Analysis of Film The Matrix Essay

In 'The Matrix', residents are given the belief that their actions and decisions are already chosen and pre-programmed into the system. The first scene is the peak of Neo's existence within the matrix and is a key scene in which Neo proves that, had he been chosen by the matrix to continue in his path as Thomas Anderson, computer programmer and denizen of the matrix, the events brought onto him would not have occurred yet he prevails as Neo, computer hacker, and disbeliever of the matrix. The Wachowski brothers further this motion by making apparent a common separation between Morpheus and Neo, through the use of gradual and interchanging shots ranging, in the beginning from mid shots

After watching and analyzing the action adventure film, Indiana Jones - “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” (2008) and the Sci-Fi thriller, The Matrix (1999) many cinematic elements attracted my attention. With three very distinct and ingenious directors, (Spielberg and the Wachowskis siblings) these two films exemplified extraordinary uses of lighting, framing, editing and sound techniques unique to its own genre.

The Matrix film is a 1999 American science fiction action movie written and directed by The Wachowskis’, it is unique and intriguing hence it is known for popularizing a visual effect known as "bullet time", in which the heightened perception of certain characters is represented by allowing the action within a shot to progress in slow-motion while the camera's viewpoint appears to move through the scene at normal speed. In the film there several crucial perspectives of how the world is viewed and some of these being the concepts of two different worlds that are in contrast with one another, this essay shall explore more of these ideas and issues that are portrayed in the film by means of sequence analysis, film form and style.

"300" is "Sin City" and "Gladiator" mixed together and coated with a luster that you can only find on fresh-from-the-factory Ferrari's. This is a film that re-envisions cinematography and violence. The technology of

This world of the matrix stimulates a world that isn’t real but it’s everywhere. Neo who

Can you tell which scenes in film use visual effects to make objects more realistic well….Lights Camera Action!

A famous science fiction movie named The Matrix tells an incredible story of actual and fake, real and dream. Basically, it shows a world which all people live in a artificial environment made by computer, the Matrix, by plugging in a connector behind people's head. However, people lives in the computer world for their whole life. Most of them could never have a chance to know what is the "true real" is. The main character Neo with his friends are few people who have came out of the fake world and decide to fight with that big prison.

The entire film is aesthetically striking, with rich colours and a detailed mise-en-scene. This is especially conspicuous during the scenes of the gameplay, with an example being when the audience is first introduced to the ‘targets’. The wide angle shot beautifully captures the humanoid creatures and the landscape, with the 3D rendering and other special effects creating a visually dynamic scene. The splendid visuals add allure to the game while showing the power of technology, as it was technology that made the game so visually appealing. The accentuation on visual techniques also creates a juxtaposition between the real world and the world of virtual reality.

The Matrix has an extremely unique visual style to it for the time it was released. Because of the directors love for Japanese animation, video game culture, and comic books they visually incorporated aspects of all three of them. Some of the stylistic elements include framing, lighting, and emphasis on violence. It is clear when watching this film that bulk of the money used for this production was put into choreographing the fight scenes. The fight scenes are intense and the framing of each fight scene is extremely well done. The very first fight scene in the movie, when Trinity attacks the cops is framed so it appears to be out of a comic book scene. The framing of the shots and angles of the camera also create a Japanese animated fight

CGI is now seen as a spectacle as audiences will go and see a film based on the visual and special effects. When King Kong was released in the year 2005, it was a revolution towards digital technology.

There are several aspects of the Matrix that intrigue and interest me. I really enjoy the action sequences, especially the ones with Agent Smith and Neo. Apparently the main reason that these two characters fight so often and so intensely is because Agent Smith has been changed by his encounter with Neo. When Zion is threatened and Neo must visit a God-like man—-who reminds me of dad— in a room full of what look like Sony television monitors, viewers have a chance to understand the main motivation for Neo’s change to a person who can control the Matrix. I enjoy Sci-Fi because this genre challenges me to think about what life is like here on Earth and what it might be like in a parallel universe. Star Trek: The Next Generation

Camera shots were used throughout the scene but two specific shots were an establishing shot and an extreme long shot. The establishing shot was at the beginning of the scene when it shows Neo laying down on his bed. It has an important significance to the scene because it establishes that he is in the real world in the ship the Nebuchadnezzar and that he is literally waking up for the first time after being asleep all his life while his mind has been in the matrix this whole time… he is also waking up and realising that he is now in the actual real world where the reality that mankind have fallen. One way you can tell that his is the real world is shot with a blue hue to it and this blue hue is meant to represent the real world from the Matrix which is only shot with a green hue. Another extreme long shot that has significance to the scene and to the movie is the extreme long shot that shows the never ending fields which shows where human babies are grown and farmed and harvested like corn in a field. It first shows up close a few babies being harvested and I think this is shown to show the insane reality and terribleness which has happened to mankind, and to make the scene much more dramatic it zooms out to show how big these fields are and that there are thousands of never ending fields and this extreme long shot is used to show the extent of how much mankind has fallen to their own creations. In this

For Descartes, the only absolute truth is that we are something that exists and thinks. “I think therefore I am.”(Soccio pg 163) All other things that we are human, male, female, have a body, etc. could be just an illusion created by a dream or a deception created by a demon or God. The only thing we can be certain of is that we are some sort of thing and that we think.

Machines that rule the world. Broken down, this is the fundamental building block of two major motion pictures released decades apart from one another. Although the two films have similar fundamentals, each film is different in technological ways. Because there is a difference of seventy-two years between the release of Metropolis (1927) and The Matrix (1999), there are bound to be some distinct differences between the two films. These differences spring from the roots of the film: the film stock, cinematography, and the editing processes.

In 1999 directors/writers Larry and Andy Wachowski (Bound) made a dark and often disturbing Science Fiction film, The Matrix. With the production expertise of Joel Silver (Commando, Predator, Lethal Weapon series, and Die Hard series), Andrew Mason (The Crow, Dark City) and Barrie M. Osborne (Face/Off, The Fan, Child's Play), The Matrix is sure to be a favorite among Science Fiction movie fans for years to come. The Matrix won the Oscar award in all four categories it was nominated for; Best Sound, Best Sound Affects Editing, Best Visual Effects, and Best Film Editing. More DVD’s of The Matrix were sold then the movie “The Titanic”. The hard work of choreographer Yuen Wo Ping (Iron Monkey, Fists of Legends) make the fight