juxtaposition+notes

=Team Zero-En-Three (ONE)=

“Give me the Tommy gun”
In the

Baptism Murders
the editor used parallel cutting between the Baptism of the Don and the murders performed by the gangsters to portray the idea that the baptism that is performed is an evil baptism that bonds the crime of the murders to the name of the Don. One of the stronger juxtapositions was putting the act of pouring holy water on the baby juxtaposed to the pouring blood from the victims. This is an example of how unholy the baptism is because the holy water does not represent a bond with god, but instead it symbolizes the binding of crimes to the Don.

Words
is a compilation of many shots that basically have not relation to each other. This use of juxtaposition allows the audience to create a link between the shots, and this link, as the title of the video mentions, is a word that each shot has in common when one tries to describe what is happening in the shot. For example, in one shot, you see you see a banana split, and following that shot is a shot of a person doing a split. The common word between these shots is “Split”. This method of juxtaposition adds entertainment value to the shots that are boring when watch individually.

Team America (Group 4)


 * In the first clip, juxtaposition is not as obvious as the baptism scene, since it is used to to associate different images with similar words/ideas. For example, the images of a cross-country runner running, a runny nose, and paint running down a wall, seemingly unrelated scenes are put next to each other. But they are all associated with the word/idea of running. So yeah, juxtaposition of different images to show an inter-connectivity of all things in life. Everything connects. The images of things/people falling also utilize juxtaposition; although the images are all associated with falling, each image is very different from one another (the object that is falling, the place it is falling to/from). This again, is an example of using juxtaposition to pair together unrelated ideas to show how life is one big spider-web where things are connected to each other.**


 * While in the baptism scene, juxtaposition is made more obvious due to the extremities of the images: In one scene you have Michael renouncing Satan and sin, in another you see his henchmen taking down his enemies for him. The juxtaposition of holiness and spiritual enlightenment versus the brutal assassinations reveal the duality of Michael Corleone; he might seem like a god-fearing, fresh-faced new kid on the block, but he is actually a brutal leader capable of remoresless killings. Juxtaposition shows that baptism and faith is just a cover, and doesn't actually have any spiritual significance for Michael (loss of faith is what I'm trying to say), since Michael easily talks about his faith in God while carrying out ungodly murders. The music and sound during the scene is also a juxtaposition; the church organs, which is already ominous paired with the murder scenes, becomes even more ominous paired with the sound of gunfire. On one hand you have holy music, on the other you have machine-gun fire (the two sides/deception of Michael).**


 * Juxtaposition is not just limited to film; there are numerous instances of juxtaposition in other forms of storytelling/media, especially in writing and literature. In writing and literature, juxtaposition is used to place contrasting ideas/images next to each other to create the same effect as juxtaposition to create contrast. An example of the juxtaposition of words/literature: "**the quiet whispers of lovers and the loud sounds of the crowds". **Or juxtaposition ca**n simply be the different arrangements of contrasting objects.

Team Three Baptism Murder: - Irony - Contrast between holiness and unholiness
 * o Breaking fifth commandment (thou should not kill)
 * o Cutting between scenes
 * o Baptism and killing

Words: - Same words presented in different actions
 * o “Blowing” à Kleenex and trumpet
 * o “Split” à Banana split, plants split & ballet split

Team 2 (after being deleted 34204392034029x times) Words
 * use scenes that have different actions but are actually diff interpretations of the same word. e.g. guy blowing trumpet, guy blowing nose. You wouldn’t really associate these two actions together, but when they are put together, they create the idea of being different definitions of the word “blow”
 * editing is a continuation but you can still see them juxtapose; one action happens that somewhat relates to the other
 * Juxtaposing how the video is called “Words” and is related to words without actually showing any words
 * the music has some juxtaposition as well; sounds for some actions can also be used with sounds for other actions

Godfather
 * going back between 2 different things: juxtaposing calm baptism to crazy actions in the past
 * The music made it creepy: intense church music, and his actions also contributed to the effect of the music. It was calmer in the church and more intense during the shootings.
 * Juxtaposing the priests’ words of renouncing with the past actions of the man
 * Man wasn’t actually getting baptized, but the editing made it seem like he was the one
 * Juxtaposing the ideas of life and death. Baptism = bringing a newborn into the world and religion. Killing = taking life away.
 * He’s also bringing in new life into the world which juxtaposes with his actions of ordering people to kill other people. He brings life into the world and takes away the life as well.
 * Juxtaposing how calm the baptism is compared to the disorderliness of the killings
 * Juxtaposing religion, the idea of “thou shalt not kill” vs. all the killings
 * Juxtaposing blood and holy water

In Cold Blood
 * juxtaposition of the perfect American family and the killers; their diff backgrounds
 * Juxtaposition of the 2 killers; one from a broken family, one with supposedly a good American family
 * In the end they also get killed
 * Juxtaposing the idea of the American dream vs. the impossible nature of achieving the perfect life

**Group Six** - The Godfather: one clip shows the child getting baptized, while the other clips are showing the father’s current actions (e.g. murdering/shooting other people). This shows how he doesn’t want to inherit his father’s actions, and following a different path. Juxtaposition is shown by how the father is being ruthless towards others, while his newborn child is being cleansed and baptized, which is the complete opposite of his actions. Baptism shows innocence, differing from the business his father runs. This might imply that he doesn't want his son to follow in his footsteps. - Everynone clip: in around every four clips, a different word/meaning is used for the main ideas of the clips. In one clip, the light bulb is flicking off, and in the other clip, the electricity went out, causing the hairdryer to stop working. This shows how words have different meanings in every clip they’re used in. In one clip, someone’s wiping snot from their nose, and in the other clip, someone’s painting across the wall - this is an example of match of action. Match on idea is shown by a feather dropping, while in the other clip, a man is shown lifting weights, with someone cheering him on, saying, “This is as light as a feather.”

__Baptism Murder:__ o A man promise not to kill people and be nice before he is baptized o In the following scenes he brutally shoots many people o Holy water on baby's face and blood on victim's face o Through juxtaposition of baptism scene, which is considered holy, with a cruel murder scene, the video creates an irony and emphasizes contrast between an idea that people should not kill and the killings.
 * Group Five**

__ Words: __
 * o Different images that seem totally unrelated actually represent one word and have one meaning
 * o Ex) Runny nose and paint running down a wall scenes are juxtaposed to be associated with a word "Run"

__ Slaughterhouse Five __ o The author juxtaposes happy and normal events with cruel events during the war to emphasize the cruelty and ridiculousness of the war. o Ex) He describes U.S. army having warm and happy dinner during the war and tells later that the candles they used to warm themselves are turned to be made of Jewish people's fat.