Location: Different parts of the school. To make this more creative, we are going to choose unobvious parts of the school.
Outside the library for scene 1.
Cafeteria for scene 2.
Script:
Scene 1, Shot 1: Kid walking through a part of the school. A bully comes up and pushes him against a wall says something (not heard over the music) and walks away.
Scene 1, Shot 2: Kid looks up, picks up his bag and walks off. “When you don't act…”
Scene 1, Shot 3: Kid walks around the building in tears.
Scene 2, Shot 1: Another kid gets pushed against a table and his wallet taken.
Scene 2, Shot 2: Kid stands up with some kids laughing at him as he walks away.
Scene 2, Shot 3: “It doesn’t stop!”
Scene 3, Shot 1: Same kid from scene 1 in the same fight with the bully that pushed him against the wall, a kid breaks them up. “We have human rights”
Scene 3, Shot 2: Kid from scene 2 in same fight as the other bully, a kid breaks them up. “So we should be treated like we have them”
Scene 3, Shot 3: “HUMAN RIGHT NO. 5 NO TORTURE” in big, noticeable letters across a black screen.
In our group, we researched human right number 5. Human right number 5 is "No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment/punishment"
Here is the research I have gathered.
How is it being violated?
There are over 20 different ways this right is being violated in around 18 different countries. Mostly Asian and African counties. These forms of torture include Beatings, Solitary Confinement (keeping people as hostages), Dog attacks, Humiliation, Suffocation, Rape and Denial of necessities (such as food and water).
Why do people violate the rule?
People torture for many different reasons. Normally because they have a goal or they are interrogating someone for an advantage/ personal gain by getting information etc. Some people use it to terrify their opponents in wars. Or, in other forms of torturing such as capturing people and holding them hostage, Torturers may just do it for fun or it could link to interrogation or ransom.
Examples of these violations? (Use of torture underlined)
A very famous example was in Holocaust (lasted 1939-1945), where Adolf Hitler, the leader of the German army wanted to conquer Europe and eradicate all the people who weren't like him, so he put them in concentration camps where they would work with very little or with out food and to the death. In a way, the last part doesn't count as torture but as murder. Another example is the Terry Waite situation (lasting 1987-1991) where he was kidnapped and kept as a hostage in a solitary confinement where he was beaten and interrogated and left handcuffed to a wall in an uncomfortable position and only 5 minutes a day to go to the bathroom (necessity denial).
Torture in Sudan
In Darfur, victims are left in dirty cells, normally civilians that have been forced there by war etc. They are beaten either with the end of a rifle or with cables/wires. This has caused victims to be left with burns, bone problems and severe psychological traumas. Even women are tortured. The most common ways people in Darfur torture women is by assault or gang raping them. Apparently article 149 of Sudan's code does not notice rape unless there are four MALE witnesses. Men are usually whipped, kidnapped and enslaved.
Today we did research on the Youth for Human Rights (YFHR) and about the United Nations Declaration for Human Rights. We found out what the 30 human rights were through adverts on this website: http://www.youthforhumanrights.org/
I found out what else the Human Rights can be used for, which rights are being violated in Sudan and some of the human rights I didn't even know about. I can use what I have found out add to our (my group's) advert and some of the ideas ( the storyline behind the adverts) might be able to inspire us to find a good storyline for what we are going to do.
For my Media Homework, I had to look at 3-5 (I did 6) about problems or news focusing on Sudan and write a brief description about what is going on in each video.
What I have seen: A peace treaty ends 2 civil wars and a reconstruction project is giving the economy money that many Sudanese civilians are failing to take advantage of.
Computers and the Internet are a very complicated topic and there are many details on how they work. Different models of computers have different ways of working or different features that affect the way in which they function. However, we can use this four-layer model is a very easy and simple way to remember how the internet works.
The people are us, the users of the internet.
The networks are local network in which we connect to, IP addresses and the internet itself.
The software are the BIOs and the operating system.
The Hardware the are 6 main components we need for a computer to work.
A computer is made up of 6 different components:
Case - This holds all of the components of the computer and cools the computer with a fan.
Power Supply - This takes 210-110v input and steps it down for each component in the computer.
CPU (Central Processing Unit) - The computer itself. It performs all the instructions and handles data.
Motherboard: Connects CPU to all other components so it can command the components to help perform the instructions.
RAM - provides all the storage for software/downloads/documents in use.
Hard Disk Drive - Provides cheap and easy (but slow) storage for all applications and software.
You don't need the case, it just keeps everything together.
There are some terms you may come across that are to do with the internet, here are some definitions for these words:
Network of Networks - The networks made by us that all link together to form the internet.
Packet Switching - When you upload a photo/video on facebook, the picture has to split up into packets. The packets don't instantly go to the website you send them to, they "travel" through other networks such as Google and PCCW until it is sent to the website you sent it to.
TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) - A system for moving data through many networks around the internet and to make sure that it gets to the website the data is sent to.
IP (Internet Protocol) - Simply put, it's your computer's ID that your computer is addressed by all over the internet.
History of the internet
The internet was invented in 1969 by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) and was designed for education and the government. 3 years later electronic mail was invented by Ray Tomlinson and became a new popular form of communication. He also used the "@" sign to distinguish the network being used to send the email and the email username. In 1976 Queen Elizabeth II sent her first ever email and was the first world leader to do so. 6 years after, the word "internet" was used to name the network of networks. 1984 was a very significant year for users of the internet as the DNS (Domain Name System) was introduced and this gave websites address identifications with extensions like ".org" ".com" and ".net".
The first internet virus was engineered in 1988 and was called "Computer worm". It shut down 10% of all internet servers around the world. 10 years later, Google made their website and based themselves in California. In 2001, a (currently) very popular online encyclopedia called "Wikipedia" was launched. In 2004, Facebook, a social networking website was released and a year after that, Youtube, the worldwide broadcasting network was launched.
Networks
A network is what we use to connect to the internet. When we connect to a network, the network connects to other networks which connect to more and more networks, this forms the internet. An RJ45 cable is used to connect to a router. There is an application called Terminal which is used to ping (remember) a website/IP address so it is able to talk to it. This is what makes a network. Eventually all of these networks link up to make the internet (as previously mentioned, the network of networks)!
Below is a visualization of what the internet would look like, each dot represents a network.
Google has many different networks, normally networks that can be quickly accessed for different countries. For example, there is a google.co.uk, a google.co.nz, all of these networks are linked up to one computer which has all of the information that google needs to run.
Packet Switching
When a picture, for example, is sent to websites such a Google and Facebook, it follows certain steps. A laptop is connected to a local network which connects to many other networks in return. The networks connect to more and more networks until one or more the these networks connect to the website that you wanted to send the picture to. The picture is divided into packets (smaller fragments of data) that are sent over to the website you're sending it to. Packets will often take different routes to get to the website the picture is sent to.
If you don't understand completely, watch this video:
The pros and cons of the Internet and computers
The pros are that you are able to do schoolwork/work electronically and are able to research things for school work using the internet. The main things that people really like about the internet though are socializing and entertainment such as games and videos. In short, the computer and the internet are both methods of education, communication and trade (purchasing goods online).
However, with everything comes a flaw. There are a few bad points about computers and the internet too. Cyber bullying, a very serious issue online, is one of these. This is where people offend other people via social networks. Computer hacking is what people can do to find out more information about you. They can use this to steal your identity, your money, or to stalk you. Some of the things you download on the computer can carry viruses that can damage the memory or other functions of your computer and "crash" it, destroying all of your documents, information and data that your computer had stored in it at the time of the crash. This is why you should be careful and prepared for the problems with the internet and how it can affect your computer.
The Internet is a worldwide network that anyone can access. When you connect to a network, that network will connect to many other networks, all of this forms the internet. Example: When you search something on Google, what you type is transferred to other networks and will eventually end up being transferred to Google. It will take any route, but normally the fastest.
When you upload a picture onto a website like Facebook, the picture is divided into packets (look at the video below on a project we did in class) the packets will travel through different networks one at a time until it ends up at Facebook. Facebook will then sort the packets into the right order and make the photo. This is called packet switching.
The internet is different from old fashioned telephones because old fashioned telephones were connected up to a phone operator who connects you to who you want to call. On the internet, You are connected to a network that connects to many different networks all at once.
In the past few weeks, we have been learning about computers and how they work.
The computer system we used was Dell. Here are the components of a computer.
Here are the components of a computer:
Motherboard - The place where all of the wires are plugged into the computer, pretty much the guts of the computer.
RAM - Random Access Memory - The 'brain-volume' of your computer, the more RAM on your computer, the 'bigger its brain' and the faster it will run. RAM can be used up by downloads such as documents and games.
CPU - Central Processing Unit - The brain of the computer. This allows the computer to operate software etc.
Disc Drive - Where you insert disks into your computer , contains a laser to read the disc.
Hard Drive - This is where all of the data on the computer is stored.
The case - the housing which encloses all of the above!
After we put everything into place, we tested if the computer works. After we tested, we downloaded software onto our computer (Linux).
In order to gain access to internet, we had to plug a cord from our computer into a network socket that linked up to a huge network which gave us access to the internet.
We used an application that allowed our computers to talk (connect) to each other. All computers each had a different code and the last few numbers were all the same of in a certain order (example: 001, 002, 003...), this combined our computers into a network.
Each computer has
An IP address
A computer name
A local network
A domain name
