how their clothes look or houses look like. It has only been mentioned that the arachchi ( village headman ) was the only man who has knowledge at least to write his name.
In the cinema itself is a brown and white cinema. Hence it’s the beginning of color cinema. It has fewer colors.
There's not much to discuss regarding lighting, as the entire film is shot in daylight, relying on natural light. This choice enhances the realism and emphasizes the harshness of the environment.
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oh i guess i forgot to mention about my group.
it is...
me
shiza
semini
thesandu
- art by Thesandu.
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feedback from stage 02
the main thing was we had lot of information from our researches.
so we had exceed our timeline.
we had to remove some topics and choose the most importants.
and we had spoil the plot, which we should not.
and do a small introduction about the author and the director.
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1st chapter
i finally finished the first chapter of heart of darkness.
in this chapter author says how he went to the island and what kind of people he met there.
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About Joseph Conrad
other books he had written - Lord Jim
nostromo
https://www.jstor.org/stable/20464629
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heart of darkness describing the environment
it is full of grasses and messy
muddy
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heart of darkness describing people.
he hasn't mentioned the country specifically.
as he describes they seemed skinny and unhealthy.
And they seems lazy
screen shot from the ebook
as he has described the citizens and the white man considers a huge difference between them.
he praises the white man well and describes the environment , surroundings and the citizens sounds deadly.
he has described the environment is more forestfull with grasses and busshes, and noway of finding a road.
he's has positive thoughts on white people and also about there hospitality.
citizens seemed wild.
he tells that even some of the the white people also have no education or respect.
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updates on Heart of darkness
the best thing of reading books is at least you can learn new words. anyway i just finished reading the first 10 pages. author was talking about his sailor life. i found this authour has already known about asian countries. cause he has mentioned about lord buddha and lotus flowers.
screen shot from the ebook
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heart of darkness
more researchs on Baddegama. on our feedback for the 1st presentation the lectures said us to do research on this book, so we can find more about srilanka. i mean how the foreigners see our country...
heart of darkness is a book by Joseph Conrad. it's a book of 72 pages with 3 chapters. it has being released on april, 1899.
where does the heart of darkness take place?
congo
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macbeth story
a story based in Scottland.
the plot
there are three witche mets macbeth. aand they say three things for macbeth. like predicting his future kinda thing... (strange predictions)
characters , plot, themes, symbolism, interesting use of film techniques, other reflections
movie starts with a people screaming noice and with horses noices
there's a beach and people are dead in it. it seems after a wore
macbeth a brave acharacter. uper character. liked by the king.
bass sounds. it gives fear.
horses tip toe sound
some ancient music is playin in the background
macbeth is a young man
the locations are basically the ocean and mountain plains , castle
the huts are made of animal skins
dunkan - the king : he trusts people a lot.
it comes to voice overs too in this movie. when the girl reading the letter
people are also happy and gives joyfull laughs it seems like king is friendly and not harmful for his civilians.
rainfalls
thunderstorms
a sword same as macbeth's comes towards him but it's untouchable.
crown fells down when the king died
has used red lights
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analysing character, story and plot
differenc e between story and the plot
a story is just and event with facts
a plot requires an effect and a format. it has a specific structure.
shapes of stories
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