The Island
The Island
In the film ‘The Island’, directed by Michael Bay there are many scenes which include various techniques to show a theme. In this scene Lincoln Six-Echo and Jordan two-Delta decide to go back to Dr Merricks Biotech facility and attempt to save their clone friends and destroy the biotech facility. Their moral and compassionate actions allow them to do this and in doing so risk their freedom and lives. In the end it’s their actions that make us understand the system was not right. Bay uses aspects including costumes, dialogue and lighting.
Lighting is a key aspect used throughout the film but particularly in this scene. Light is used in this scene to show how the characters are seen and portrayed. During this scene Dr Merrick is in a tense conversation with Laurent, whilst the camera is fixed on Merrick a beam of light is focused on his face while the surroundings remain dark and black. The dark, black shadows represent the gloomy nature of the Biotech facility and the unbearable power and control Merrick has over everything and anyone. This dark background played an important role in portraying the fact that Merrick was just a pretty face hiding the dark truth of what was really going on. The lighting aspect used in this scene made the viewer’s realise that Merrick had a unanimous amount of power and control over what goes on at the facility.
The main purpose the scene is to validate the idea that the biotech facility system was not right. This scene proves that Dr Merrick’s power and dominance was undoubtedly used in the wrong way and purely for evil. “When did killing become a business for you” This dialogue from Laurent shows that other people are starting to understand that what Dr Merrick is doing is purely killing. But more importantly is shows the viewers the idea of rebellion, they start to understand that about Laurent’s past and how he feels about this situation. At first Laurent was all about finding the runaway clones but now that he has
In the film ‘The Island’, directed by Michael Bay there are many scenes which include various techniques to show a theme. In this scene Lincoln Six-Echo and Jordan two-Delta decide to go back to Dr Merricks Biotech facility and attempt to save their clone friends and destroy the biotech facility. Their moral and compassionate actions allow them to do this and in doing so risk their freedom and lives. In the end it’s their actions that make us understand the system was not right. Bay uses aspects including costumes, dialogue and lighting.
Lighting is a key aspect used throughout the film but particularly in this scene. Light is used in this scene to show how the characters are seen and portrayed. During this scene Dr Merrick is in a tense conversation with Laurent, whilst the camera is fixed on Merrick a beam of light is focused on his face while the surroundings remain dark and black. The dark, black shadows represent the gloomy nature of the Biotech facility and the unbearable power and control Merrick has over everything and anyone. This dark background played an important role in portraying the fact that Merrick was just a pretty face hiding the dark truth of what was really going on. The lighting aspect used in this scene made the viewer’s realise that Merrick had a unanimous amount of power and control over what goes on at the facility.
The main purpose the scene is to validate the idea that the biotech facility system was not right. This scene proves that Dr Merrick’s power and dominance was undoubtedly used in the wrong way and purely for evil. “When did killing become a business for you” This dialogue from Laurent shows that other people are starting to understand that what Dr Merrick is doing is purely killing. But more importantly is shows the viewers the idea of rebellion, they start to understand that about Laurent’s past and how he feels about this situation. At first Laurent was all about finding the runaway clones but now that he has