This is a series of scenes from the original Robocop film. Throughout the film there are multiple scenes in which a fictional media forecast is given and a series of fictional advertisements are also shown. While some aspects of these scenes connect back to the films story, there are multiple parts that seem arbitrary. If one looks more closely however, they will find that these scenes are coded with a lot more meaning that goes beyond the films plot. Robocop is known for being a fantastic action flick, but beneath the surface of this is a satire that makes fun of a lot of aspects about American life and culture which is also what makes the film so enjoyable. Through a semiotic analysis of this particular part of the film, one can see just …show more content…
This is what leads to the creation of the Robocop that serves as the films protagonist. Throughout the movie you see various negative reactions from the police officers to this power move as they feel like their not only being replaced, but also that their lives aren’t being taken into account by the greedy corporation that’s pushing for efficiency no matter the situation. Beneath the conflict and plot devices associated with this scene is symbolic message. It is symbolic of the recurring practice of corporations taking over public institutions, the overwhelming power and greed within military companies, and technology replacing the efficiency human labor. As stated in Bergers Semiotic Analysis, “a word or an image is symbolic when it implies something more than its obvious and immediate meaning” (Berger). In this case, the scene is implying that this is an example of what happens when big greedy corporations try and take over public institutions (in this case the local police force) and how technology may one day overtake our work. The purpose of this symbolic message is to ridicule a practice that was becoming more and more popular within American culture during the time of the movies release (late
The police officer is a fundamental illustration of how stereotypes are created by discrimination and fear when he was described as “nervous because of the neighbour-hood, who is suspicious because of the car and because he has been trained to see an unshaven man in blue jeans as a potential thief” The main character expects to be helped by the police officer but instead he is seen as a thief because he is unshaved, he wears expensive clothes and drives a Mercedes Benz. All those things together got him in trouble. Because of that he gets shot trying to show his identity. His mistake was that instead reaching for his wallet it was to put his hands up when the police officer told him that. The police officer was sure he is a “typical street thief” and thought he was reaching for a gun and shot him, which ended the character’s life. He was just wanting to prove who he really
Similarly in Iven Sen’s film Beneath Clouds the concept of misleading impressions is explored through distinctive vi...
I'm going to provide my own interpretation on the film, writing a detailed conclusion on what I
In Rise of the Warrior Cop, Radley Balko views the steady militarization of the police in the U.S. A detailed history of a dangerous trend, Mr. Balko's book tracks police militarization over the past 50 years, a period that not coincidentally corresponds with the rise of SWAT teams but on purpose. Established in the early 1960s and where mostly used in the bigger cities and used against heavily armed and dangerous criminals. Today SWAT teams are almost common in every city in the country. 80% of towns between 25,000 and 50,000 also have their own SWAT teams. Its not li...
...is novel with an outstanding salute to those who serve in law enforcement saying, “And so I tip my hat to all the good cops throughout our nation who risk their lives and strive to do the right thing when facing split-second decisions about life and death every day in the kill zone” (Klinger, 2004, page 274). Pulling the trigger of a gun can cause a variety of issues both within and outside of a police officer’s life, but it could also potentially save another human being from harm and keep the safety of our society intact.
The movie, Training Day, demonstrates how some police officers take advantage of their positions which is realistic. Mikkelsen states that, ?The new movie Training Day is an excellent fictional demonstration of how the State, in this case the police, provide a ?legalized channel for crime? (Mikkelsen 1).? It is hard to define the line between doing the right thing and doing the wrong thing to stop a crime. As Mikkelson explains, ?Many of the events are to be expected: violence against suspects, confiscation and use of drugs and especially money, violations of due process, graft (Mikkelsen 1).? At the end of the movie the main character is murdered and the police department makes up a story venerating his death in a positive manner. In all truth Harris was murdered by the Russians because he lost his temper and killed someone who was ?talking trash? about him. This is shown when Mikkelsen says, ?The state must defend cops, when possible, because publicity about ?bad cops? does not reflect well o...
The film changes its direction slightly from a serious, mysterious slightly odd tone to making fun of the sadomasochist practices between Lee and Grey, from Grey controlling what Lee eats to telling her how to answer the phone to a montage of their “activities” including, Lee on Edward’s desk surrounded by hay with a saddle on her back and a carrot in her mouth raises questions of the seriousness of the film and how it is intended to be received by the audience. (sort out)
Then the question is posed to Mr. Lockwood, "How did it all begin?" The answering of this question is what my paper will explain. I will attempt to break down the opening scene and show how it all started. By using tools of film such as sound, editing, mise en scene, and cinematography, this paper will show how the scene was made as well. Mise en scene played an important role in this movie as with any other movie.
...r, with investigation into the visual elements of this film, meanings of this film expand beyond the literal dialog and -- existing in the film.
Many numerous police officers have been given body cameras over the last few months. Due to this, there have been videos that were made public which caused an outcry throughout the country. With the increase in body cameras over the country, there has been many setbacks and potential benefits that
Johnson mentions his nephew that is only four years old, who is growing up to be terrified of the police. Johnson captured the moment when his nephew exclaims: “Oh man, Uncle 5-0, we gotta hide” (Line 28). The term 5-0 is another reference for cops. The dialogue Johnson uses with his nephew shows the fear this little kid has with the police. Why should a little kid have to be afraid of the police at such a young age? Society is teaching the little kids that they should be afraid of the police because of all the brutality they have caused against black people over the years. As a child, the majority of the time they grow up fearing the police. However, as they grow up they start to feel hatred against the police because of what they make their people go through. They feel as though they have to make a stand and let it be enough with the treatment they get. The dialogue Johnson shows helps emphasize the damage that the police has against people especially the little kids. Kids should do nothing but admire the police because they are supposed to be heroes. However, due to the circumstances of how they treat colored people, they have kids who are in fear of
In an instant, Alice stops, hugging a street pole and we hear the low growl of something inhuman off-screen, and at that moment, the prospect of danger becomes inherently unified with the threat of bodily harm, and a painful death. Suddenly a screeching bus charges into frame between Alice and the camera, and the animalistic growl is subsumed into the screeching breaks of the bus providing an instant cathartic relief from the tension. For the film viewer, our aesthetic distance from the film, that is knowing the perception is fiction, has provided albeit, short-lived but undeniably palpable feeling of the sublime. While safety arriving in the form of the bus brings us relief from the building tension, the sublime, arising only for a few moments, is felt as the danger and threat of death through bodily harm was all but too
This film captures this class distinction without subduing the atmosphere through the use of a variety of cinematic devices. “A good film is not a bag of cinematic devices but the embodiment, through devices, of a vision, an underlying theme” (Barnett, 274). The audience can see this theme of the realities of the oppression, poverty and despair of this time period through the use of the things mentioned, but also through the character development that is driven by the character’s hopelessness. Each of the characters associated with the lower class is motivated by the conditions, which are viewed through the cinematic devices mentioned above: color, spherical lenses, long shots, and high angle shots. Sources Cited:.
...the predominant theme of disorientation and lack of understanding throughout the film. The audience is never clear of if the scene happening is authentic or if there is a false reality.
Therefore, it is possible to notice how the cinematography, the mise-en-scene and the editing are used to resemble the peculiarities of the space in which the actions are taking place. For instance, the first part is characterized by long pan or tilt shots, the camera is steady but still manages to follow the characters actions. The editing points to the linear occurring of the events. Also, the characters and the objects are usually methodically placed in the scene. All of the elements are used to convey the rigid organization, efficiency and control typical of the military environment. On the other hand, in the second part, there are usually shorter shots and steadicam shots. The camera is free to investigate the space of action. Here, the editing is used to create a dynamic perception of the events. In this way Kubrick is able to bring in the spectators’ minds the chaotic reality of the war. Moreover, colors become another tool to communicate to the audience this sort of split within the film. In fact, after Pyle’s death the viewer can notice how those metallic and cold colors, that are present at the beginning of the film, shift into wormer colors. It is actually through Pyle’s suicide that the the spectator gets this switch. In that scene the dark red blood stains, and ideologically violates, the cold white tiles of the bathroom. This film is also different on