Blade Runner is set in the year 2019 when society has become disruptive, the environment is polluted, and humanoid robots named replicants are loose in the city. The director and editor, as well as many others, are in charge of making the film have certain elements that let the audience become aware of what is happening. Some of the well known cinematic elements involved with the film are lighting and color. Filmmakers use lighting and color to demonstrate the importance of certain atmospheres…
Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and the Nintendo Switch advertisement titled First Look at Nintendo Switch can be analyzed and compared with each other. In Plato’s allegory, prisoners are trapped in the cave and forced to stare at shadows on a wall. When one of the prisoners is freed and exposed to the truth behind the shadows, which is that they are simply objects being manipulated by puppeteers. The freed prisoner is also also introduced to the outdoors, allowing for him to be enlightened.…
In a time where technology and cinematography were starting to come together, the Matrix became the major movie that showed the possibilities for what technology could do for cinematography. The Matrix is a thrill ride that not only entertains but also makes us question reality, which is a key talking point when it comes to philosophy. The Wachowskis (directors) used the technology at hand to their advantage to easily demonstrate multiple philosophical theories and make them simple for the…
The process of becoming enlightened was challenging for the prisoner, it create many obstacles for him to overcome. For example, he had to adjust to the light, in order for him to see clearly. In The Matrix, Neo goes through a relatable process as the escapee prisoner. Neo is taking out of the Matrix, and is shown the real world guided by Morpheus. The real world is actually a revolution between artificial intelligence who disguise themselves as federal agents and the human race. Neo is first…
In the matrix when Neo is being chased by agents trying to get back to the real world or Luke trying to get off the death star. This is the point where if the hero has not gotten past his fear he will be faced head on with it to make it back. The eleventh part is the resurrection, which is normally when the hero is faced with death and survives or in the case of the Matrix, Neo dies and then comes back to life. This is like a transformation…
Its 2016 should be advancing technology or not? We have heard and seen people with absent limbs. Today we have Cyborgs competing in the Olympics; if it weren’t for prosthetic limbs they wouldn’t be able to have the chance to represent us. What about the veterans that have had limbs been blow off and therefore couldn’t hold their children? Now they can. Or even those that were born limbless and had to grow up being different and relying on other, now can now live independently and a normal life.…
Journey His journey starts when his parents were killed. After his parents were killed he started his quest to find all that took over his planet, no matter how vicious or evil they were. After that he got injured, which is where he got robotic parts and became a cyborg. He began fighting the cyborgs to go rid of all evil on his planet. His Journey was to go get a chip that was in a research lab that develops cyborgs.The chip could be used to destroy the labs systems and shut down the…
For my primary research, I accomplished two tasks. I noted how many violent actions there were in the movie The Matrix, and I gave a survey to see how violent movies affected teens. The Matrix research will be discussed in this paragraph. I tallied the number of violent acts and a brief description of each violent act. The results will be discussed in the next paragraph. During the 2 hour long movie which was made in 1999, there were 40 instances of violence and I wrote a brief description of…
object. Curiosity enhances human survivability and it makes way for new discoveries and enhancements. Humans would not have adapted as well if they did not question their surroundings. This level of curiosity is shown in “Allegory of the Cave” and The Matrix. These two stories are…
In Orson Scott Card’s surprising novel and film Ender’s Game, Ender Wiggin is burdened with the responsibility of saving the world from their alien enemy, the Buggers. Though every person on the Earth has their own responsibilities some aren’t as important as saving the Earth. In the novel and film Ender faces many obstacles but will soon overcome them. While watching the film there were two differences from the novel that stood out, Ender’s age and when all of the characters were introduced.…