Cliona Ryan
Full Time Carer
My name is Cliona Ryan.
.I have a high 2:1 in a Bachelor of Arts, Art and Design from GMIT Cluain Mhuire Campus Monivea Road Galway.
Location Galway Ireland
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Thank you Miriam.
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Thank you Temitope.
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Thank you Touloupe, for crearing a open atmosphere which engenders trust and makes for a more positive learning experience.
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Thank you so much for fostering a n open environment for learning.
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I am pleased to gain more knowledge and increase my education on FGM, so that my understanding is more informed on such a sensitive vital issue that recognises a Woman's ownership over her own body, reduces stigmatisation and denounces violence engendered towards women.
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Thank You.
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Thank You for putting on a course that genuinely allows People to gain more education on this topic .
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Use a mixture of vinegar and water and also baking soda.
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Great to recap.
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Thank you for such an informative course.
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There is also another reason, where agency is concerned. Music Therapy as specified is a particular training. In its specificity this could eliminate the effect of a control group where the socialisation aspect is necessary, and known to illicit therapeutic effects but not specifically conducted by therapists. Who then acts as the arbitrator of the findings?...
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Yes, it does change the outcome of how anyone should think in relation to how music effects neuro plasticity and the information that exists as movement medicine particularly in relation to older people . Young people and the intermediary ages.
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Neuro Plasticity is involved. Musicians who start are exposed to Music in the Womb and learn from a young age fare better because there is already an environmental predisposition. If the older People were playing over a lifetime this may attribute to developing a life long skill but harder to rate Intelligence.
False Claims cannot be made.
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Singing and being part of a group singing class in the Walton School of Musiic in Dublin was one of my favourite Adult memories. Eight Men and me ,
which was brilliant for harmonising and of course socialisation.
I learned how to play the Tin Whistle with a Traditional Musician Cepta Byrne when I was eleven for two years. I bought an African Drum, it... -
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This is a fascinating area of research. Particularly when for instance music in restaurants stimulates appetite. The same piece of music can effect the palette to illicit a sweetsour effect , even though the music may be exactly the same.
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The Physical Application of folding and unfolding the paper is not tested over time. If Say Origami was applied, where the testing of three conditions apply. One where testing was conducted by People who fold paper regularly to Mozart and or a group that fold paper without Music and thirdly one who begin to fold the paper with no experience and are introduced...
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Common time 4/4 is attributed to sadder Music. Joyful Music or Adagio moves at a more lively upbeat pace. However, if you were to tie in a correlation between folding paper in accordance with the timing of the music it would be a catastrophic affair that may prove an impossibility. Undoing the pieces of paper mentally may be rendered more effectively if the...
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Intelligence is not easily quantifiable. The balance between emotional and practical application seems to resonate.
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I learned how to play the Tin Whistle as a child.
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Firstly, signage and genuine representation of Ethnic minorities on a Team serves as strong indicators towards the ethics and inclusive practices and cultural dynamics on display beyond relational aesthetics.
The Woman should be able to see Black writing and Multi coloured as well as white that would be more indicative of inclusion beyond the White Cube... -
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https://www.bing.com/search?q=australia+and+dementia+in+the+arts&cvid=adfab6afebd1444e9f2e9a2b38e847dd&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIECAEQADIECAIQADIECAMQADIECAQQADIECAUQADIECAYQADIECAcQADIECAgQANIBCTI4NjUxajBqNKgCALACAA&FORM=ANAB01&PC=ASTS
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My focus would be on providing People who are Living well with Dementia and their carers access to Local Art Galleries that prioritises Art at the Centre of the experience along with the need for Socialisation.
Local Support Groups is one accessibility point. A Think Tank also an online Gallery and Forum.
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In adherence with Risk Management, the establishment of a Panel of Individuals reflective of ethnic minorities: ie Indigenous People , Lower Socio Economic Groups that allow for critical analysis of exhibitions. implementation of structures in adherence with these findings genuinely must be reflective of change both on a practical implementation level and...
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In accordance with Article 33 of The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the right for public representation it should be strongly discouraged that there is any monetary trading in relation to Group x. There allegiance should be to Not for Profit entities and in the spirit of goodwill this should be proffered as a core ethical...
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The greater complexity and nuances comes with infiltrating cultural beliefs and practices that have largely condoned belief systems that are normative limiting and challenge the notion of real representation in all aspects of both visual and ethical culture. All change takes time but the importance of pedagogy must be the link between knowledge as power in...
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Appropriate application of funding to include:
Projects lead by example by management participation and in the long term enablement of a Team to successfully run projects on a peer based system.
The common challenges set within Museum Practices are suitability of projects for racial diversity and inclusion.
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Ethical Practices must contain transparency at its core. The intentionality for the gallery must include a lived working example that lends itself for inclusion However not at any cost. The line between politics financial restitution and ethical governance must implement reflective models that allow for non biased approaches. The Not for Profit Movement has...
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Chamber of Aesthetics Revisiting The White Cube.
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Self-determination comes through actively engaging in incorporating policies that see inclusivity at the centre of the structures this must include signage and all visible recognition points that are genuine attempts to create a visual culture indicative of change and open conversations that challenge the normative view point.
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Representation within the Visual Community of the Elderly was evident in the participatory values of the Burning Bright Project. As a Project leader with a local resource Centre, it was my job to initiate the project over a ten week schedule. This involved initial research on the project idea and to formulate a 10 week schedule that was inclusive of a theme...
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Redefining cultural representation within Trans Cis and LGBTQ Communities has to allow for the inclusivity of culture within practice as opposed to applying normative approaches to culture .
The distinct visual culture in its inclusiveness asks for more than the definitions and parameters of prohibitive systems that have censorship at the basis of their... -
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The inherent difficulties with display, in regularised curational practice , negate for the recognition of objects within their rightful setting and usage within individual indigenous culture.
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@WendyWo Beautifully composed.
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Cliona Ryan replied to Luis Aldea Velilla
Beautifully put and lovely to see a different language on the page.
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@KatherineCastro Very original Voice.
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@CinthyaGuadalupeLópezMontes poetic description of self.
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Cliona Ryan replied to Leigh Anne H.
@LeighAnneH. Very clear message.
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Belonging : a form of social Inclusion.
A Noun that refers specifically to identity.
The feeling of being happy and comfortable in a particular group of people.
This includes words like advocacy, inclusion, participation, a synonym , a noun that will shatter the alabaster notions that run like tar fierce in its need for acceptance .
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Thank You for such a Thought Provoking Course.
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Thank you Ian, the Futurelearn Team and all the fellow Course Participants for such an enjoyable course. It has been such an informative five weeks.
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In the same way mise-en-scene is regarded as being so important in film itself, so too is the environment In which films are housed.
This changes the view of spectatorship from a localised to a universal experience.
The notion of escapist theory , the film as experience itself , all dictate the ways in which viewership have changed.
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Popular Culture Books News and Radio Programmes have always influenced the way in which I have enjoyed film. Largely influenced by American Culture my influences in Film tended to be more European based. The thrill of watching movies like Babette's Feast and subtitle foreign films seemed like such a sophisticated affair. I grew up in a very small town and film...
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The success of the film lies in the subtle nuances of the direction. The mise -en-scene uses timing to great effect. The placement of the characters in close proximity without touching.
Breathing which appears to be heightened by desire. The Period Costumes create a heightened sensuality particularly the suggestive element at the end.
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If the central Argument centres around objectification then how does the complicit act of looking at Men change that notion? Writing roles better centered around the exploration of both sexes that deal with content characterisation or script that is honest about the Male and Female gaze in a way that prevents tittalation of either sexes or eliminates overly...
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If you are going to tell a story about Black and Brown Peoplec, you need to be superawarexof who you nate as a Storyteller. I couldn't have done it in an interesting authentic way if I hadn't done it really almost as a collective, where everybody had a voice in the process, the writers is very critically ax well amongst others.
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It is not allowing me to publish the comments. Precedence is given within the scene to James Bond, who is primarily dresses in full Black tie. Lending sophistication and denoting class to the scene.
The fact that his back is to the Audience, lends a certain precedence to his Character and denotes the audience to secondary status.
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Marlyn Monroe almost appears superimposed in to her own body. She is not actively engaged with any of the characters all of whom are positioned behind her. Thus she is fully exposed to the public. Her costume places the bracelets at a very particular point and her décolleté is emphasised also. What's interesting, is that there are many different men looking at...
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Sensual experience (Sopopilia) is reflected in how the pillows are positioned in an arrow which brings our eyeline directly towards the Actors. The lighting is a particular ly successful componant with darkness and light equally proportioned almost in a triangular eclipse on the side of the Actresses face and around the centre on her arm.This particularly...
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They paralleled Tonyas own activities with a passive aggressive acceptability of Domestic Abuse towards the character herself, and there was only ever degree's of safety afforded to all of the characters with violence and corruption taking centre stage. Mise en scene including Costume Aerial Shots location stunts and documentation constitute the body of the...
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"I Tonya" had an enormous appeal because of the characterisation. It was flagged under the headline of Sports film but clearly it was unnerving in terms in terms of the psychological content. It showed the dangers of unlived ambitions projected on to children. The oedipal complex was evident. A Mother who was in denial of her own involvement of the undoing of...
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It's apsychological thriller with sociologal commentary . We are asked of ourselves if a heterogenous influence has shattered their world utterly, whether irrespective of gender there are deep rooted jealosies are at the centre of this, or whether mind games irrespective of gender are strong enough to shake someone's world utterly. The trailer alone is not...
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The striking aspect about all four of these clips is plot narrative and character. With all their subtleties the heightened moments of these films deal with these subtleties . They are not just stories about anonymous entities, we believe of ourselves to be convincingly connected or engaged emotionally with the individual stories and withstanding these...
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Subjective! Plot and character being the gravitational elements.
https://kinnu.xyz/kinnuverse/culture/how-to-actually-watch-movies/film-genres/#:~:text=The%20main%20genres%20of%20film,these%20genres%20sets%20an%20expectation. -
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The generic tropes sometimes risk falling in to different categories and may be interpreted as a generalised viewpoint. Seeing as every film watcher has a unique way of seeing the world and therefore a unique way of interpreting events even from say the translation of books to film. "It was nothing like the book" not necessarily an indication that the...
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There is another inherent way in which Coda has been introduced in to Film. Literally in the word " Coda" made in 2021 by Director Sian Heder. (Child of a deaf Adult)
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The Opening scene sees him examine the perspective of the Human Body in the form of the Mannequin. It is an awakening. A human exploration of the other. Even though there is a comedic element to it, the scene is specific in its intent. The scene where the Blind Woman first appears watches as the momentum is gathered by the opening and closing of doors. There...
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One point Perspective elongates the wide shot to build up the suspense of the Character walking through the shot. It would be another wise romantic vista were it not for the fact that she completely walks through the scene and ignores the Male Protagonist completely. The Music is reminiscent of Ry Cooder Paris Texas in the case the zitar adds to the...
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The Opening Scene is an MCU that establishes foreshadowing over her shoulder. Absence is automatically established by the reflection of the wooden frame of the chair on the wall.
The heightened atmosphere is interrupted by the Character Dolly and there is a palpable tension between them masked by politeness. The disconnect in her character is represented by... -
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The Titanic sfx
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The Titanic re emphasises the Nautical Theme from the very beginning, with repeated Nautical Motifs. Continuity is carried through by elongated shots of the boat in which the circular motif reoccurs. This Film has more of the grit and clanging bellows, even the heavy iron legs in the bowels of the boat are like predatorial levers.
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From the Establishing Shot a Wide MCU indicating Palm Trees appears like a Tropical Paradise only interrupted by the dust creeping in from the right of the scene , and then engulfs obscures the viewpoint to give a sense of the heat and the scorched shimmering Earth as the Helicopters glide over the landscape. We have no idea of the horrors the woods bore...
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This gives it a hyper realistic element almost like a video Game. The Gun a subtle reminder that War and suicide are very real and not the thing of childhood.
"Lost in A Roman Wilderness of Pain
And all the Children are Insane
All the Children are Insane
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https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/aug/07/apocalypse-now-final-cut-review-francis-ford-coppola-dennis-hopper
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2023/03/14/vietnam-war-veterans-reunite-children-they-left-behind/11332892002/
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20719382
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The opening sequence is so important to establish the Mood and atmosphere of the Film. There are two minutes in which to establish storyline and plot . Mise-en-scene is so important for this.
Films like The Shining Stanley Kubrick (1980) are an example of how foreshadowing builds up atmosphere even before the characters are introduced. Shots of the film... -
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The scene opens with a Cowboy in confidence stance waiting. The Spanish Music that accompanies the Spaghetti Western sounds reminiscent of a Bolero with Western Crashing Symbols added to heighten the Atmosphere. The Cream Costume fades the Actor in to the background. The motion changes when the camera moves around to the front of his face on tracks for a close...
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He pulls the Harmonica out of his Mouth and places it up towards the Mouth of the other Soldier. (In Cream) Closing his eyes again. It is suggestive that he may be indicative of the Devil. A Barbaric Scene ensues. The disjunct Music highlights the Mexican Boys Pain. Transubstantiation the camera moves up on his face , so we don't see the Face of the Cowboy...
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The Scene opens retrospectively, with a lone Man and a Whiskey Bottle for Company. The Bottle Feminine in shape is perhaps symbolic of female representation and yet he is on his own. The close up on his eyes seems to blur in to retrospective and the concave shapes in the bottle itself are mirrored in his eyes. Everything to the back of the Car is...
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The next scene in the Conservatory houses the Glass House of marriage. The two are enraptured. Her Softness emphasised by the Crinoline Dress and Pearls. They are filmed in close proximity. Fast Forward where the editing deliberately chases time forward and distance has developed. There is no sitting together but shots cut between Kane and Emily . The ennui...
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The delineation of time is very simply initiated in the opening shot when firstly he smokes the cigarette and the fish are actively moving.
Secondly, the row of cherry blossoms, a feature of April and May suggests the trees are used as part of Nature itself to indicate a change of season.
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The low shots in this film are associated with Ben's view of seeking the world which is at times voyeuristic.
The high shots are indicative of how Mrs Robinson's sees the world.
The mise- en- scene uses yellow as an overall colour to convey sunshine until the closing shot when we are plunged in to darkness, an expression that the characters lives may not... -
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The problem with spatiotemporal filming is it makes it difficult to establish between flashback and real Time. This can be deployed with useful didactical effect particularly films like "The Time Traveller's Wife" that entertwine the physical embodiment of Time with rhetoric and longing for a physical return in the metaphorical sense. These notions of grief...
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There was a love interest in James Kumar, However it be amended more evident that his Character was indicating thar he was part of the LGBT Community.
Her Secrets, for sure there was some, however her code of ethics sees ger living a pretty open life.
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Sara Mardini
Biographical Sports Drama made in 2022 Directed by Sally El Hosaini
Physique: Medium Height 5'4_5'6
Costume:Contemporary Edgy East meets West, individualised particularly Accessories like Nose Piercings earth colours greens black with an almost Modern Gothic twist. This Costume changes as a means of self expression particularly in direct... -
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The Costume reemphasise an analagous colour scheme which is reflected throughout the film for thematic structure. The use of sub aqua greens yellows and blues creates context and contextuality for the dharacters and plays with subterranean landscape. These unifying colour schemes bring context even when the characters are lost at sea. The reiteration of yellow...
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All of the above categories are identifiers in approaching the formulaic principles of whatis knownabout good and bad film making. However, this can be an entirely subjective affair. The characters have to have a point of emotional recognition and register with the audience in a way that can credibly run the dialogue. Mise en scene is responsible for pulling...
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Horror Movies feed in to our innermost fears and psyche.
The Music usually contains irritants reminiscent of knife blades, nails scraping on a blackboard, darker subterranean notes that heighten people trying to escape. Sound amplify every day objects to accompany the soundtrack. Shadows patterns like tree branches raccoons and animals in a yard are all... -
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"The Swimmers" is a biographical Sports Drama Film.
Yusra Mardini /Sara Mardini played by Nathalie and Manal Issa
Refugees who are Trained Swimmers leaving War Torn Syria to find a home in Berlin.
They cross the Aegean Sea through Treacherous Waters in an inflattable dinghy.
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Overcoming The Monster
Jaws
https://youtu.be/U1fu_sA7XhE
Dracula
The Last Samurai
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?&q=the+last+samurai&view=detail&mid=A18D5BA0606D99F81501A18D5BA0606D99F81501&FORM=VDQVAP&rvsmid=90A77623B1B7129BD23B90A77623B1B7129BD23B&ajaxhist=0
The Revenant
https://youtu.be/LoebZZ8K5N
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Trainspotting
https://youtu.be/8LuxOYIpu-I
The Big...
