Rubric
The depiction of a thing, person or idea in written, visual, performed or spoken language. It cannot mirror actual reality but each offers a different construction of the world and of experience in it.
What is representation?
This director is known for depicting the lives of catadores in a landfill site in Rio De Janeiro.
Who is Lucy Walker?
The leader of the catadores’ cooperative in Waste Land is this charismatic individual who helped organize the workers.
Who is Tiao Santos?
In Waste Land, this shot shows Isis’s face during interviews reveal raw emotions, including fear and despair, as she recounts this personal loss.
What is a close up shot?
This type of shot is used in Waste Land to capture the catadores from above as they create their artwork, emphasizing the collective effort and scale of their project.
What is bird's eye view?
The characteristics that people may have. They often influence an individual's personality.
What are qualities?
The documentary Waste Land is centered around the world’s largest landfill, located outside this city.
What is Rio de Janeiro?
In Waste Land, this catadore and single mother talks about her struggles and the hope she finds in her work at the landfill.
Who is Suelem?
In Waste Land, this technique is used when Suelem shares her experiences and hardships as a young mother working in a landfill, creating an intimate and raw portrayal of her struggles.
What is direct testimony?
To show the collaborative process of the catadores transforming garbage into art, Lucy Walker uses this fast-paced technique combined with bird's-eye view shots.
What is time-lapse?
An experience that is shared amongst people.
What is a collective experience?
In Waste Land, Vik Muniz collaborates with this group of people, known for working in landfills to collect recyclable materials.
Who are the catadores?
This catadora shares a heart-wrenching story in Waste Land about losing her son and an ant crawling over his face, symbolising her deep emotional scars.
Who is Isis?
In Waste Land, this technique is used with close up and contrasts the vastness of the landfill with Irma’s personal moments, highlighting both the enormity of her environment and her detailed, compassionate work.
What is a wide shot?
Toward the end of Waste Land, this type of handheld camera movement captures intimate moments of the catadores preparing for the gallery opening, emphasizing the authenticity of their experience.
What is a handheld, shaking camera?
Behaviour and motivations outside the norms and conventions of a particular social context.
What are anomalies?
This is the place that Vik Muniz grew up in.
What is Brazil?
This artist, known for using unconventional materials such as chocolate sauce and sugar, collaborated with Lucy Walker on Waste Land.
Who is Vik Muniz?
This type of sound, used during Irma's scenes in Waste Land, enhances the emotional weight of her story by underscoring her compassion and the harsh realities of her work.
What is non-diegetic sound?
In the closing scenes of Waste Land, the catadores’ artistic portraits fade into these, signifying their personal transformation throughout the documentary.
What are black-and-white photographs?
Behaviour and motivations which changes in some way.
What are inconsistencies?
This location in Rio de Janeiro is where Vik Muniz and Lucy Walker collaborated with the catadores to create art from waste.
What is Jardim Gramacho?
In Waste Land, this cook at the landfill provides meals for the catadores and is admired for her generosity and resilience.
Who is Irma?
The artwork featuring Isis in Waste Land is inspired by this Pablo Picasso painting from his Blue Period, which depicts the hardships of the working class.
What is Woman Ironing?
In Waste Land, this insect is used as a motif to represent the resilience and determination of the catadores as they work together to transform their lives through art.
What are ants?