Violence and Corruption Analysis: Slumdog Millionaire

An example of deep focus appears in this sequence. A young Mr. Kane is visible in the background by the window in the middle ground while Mrs. Kane signs over custody of him to Mr. Thatcher in the foreground of the shot. There is a great significance to Kane appearing at the background of the frame. The narrative perspective captures Kane being present, but almost pushed to the literal and symbolic background as decisions are made to determine his future in the foreground. The use of deep focus turns what would’ve been a flat cinema screen into a three-dimensional world with a strong sense of realism. Although our attention is not immediately forced to any specific aspect of the mise-en-scene, a certain important moment is noted just as Mrs. Kane signs the paperwork. Young Kane while playing a childish game of “civil war” screams “Union forever;”

‘Slumdog Millionaire’ is a film that features a character, Jamil Malik, who lives in Dubai and is considered an ignorant young boy. Jamil Malik had never went to school or college and would not have known any of the answers for the game show, “Who wants to be a Millionaire” but was given the prejudge of being on the show because he grew up in the slums of India. Jamil’s life experiences allowed him an

With the combination of the railing on the stairwell depicting bars of a jail cell and the shirt and socks of the child in stripes appearing to make the child look like a prisoner. The final piece of the child seated with his back in the corner with his hands over his eyes reflects the pain, shame, and fear the child feels being stuck in this situation with no apparent way

Slumdog Millionaire is a British Drama Film, set in India. India is the second largest country by area in Asia, and with over 1.2 billion people it is the second most populous country in the world, after China. The film was released in 2008 and portrays the different aspects of India as a country. Throughout the film different themes are addressed especially the issue of poverty. The word Slumdog refers to someone who lives in a slum, as does Jamal Malik the protagonist in the film.

While much of the neighborhood appears on-screen in the beginning of the shot, one important thing is notably off-screen the whole time: The view from which the camera pivots. Behind the camera was the apartment of L.B. Jeffries, and the camera pans to the left, inside his window, to finish with a brief tour around his living room that teaches us his most important character traits. We see first, in an extreme close-up of a cast, that Jeffries has a broken leg. And then the camera pans left and we see why: A broken camera appears on screen, and a rack focus shift to the background shows a photograph of an automobile accident with a tire flying straight at the camera. Then several other framed photographs of exciting events appear on the screen, telling us Jeffries is a photographer who craves adventure and excitement.

To see what they see, and compare our own thoughts with the evolution of the characters and the story. The dexterity of the images, and the impact that each scene has in portraying this theme, guide the viewer throughout the film with little use of dialogue and action. Our central character “Jeff,” is struggling with his casted imprisonment, his need for adventure is apparent as he watches outside his window. Conflicted with his girlfriend and conflicted with his theories, his character becomes more palpable, we begin to realize what is going on not only on the outside of him, but the inside of him as well. The aspects of the outside courtyard and the visual isolation of each apartment, help depict the humanity of each individual and sympathy for even the darkest characters. Hitchcock uses his camera, just as our protagonist does, to focus with him. The camera angles are depicted in a way to which we react with the character, rather than at the character, and eventually expose the minor elements of the story that bring to fruition the suspense of the movie and the thrills of discovery.

The front of the painting shows three African American men in the time of the Harlem Renaissance. Each of the men are doing something different. Near the three men, are factories blowing out smoke. In the lower right hand corner, a man is being held back and dragged down by what seems to be a hand made from the smoke, showing that he is still doing work that he does not want to do. Below him are cotton fields, where slaves used to have to work and do hard labor with little to no pay. The man on the bottom left side is shown to also have the hand by him, watching his moves. He is in a pose where he is frustrated and seems to have given up on his dreams. Closer to the center, higher up, stands a third man, playing a saxophone. Music can symbolize freedom and awakening. Along the outer edges of the painting, the colors are dark browns, reds, and oranges. As the focus is drawn closer to the center, lighter colors such as yellow. Darkness, as an archetype, represents despair and the unknown while lightness shows hope, renewal and intelligence. The goals of success, exuberancy, and harmony showed hope and renewal in change in

On the other hand, Behind the Beautiful Forevers emphasized the importance of police encounters. Boo described the brutality of police officers when father and son, Karam and Abdul, were arrested and severely beaten to force a fake confession. The author stated, “the idea was to get terrified prisoners to pay everything they had and everything they could secure from a moneylender, to stop a false criminal charge from being recorded. Beating, though outlawed in the human rights code were practical, as they increased the price that detainees would pay for their release” (Boo 107). The book detailed description of the torture and corruption shows the severity of this social problem. On the other hand, Slumdog Millionaire still tried to portray the character’s determination while being beaten and electrocuted by police officers. While being tortured for cheating during the game show, Jamal looked almost unaffected to the torture and still continued to provoke the officer by smirking and making fun of him. Even though this allows the audience to like Jamal more for standing up for himself, however, it is not something that one would do in that situation. If a prisoner is being tortured for hours, one would not want to aggravate the situation if it means that they would subject themselves to more violence. Additionally, the policeman

Another feature of this page that I recognize as a reader is the importance of colour relationships in expressing the tension of obsession and violence in the character of Dr. Dee. For example, colourist Todd Klein reflects Dr. Dee’s extreme fixation on re-acquiring possession of the dream ruby through the use of flat brown tones for his body. Similarly, these same colour tones appear again solely on the page in the illustration of the warehouse where the ruby is hidden. So, this likeness in colour depiction between Dr. Dee and the warehouse exposes his sense of obsession. Notably, it reveals that, just as the warehouse physically contains the ruby, Dr. Dee is equally psychologically constrained by the intense desires he harbours.

Night Shyamalan uses specific camera angles to deceive the viewers. When Malcolm was shot, the camera is placed looking down on him. This is an old technique that signifies that Malcolm’s sprit is leaving and looking down on his body. Using camera techniques can strengthen ideas and meanings. When Cole and his mother are arguing about the bumblebee pendant, the camera pans across the table.

In the background, there is a group of children who are playing and laughing and other slaves going about their normal daily routine. This striking contrast in events shows the grim reality, and attempts to relay the understanding, that hanging is not out of the ordinary and is a common occurrence during this time period. This scene reveals to the viewers how desensitized the other

In the movie Slumdog millionaire Jamal is a man of many tricks and traits when it comes to the streets. That's why the answer is C, he’s a genius. In the movie, jamal has a task that requires smarts. When Jamal was locked in the stall and the movie star came and he really wanted the signature, he jumped into the poop and got the signature. Jamal is very smart by listening to and pay attention to details in his life to help get the answers to the questions. Jamal as a kid was very very poor but still was clever especially when he was giving tours and he said something wrong and talked his way out of it. In the movie, it comes down to a scene where he has grown up and is helping out at a call center serving tea. Jamal gets called by a man to

Contrasting colour effect is clearly shown On the last panel of page 14, we see the Shah’s police, dressed in black, beating down the protesters, who are dressed in white, that are trying to save the people inside the Rex Cinema. Black in this panel is used to symbolise an oppressing force, and white is used to represent the call for freedom.This particular frame being enlarged, gives the reader a glimpse of how violent the police

Slumdog Millionaire is a multi-Oscar winning film directed by Danny Boyle that was based on the novel, Q & A written by Vikas Swarup. The novel is a love story about a man trying to get back the love of his life from a

Understanding the effects of the world around allows people to have an insight on a world filled with corruption and violence. Stown gave excellent insight on a world of corruption and violence. From an alleged murder to a puzzling suicide, Brian Reed, with the help of several others, told the heavy-hearted story of worldly problems and a dispirited man named John B. McLemore from Woodstock, Alabama, or as John often referred to it as, ‘Shittown’. With its tactless humor and modern setting, Stown is a contemporary piece of southern gothic literature as it examples southern gothic elements like decay, violence and irony.