District 9 (Peter Jackson‚ 2009)‚ a science fiction film produced by Peter Jackson‚ is a rare gem unlike the many sci-fi movies which have been released in our time. The story is established via a mix of standard third person camera and documentary footage and takes place in the present - a twist from your regular science fiction film which normally takes place in the future. The film‚ about a colony of alien refugees forced by humans to live in a South African slum‚ is an example of social satire by presenting
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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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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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“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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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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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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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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District 9 and Racism The aliens encountered in District 9 are treated with the same level of distain and indifference usually reserved for refugees and ethnic minorities. District 9 concerns itself with after the first encounter and the struggle of coexistence. The film is set in South-Africa and bears similarities to the apartheid system including those of the District 6 initiative. In District 9 black and white characters come together to hate on the “prawn‚” the aliens in this story‚ who then
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(cinematography‚ sound‚ mise-en-scene‚ editing) used in the film to create realism. District 9 is a science fiction documentary style film directed by Neill Blomkamp in 2009‚ set in present time in Johannesburg‚ South Africa. District 9 uses stylistic techniques such as cinematography‚ sound‚ mise-en-scene and editing to make us‚ the audience‚ believe that the alien invasion redundant is truly happening in our world today. District 9 also uses strong documentary techniques to reel the audience in even further
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