Arrangement In Black And White Essay

permitted into a particular establishment. David and Bill the soda shop owner took it upon themselves to actively rebel in the pursuit of happiness and freedom for the people, through expression of art. Social changes weren't the only changes that happened in Pleasantville; some of the biggest changes were of nature and new knowledge. As soon as Betty entered the water and bush started burning, the audience is prompted to immediately think of biblical implications; such as God and the burning bush. In the Bible, Moses was appointed by the bush to lead the Israelites. This correlates to the movie in the sense that David was to lead to people of Pleasantville out of Plato’s figurative cave of ignorance; thus being their transition from black and white to color. Another important period in the movie, is when the rain starts. This can be alluded to being baptized, and new beginnings for those touched by the water and foreshadowing huge changes to come. The Mayor of Pleasantville is a stark reminder of people who don't like change- almost like the Cambodian leader Khmer Rouge, who killed people that wore glasses; due to him believing that they were intellects out to change traditional Cambodian ways. Although definitely not this extreme, the Mayor of Pleasantville segregated and shunned the coloreds from interacting with “true citizens” in order to save what was left of the traditional Pleasantville way. Bill, and David countered this by to painting an eloquent mural of a…

film there are many themes that display change. Pleasantville encounters social issues as objects and people start to turn multi-colored. As the more rules were broken the more colors started to appear. This was a big change for the citizens of Pleasantville and all the people discriminated against these multi-colored humans. This displays how media presents us with one way to look at things. An example that reminds me of media presenting a way of how humans look at things is segregation in…

The movie observes sound, convoluted editing and perspective cinematography as it presents its art right directly. The film is black and white. The audience creates interest since this is not an ordinary movie. This dictates the fictional quality of the film. The black and white color gives the impression of a parallel world. In the first scene, the barbaric brutality is masked with the security of standard black and white images. These challenges the audience to question the essence and…

other person was mean and the death of their family member was the other person's fault. By the end of the book they both realized that there was really nothing to be mad at each other for. Caitlin was more considerate to Josh also because of the strong relationship between her friend Michael and Josh. Caitlin and Josh may have had lots of ups and downs but they both really just need someone to lean on throughout the tough times. They need someone who has been in the same situation who really…

the artwork. The odd thing about these windows in the piece is that you cannot see anything outside through them. The entire piece of artwork looks to be different tints and shades of the color blue. The three elements of art that are most noticeable in this piece of artwork are color, value, and line. Of all of the elements of art, color is the most powerful. It attracts a viewer’s attention, and that is what happens in this piece of artwork. When looking at this piece, a viewer is likely to…

Pleasantville and To Kill a Mockingbird Intertextuality is the reference to another text within another text and is a vital element of postmodernist films, which are films made a significant time before the present. We find a variety of examples within the film Pleasantville such as: links to visual art, literature, religion and Harper lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird (a book written in the 1950’s set in the 1930’s) to express ideas of change and ways to deal with it. Pleasantville was a film made in…

afternoon, Sadie, Abby, and Mollie gathered with her at the gravesite. There were no other mourners. Kat wore a common black dress and a black wool shawl borrowed from one of the girls. Sadie and Mollie wore similar apparel, except Mollie added a shell broach for style. She always wore jewelry, whatever the occasion. As the local minister preached a few words of farewell for a man he never knew, Kat bowed her head and let the tears swell in her eyes. The drone of the sorrowful verses did…

The poem “Woman”, written by Nikki Giovanni, uses several metaphors to describe the journey of a woman and what she feels the man should do but will not do. She describes in many different ways how she wants support from the man, but he is unwilling to give it. In the first stanza, she starts the poem with the woman being a simple, insignificant thing. “She wanted to be a blade of grass amid the fields” (lines 1-2). Grass grows under your feet. Blades of grass are plentiful and ordinary. She…

Meeting with the deathless man in the novel The Tiger’s Wife, I was taken back by his pleasant demeanor. Throughout the novel, there are many variations of how people conceptualize death. From the villagers sacrificing themselves to kill the tiger to the gypsy diggers finding the carcass of a family member, people’s view of death’s importance is diverse. Throughout these groups there is a common fear of death, how it affects others, as well as what will happen to your soul afterwards. Yet, the…

Milun: A Tale of Love and Loss Milun, transcribed and composed by Marie de France, is a love story that intertwines readers into the tragic sequence of events, drama, and imaginable love within the poem. The author, Marie de France, wrote The Lais- twelve short stories written around 1170. Marie de France 's lais, told in octosyllabic, or eight syllable verse, are prominent for their celebration of love, uniqueness of character, and vividness of description – hallmarks of the emerging…