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Opening sequence
Surrogate free zones
'The Prophet' as an antagonist to the idea
"you have been sold a lie"
Conflict established
(invasion of being human)
Surrogates as part of the community 'daily life'
Solved society's problems
Voice over
Narrative device
Dramatic use of non-diegetic sound
Ideas about God and humanity
Invasion of the 'inhuman'
Surrogates = hope and perfection
Humans who are perfect are not really
human?
Big questions right at the start
Benefits of science
Style
Documentary
Montage sequence
Condensed time
News footage
Conflict
Narrative
Themes
hyperreality (dark and gloomy but with a comic book edge to it)
Leitmotif
as mystery/drama progresses
signifies something is happening
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opening continued
Bombarded with sci-fi imagery
Iconography
Metallic titleSet of
expectations
surrogates
look plasticold fashioned car
social class
opera
chauffeur
wealth
dark city
hedonistic lifestyle
sex and music
nightclub mannequin-like
stiff dance moves
murder
"Get lost Meatbag!"
sense of an underclass
derogatory word
disequilibrium
hyrbridity
crime/thriller
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Other ideas
Identitywe choose our own (technological determinism), facebook etccan be who you want to betwo halves of a person
mise-en-scenesetting - artificial world, plasticTom's apartments, child's bedroom,isn't empty of things but is empty of life
FuturisticVSI building, inhumane corporation"Do what you want, be what you want..."Adverts for latest modelsBlue/silver colour palette Similar to iRobot amongst other filmsConveyor beltsfactory production line
Comparison with Westworldsee parts of robotshumans fight for control"fail safes always kick in"engineering room similarity to the robot hospital
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Binary Oppositions
HumansMan
Law and orderDystopia
RealModernity
ControlFeelings/Emotion
MachinesWifeLawlessnessUtopiaFantasyBack to basicsLack of controlInhumanity
Conflict set up through in terms of opposites
Vs.
Plot points
Find the override device(questions - where is it? who has it? mystery codes)Peters' overrideProphet as a robotTom kills Andrew Stone
EndingRace against timecircular narrative back to a news report"We're on our on"
Resolutionfinal moral question for Tomabort the surrogates?a win for humanity?BEV of Maggie's surrogateCU of face - broken shellcut to real Maggie (broken shell in her room)
New equilibriumCamera moving amongst surrogates on the streetslow soft music - poignantMaggie and Tom reunited
NARRATIVE
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Key scenes
Chase sceneHelicoptercross cutting between real and surrogate Tomfast paced editing and dynamic cameraworkaction music and typical 'set-piece' from an action movieFeats of strengthBruce Wilis fulfilling our expectations
Maggie's salonRobot skeletons are bright coloured and plastic lookingImages of perfection all aroundbright mise-en-scene, proliferation of pink"This is who I am now"Confrontation between Maggies and TomShe shuts herself down so she can't be reachedPoignant moment - she won't let him closeCut to the real Maggie surrounded by pills
Tom first goes out without a surrogateweakanxiousfeels things for the first time
WastelandSacrifice of modern pleasure to reconnect with themselves"This is the human condition"Prophet's voice over the images of more basic lifestyleBurning of Strickland
Dystopian landcsapehuman only zonesigns - 'no machines allowed'BEW - wastelandpoverty but real lifefarming, horse and carriage"inside these walls we understand the truth"
Maggie's partykenetic camerawork when Tom beats up other manHe wants his real life backfrenetic musicemotional scene - trying to reach outhe is real and frail with emotionsSee real Maggie for the first timeshe is physically frail, weak and haggard
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The Prophet(Ving Rhames)Dreadlocks, booming voice, actually a surrogate of Cantor's
Dr. Lionel Canter(James Cromwell)was CEO of VSIcreated the surrogatesfather of Jared.Uses same surrogates as his son.
Tom Greer(Bruce Willis)Surrogate looks younger with hairReal Tom is older and balder with a beardWants to live without reliance on a surrogateGrieving for dead childWants to reconnect with real wife
Maggie Greer(Rosamund Pike)Reliant on her surrogatefeels life is better nowdistant from TomHeavily self-medicating
Jennifer Peters(Radha Mitchell)A cop like Tom, intelligent, attractive, sympathitc to Tom
Miles StricklandAndrew StoneBobby (FBI, no surrogate, can disconnect others from their surrogates)