Finley Hodson depicts the vast contrasting representations of poverty between the major feature film Slumdog Millionaire and Kevin McClouds Slumming It.
One million people, one square mile. This is the desperate reality of the living conditions in India’s largest slum, Dharavi.
Danny Boyles, Slumdog Millionaire, the 2008 drama, glosses over the issue of poverty and is represented in a fun, free spirit way. Meanwhile, on the other end of the spectrum, Kevin McClouds Slumming it, filmed in 2009, delves deeply into the issue revealing the true nature of the affliction of poverty as being a hard, rough life. Which I believe is the more accurate version of the slum.
The camera angles and shots help portray the representation of poverty in both Slumming It and Slumdog Millionaire. In Slumming It the extreme long shot overlooking the slums clearly show the appalling state of the shelters and building in which the people of Dharavi live. The use of this shot plainly shows how awful the poverty is in Dharavi. Slumdog Millionaire uses a long shot near the beginning of the movie showing the boys running away from an officer along the rooftops of the slum, with massive piles of garbage and waste in the background, while laughing and clearly having fun. This evidently portrays that living in poverty can be fun and boisterous. Overall …show more content…
Realistically, is a young man, who grew up in the slums with no education, who works as a tea server at a call centre, going to know most of the answers on the show from just previous experiences in life? The issue of poverty has been glossed over majorly, as shown when Jamal wins a million rupee and gets the happy ending with the girl of his dreams. Therefore the use of theme has obviously demonstrates the arduous issue of
One million people, one square mile. This is the desperate reality of the living conditions in India’s largest slum, Dharavi.
Danny Boyles, Slumdog Millionaire, the 2008 drama, glosses over the issue of poverty and is represented in a fun, free spirit way. Meanwhile, on the other end of the spectrum, Kevin McClouds Slumming it, filmed in 2009, delves deeply into the issue revealing the true nature of the affliction of poverty as being a hard, rough life. Which I believe is the more accurate version of the slum.
The camera angles and shots help portray the representation of poverty in both Slumming It and Slumdog Millionaire. In Slumming It the extreme long shot overlooking the slums clearly show the appalling state of the shelters and building in which the people of Dharavi live. The use of this shot plainly shows how awful the poverty is in Dharavi. Slumdog Millionaire uses a long shot near the beginning of the movie showing the boys running away from an officer along the rooftops of the slum, with massive piles of garbage and waste in the background, while laughing and clearly having fun. This evidently portrays that living in poverty can be fun and boisterous. Overall …show more content…
Realistically, is a young man, who grew up in the slums with no education, who works as a tea server at a call centre, going to know most of the answers on the show from just previous experiences in life? The issue of poverty has been glossed over majorly, as shown when Jamal wins a million rupee and gets the happy ending with the girl of his dreams. Therefore the use of theme has obviously demonstrates the arduous issue of