The Imitation Game

The directors chosen camera technique, a simple two composition that progresses the scene a steady pace, forces the audience to feel a part of the awkward exchange; obviously, a quality of film that could not be as profoundly achieved through the narrative in the novel.

Two Diaries, Donald Vining’s A Gay Diary Vol. Two and Martin Duberman’s Gay in the Fifties look into the everyday life of gay males in the post-World War II Era. While World War II increased freedom for men to sexually explore within the male community, post-World War II extended the freedom of exploration but also created a subsequent backlash against homosexual practices. Vining and Duberman’s diaries document an extension of gay freedoms in the post-World War II period. Although Vining and Duberman give contrasting accounts of their lives as gay males in the postwar period, common themes could be drawn in the form of friendships, sexual activity, relationships, and backlash by heteronormative society.

Arnold utilises hand held camera to set a scene, with her use of long shots and she conveys an intimacy between the audience and characters by using extreme close ups, especially of the characters eyes or mouth to indicate emotion or hunger. The films cinematography (credited to Robbie Ryan) could be described as fly-on-the-wall or in this case wasp-on-the-wall as the camera shows the audience a personal inside glimpse of the characters’ lives.

and Elliot’s actions in a way that enables the audience to almost be in the action and is also subjectively portrayed through E.T.’s eyes. The narrative of the scene is mostly observed through a subjective lens, Spielberg allows the audience to interpret the scene and put the pieces together without dialogued as if they were E.T. in the scene. The director allows the audience to see both Elliot and E.T. to show more story information than if they were to only see one character. This technique allows the audience to pick up on the abstracts and allegories of the scene. The point of view is also influenced by the camera work. The scene itself is long but holds the audience’s attention by making the shots change every few seconds using intercutting, thus holding the audience’s attention. In the scene, there are many different shots. The camera remains fixed and switches between shots rather than panning or tilting. The camera is always at eye level with E.T. and Elliot and uses long shots, mid-range shots, and close-up shots. The scene uses close-up shots to show objects of importance. Therefore, the camera work and point of view is used to communicate certain objects importance in the

Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “We are not makers of history. We are made of history.”

Gavin Hood’s ‘Ender’s Game’ is a great showing of power with the help of cinematic techniques. Some examples of these cinematic techniques are ‘point of view’ or P.O.V shots, close ups, over-the-shoulder, wide-angle shots, special effects (FX) and sound. Hood use of power helps convey the plot and characters personality. Many times during the movie Hood uses wide angle and over-the-shoulder shots to show the control and power Colonel Graff, played by Harrison Ford, possesses.

The simulation of 1984 really brought the book 1984 to life . While playing the game my classmates and I were able to experience the horrors of the thought police, doublethink, and ingood. Playing the game I ultimately felt trapped by Big Brother.

As shown by these texts, history overall is not concrete and the lack of awareness to this fact may lead to chaos. Prejudices will be formed, enemies will be made, and connections will be lost. All of this sorrow and discord, but why? To what end? Because of some falsehoods that have been drilled into people’s minds since childhood? Awareness of the truth of history and an open-mind would save many relationships and connections. This notion is not only relevant in fantasy novels, but in real life as well. Which is precisely why people need to educate themselves and not be fearful of questioning history as it is

The World war II brought a loss of the sexual mores. The Lesbians Gay Bisexual and transgender have been fighting for their freedom when the new generation of gays and lesbians discovered that they were not alone. The gay became more widely recognizes as a substitute of homosexual. During 1942, Irving Berlin musical theater opening, a fundraiser for the Armies force charity which has been documented in the film “Stonewall”. The United state Government did not accept the gay men performance, due to the overspreading cast show. The U.S Government wanted to abandon the film but unfortunately, the film has been out. The film has generated a lot of money for the military charities. During the Nazi regime, Homosexual was treated in a mirthful way.

There are many different camera shots in the movie. The camera is used for close-ups, medium shots, and long shots of the characters which help generate a feeling of awareness. There were wide angles, high angles, and eye level angles used and these gave the audience a spectacular view of how the prison and characters looked.

clever camera techniques which create tension and fear. The camera shots also pay close attention to detail. For example, when the man with the dog throws a stick for his dog to fetch into the sea, the camera

The director used these camera techniques in order to include the audience in the movie. There is nothing fancy or complicated about his camerawork. The director needed to figure out a way to involve his audience in the plot so they would not be merely witnesses to the mind games and actually feel the suspense. The director positioned the camera so that the actors are speaking directly to the audience in close-up and extreme close-up shots, suggesting the characters in the film recognize the audience’s presence or their own participation in the movie. This camera work instills fear and anguish in its audience because it makes it seem as the actors are peering down or looking straight into the audience’s eyes. The camera work did an amazing job in including the audience in the

Two Diaries, Donald Vining’s A Gay Diary Vol. Two and Martin Duberman’s Gay in the Fifties look into the everyday life of gay males in the post-World War II Era. While World War II increased freedom to explore sexually within the male community, post-World War II extended the freedom of exploration but also created a backlash against homosexual practices. Nevertheless, during and after World War II gay men were fully able to develop social circles and create a sense of community for the first time. Although Vining and Duberman encountered different forms of backlash in response to the extension of gay freedoms in the post-World War II period, they still shared the freedom to explore friendships, relationships, and sexual activity.

What is socially appropriate? How or more so who decides what is appropriate? These questions have been asked, debated, and fought over since the dawn of civilization. The rhetor of the movie The Imitation Game integrates these questions into the true story of Alan Turing and the people around him. The rhetor allows these questions of appropriateness to be narrowed down to two very influential people in history to give these large, foundational questions a more personal touch, and for the audience to see the very personal consequence of society’s decision. Throughout the film the question of the appropriateness of differing sexual orientations, gender roles, and social norms are questioned by allowing the audience to see how these aspects have been judged in the past and the consequences of society’s decisions on a personal level.

“The Imitation Game” is a powerful film full which is full of different artistic aspects. There are two specific elements which greatly contribute to the beauty of the film; structure and personal/emotional connection. This film concentrates on the legendary life of mathematician and cryptanalyst, Alan Turing. It brings us through the story of how he was able to succeed in breaking enigma (a near impossible to crack) Nazi code. This inspiring film follows a rather unique structure when compared to other films. It goes through three different time periods; when Turing was in boarding school, when he was working on breaking the enigma, and when he was arrested and convicted of indecency. This provides a great sense of variety and acts as a puzzle. There was also a large presence of personal and emotional connections; through all three stages of his life. Through all three, Turing struggled with his sexual identity. Times where immensely different back then, and countless men were tortured and killed for their own sexual orientation. “Coming out” was a life threatening option for individuals, unlike it is today. He also struggles with the loss of a dear friend and Turing also goes through a valley of emotions through his building of the machine; which all contributes to the beauty of the film. There was never a dull moment.