Victor Mardikian Mr. Garner ELA 8A May 6‚ 2011 The Matrix Dystopian Film Analysis The film‚ The Matrix took place in both a virtual reality and the real world. The hero‚ Neo‚ tried to understand how he was chosen to be “the one.” His goal was to fight off the agents who were not only computer programs but also the gatekeepers of the Matrix; therefore‚ Neo and Morpheus had to fight off the agents so that the human race would cease to be manipulated and used for energy. Since Neo
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The material body of a film is the combination of cinematography‚ mise-en-scene‚ editing and soundtrack. These elements are what construct the images we see and sounds we hear. Balancing them is key and excluding any leaves disjoint and confusing narratives. This essay will examine the material body of The Matrix and how key elements shape narrative and character. Often confused with cinematography‚ mise-en-scene is what we see‚ not how it is shown to us. Editing is how these images are strung together
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Unfriended is an American horror film focusing on the topic of cyber bullying that commonly happens in youth today. The story begins when a girl named Laura Barns committed suicide after one of her classmates posted an embarrassing video of her through online platform‚ which is YouTube. She was very depressed because the footage on YouTube shows that she was drunk‚ defecating‚ and probably sexually assaulted. Worse‚ she felt more embarrassed because her videotape was leaked publicly without her consent
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The Matrix conveys beliefs that both philosophers‚ Plato and Descartes have in the idea of reality‚ through a computer generated “reality.” Plato and Descartes convey their ideas of reality in two diverse ways in their work. Descartes believes that our senses such as smelling‚ touching‚ tasting‚ hearing‚ and seeing should be questioned. Plato used Socrates and Glaucon to portray his beliefs that our reality could be explained as being simply shadows. In the film‚ The Matrix and both readings we
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The Gibbard Block is the establishing shot of a horror film where a nice young couple chooses to honeymoon local in an elegant building that’s lasted more than a century. It’s romantic in a way that suggests some things withstand weather and time with grace. Branded with age‚ the block stands regal‚ all weathered red brick and cornice brackets‚ colored off-white by the time they’ve spent exposed. The first tier of the block is adorned with a green awning‚ the second‚ a neon sign that reads La Boheme
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the next information: Imagine you are a character in a teenage slasher horror movie. What sounds do you hear? What sounds do you not hear‚ but the audience does? From these‚ discuss how sound manipulates audience reactions in horror films. Name some other characteristics one finds in all horror movies. How do they contribute to horror? General Questions - General General Questions HUM 150 Week 1 Individual Assignment Film Viewer Opinion Paper HUM 150 Week 2 Individual Assignment Editing
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The two movies I viewed were Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergeist‚ which were both directed by Tobe Hopper. Both films displayed the general rules horror films generally follow through the use of horror film genre conventions. For instance‚ both movies follow the good verses evil story lines and in each the end does ultimately win. However‚ this is not entirely true in Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The friends represented the good and the chainsaw carrying monster and his family portrayed the evil
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history (495). Archetypal characters are extremely common in mythology‚ religion‚ and even horror films. For example‚ certain characters from the film "Night of the Living Dead"‚ including Ben‚ Barbara‚ the Cooper family‚ and even the zombies themselves‚ all can be classified as archetypical figures commonly used in myth and folklore. The first character to examine is the character of Barbara. The film starts out with Barbara and her brother‚ Johnny‚ visiting their father’s grave. Barbara’s
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The film that I am focusing my comparative historical analysis to is‚ Underworld. Directed by Len Weisman and written by Danny McBride. Underworld’s relationship between history and the filmmaking process are cohesive in reference to this European and American film. The film was made in 2003. Long ago and in a land far away‚ their were meadows that were stalked by wolves. “The first known stories about vampires come from England around 1190. During the Middle Ages‚ 30‚000 people were condemned as
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Fantasy Rhetoric: Summary and Analysis of Katherine Fowkes’s Fantasy Films A Rhetoric Analysis consists of a multitude of attributes some larger than others and some not specifically require. Among those are certain attributes that are what provides the foundation of any Rhetoric work‚ Logos‚ Pathos‚ and Ethos or persuasive appeal. My job is to show you the other attributes consisting of the context of the argument‚ the authors’ attitude‚ and the tone of the overall work. So first I will have
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