What Is The Matrix?

I believe that this action packed blockbuster that gave Leonardo DiCaprio an Oscar is boring. I believe this not because it has a poor scenery or bad acting, the acting is phenomenal and the scenery and special effects are very detailed and

By utilising a variety of filmic techniques, both Scott Hicks and Anthony Fingleton created a key action scene to engage and connect the audience to their films. To convey the intensity of the scene, Hicks and Fingleton used a vast range of filmic techniques, however the two key features used, were sound

The camera technique used is a Medium Long Shot; this allows the audience to see the attack and the surroundings in more detail.

In terms of sound the film is able to use effective sound mixing to mix in several characters speaking at once along with background noise (Thomas Youtube). It also integrates the microphones into the background to avoid using boom mics and allowing the viewer to see the ceiling of buildings, helping to establish a greater sense of realism (Thomas Youtube). Finally the film even makes heavy use of Matte paintings in the background, something that had been pioneered in the 30s and is used effectively in the film (Lewis Smoodin 110). Altogether the film is able to make good

In this essay ,I will be comparing two films, The Matrix and Charlie Angels. I will discuss the use of cinematography, the genres of the films, and how effective they are. I will also look at the characters, action, plot ,sound and atmosphere created, and how these are aimed at each film 's target audience.

When reviewing The Matrix, you may ask yourself, “What philosophical message is being depicted?” This movie enacts multiple teaching from the well-known philosophers, Plato and Descartes. The beneficial points portrayed teach us that people are continually struggling to know the meaning of reality and truth. The Matrix boldly displays these philosophers argument: How to distinguish what is real verse what feels right. In addition, how do we ascertain that knowledge?

Compared to normal action films, this film is “progressive” throughout, such as in scenes mentioned above, and does not overly engage in classic action film conventions of spectacle. Instead, the film takes a more methodical and low-key approach, only using a degree of spectacle fighting when absolutely necessary. Ultimately, while the film makes recognition

Some of the deepest symbolic scenes of any film with a battle between symbolism and duality, at a time where man feared its own technology in the year 1999’s fear of Y2K. The Wachowkis Brother’s usage of such a time was attempted to introduce the new millennia to a new style of film. Wachowkis’s The Matrix (1999), set in a future where reality as perceived by most humans is actually control by sentient machines to subdue the population of humans, while using the human bodies, and their electrical activity as their energy source. Characters and props are use in the film to give it an identity of symbolism. Camera angles and philosophical dialogue drives the understanding of duality between man and machine.

Certain aspects of society often inspire films. Filmmakers usually hyperbolize issues in order to position the audience to perceive the world in a certain way. At the start of a new millennium, where computers and the Internet were getting popular, the Wachowski brothers decided to make a movie to inform the world of the dangers of letting technology control our lives. The movie, The Matrix, is a film about how humans have become brainwashed and confined in a highly technological time. The main character Neo, played by Keanu Reeves, is a professional coder by morning and an illegal hacker by night. The plot begins to roll when he is dragged into a world of agents and gravity defying action. This film shows the typical view of a working culture in our society and also shows how we sometimes forget that we are in control of our lives and all our decisions have consequences.

This is taking a different route from what people know as the ‘traditional’ film style of fast-paced action and heroic characters. The ambiguity of the film allows the viewers to form their own impressions with the visuals and music given. Much like when one beholds a painting or listens to a music piece, written explanations are not needed. Each viewer perceives the film differently than the

In my cross-analysis of my four chosen films, a connection I believed was worth examining was the connection between Wachowski’s The Matrix and Robert Zemeckis’s Back to the Future part 2. What connected the two films was that the directors used advanced scientific concepts in order to grasp the audience’s attention. The Matrix was based on the theoretical concept that the world we see, the things we do and the feelings we embrace are merely chemical impulses, which are being harvested in order to power a world controlled by artificial intelligence. However, Back to the Future is based on the concept of time travel.

The computers have created a complex technology system called the Matrix which simulates a form of reality. To keep humans under control, the technology places them in the Matrix, a computer system that is based on what we know is the real world. “That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else you were born into bondage. Into a prison that you cannot taste or see or touch. A prison for your mind.”(1999 Wachowski) This quotation is explaining that Morpheus is trying to tell Neo that he can not leave the Matrix. “A prison for your mind” is foreshadowing that Neo will not be able to escape the Matrix. In the movie the Matrix the directors reveal to the audience how much influence machines have over humans. Machines act like there enslaving people. In order to understand that machines are slaving people you must

They actually service it instead of being in competition with it. The animated skeletons pay homage to the special effects, while the monsters look like stop-motion animation, giving them a realistic quality and creating a nightmarish image. The hollows are unforgettably scary. They are tall and eyeless with blade-like limbs and tentacles that sprout from their faces to devour the eyes of their victims. Special effects were also used in the movie when the characters use their qualities to resurface a hundred foot long sunken cruise ship, leaving the viewer in awe. The special effects in the movie definitely kept every audience member immersed in the

There are a lot of appealing and enchanting aspects of The Matrix that bring about discussions, arguments, as well as debates over what the producers, directors and writers meant by a specific scene, certain lines in the movie, and characters. Some of the mysterious and hidden meaning is not that difficult to find - other materials are concealed and buried so deeply or only briefly was said about it, now some people may not like that, but most of the fun is coming up with different ideas on what’s about to happen

Through the use of cinema, lighting, costumes and make up, as well as scripting, the filmmakers stake their point on this intense twist of events.