... from the agents, the music changes to grand classical music, with a lot of trumpets to generate a hero mood. During a lot of climatic moments throughout the film, the music helps build up tension. There are a lot of sharp, staccato notes that gradually get louder when new information is gained or action builds up. Generally ... to accompany it. As the symbol has changed from its usual golden colour, to a green, it gives the audience a clue as to what the genre of the film is going to be. The real world doesn't have this green tint, which makes it seem more realistic. The colours in this...

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... create something that was breathtaking. "The die-hard science fiction fan will discover a plot that mixes and matches both new and old conventions of the genre in a compelling fashion." (Berardinelli). The advancements of technology and the use of computer graphics bring one large downfall, the cost. None of these new ... twenty million dollars than one that falls into the hundreds of millions of dollars to produce. Technology has influenced the way in which audiences appreciate film in many different ways. Now that movies like "The Matrix" have hit the theaters, audiences are starting t...

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... the female representation in films. Examples from other genres, such as westerns and horror, will help us to argue how the science fiction genre has helped to progress the now more equal role women play in cinema. The earliest film to treat fantasy, if not science fiction proper, was Le voyage dans la lune(A Trip to the Moon), created by the French ... the way in which it draws upon cyberpunk and style. One of the most important films of modern science fiction genre is 2001: A Space Odyssey, made in 1969, which combines optimism and spiritual developments with exploration of new worlds....

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... the millennium." How can you account for its success? Refer closely to an extract from the film. In my essay I will be looking at how you can account for the matrix's success by referring to an extract from the film. A genre is the type of film. There are many genres including sci-fi action romance and western to name a few. The matrix is a cross ... genre which combines many different genres, namely the ones I have mentioned above. A convention is what defines a certain genre, e.g. in a sci-fi film people would expect to see special effects. These are ... Lawrence Fishbourne. There ar...

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