Paradise Lost Argument Essay

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As this scene slowly transition, viewers find two more officers standing beside the creek. The dialogue “Robin Hood Hills – West Memphis, Arkansas” are presented just below the screen. Filmmakers adjust their cameras at this point, so that viewers can finally hear some communication between the officers. This grabs viewers attention as they can hear one officer saying, “Don’t let nobody come up here. Don’t want nobody in here.” The communication between the officers appeals to ethos because filmmakers place themselves in the shoes of the officials. Viewer’s also realize that the officers want to protect the community, by assuring that no one comes into contact with the austerity of the crime. Thus, filmmakers communicate their of goal of trying …show more content…

Some supporting factors receive more light than others. Filmmakers do this as if to grant viewers permission, to interpret the habits and patterns applied during the film and formulate their own theories while also leaving them in the dark about other details.Viewers are forced to think and react by themselves. The filmmakers, for example, focus a lot of their attention toward the court scenes in which they appeal to experts who help assess the situation. In one scene, which takes place at the trial of Damien and Jason, a certified “expert occultist” provides proof of the satanic orientation involved during the murders. Viewers come to find out, that this occultist receives his degrees from a mail-order institution. This institution does not require any coursework or classes for him to become certified. The cameras seem to prolong this particular scene; however, filmmakers fail to provide viewers with more footage of the defendants and their alibis. An appeal to a viewer’s common sense is triggered here, as he or she note the film makers intentions to promote a feeling that the defendants are obviously more guilty than

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