novel The Catcher in the Rye‚ by J.D. Salinger‚ and the movie Pleasantville‚ directed by Gary Ross‚ several similarities can be called out. Throughout the book‚ sixteen year old Holden Caulfield displays what his life is like after being kicked out of boarding school. He often speaks of people’s phoniness and how he dislikes it. In Pleasantville‚ a teenage boy named David and his sister Jennifer are put into a TV show called Pleasantville and are transformed into a 1950s character in black in white
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The movie Pleasantville is very symbolic. It is a movie that could be interpreted a number of different ways. Most will agree‚ however‚ that the basic point of the movie concerns the subject of change. But we can also see the movie as a modern version of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. From this point of view‚ Pleasantville depicted in black and white represents the cave‚ while color represents the world of enlightenment beyond the cave. Before David and Jennifer become Bud and Mary Sue‚ everything
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on make-up which is seen as a luxury. Pleasantville explores gender boundaries are established through single beds‚ no colour‚ no sex‚ and lack of knowledge. Make up also plays an important role in breaking boundaries in Pleasantville as it did in 1984‚ when Betty puts on make up to cover the fact that she has turned into a ‘coloured’ person. Bud and Mary-Sue are agents for change in Pleasantville ad bud educated Mr Johnson and the rest of the Pleasantville population by filling in the books‚ putting
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The movie Pleasantville was a commentary on the ideas of the 1950s. Throughout the movie‚ there are many parallels between the two. The Fifties were a time of normalcy and the desire to keep things they way they were. During the movie‚ the changes Bud/David and Mary Sue/Jennifer bring about are met with strong opposition. After the town rebels against the “Coloreds”‚ Betty Parker is almost raped because she was different from the rest of the town. The movie also touches on the gender roles of the
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Composers use distinctively visual images to explore complex ideas. These ideas are what make the visual images distinctive or memorable. In the australian play Shoe Horn Sonata by john misto and the Vivian Bullwinkel story used distinctly visual techniques to highlight the past experiences during war. Both storys shared by two friends‚ Shelia and Birdie and Vivian and Betty. Through the use of powerful dialogue and threatric techniquies‚ both storys explore through their use of proof‚ the untold
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Franz Kafka said: “Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old”. In both the Novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ and the film “Pleasantville”‚ the youth was much more accepting of change. The children in both the novel and the film are very open-minded and do not understand the grimy side of the world they live in. Although this is a wonderful thing‚ the sad truth is that they too will grow up‚ and their state of mind will change
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Distinctively visual texts are texts that allow the audience to create an image within their mind‚ using an array of language and visual techniques. Henry Lawson‚ an Australian bushman and author of the late nineteenth century‚ demonstrates the experiences of bush life through his numerous short stories. Other texts however‚ like a photograph or a painting‚ create an image or a scene in the viewers’ mind to demonstrate particular experiences expressed within the text. Frederick McCubbin‚ also from
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respect from the larger society within which it exists. The films Pleasantville and Die Welle show the power
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VISUAL COMMUNICATION VISUAL RHETORIC What is Visual Communication? What is Metaphor? The representation of a person‚ place‚ thing‚ or idea that suggests a particular association or point of similarity. How does bad design make you feel? What do you liken it to? What is Metaphor? The representation of a person‚ place‚ thing‚ or idea that suggests a particular association or point of similarity From Makeness.com: “I hate bad design. It’s like an itch I can’t scratch. It litters
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