1. Film and the Expansion and Contraction of Human Consciousness
... angle shots of the apes and animals working and gathering fruits alongside each other, creating a sense of unity in the struggle to survive. A monolith arrives from the sky in the middle of the protohumans in a long shot, where the apes are jumping and praising it out of awe and wonderment. This acts like a "jump in the process of evolution, [becoming ... celebrated in the future. There is a mid ranged shot toward the beginning of the film where Dr. Floyd video chats with his daughter to ask what she wants for her birthday, and there is similar shot toward the middle of the film where F...
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- Approx Pages: 9
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate