Woman In Red

The lighting is very low key and most of the light filters from the roof, overhead. The overhead lighting dominates the gladiatorÂ’s faces and brings out their facial features. This effect shows the faces of the gladiatorÂ’s and their anticipation of the battle which is about to commence. Non diegetic orchestral music starts to begin once more building the tension. The camera then cuts into a close up of every gladiator whilst moving slowly to the side where it stops and gives us a side view shot of the gladiatorÂ’s showing in detail their facial expressions.

The camera moved in a slow pace while in circulation motion. This is a general term for all the manipulations of the film strip by the camera in the movie. This happened when Neo dodged the bullets by bending backwards before smith shoot him in the side of the leg. The blue colour represent “the real world” of Zion and also symbolise the body. The yellow colour appear in the matrix world and represent the spirit and even Heaven. The green colour that appear which is the colour of the matrix and it also indicate the mind. In this new axis-switched medium close-up, we see more of Neo's face and less of Trinity's face. We see that in terms of profile and as well as the darkness. Neo was now more on-axis with the camera and is lit brighter. The display features of special frame that allows the skirt of the coat to flare a little just as it does on screen. In these film, they used mise-en-scene dominantly to build mystery within the pill scene. Regular cinematography, editing, and dramatic sound effects were also used, to captivate the audience and build tension. Morpheus is gave Neo an opportunity to view reality from another perspective, and forget the world he once knew. The act began with a close-up, an important shot used to create confusion as the viewers is unaware of the setting. The act itself contains leading of close-ups and reverse

In this film, Singleton employs a more pared-down and the construction of an effective scene for a fast shoot in a natural lighting. An example is the shoot picture whereby Tre is seen looking into the streets. The camera revolves to catch him as he moves the child from being run over by the moving cars in a wide shot. The camera then cuts Tre returning the child to her junkie mom in one shot. The third shot is depicted whereby Tre is passing along the car full of gang members with one showcasing a pistol from the car and threatening to shoot him.

Neuromancer came up with a novel approach towards science fiction, and was instrumental in spawning multiple movies of similar genre. One of such movie is “The Matrix”. The reason I chose this movie for the review is the very concept of stimulated reality in this movie being quite analogous to the one slowly budding towards the end in the Neuromancer.

This first paragraph that begins the story is perfect in showing The Matrix ideas. Humans live in pods in large fields were they are grown. So like in the story they are prisoners even as children and they are plugged into the matrix or "chained so they cannot move." The fire behind the prisoners is like the matrix program it self, it's there to make illusions and make the prisoners think what they see is "real." Lastly there are the puppeteers who make shadows using the fire and create illusions. The puppeteers can easily be linked to the machines that hold the humans as prisoners and make what happens in the matrix happen. Such as the puppeteers make shadows in the fire to trick the humans, the machines do the same thing in The Matrix, it's just in a more advanced and complicated way. The machines create

Orpheus is doing this exactly same thing in the movie. He is trying to save Eurydice overcoming anything or one that comes in his way.

The scene begins with Kat Dennings character 'Renee Yohe' laying on the ground after taking drugs. A high shot has been used to capture this moment as it usually represents vulnerability, therefore causing the audience to sympathise with Renee, and the position that she is in because she's powerless. This angle also enables us to view the mise-en-scene, which is extremely dreary as the colour scheme used consists of grey and black. These colours have been used as they have connotations of being seriously dull and depressing, thus reflecting the characters emotions and causing the audience have a further understanding of Renee and what sort of personality she has. Still in the same shot we hear the diegetic sound of a butterfly flapping its

Moore switches between the colour camera and the black and white CCTV footage very effectively. The use of CCTV makes the sequence feel more personal and distinctive. Bright, intense illumination is used to highlight the shooters on the CCTV footage. The footage also corresponds with the emergency calls, because when the teachers and witnesses telephoned the emergency services they were talking as if in a haste and we can see why on the CCTV footage.

Next, we meet Thomas Anderson. We find him sleeping in front of his computer after a long night of software hacking. The computer begins typing messages to him saying "Neo, wake up". Neo is Thomas' online alias. He wakes up to read these messages about how he should follow the white rabbit. Next thing that happens is Neo gets a knock on the door while talking to the people at the front door they invite him out to the club that night. Neo at first declines but then see's a white rabbit tattoo on the lady's back. After seeing this Neo takes it as a sign and agrees to join them for the night (The Matrix, 1999).

The reference to Jesus Christ in this scene implies that Neo represents the human psyche beginning the individuation process. Neo meets a woman named Trinity at the party. Trinity tells Neo that she is aware of his desire to know what the Matrix is. “It's the question that brought you here. What is the Matrix?” (The Matrix). Trinity is the one who will lead him towards the underworld. Jung called the her a soul figure, one that occupies an area or boundary between the personal unconscious and the collective unconscious. Trinity is also associated with a person's calling or fate.

The Matrix brings a famous theory of philosophy to Hollywood, whether or not our knowledge of reality is true. This theory has been talked about by many philosophers, in reading the synopsis’s from two of these philosophers, Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” and Descartes “Meditation I of the Things of Which We May Doubt”, you can see the similarities and differences to the Matrix. In each of these theories they are seeking to know if our reality is real, or if an outside force for is manipulating it as long as they have lived. In Plato’s cave the manipulator would be the people containing the prisoners, only showing them shadows upon the wall.

The scene begins with Kat Dennings character 'Renee Yohe' laying on the ground after taking drugs. A high shot has been used to capture this moment as it usually represents vulnerability, therefore causing the audience to sympathise with Renee, and the position that she is in because she's powerless. This angle also enables us to view the mise-en-scene, which is extremely dreary as the colour scheme used consists of grey and black. These colours have been used as they have connotations of being seriously dull and depressing, thus reflecting the characters emotions and causing the audience have a further understanding of Renee and what sort of personality she has. Still in the same shot we hear the diegetic sound of a butterfly flapping its wings, it flies past Yohe who glances at it emotionlessly. Although this is a very small action, the butterfly holds great symbolism as its reminiscent of her childhood, because at the start of the film we are shown how Renee liked to draw bright coloured butterflies, the directors and producers of the movie

The spectator is thrown into the reckless and expeditious world of the characters, creating a sense of hedonistic abandon and excitement. The chase leads to the first of the dramatic scenes within City of God. A heavily armed stand-off between Lil’ Zé’s gang, and the police ensues and we are introduced to Rocket who is caught between the two. It is here that the shot rotates 360 degrees, spinning us into the past, leaving the spectator keen to understand more. It is this exhilarating sequence of editing and camera work that has led some viewers to brand the film an indulgent exhibition of romanticized ghetto life. However, the producers of the film claim that the effects are present in order to assist the telling of a universally human story and are intended to capture its realism[9]. Kátia Lund commented on the rotation shot and remarked that “the critics would say this is a film from Hollywood, they’re doing The Matrix, these fancy shots. And the cost of the shot was...$20. Just a guy pulling a dolly”[10].

In truth, Morpheus is a good man – so good that he is willing to lay down his own life to allow Neo to escape the Agents in the wet-wall scene.

The characters in the Matrix assist in producing a high-quality film. The costumes are interesting, and symbolise different groups- the agents all wear the same suits and people from Zion entering the Matrix all wear sleek, black leather, forming a cool collected image. Other valuable features of the film include effective cinematic imagery such as Trinity holding the gun to an agent's head before saying 'Dodge this.' This is ironic, as Neo has just been dodging bullets shot by the same agent.