Monday, 28 September 2009

Plan - Pursuit of Happyness

Media language – Lots of signs used some more obvious than others that refer to the values:
· Homeless man and instrumental woman
· Graffiti outside nursery
· Portable Bone Density Scanner
· Rubix cube
· Red Car
· How he’s always running
The institutions represented in the film are the hospital, nursery, clothes factory and the stock brokers
The ideologies shown in the film are Ronald Reagan (president at the time) giving a speech about budget out of control and how restrictions are needed also the idea that people live their lives in the pursuit of happiness.
There are lots of values shown in the film which include family, dreams, ambitions, the working class background, money problems, white workers (and how he challenges this), belief and trust.
Audience –
Mis en Scene – How the film is designed to put its point across
· New York, tall buildings show power and success
· Apartment, small, dark,
· Red car, shows the man’s wealth and success
· Bathroom, small, no shower curtain, they share the space
· Office, brightly lit, Chris is ignored as he is black
· Train going into tunnel, represents going into darkness/ being let down
· Past reflection, happy, strong relationship
· Walking up the hill, shows life isn’t easy, a bit of a struggle

1 comment:

  1. Patrick,
    the ideas from this are very good, I can see how this will be transferred into an essay. Just remember to give specific examples from the film (the close up of...the wide angled shot of etc) and what these represent will really help you to attain a good grade.

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