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2081 Film analysis The film 2081 directed by Chandler Tuttle is an adaptation of the short story 'Harrison Bergeron' by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. which looks into a dystopian society where everyone is finally equal. Vonnegut wanted to show us how absurd the world will become when everyone is equal and Tuttle has conveyed that perfectly in his adaptation. The story is told from George Bergeron's perspective as he watches his son Harrison perform his act of rebellion and his own requiem. Tuttle uses Harrison to criticise how absurd perfect equality is and uses George to show how the media can control our lives and dictate how we view of our society. Tuttle uses various film techniques to emphasise character emotion and their view about the society …show more content…
As the camera zooms in the scene cuts to parts of George's flashback and continue to do so. At the third jump cut the flashback is then shown clearly. The use of jump cuts combine with zoom in creating the effect of fragmented memories which tells the audience that George has forgotten some of his important memories. Tuttle also wanted to convey that in this perfectly equal society, the government controls the intelligence’s memories. This fits into the dystopian criteria of totalitarian government. In the flashback, lead lines are used to emphasise the door in which the H-G men entered. This is also emphasised before the flashback as it creates suspense. Tuttle wanted us to feel that the H-G men are on the other side of the door and could storm in at any moment. The composition of the frame also makes the right half of the shot dark and cover. This is to show confinement of George to his space. Both effects work together to show constant surveillance of the government and how George is confined to his space as he did not attempt to stop the H-G men. Tuttle uses this to symbolise George’s view of the current society. He knows that the government is controlling him, but as he …show more content…
The overall effect created is the sense of awe. First, the scene starts with Harrison walking in and dragging a guard along the way. The use of Steadicam and swish pan combines to show how fast and intimidating Harrison is. Also the Steadicam makes the audience feel like they are in the hall themselves as Harrison walks in and feeling the ripples that his heavy handicaps caused. The Steadicam is used throughout Harrison’s speech and alternating with medium close-up shot which shows Harrison’s handicaps. With the use of medium close-up shot and costuming, we are shown how awful and absurd Harrison’s handicap is. Tuttle also convey a symbolism with the focus on Harrison’s handicap which alludes to Jesus on the cross same as Harrison’s plank on his neck. This is also to foreshadow how Harrison will play a role like Jesus in the film. Jesus was the sacrifice for all human sin and Harrison also sacrifice himself for the greater cause of raising awareness about absurdity of the current society. As Harrison took of his restrains, the use of cuts and medium close-up shots show many faces in awe from Harrison. We see the people in the theatre amaze and George at home suddenly sprung up from his chair. In addition to the effect of awe created, Tuttle also shown a subtle hint towards his important message to the audience. We are told how much pain Harrison has been through and we are to sympathise with him. However that is
In the biographical film Mabo the Audience is positioned by the filmmakers to see Eddie Koiki Mabo as a hardworking, tenacious and strong man.
One similarity between the text and the movie was that everyone was equal in every way. It was important that the filmmakers keep this in the movie because it’s the most important detail in the story. In the short story, “Harrison Bergeron”, it says, “They were equal in every which way. Nobody was smarter than everyone else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than everybody else” (1). If the filmmakers had never kept the equality part in 2081, the storyline would not make any sense. In the movie, everyone that needed handicaps had them including George, Harrison, and the ballerinas.
Braudy, Leo and Marshall Cohen, eds. Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings, Fifth Edition. New York: Oxford UP, 1999.
Harrison Bergeron is a short story that has a deep meaning to it. To begin with, the short story Harrison Bergeron was made in 1961 and is written by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. The whole short story is set in the far future of 2081. 2081 is a time where everybody is finally equal and when the government finally has full control over everyone. If you aren't equal you would have to wear handicaps to limit your extraordinary strength and smarts. As the story progresses, Harrison Bergeron is trying to send a message about society.
The important similarity in 2081 and “Harrison Bergeron” is the fact that Harrison’s actions were broadcast on national television. This greatly impacts the story and movie because of this small detail. You can tell Harrison is very serious about telling everyone the message he trying to convey. If it weren’t broadcasted nationally his actions would have no meaning because only a small amount of people would have heard his speech. A quote proving this is, “Cries of consternation came from the television set”… “I am Emperor! Cried Harrison” (Pg3). This shows that he went non stage so that many people watching television could see him and hear what Harrison head to say. That is why it’s very important
Neill, Alex. “Empathy and (Film) Fiction.” Philosophy of film and motion pictures : an anthology. Ed. Noel Carrol and Jinhee Choi. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2006. 247-259. Print.
Beginning the mid 1920s, Hollywood’s ostensibly all-powerful film studios controlled the American film industry, creating a period of film history now recognized as “Classical Hollywood”. Distinguished by a practical, workmanlike, “invisible” method of filmmaking- whose purpose was to demand as little attention to the camera as possible, Classical Hollywood cinema supported undeviating storylines (with the occasional flashback being an exception), an observance of a the three act structure, frontality, and visibly identified goals for the “hero” to work toward and well-defined conflict/story resolution, most commonly illustrated with the employment of the “happy ending”. Studios understood precisely what an audience desired, and accommodated their wants and needs, resulting in films that were generally all the same, starring similar (sometimes the same) actors, crafted in a similar manner. It became the principal style throughout the western world against which all other styles were judged. While there have been some deviations and experiments with the format in the past 50 plus ye...
“Harrison Bergeron” is a short fiction written by Kurt Vonnegut, the story is set in the year 2081, and it talks about a futuristic society where all individuals are equal. No one is cleverer, beautiful or stronger than the other, and if somebody is better than the others, they find themselves compelled by The United States Handicapper General to put on what they call “handicaps” to bring down their abilities to the most basic levels as the others. Throughout the story, Vonnegut expresses a bold and vigorous political and social criticism of some historical events in the US during the 1960s such as the Cold War and Communism, television and American Culture and Civil Rights Movement.
The laws that are set in 2081 which were originally put in place to eliminate opposition and create total equality, but results in an opposing outcome which leads to the elimination of an environment with freedom or individual indentity.Its ironic that equality is seen as equality ;The government uses propaganda to brainwash and manipulate the citizens living under the government at the time.Harrisons father George Bergeron is one out of the many citizens that has a mental handicap device implanted in his head.A radio is used to disrupt and prevent pro-longed thought.Heavy metal weights are strapped around Georges neck leaving him incapable of doing any task that wil...
Have you ever wondered what life would be if everyone was equal? Well, in the year 2081, the government made everyone equal with handicaps. In the story “Harrison Bergeron”, the government makes people with special talents or abilities wear handicaps. I agree with the claim,”Everyone was not truly equal in “Harrison Bergeron”. Some reasons why I believe that this statement wasn’t true is that the handicaps don’t take away your abilities, handicaps are not useful, and it is not fair for the people with abilities to wear handicaps. Everyone is truly equal in “Harrison Bergeron” because it made average people and below average people feel equal to the higher and better people.
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What do you think about when watching a film? Do you focus on the characters' good looks or the dialogue? Or do you go behind the scenes and think about what made the film? Maybe, it's even a combination of all three. No matter what comes to mind first, an important part of any good movie will be what you see. A camera and good director or cinematographer is needed to make that possible. Different directors and cinematographers will use different camera techniques to make you focus on what you see. Camera techniques show emphasis in films, because they make you focus more on situations and people. They are especially important in Darren Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream.
...s when it cuts Richie’s forearm skin. The use of diegetic sound allows the viewer to feel as if this montage is going through Richie’s head as he cuts himself. As Richie is standing in front of the mirror we see things from his point of view and we understand his reality at the moment. The rapidly edited montage of memories is analogous to the immediacy of his actions.
The setting of the story is in the future, 2081 of what will be happening in the world. The story is told in third person limited point of view, whereby the narrator is not a character in the book. In addition, the narrator does not draw conclusions, make decisions, or make judgments about the events. The objectivity of the narrator suggests a distancing from the hostile world of the story. The tone used by the author is critical, humorous and satirical. The story is full of humor despite the fact that, it is full of dark themes of oppression. Every dark event in the story is accompanied by a light moment of melancholy comedy.
John Gibbs and Douglas Pye (2005) Style and meaning : studies in the detailed analysis of film. Engalnd: Manchester University Press, pp 42-52.