District 9 Description of content & why I chose this text: District 9 is a film that is set in Johannesburg‚ South Africa in the year of 2010. Twenty eight years ago‚ an alien species arrived over Johannesburg. The humans were prepared to be invaded or for some great leap in technology to come with the aliens presence‚ but it turned out the aliens were actually refugees‚ the remaining population of a species who no longer had a planet to live on. They spent their time on earth residing in a messy
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Dominique Butler Dr. Frentz April 28 2015 District 9 As with any facet of American culture‚ race has always been a prevalent factor in separating people. In science fiction we see the same trend withstanding. Science fiction has ultimate coded the ever familiar and present “alien” as black. Known as the “other” in many SF texts. SF texts such as Ridley Scott’s “Alien” show an evident decoder for how white culture believes and perceives fear from the alienated lower-class blacks. Movies‚ which project
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Mead Professor McCormick Sociology 2 December 2012 District 9 Though this may seem like any other stereotypical extra-terrestrial movie‚ District 9 is unique in that it creates a scenario showing human discrimination towards alien begins; something that is an obvious metaphor for all racial discrimination. District 9 shows a world where the battle for previously eliminated racial equality resurfaces. It is no coincidence that District 9 is set in South Africa‚ where apartheid‚ discrimination
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“It’s gonna be clean and its gonna be quiet.” This is the attitude many people in Cape Town held regarding the discrimination of blacks in District 6. The 2009 film produced and directed by Blomkamp and Peter Jackson‚ District 9‚ highlights by using satire‚ the cruel and inhumane side of the society that discriminates towards specific others. It embodies ideas that ridicule modern society including the loss of humanisation and the effects of discriminating and segregating races. The ‘prawns’
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2015 District 9 is more evolved as a science fiction film than Avatar if one analyses the following themes portrayed in the films: The Alien as the “other”‚ Genetic transformation and Dystopia through the use of camera angles and shots‚ colours and music. District 9’s prawns are seen as disgusting creatures that have no recognizable hierarchy‚ no drive and no understanding of their situation. They are just animals that have the misfortune of landing in Johannesburg. The main prawn in District 9 is
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Statement of Intent: This text is a formal essay piece on the film “District 9” directed by Neill Blomkamp. The purpose of this essay is to explain how symbolism and film techniques were utilized to show how the key idea of discrimination is conveyed. In the film “District 9” directed by Neill Blomkamp‚ Symbolism was portrayed using restriction signs‚ the black body bag and two different districts‚ which were used to develop the key idea of discrimination throughout the film. The director’s
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District 9: Scene Analysis The 2009 film‚ District 9‚ directed by Neill Blomkamp is a direct comparison criticizing the actions of the South African apartheid‚ about a community of aliens from another planet whose mother-ship has broken down over the city of Johannesburg in South Africa and is forced into living on another life forms territory until they can fix their ship. The Aliens‚ after the government of South Africa put them under control of the power-abusing corporation of MNU‚ were viewed
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Image A Image B The viewer of District 9 would see Image B when the hand-held camera is tracking through the city of Johannesburg. The sign represents that the aliens are not allowed in any specific areas around the city restricting them off access to certain services. This is shown by the red cross going through its body and by using the word “only” makes specific reference to a specific race/species. This is symbolic of segregation as seen during the Apartheid era‚ which is shown in Image
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I think that District 9 says a lot about human nature. It says that humans have a tendency to not accept differences‚ and that they tend to judge books by their covers. These characteristics were displayed several times throughout the movie. When people are introduced with something completely new to them‚ they generally don’t adapt to it right away‚ or sometimes‚ not at all. In the movie‚ the aliens were immediately unnaccepted and unwanted. They were not treated as human beings‚ but worse
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Both images show restroom signs that are discriminatory or prejudice against another race or being. In District 9‚ there is evidence of discrimination against the aliens or ‘prawns’. This refers back to the Apartheid Era‚ where White Supremacy ruled over the nation of South Africa and caused an unfair racial divide. The ‘white people’ were more privileged than the other races and were forbidden to integrate with said races. The above images assist in showing the similar social issues present in the
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