Neill Blomkamp

Everyone loves a good robot fight, and that is exactly what Director Neil Blomkamp had in mind when he brought Grant Hulley on to stunt coordinate Chappie. Set in South Africa, the film takes place in the future where crime is patrolled by an oppressive mechanized police force. Chappie, a robot, gets stolen and reprogrammed. The result is a robot who can think and feel for himself. You have now worked with Director Neill Blomkamp twice. What is it like working with him? Does he have any specific directing/work style that you are drawn to? Yes that is correct, District 9 and now Chappie. Neill is an awesome director to work with, he gives you guidance as to what he wants and then allows us to work it, add or change things that we feel might be better. The action in this film is a collaboration between the stunt team and Neill. I have…

District 9 began as a project for Peter Jackson and Neill Blomkamp as an adaptation of the Halo video game franchise. During pre-production in New Zealand, the movie was suddenly stopped, and they began working on a different alien movie instead. District 9 was based off a short film Blomkamp had done before, called Alive in Jo’Burg, which was about aliens being treated as poorly as illegal immigrants (Hart). The premise of District 9 is aliens that were bred for slave labor are living in…

In the film District 9 by Neill Blomkamp, Prawns, known as aliens, come to our planet looking for a new place to call home, for their planet was dying . Unfortunately, the Prawns don't realize that their planet may have been the safer option compared to nesting on Earth . The government in South America is scared of the Prawns and contain the Aliens in projects on the outskirts of the city . The government created the MNU as a force to be able to control the Prawns in case they were a threat to…

have occurred. Such blemishes are depicted in both texts as the composers have created allegories of a historical context relevant to period they composed their texts. Neill Blomkamp, Elysium (2013) and George Orwell, Animal Farm (1943) have used a historical context in their texts to make a social comment about abuse of power in two completely different periods. Blomkamp takes aim at how a wealthy and privileged 1 percent has so much…

The Adequate Response “From a psychological point of view, the imagination of disaster does not greatly differ from one period in history to another. – from a political and moral point of view it does.” – Susan Sontag The Imagination of Disaster (1965) For the subjective good or bad of society, the science fiction genre has the ability to target specific societal problems and use social psychology to attempt to appeal an audience’s response or change. Neill Blomkamp District 9 (2009) and…

However, the film does have a few problems that hold it back from being truly great. The whole back story with the meteor and the boom in the mining industry is cool and all but it isn't really explained in the film. It's briefly mentioned in a passing statement as an easter egg but the only way to find out about it is to watch the short behind the scenes clip on the Oats Studios YouTube channel. Although the film gives you just enough to know what to expect for the monster, the story feels more…

The success a person achieves can change the society around them in drastic ways. Success can be defined as “the accomplishment of an aim or purpose” (oxforddictionary.com). In the works Elysium, directed by Neill Blomkamp and Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, the protagonists’ goal is to overthrow their totalitarian government. In Elysium, Max has the support to get to Elysium because of his allies and enemies due to the powerful program he has in his head. Neither parties will not kill…

Intercultural Communication is a fundamental part of our society today, allowing us to interact across cultures, and break down what would otherwise be barriers to a cohesive society. The film 'District 9,' directed by Neill Blomkamp uses an alien society to highlight certain intercultural communication issues that are relevant today. These key concepts are ethnocentrism, stereotypes and uncertainty avoidance. Human nature’s self-involved tendency leads to discrimination against the unknown, a…

My connections examined the portrayal of alienation in mainstream society. I chose to use texts from a modern time period to help create more concrete conclusions about mainstream society. My texts were Education for Leisure by Carol Ann Duffy, Sad Joke on a Marae by Apirana Taylor, District 9 directed by Neill Blomkamp and Barton Fink directed by Joel Coen. I expected all of my texts to be able to reflect one another as they were all from a similar time period. In particular, I expected…