Tuesday, December 15, 2015

10th Theme_ Environments of Media (The Truman Show and Hits)

The Social Network 












This film is about the environment of media because it details the creation of Facebook and this issues that filled the creation of this new social media site. This film shows the influence that social media has had on the most current generation. The Truman Show showed the effects of how the media can take over peoples lives without them realizing it and Hits explained how the hunger for fame could blind someone. The Social Network details how the struggle for success can be brought up through social media. 

9th Theme_Environments of Simulacra (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Moon)

Big Fish












This movie is about environments in Simulacra because it details a fairytale life with the relationship between a father and son. The father would constantly make up exaggerated stories and led to the son not having a great deal of trust with his father. In the movie Moon, the astronaut was made into a clone which is completely fantasy and the clone eventually realizes his fate. The unruliness of these films leads to their similarities in this genre of film. 

8th theme_Extraterrestrial Environments (Europa Report and Monsters)

E.T. The Extraterrestrial 









This movie perfectly depicts the extraterrestrial environments that were discussed in class. ET is about a an Alien who gets left behind from his ship and is stuck on earth and attempts to adapt to human life. In the film, humans somewhat adopt ET and introduce him to aspects of human life and hide him for the government so that he is not taken against his will ad try everything in their power to get him back to his home in space. This film is far different from the others because the other films portray aliens in a more negative light while in ET they portray aliens as very friendly and humanize them. 

7th theme_Environments in the Future (Snowpiercer and Never Let Me Go)


The Day After Tomorrow










This film is very similar to Snowpiercer in relation to it's theme of the environments of the future. This film details how a climate shift in Antartica led to causing a new Ice Age in the U.S. Snow piercer had a similar plot in which there was a new Ice Age and the humans needed to deal with the results of it. Never Let Me Go was different in the sense that it discussed the futuristic aspects pertaining to healthcare. The Day After Tomorrow follows this futuristic environment because it shows how humans must adapt and deal with how their environments change and how they adjust to it, particularly if the changes are environmental. 

6th theme_Protecting the Environment (Night Moves and Mountain Patrol)


Fern Gully: The Last Rainforrest 










This film is about protecting the environment. Although it is a child's film it discusses the importance of saving the environment. In the film the main characters are fairies that live in the rainforest an are trying to protect their home because it is about to be urbanized and bulldozers are coming in to destroy where they live. Throughout the film the characters fight to save their rainforest which is similar to night moves because they fight for the environment and leaving it unchanged at all costs. In Fern Gully, they don't take as much of an aggressive tone as Night Moves but emphasis nonetheless the importance of saving the environment.