Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell‚ Metropolis by Fritz Lang and the provided images use a variety of techniques to convey oppression and rebellion. However‚ the ability of a text to represent oppression and rebellion is impacted by the historical context of the text and the personal context of the audience. Oppression is when authority or power is misused in a cruel or unjust manner and rebellion is resistance against authority or control. Different contexts provide different meanings to each
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Yanni Thomas 4 December 2013 Professor Stanley COMM 1375-60 Mis-en-scene and Cinematography in The Breakfast Club This film written and directed by John Hughes follows five students at Shermer High School in Shermer‚ Illinois as they report for Saturday detention in 1984. While not complete strangers‚ the five are all from different cliques‚ there’s John Bender "The Criminal‚" Claire "The Princess‚" Brian "The Brain‚" Andy "The Athlete‚" and Allison "The Basket Case." The school’s disciplinary
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how Kazan implemented various visual elements to add depth to the characters. This is achieved through elements of mis en scene giving a visual representation for the theme of control‚ that others fight to hold over Terry. Terry’s brother Charley‚ and his boss Johnny Friendly are the two most influential characters who have charted the course of Terry’s life. In a key early scene after Joey has been murdered Terry walks into a billiard room where Johnny is meeting with his men. Johnny is fun loving
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Metropolis is a silent movie by Fritz Lang made in 1927 Germany. The movie has multiple themes and implies many things about modern day theories and views. The movie entails many views on Marxism‚ capitalism‚ Industrialism‚ and organized religion‚ mostly. Marxism is supported in the movie‚ capitalism is not supported in the movie‚ Industrialism is partially supported‚ and Organized Religion is not supported. Marxism is shown is supported in Metropolis by showing the horrid results of what could
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Dystopian texts portray worlds in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of utopia is maintained through propaganda and indoctrination at the expense of altruistic human values. Fritz Lang’s expressionist‚ science-fiction film Metropolis (1927) and George Orwell’s dystopic novel 1984 (1949) both critique the imposition of conformity and excessive control in society‚ as well as caution against misguided scientific hubris‚ whilst highlighting the significance of the individual. Through
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In the late 1920s‚ Germany produced a silent film with captions called “Metropolis”. The movie is about a futuristic city that contains two social classes. The first class would be the rich people who live in the city‚ enjoying all of the modern luxuries‚ and making a lot of money. Down below exist a highly controlled working class that keep the city running. These people know nothing but work and what is preached to them. The two classes do not know much about each other. One of the working
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Discuss The Ways In Which Quentin Tarantino Used Cameraworl‚ Sound‚ and Mise-en Scene To Create Meaning For The Audience In The Opening Scene Of ’Inglorious Basterds’ Inglorious Basterds (2009) Inglorious Basterds was written by Quentin Tarantino in 1988‚ after having borrowed the title from a Castellari film made in 1978. This reference to the 78 version is an example of the legendary intertexuality‚ innate to Tarantino films. Even though the only echoed topic matter was a second world war backdrop
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“Metropolis”: A futuristic view of an industrialized capitalist society A mix of great special effects‚ futuristic settings‚ outstanding actors’ performances‚ and‚ of course‚ multiple themes are found in the silent movie Metropolis. The film entails Marxist critics‚ anti-capitalist‚ as well as anti-religious positions. There is a clear distinction between rulers and oppressed people. Besides‚ religion is seeing as a hope-seller for those who have nothing to lose. In an industrialized city as Metropolis
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Metropolis Homework Task 1 Definitions: Utopia - Utopia is an ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system. The term has been used to describe fictional societies portrayed in literature. It has spawned other concepts‚ most prominently dystopia. Dystopia - dystopia is the idea of a society in a repressive and controlled state‚ often under the guise of being utopian. Dystopian societies feature different kinds of repressive social control systems‚ and various forms
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movie ever produced at Germany’s UFA‚ Fritz Lang’s gargantuan Metropolis consumed resources that would have yielded upwards of 20 conventional features‚ more than half the studio’s entire annual production budget. And if it didn’t make a profit at the time -- indeed‚ it nearly bankrupted the studio -- the film added an indelible array of images and ideas to cinema‚ and has endured across the many decades since its release. Metropolis had many sources of inspiration‚ including a novel by the director’s
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