Describe at least ONE important setting in the text(s). Explain how the setting helped to show the author / creator’s idea(s)‚ supporting your points with visual and / or oral language features. The film Pleasantville written‚ directed and produced by Gary Ross shows a time period in American History where life was more comfortable‚ stable and ‘perfect’ if you would generalise it. However‚ as the film ironically shows‚ this was a time when people were more ignorant‚ racist and most certainly
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The film Pleasantville directed by Gary Ross is about two modern teenagers‚ David and his sister Jennifer‚ somehow being transported into the television‚ ending up in Pleasantville‚ a 1950s black and white sitcom. The two are trapped as Bud and Mary Sue in a radically different dimension and make some huge changes to the bland lives of the citizens of Pleasantville‚ with the use of the director’s cinematic techniques. Ross cleverly uses cinematic techniques such as colour‚ mise-en-scene‚ camera shots
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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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Transition between Black-and-White to Color in Pleasantville Nowadays people seek freedom‚ great sensation‚ thrill‚ adventure‚ and so on. They love engaging in risky and dangerous activities‚ they want to try new experiences and discover new enjoyments‚ and finally they want to ask themselves “what is going to happen now?” They wish to live in a world of choices‚ where there is an infinite amount of options to be taken and no clear path. They do not wish to live like those from previous eras‚ who
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stages)In Pleasantville‚ the filmmaker‚ Gary Ross‚ conveys his attitude towards change through the characters of David and Jennifer who are transported into the 1950s sitcom "Pleasantville". He doesn’t necessarily demonstrate change to bear a positive result; rather‚ he addresses that change is essential to the development of society and self and that it is important to understand and accept change. Ross contrasts the ignorance and mindlessness of the unchanged people of Pleasantville with the hunger
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colour‚ pain or past” (Lois Lowry). Pleasantville is a 1998 American fantasy comedy-drama film written‚ produced‚ and directed by Gary Ross. A brother and sister‚ David and Jennifer‚ are sucked into their television set and suddenly find themselves stuck in a 1950’s television show called “Pleasantville.” David and Jennifer suddenly find themselves in this strange city‚ as Bud and Mary Sue Parker‚ completely transformed and therefore black and white. “Pleasantville” is a film that can be classified
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Important ideas are at the heat of every film. In your view‚ what important ideas are explored in Pleasantville also referring specifically to the opening montage? To survive in a society an individual needs to be able to cope with the changing society. The 1998 film Pleasantville‚ directed by Garry Ross is a social commentary on the changing values upheld in the 1950s contrasted to the 1990s. The concept of transformation of an individual and the society is explored deliberately through the use
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PRELIM ENGLISH- AS. TASK 1- CHANGE Hand-In Component: Logo for new ABC Programme‚ “Changing Worlds” The prosperous image above conveys several ideas centered on how the world addresses change‚ and how it is necessary for the growth of maturity and wisdom of an individual. The underlying message of the world being printed on the footprint‚ suggests that the World Walks for Change. Walking is a natural way of moving forward‚ and is essential in one’s life which alludes to the assumption
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David (Adam) and he eats it. Following this scene‚ it rains and thunder in Pleasantville for the first time ever. It seems to represent God ’s angry judgment of the sinful activities going on in Pleasantville. Particularly‚ it is identical to the bible as God banned Adam and Eve from the garden and brought about punishment and hardships to mankind after Adam ate from the tree‚ which parallels how God sent rain to Pleasantville after David ate from the tree; it could be a sign of God ’s unsatisfcation
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were given the choice to obey or disobey God. In the movie‚ Pleasantville‚ directed by Gary Ross‚ there is a television show named Pleasantville. The show is about people who live in this small‚ secluded town. They are unable to leave their town‚ and they are unaware of what is going on. They have not been introduced to free will‚ so they do not recognize what it is. When two characters‚ David and Jennifer‚ become trapped inside Pleasantville‚ they introduce free will to the town. At first‚ it is unacceptable
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