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THE ISLAND

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Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly Utopian but

contained facility in the year 2019. Like all of the

inhabitants of this carefully controlled environment, Lincoln

hopes to be chosen to go to the "The Island" - reportedly the

last uncontaminated spot on the planet. But Lincoln soon

discovers that everything about his existence is a lie. Heand all of the other inhabitants of the facility are actually

human clones. Lincoln makes a daring escape with a beautiful

fellow resident named Jordan Two-Delta. Relentlessly pursued

by the forces of the sinister institute that once housed

them, Lincoln and Jordan engage in a race for their lives to

literally meet their makers.

SYNOPSIS

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Cinematic zoom shots, are similar to ones usedin documentaries show the audience the beautyof the surrounding landscape and lull them to asense of security.

The women is shown to the audience onlythrough medium close ups and close upscreating a sense of mystery.

The aerial shot of the boat highlights theisolation of the characters and depicts them asvulnerable.

The camera pan of the boat expands duration ofshot and stresses the tranquility of the scene,and how the isolation at this point is presentedas peaceful.

The shaky cam (in time with the boat rocking)and shot-reverse-shot create a point of vieweffect, making the shots personal andemphasizing suspense.

Close ups of eyes have connotations of fear andpain creating tension.

CAMERA

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The cloth hiding the womens face and the overexposure of light creates obscurity and initiates thetheme of mystery.

The abundance of high key lighting and naturalcolours creates the illusion that the setting is idyllicand is in no way dangerous.

The dim lighting and blue overtones when themysterious man is talking is indicative of hisantagonistic nature.

The camera framing never reveals the mans face;creating further obscurity and mystery.

The mans distorted face expresses his distortedmorals and portrays him as a threat to the

protagonist. The use of the colour white when the dream

sequence is complete connotes the clinic control ofreality and creating suspense through the createdcontrast between the chaos of the dream andwaking up.

MISE-EN-SCENE

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The music accompanying the beautifullandscape is peaceful and has religiousconnotations due to the use of the choir andthe lack of words being sung. This creates asense of the setting being a heaven-likeutopia.

The synchronous diegetic sound of theprotagonist struggling and the fact that it isslowed down emphasizes his fear and thesurreal nature of the opening.

The antagonists deep, echoing voice depicts

his omnipotence and control.

The silence of reality intensifies the fear andcontrast from the chaotic dream world.

SOUND

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The short shot duration of the woman furtherenhances the mystery as to who she is.

The slow motion editing emphasizes the surrealatmosphere and danger within the dream.

The cross-cutting as the pace speeds up createsa sense of chaos.

The jump cuts are indicative of the

insignificance of time within the dream andenhance its chaotic nature and fast pace.

The mysterious man is in real time whereaseverything around him is in slowed down orsped up, connoting his control and significance.

The quick flashes of seemingly unrelated clipsand point of view shots fabricates the mysteryand eeriness of the dream.

The reverse editing of the water draining toreveal a bed emphasizes the craziness of thedream.

EDITING