District 9 Description of content & why I chose this text: District 9 is a film that is set in Johannesburg‚ South Africa in the year of 2010. Twenty eight years ago‚ an alien species arrived over Johannesburg. The humans were prepared to be invaded or for some great leap in technology to come with the aliens presence‚ but it turned out the aliens were actually refugees‚ the remaining population of a species who no longer had a planet to live on. They spent their time on earth residing in a messy
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“It’s gonna be clean and its gonna be quiet.” This is the attitude many people in Cape Town held regarding the discrimination of blacks in District 6. The 2009 film produced and directed by Blomkamp and Peter Jackson‚ District 9‚ highlights by using satire‚ the cruel and inhumane side of the society that discriminates towards specific others. It embodies ideas that ridicule modern society including the loss of humanisation and the effects of discriminating and segregating races. The ‘prawns’
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Mead Professor McCormick Sociology 2 December 2012 District 9 Though this may seem like any other stereotypical extra-terrestrial movie‚ District 9 is unique in that it creates a scenario showing human discrimination towards alien begins; something that is an obvious metaphor for all racial discrimination. District 9 shows a world where the battle for previously eliminated racial equality resurfaces. It is no coincidence that District 9 is set in South Africa‚ where apartheid‚ discrimination
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2015 District 9 is more evolved as a science fiction film than Avatar if one analyses the following themes portrayed in the films: The Alien as the “other”‚ Genetic transformation and Dystopia through the use of camera angles and shots‚ colours and music. District 9’s prawns are seen as disgusting creatures that have no recognizable hierarchy‚ no drive and no understanding of their situation. They are just animals that have the misfortune of landing in Johannesburg. The main prawn in District 9 is
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District 9: Scene Analysis The 2009 film‚ District 9‚ directed by Neill Blomkamp is a direct comparison criticizing the actions of the South African apartheid‚ about a community of aliens from another planet whose mother-ship has broken down over the city of Johannesburg in South Africa and is forced into living on another life forms territory until they can fix their ship. The Aliens‚ after the government of South Africa put them under control of the power-abusing corporation of MNU‚ were viewed
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Statement of Intent: This text is a formal essay piece on the film “District 9” directed by Neill Blomkamp. The purpose of this essay is to explain how symbolism and film techniques were utilized to show how the key idea of discrimination is conveyed. In the film “District 9” directed by Neill Blomkamp‚ Symbolism was portrayed using restriction signs‚ the black body bag and two different districts‚ which were used to develop the key idea of discrimination throughout the film. The director’s
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I think that District 9 says a lot about human nature. It says that humans have a tendency to not accept differences‚ and that they tend to judge books by their covers. These characteristics were displayed several times throughout the movie. When people are introduced with something completely new to them‚ they generally don’t adapt to it right away‚ or sometimes‚ not at all. In the movie‚ the aliens were immediately unnaccepted and unwanted. They were not treated as human beings‚ but worse
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District 9 and Racism The aliens encountered in District 9 are treated with the same level of distain and indifference usually reserved for refugees and ethnic minorities. District 9 concerns itself with after the first encounter and the struggle of coexistence. The film is set in South-Africa and bears similarities to the apartheid system including those of the District 6 initiative. In District 9 black and white characters come together to hate on the “prawn‚” the aliens in this story‚ who then
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District 9 (Peter Jackson‚ 2009)‚ a science fiction film produced by Peter Jackson‚ is a rare gem unlike the many sci-fi movies which have been released in our time. The story is established via a mix of standard third person camera and documentary footage and takes place in the present - a twist from your regular science fiction film which normally takes place in the future. The film‚ about a colony of alien refugees forced by humans to live in a South African slum‚ is an example of social satire by presenting
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Social Values Demonstrated Through District 9 “The day the power of love over rules the love of power the world will know peace.” (Mahatma Ghandi) The pursuit of power has been evident throughout history‚ from apartheid‚ to genocide and also through the Holocaust. Within these examples it is also evident how power can corrupt. The director of District Nine‚ Neill Blomkamp‚ uses the character of Wikus to show how the fear of others can drive the pursuit of power to morally corrupt one to acts of
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