Neo throughout the entire film has always been searching for answers, even through the end asking, “is he really the one”? The Matrix is centered on a program that is sort of a dream world, basically like a real life Sim’s. Neo, before he is introduced to the Matrix is always having nightmares, or so he thinks. Although he doesn’t know it, this is Neo’s first introduction to the Matrix. He believes that the integration was a nightmare. Trinity, who is introduced later in the film, removes the bug that the agents put inside of him. Neo truly did not realize that there was a bug in his stomach, and believed it was a nightmare. Neo throughout the film not only changes physically, by learning all forms of fighting techniques, but he also changes …show more content…
We don’t know what Neo is searching for yet, but we are offered some clue when the phone rings, and a man tells him what to do. The person on the end of the line offers him some truth, and tells him to follow the white rabbit, which ends up being a tattoo on one of his customer’s girlfriend’s shoulder. The group ends up going to a club, and he meets a girl named Trinity. When Trinity first talks to Neo she leans in really close to his face and whispers, from this scene we can clearly see some sort of sexual interaction going on, that might lead up somewhere in the end of the film. The night passes by and we are brought to a scene that Neo is being yelled at for coming to work late, it clearly seemed like Neo has been through this a few times, and really doesn’t respect authority. When Neo goes back to his desk, his phone rings, and Morpheus tells Neo to run and get out while he can. Neo does not know it yet, but agents from outside the matrix are there to take him in. After being told to climb the lift on the side of the building, Neo turns himself in, and is brought into an integration room. At this point, from the way he responds to the agents we clearly see he has a probably with authority, and this is the first time we truly see the Matrix. When Neo asked for his phone call, and since he wasn’t cooperating the agents blended …show more content…
Neo is faced with a problem on the roof when the agents pull a gun on him. Neo starts believing in himself more, and he starts to dodge the bullets. After saving Morpheus from the agents, and Trinity from the helicopter, they look for a way out of the matrix. When they go to leave the matrix Trinity and Morpheus teleport out, and accidently leave Neo alone with an agent. This is when Neo truly starts to believe in himself, and can fight the Agent. Neo ends up defeating the Agent, and runs to a new phone to teleport out with. Towards the end of the chase Neo is corned by three agents and chooses to stop running, and fight. After he is cornered, Neo is shot multiple times by the agents, and almost dies. When Trinity sees Neo start to fade she kisses him and when he wakes up and can see binary. This is when Neo fully believes in himself and unlocks his true potential; when the agents see Neo get up they unload their magazines at him, but to no avail. Neo is now too powerful to stop and can fully block their bullets, and kills the main
In the film, “North by Northwest” we see a series of shots that creates suspense and danger. The point of the film is very vague and it ends without a resolution to the main conflict. The incredible camera work and techniques that Alfred Hitchcock did created a feeling of danger and suspense, making the audience want to see more. Also, Hitchcock's film main character Roger O. Thornhill creates suspense with his mistaken identity and fight for his escape. The film uses a handful of shots, for example, medium shots, close ups, long shots and shot-reverse-shots. I found particularly interesting how a handful of shots can create suspense and the feeling of danger can create a misleading plot.
The movie Shock Doctrine revolves around the concept of the same name. The film begins by discussing psychological research on the effects of shock therapy. It is evident that a person under extreme stress and anxiety commonly experienced during a crisis functions and performs inadequately. It is noted that the studies are conducted by a man by the name of Milton Friedman, from the University of Chicago; the studies took place in the past, and some of the subjects are still recovering in the aftermath. From this research, interrogation techniques were learned and the concept of the shock doctrine was formed. Essentially through causing a crisis, the population of a country can be shocked into complying with accepting laws that favors the United States and capitalism. This theory coexists with Friedman’s belief in that government regulation is bad, and through a crisis a country would better itself with deregulation. The video uses Chile as an example and shows how America allowed a crisis to occur in Chile, through coups, interrogations and subterfuge. In the end a new government is formed that allows capitalism. Unfortunately afterwards violence and riots occur, as the rich gain most of the wealth and poverty rises. In addition to Chile, Argentina, Russia and even Iraq underwent the shock doctrine. Almost in every account, poverty rises and violence ends up erupting. The movie ends by showing how the US was in the process of the shock doctrine, and still is but the population has taken notice. Protests such as Occupy Wall Street are some of the initiatives necessary to bring awareness to the problems of class inequalities in order to prevent capitalism from benefitting the rich and increasing the wealth gap among the classes.
Overall, the film The Matrix has successfully utilized the elements of mise-en-scene. It is a perfect example of how the elements of mise-en-scene can be creatively used to express particular themes across the film and also be symbolic of imagination, such
In the Matrix, the concept of the illusion of reality is constantly portrayed. Mr. Anderson was once an average citizen living the “normal” life, paying taxes. But as he is faced with the realization that the world which he has known his life was not real, he has to make a decision whether to live in his dream world or to become unplugged from the “Matrix” and to begin his journey with the role to become the “one”. Throughout the movie, Neo becomes more and more detached from the world he once knew. He starts developing skills with the guide of Morpheus which allows him to reach his full potential. The dialogue from Morpheus “What is real?” appeals and makes the audience think about the statement. It implies how do you know what is or isn’t real. In “The lady in the red dress” scene, everyone is walking straight, not looking where they are walking thus symbolizing that they are totally unaware of the situation that they are being held as captives. However, the woman dressed in red is moving around freely lookin...
Let us begin with the comparison of The Matrix with Plato’s Excerpt The Allegory of the Cave and Descartes Excerpt Meditation I. All of these readings seem to have characters that are in a world made of illusions and dreams. Deception is also very prominent in these stories; the characters are being deceived by what they see and by the world around them. In these stories, it is essential for the characters to uncover the truth about what is the true reality. In The Matrix Neo was told that the world he thought was real was actually nothing more than a virtual world made up by a computer program. He was not aware of the real world until he took a red pill, this awoken Neo from his dream state and allowed him to see beyond what he thought was true. Neo experienced different emotions after taking the pill. He experiences denial, confusion, and fear but finally ...
Let me briefly explain a simplified plot of The Matrix. The story centers around a computer-generated world that has been created to hide the truth from humans. In this world people are kept in slavery without their knowledge. This world is designed to simulate the peak of human civilization which had been destroyed by nuclear war. The majority of the world's population is oblivious to the fact that their world is digital rather than real, and they continue living out their daily lives without questioning their reality. The main character, Neo, is a matrix-bound human who knows that something is not right with the world he lives in, and is eager to learn the truth. He is offered the truth from a character named Morpheus, who proclaims that Neo is “the One” (chosen one) who will eventually destroy the Matrix, thereby setting the humans “free.” For this to happen, Neo must first overcome the Sentient Program agents who can jump into anyone's digital body. They are the Gate Keepers and hold the keys to The Matrix.
In the documentary “Fed Up,” sugar is responsible for Americas rising obesity rate, which is happening even with the great stress that is set on exercise and portion control for those who are overweight. Fed Up is a film directed by Stephanie Soechtig, with Executive Producers Katie Couric and Laurie David. The filmmaker’s intent is mainly to inform people of the dangers of too much sugar, but it also talks about the fat’s in our diets and the food corporation shadiness. The filmmaker wants to educate the country on the effects of a poor diet and to open eyes to the obesity catastrophe in the United States. The main debate used is that sugar is the direct matter of obesity. Overall, I don’t believe the filmmaker’s debate was successful.
...e point when Neo realizes that the spoon does not exist, he does not fully grasp that he does exist. Just as Descartes’s doubt about his own existence leads him to find proof of his existence, so, too, Neo’s ability to live despite dying in The Matrix leads him to understand that the rules in The Matrix can be broken. He becomes aware of his existence and fully realizes that because The Matrix is simply a projected reality that it does not conform to the laws of the ‘real’ world outside of the Matrix.
...’s threat to the whole system. Neo sacrificed his life in order to kill Smith, and that way he could liberate Zion from the machines. With this scene, the Wachowski brothers brought us back to the allusion made on the first movie of Neo being “Jesus Christ.” All of these events were made posible because Neo knew that Zion believed in him, therefore he felt that he had to do something. Because of Morpheus and Zion’s faith in him, he did all the posible to accomplish his purpose in life.
Once entering reality, he had knowledge of what it was like to experience life both in the Matrix and in the ‘real’ world. When returning to the Matrix with Morpheus after exposure to reality he was able to remember experiences he had from his life within the Matrix such as people he knew and places he dined. This evidence enabled him to understand that the information he was told by Morpheus was true. He had previously been living in the Matrix and he had escaped into reality. Fundamentally, for people living within the Matrix it is impossible to know that they are not living in the ‘real world.’ For Neo to see the computer program that was running the Matrix was pivotal in this thinking. He used logic and reasoning to determine that what he was being told was real – it is true that he was living in a false reality. This was a key source of evidence that suggested to Neo that he was currently in the true
Gladiator (2000) is an action drama about a Roman general that is betrayed by his country and is forced to fight in the Colosseum. This particular scene, which runs for approximately 5 minutes, is the aftermath of the fight scene between Maximus, the betrayed general, and Commodus, the jealous emperor who betrayed him. This scene is not only significant because it is the concluding scene of the film, but also because it represents the end of Maximus’s enslavement and his coming to peace with dying.
Trinity tells Neo, “The Matrix can not tell you who you are”. Neo is brave enough to walk away and take the red pill, just like the freed prisoner, Neo , and human kind itself, are making the first step towards personal independence.
Mise-en-scene is used in many different parts of the movie to help the viewers feel as if they are a part of what is going on. An example of the use of mise-en-scene and also lighting used throughout the movie is when the characters are inside the matrix. The camera has a slight shade of green on everything during the scene. This could be identified as mise-en-scene. The green lighting is used to inform the viewers that the scene is taking place inside the matrix and it could also be a form of a lighting technique. The computer code is green, also which links it to the matrix. Then it changes to a blue light when they are back in the real world. Another technique of mise-en-scene is used when Neo first enters the matrix. He is in a room that is completely solid white and appears to be never-ending. This technique is used to show that
The identity and reality that Neo faces all begins with the famous choice given upon his encounter with Morpheus, “the red pill or the blue pill?” This question poses a very difficult decision for Neo. Should he take the blue pill and live without knowing the truth and who he actually is, or should he take the red pill and discover the truth and figure out what his life is really all about. The film as a whole and especially this particular scene is deeply compelling. On one hand you have everyone you love and everything that you have built your life upon, though being fed with false sensory information by a giant virtual reality computer called the Matrix. On the other, you are promised only truth. Is it better to live in a harsh reality or a comfortable fantasy? How could a choice possibly be made? In essence, the choice is one that is between truth and happiness, and Neo hungered for the truth. Neither living as a hacker nor working for a company would suffice. Neo wanted to find his “true” identity, and he does so through...
And a Clockwork universe is comparing the universe as a mechanical clock, it’s a perfect contraption, but every aspect of it is science controlling it. So, I asked questions after each paragraph about Alex. With Alex being a deviant criminal in the beginning due to his environment which wasn’t his fault for being the way he was to being put through “treatment” that cured him to be a perfect citizen, he still wasn’t fully “cured”. Once Alex was put into the real world he became the perfect victim, and he was put through horrific acts just like he used to do to his victims and tried to commit suicide. With jumping out a window Alex’s new conditioning isn’t a thing anymore, he doesn’t get ill when subjected to violence and is able to listen to his favorite song by Beethoven without getting sick also. Once Alex figures out that he doesn’t get violently ill when subjected to these things government officials apologize to him and compensate him for their fault. The camera pans out and Alex just smirks at the camera, so will he learn from this experience and learn new ways to cope with violence or was it all a waste and goes back to his