THEORIST: GEORG SIMMEL 1. Briefly summarize the theorist’s main assumptions/theories: • SOCIAL FORMS-The individual is born with certain ways of thinking and feeling and most interactions are motivated by individual needs and desires.Encounters with others are molded to social forms in order to facilitate exchanges. These forms constitute society for simmel • OBJECTIVE CULTURE-Culture becomes objective as its size diversity of components and complexity increase. It leads to anomie and the
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Metropolis The technique combined miniature sets and live actors which allowed the miniature sets to be turned into full scale shots through the use of mirrors. Lang wanted to insert actors into the shots of the skyscrapers and other scenes so Schufftan had to develop a method that would allow him to do so. A plate of glass was placed in front of the camera lens‚ Schufftan then used the camera’s viewfinder to trace an outline of the area where they desired to place the actors. German Expressionism
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In the late 1920s‚ Germany produced a silent film with captions called “Metropolis”. The movie is about a futuristic city that contains two social classes. The first class would be the rich people who live in the city‚ enjoying all of the modern luxuries‚ and making a lot of money. Down below exist a highly controlled working class that keep the city running. These people know nothing but work and what is preached to them. The two classes do not know much about each other. One of the working
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Samantha Smith English 1102 R March 12‚ 2008 Metropolis Critique In Fritz Lang’s silent film Metropolis‚ several key characteristics made the movie what it is. One important feature is the Art Deco and Modernistic architecture‚ which gives the setting a futuristic feel considering these movements were exploding at the time. Another characteristic is the character’s costumes and make-up. Since the movie was a silent one‚ artists had to make the visual impact very vivid. Hands‚ used as
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“Metropolis”: A futuristic view of an industrialized capitalist society A mix of great special effects‚ futuristic settings‚ outstanding actors’ performances‚ and‚ of course‚ multiple themes are found in the silent movie Metropolis. The film entails Marxist critics‚ anti-capitalist‚ as well as anti-religious positions. There is a clear distinction between rulers and oppressed people. Besides‚ religion is seeing as a hope-seller for those who have nothing to lose. In an industrialized city as Metropolis
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The film Metropolis‚ Fritz Lang adopts the same way of thinking as Eliot. Lang depicts the fragmented society through social stratification. He depicts the bourgeois as people who lead a callous and monotonous life in order to serve the wealthy upper class. The crescendo in the non-diegetic music with the addition of wavering vector lines in the beginning of the film forebodes the exploitation of the working class and creates a sense of chaos. The centralisation of the clock indicates that the workers
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Simmel‚ G. ([1908] 2012) The Stranger in Calhoun et al. Classical Sociological Theory‚ Wiley/Blackwell‚ pp. 361-365 ‘Objectivity does not simply involve passivity and detachment; it is a particular structure composed of distance and nearness‚ indifference and involvement.’ Simmel is referring to the implied objectivity of the stranger‚ due to their independence from the group. He uses the example of communities bringing in judges or mediators from outside to settle disputes. Simmel proposes
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Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell‚ Metropolis by Fritz Lang and the provided images use a variety of techniques to convey oppression and rebellion. However‚ the ability of a text to represent oppression and rebellion is impacted by the historical context of the text and the personal context of the audience. Oppression is when authority or power is misused in a cruel or unjust manner and rebellion is resistance against authority or control. Different contexts provide different meanings to each
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Metropolis is a silent movie by Fritz Lang made in 1927 Germany. The movie has multiple themes and implies many things about modern day theories and views. The movie entails many views on Marxism‚ capitalism‚ Industrialism‚ and organized religion‚ mostly. Marxism is supported in the movie‚ capitalism is not supported in the movie‚ Industrialism is partially supported‚ and Organized Religion is not supported. Marxism is shown is supported in Metropolis by showing the horrid results of what could
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Metropolis Homework Task 1 Definitions: Utopia - Utopia is an ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system. The term has been used to describe fictional societies portrayed in literature. It has spawned other concepts‚ most prominently dystopia. Dystopia - dystopia is the idea of a society in a repressive and controlled state‚ often under the guise of being utopian. Dystopian societies feature different kinds of repressive social control systems‚ and various forms
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