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    Jennifer In Pleasantville

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    Pleasantville is an interesting film that gives views a look at the utopian fantasy many people had in the 1950’s after World War Two. David‚ played my Toby Maguire‚ and his sister Jennifer‚ played by Reese Witherspoon‚ are transported into the popular television show “Pleasantville” after a strange encounter with a random TV repair man. While inside the show‚ they live out the lives of the two children in the show‚ Bud and Mary Sue Parker. They were trapped in the show‚ in black and white‚ and forced

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    can see colour as her cards turn to a deck of red heart cards. • Dialogue - changes in this. Things go from being ’swell’ to ’cool’. Things are better than ’pleasant’ they are ’sexy or silly’ • Parallel montage shots of the average day in Pleasantville and in David’s school. • Colour - people turning colour by realisation‚ attitude and • Visual allusion - to Adam and Eve with the apple. • Symbolism - the mirror (idea of self-reflection/knowledge). the mirror behind big bog shows how he

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    satisfying life a woman could lead by fulfilling her duties. Gary Ross’s 1998 feature film Pleasantville examined the differences between the 90s and the 50s image of family by transporting 90s characters into the ideal black and white image of the ideal 1950s family of a mother‚ father‚ son and daughter. Not only did this movie explore ideas in feminism‚ but racism as well. When a character of the original Pleasantville was exposed to something new‚ they turned from black and white to an image of color

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    Pleasantville Essay

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    The concept of changing perspectives in the text "Pleasantville  is explored through the use of colours and the technique of comparison. The director‚ Gary Ross‚ has employed the use of black and white and colour in order to emphasis the character’s changing perspectives. He has also used the technique of comparing Pleasantville with today’s America to highlight these changes further. Pleasantville is set in the 1950’s when wives stayed at home to serve their husbands dinner every night‚ when

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    Pleasantville Essay “The characters in Pleasantville were happy enough. Jennifer and David ruined everything. Discuss.” Pleasantville‚ a movie filmed in 1998‚ is based around two siblings who are transported into a 1950’s sitcom‚ the morals of the story strongly focuses on change. The director‚ Gary Ross‚ expresses things like following beliefs‚ showing how different characters grow to have no hesitation in doing what they feel is right. The film has emphasis on family‚ the film shows how David

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    your response. In the Film ‘Pleasantville’ written and directed by Gary Ross‚ three characters stood out to me. David Wagner‚ Jennifer Wagner and Bill Johnson these three characters taught me through a twist of events that as humans we are easily feared by the impact of change however I also learnt through these characters‚ the importance of change and how it can benefit society. The Film is based around two siblings. Through a turn of events David and Jennifer are put into the world of a 1950’s

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    Pleasantville Essay

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    The movie Pleasantville is about change. It is a movie that could be interpreted a number of different ways; from innocence to experience‚ or even romance to reality. The main point of the movie concerns the subject of change. Within this film‚ change is proven in both positive and negative‚ romantically and it ties in with phases of romance. Pleasantville is based on somewhere that begins as the ideal place. It is clearly a phase one Romance world. Everyone lives without any problems. Pleasantville

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    Pleasantville

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    In a world open to new ideas change is inevitable; this is illustrated in the film Pleasantville by Gary Ross. Ross’ intention in the scene where Bud is questioned at the soda shop is to show us that change is bound to happen. We begin to see this when the soft‚ jazz music enters this scene; which is used to enhance the curiosity feel that is shown within the eyes of all the teenagers who are watching Bud enter the store‚ this is reflected by the technique of quick shot sequence‚ panning and tilting

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    Pleasantville - Change

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    The movie ‘‘Pleasantville’’‚ written‚ produced and directed by Gary Ross‚ approaches a period in America’s history which subsequent generations idealise as a better and more stable society. He portrays this time period of the 1950s as a time when people and life were less complicated; a time when everyone knew their place in society. However‚ as the film ironically shows‚ this was a time when people were more ignorant‚ racist and most certainly sexist. Ross demolishes this illusion of the great 1950s

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    Pleasantville Essay Pleasantville is a film made in 1998‚ directed and written by Gary Ross‚ two teenagers David and Jenifer find themselves in a 50’s television show called Pleasantville. The main character David and Jenifer get teleported into their TV screen and now have to play the part as Bud and Mary-sue. Fantasy and reality Fantasy and reality are two major aspects in the film. Pleasantville is a perfect society where there is no crime‚ no fires and women stay at home cooking and cleaning

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