The name of the documentary is Kony 2012. This documentary is based on the sole goal to bring Joseph Kony to an end. Joseph Kony is he leader/dictator of Uganda. He was born in August 1961. He has 88 wives (as of 2007) an 42 kids (as of 2006). The main subject of this documentary is Joseph Kony, he is known to kidnap children from their parents and home and train them to be kid soldiers. The subject of the documentary is to bring awareness of Joseph Kony and his sick, sadistic ways and make sure we bring him to a stop. There are various ways that the director of this documentary promotes Kony's disgusting ways and how he aims to aid them. The director of this documentary is Jason Russell, he is an American film and theatre director, choreographer, and activist who co-founded Invisible Children Inc. He is the director of Kony 2012, a short documentary film that went viral in the beginning of March 2012. The documentary was released in 2012.
The style of this documentary is formal and serious. This is evident from the language used by Jason Russell. Another example of the seriousness in this documentary is the fact that Jason Russell formed a friendship with a youth from Kony's army 'Jacob', and when he is introduced is backstory is left untold. However, once the documentary progresses and the story evolves, his story is told and sympathy is the main effect that comes to mind when thinking of the tragedy that Jacob has had to suffer. One scene that brings heartbreak to mind is from 6 minutes 20 seconds - 7 minutes 58 seconds Jacob tells the story about how Kony's "army" tragically killed his brother, and he says what he would do if he gets the chance to ever see his brother again. Previously, the scene before his Jacob describes how he wanted to learn things and become a lawyer and make a difference to the world, the director says that he can still do these things.
The main purpose of this documentary is to bring the disgusting ways of Kony to light and make sure that the public know what is going on, so if they want to help the cause and bring him to a stop they can. Jason Russell's intentions were to make local news between two countries transform into global news that will swoop the country in shock. It is also made to raise awareness for the cries Kony has committed, some say that it is even classed as a war crime as Kony "recruited" children to his army. But to inform everyone of these crimes they decided to make a Facebook page called 'Invisible Children .Inc'. Russell's other purpose was to "make Joseph Kony a household name" this quote comes directly from Russell's documentary. By doing so they wanted to make Kony infamous and notorious for his crimes, to gain this much fame, Kony would need publication from people who had once shared that fame.The image (left) is a propaganda poster that wanted to punish Kony for his crimes, he is depicted with Osama Bin Laden and Adolf Hitler; they were worldwide war criminals who were leaders and dictators of their cause and country. Propaganda has been around since the beginning of time, as propaganda can simply be a picture detailing an event. However, when the first world war rose up Propaganda was used much more often, it was mostly used to help encourage people to join the war effort; whether that meant fighting (predominantly for males) or helping out in the factories (predominantly for females). The first use of propaganda was in 1914, with Lord Kitchener's poster (the poster is above right, opposite Kony 2012), this poster is extremely iconic and well known throughout Britain and many history teachers in schools make their students annotate this picture and write a summary of their understanding. In the Second World War Propaganda became more detailed and had a different effect on soldiers and civilians.
Russell had some success with his campaign as in 2011 the USA decided to send over 100 American advisors to try and better the situation. Sadly, Kony caught wind of their plan and went deeper and deeper into hiding, thus meaning he is still out there to this day. The public tried to aid the course in funding Children Inc and getting famous people involved. To gain publicity Russell decided to target 12 Culture makers and 12 Policy makers, some of the culture makers included billionaires, celebrities and athletes, this is because what they talk about will instantly spread like wildfire.
George Clooney said 'I want indicted war criminals to enjoy the same level of celebrity as me, that seems fair', this clearly shows how much celebrities despised Kony for his crimes and wanted him to be punished for what he had done to innocent children. Secondly, I think 'Kony 2012' had such a big impact was because Kony was targeting children, and children are looked on to be so innocent within society. For instance, if you asked a child 'What do you see when you look up at the sky?' they may say 'Blue sky with some clouds that look like an animal'. Plus within the media kids are usually depicted as being innocent and naïve, however on most fiction shows, some children have an over-sarcastic tone of an adult. But Russell is doing a documentary thus meaning that everything is real and factual and will have a different effect on the viewer.
The search for Kony went on past 2012 but Russell had been successful in getting Kony to the same level of fame as his 12 chosen Culture makers. Russell's mission had been a success so far, he crossed hurdles that others thought were too high for anyone to cross, however he achieved his goal in making Kony a household name. His next goal was to bring Kony to justice for his crimes, however this would prove to take more than 100 American Advisors as Kony went into hiding. Once Kony is brought to justice then Russell's operation will be complete.
Before the Flood
'Before The Flood' is a documentary starring world known actor 'Leonardo DiCaprio'. He decided to research about Global Warming and the damage it's doing to our world. He decided that he would use his public status and image to get the message across about Global warming and it's effects. He used facts alongside opinions to carry his argument throughout. I think this documentary is very effective because both sides of the argument are used in the documentary. There were members of the cabinet and owners of excessive coal producing/using companies who were strongly against the idea that humans can change climate. 'Senator James Inhofe' said 'people are so arrogant to think they can change climate' this shows the extent of his dismissal to the whole idea. Having both sides of the argument involved helps the viewer understand both sides of the argument.
The sole purpose of this documentary is to inform the viewers about global warming and it's effects on our planet. It does this by adding facts and statistics mixed with opinions from key figure heads in our societies and countries. The addition of these famous and influential people would've added to making the viewer feel secure in the sense that the documentary is telling them the truth and not lying to them, this is also shown through the fact
Leonardo DiCaprio used his public figure to better this documentary as he decided to reach out to people who are equally as famous and important, he featured 'Barrack Obama, Ban Ki-Moon, Elon Musk, Enric Sala, John Kerry, Sunita Narain and The Pope Francis'. All of the people previously listed share the same importance and celebrity status as DiCaprio so they would be able to help make a change based on their opinions and views toward global warming. Also, by adding the opinions from these icons it reassures the viewer that DiCaprio isn't being biased in any way.
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