...interpretation of the film, 2001: a Space Odyssey, with a particular focus on the piece of alien technology, the black monolith. I will then discuss the plausibility of the Jupiter landing/living scenes, including the accuracy of how it was portrayed and whether living on Jupiter for a sustained period of time is realistic. Finally, I will wrap up by delving deeper into the black monolith. I will discuss the plausibility of the technology and the initial reaction to the technology from life on Earth. The ending of this film is entirely open to interpretation, ranging from an explanation for Darwinian evolution to strictly religious thoughts of God or gods. Personally, I saw the black monolith as some sort of super-advanced alien technology that served multiple purposes. The first purpose, which was seen in the “Dawn of Man” section of the movie, was to assist in the advancement of an intelligent race. The monolith first appeared to the primates, before some of the early Homo species had arose. Shortly after contact with the monolith, one group of primates began to use a bone as a weapon. With the newly found weapons, one group was able to defend the water hole from another group. This suggests that the monolith had somehow inspired, whether through some sort of telepathic thought transmission or simply through touching it, the apes to begin using tools. The monolith had instantly advanced the primates towards further evolution. This was seen again in the closing scene of the film...
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...the room. First, the audience is put into the point of view of young Bowman. Bowman sees his older self, and once the audience sees the older Bowman from the younger Bowman’s point of view, they are moved into the older Bowman’s point of view. The point of view switch is continued until the audience is put into the point of view of the oldest Bowman presented, who seems to be dying in his bed. Each of these point of view switches creates an ellipsis of time. Kubrick also uses graphic match cuts for each of these scenes. Even though the audience is thwarted into an older Bowman’s point of view, they continue to stay in the same location, often bewildering the audience. Just like in the first Monolith scene when the apes touch the Monolith, the oldest Bowman reaches out to touch the Monolith. The scene then cuts to an infant, presumably Bowman, floating above Earth, alluding that “man has fully evolved- or that a final level of evolutionary development is about to occur” (Looy,...
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...The earliest instance of this would be “The Dawn of Man” sequence. The sequence itself depicts a tribe of ape men struggling to survive after a ten-million-year drought, when the beginning of the film takes place. The ape men, while somewhat close-knit, are extremely primitive by using violence to gratify their natural instincts to survive. One of the ape men bludgeon a former rival’s head in after a fight of territorial dominance. It is afterwards that the aliens, the monolith, intervene while the ape men examine in awe. The monolith then proceeds to show the ape men future visions of the progression of man. After the psychic visions are given, the ape men slowly become more humanlike. Later on in the film, this sequence is compared to the scene in which the astronauts examine the monolith. The astronauts themselves are composed, yet robotic. However, like the ape men centuries before them, they examine the monolith in wonder. It is with these two sequences that bring the question of how far human nature has developed, and how far it still needs to...
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...Outline Title: 2001 A Space Odyssey film analysis Introduction: Begins a dawn in prehistoric Africa, about four million years ago a powerful force entered near Jupiter. The force later on somehow ended up in the prehistoric area. The monolith, was the force that was deliberately planted by an extraterrestrial but why? Body: I. What was learned about the movie before starting my complete analysis 1. Begins a dawn in prehistoric Africa 2. The dawn of man 3. Jupiter’s mission 4. Beyond the infinite II. My own personal analysis in regards to the list of questions from handout (1-14) 1. How and why is the film described as a work of art? 2. What colors are present and what are the color schemes? 3. What mood is set? 4. What is the possible symbolism?...
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...2001: A Space Odyssey is a film based on Arthur Clarke's short story, "The Sentinel." The purpose of this paper is to explain the similarities and differences between “The Sentinel” and 2001: A Space Odyssey. There are many similarities and differences between “The Sentinel” and 2001: A Space Odyssey. The obvious similarity is the crystal pyramid in the story and the monolith in the film. According to Dictionary.com a sentinel is described as a) a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching and, b) a character used to indicate the beginning or end of a particular block of information. The crystal pyramid and the monolith serve as sentinels because in “The Sentinel” the narrator says that the crystal pyramid was one of millions scattered throughout the universe watching over all worlds with a promise of life. This is present in the movie when the apes are basically ignorant in the skills to survive and defend themselves and when the monolith appears their curiosity and understanding changes for the better proving the end of the block of information. Another similarity between the crystal pyramid and the monolith that is seen in “The Sentinel”, as well as in 2001: A Space Odyssey is the conviction the purpose of these sentinels is to alert or warn the “emissaries” of humans’ success with technology and space. This is evident on page 751 in the story which states: ”They would be interested in in our civilization only if we proved our fitness to survive by crossing space and...
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...Introduction The movie of Stanley Kubrick: A Space Odyssey base on Clarke’s short story “The Sentinel”. The core theme of the movie was fiction and the story of Clarke reflects the same. “The Sentinel” provided the original basis for Kubrick’s film version and the story itself published after the film’s release. “A Space Odyssey” book reviews discuss the plot, characters and themes found in the story. One can learn more about the different literary elements that should be examined in the story. According to the plot of the movie the space navigators David Bowman and Frank Poole, along with three frozen hibernauts and a talkative computer named Hal, are aboard the spaceship Discovery on a mission to Saturn. They told that the purpose of the mission is to enter and explore the atmosphere of the planet. Trouble arises, however, when Hal announces that the computer's Fault Prediction Center indicates failure of one of the units within seventy-two hours (Angelo, 2003). Although the faulty part, that is not the end of the astronauts' problems. Hal still insists there is trouble ahead. Faced with an increasingly frustrating and odd-behaving Hal, Bowman threatens to turn the computer off. Before long, navigator Poole, working outside the ship, disconnected from his safety lines and drifts off into space. The sleeping hibernauts also disconnected from the pods that maintain their bodies and die. Bowman left alone with Hal (Angelo, 2003). Realizing that the computer killed the others...
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...Abstract Within the pages of a book, authors are able to create great visual images of locations and landscapes by using elaborate and descriptive words. Sometimes these images are transferred into an actual visual by the subsequent creation of films based upon these great works. “2001: A Space Odyssey” by Stanley Kubrick is an example of such as it is based upon the literary short story, “The Sentinel” by Arthur C. Clarke. Kubrick has done an astounding job at developing the original short story by combining music with visual images way before it’s time. The film allows its viewers to see the original short story told by Clarke, creatively expanded and elaborated upon in comparison with great detail. Table of Contents Introduction The Sentinel (Arthur C. Clarke), 1951 • Descriptive Elements • Theme – First contact 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick, 1968 • Style, Visual and Music Elements • Theme – Evolution Conclusion References The Sentinel and 2001: A Space Odyssey Introduction “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968) has been called, “The most spectacular vision of the future,” and “Eerily accurate and wild with suspense” (Nashawaty, 2011). It is an epic science fiction film based on the short story, “The Sentinel” (1951), written by Arthur C Clarke. Comparing the literary work from Clarke, to the fully elaborated film by Kubrick, it can be said that there is very little similarities. Kubrick has managed to develop Clark’s ideas into an epic movie that must...
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...Name: Course: Tutor: Date: Tourism essay Uluru is a large red rock monolith in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in arid Central Australia to the southwest of Alice Springs. For over 50,000 years the area has been inhabited by the Aboriginal people until the mid-20th century, with a few visitors from time to time. (Digance 150).It was named the Ayers rock in 1873 by a European surveyor, William Gosse.later In 1985, the Federal Parliament of Australia recognized Anangu ownership of the national park in which it is situated. It is then that the name was changed to Uluru. The Federal Government acquired ownership of the park under a lease for 99 years with an agreement that it should be jointly managed by the Anangu community and the Federal Government’s national park management agency known as Parks Australia (Hueneke and Baker 478). In 1987 the National Park was given World Heritage status for its natural values. In 1994 it received World Heritage listing for its cultural values. This makes it a major tourist destination in the world hence having a positive impact on the number of visitors to the park. Tourism impacts on society variedly and can cause social dynamism among the host community, however the degree of impact depend on the degree of difference between the guest and the host community in terms of racial ,cultural identity and social outlook.( Pearce 217) Tourism is perceived to have a multiplier effect which (Pearce 308) is 'the way in which expenditure...
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...Kubrick’s Success Stanley Kubrick was one of the most famous and most recognized film directors of modern cinema. His milestone works were also often subject to controversy. It was yet ironic that the academy ignored him despite the perfectly executed elements in his films such as cinematography, narrative, production design and casting. It would be impossible to pin point the exact contributor to his success, since the combined form of all those elements are the source of the beauty and depth in his movies. For example the movie ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ would not retain the atmospheric intensity of the ballade if the music playing was ascend, which was a reversed version of a Romanian Liturgy. However, there must be a key element that distinguishes Kubrick from his contemporaries. Perhaps a secret formula? In my opinion a pattern of his style can be observed throughout his movies which is essentially staging to both convey an ambiguous narrative through visuals and add an overall visual aesthetic and beauty. This can also be identified as mise-en-scene. We can see that Kubrick was so keen on the on staging of the film that his movies took many shots until the perfect and satisfactory result was achieved by Kubrick. As one of the special photographic effects designer Douglas Trumbull in the movie ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ indicates in his essay: “One of the most serious problem that plagued us throughout the production was simply keeping track of all the ideas, shots, and...
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...What makes the Room sequence an unconventional ending for 2001: A Space Odyssey? The sequence starts with a point of view shot of David. It shows a corner of the room. In the room, an ambience sound is like from the universe. The next shot is an extreme close-up of David. Some colorful reflections of light fall on his face. David’s head shakes. His face is reddish with a tense expression. This shot has a warm tone. By contrast, the following shot has a cooler tone. It is a view of the bedroom with the dock station in it. This wide shot shows the mise-en-scene. The room design is classic European style. Then there are two more shots of different angles of the same scene. The next shot repeats the extreme close-up of David, which appears earlier. The David’s breath gets heavier. Then, it is cut to the shot that is shown at the very beginning of the Room sequence, but this time David himself stands beside the bathroom in red spacesuit. The red color is in a sharp contrast with the room color. Following that, the film is cut to medium shot of David, and then cut to close-up of David’s wrinkled face. Next is a wide shot that shows David crosses the room along a diagonal line. In the following shot, David walks in the bathroom, which does not show the continuity of the spacing. In other words, the editing does not follow the continuity of the character’s movement. Then, the camera pans from left to right in the bathroom. The camera angle is high, as if David looks down, to show...
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...The king of the early humans Moon-watcher looked upon the stars at night, full of knowledge he was more evolved mentally. He found the Monolith, A big black rectangle made of pure obsidian. He touched upon the stone and he had euphony he smashed bones together to make sharp ragged edges, making the first weapons, this solved the hunger problems. The man apes evolved upon this allowing them to prosper in inhospitable places because they could hunt whatever life was in the barren waste so they could survive. Time passed and evolution took place, boosting mankind into the nuclear space era. The joint U.S.-U.S.S.R. space station spots a magnetic disturbance on the moon; they send a team of researchers to investigate it. When they arrive they find a black monolith like the one from millions of years ago. They study from afar as the sun rises over the crest of the moon, as the sunlight hits upon the monolith. As the monolith baths in sunlight a piercing tone is sent through the deepest part of the galaxy. David Bowman and Frank Poole are the conscious astronauts guiding the “Discovery” mission to Jupiter; HAL (Artificial intelligence) was maintain the ship and checking components. They’re days aboard the “Discovery” were immaculately planned as to minimize failures. The...
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...traditional institutions and leaders is declining. More than half the respondents did not think governments reflected their beliefs and values. Instead, they put more faith in the wisdom of the crowd, accessed via social media. Millennial trust each other and turn to their peers when they have questions to answer. (Rodger 12)” People want leaders and role models they can identify with. Because of this trend, we are seeing the rise of so many YouTube stars, bloggers, and more. Unlike traditional celebrities, these people earned their fame and reputation through the promotions and support of their peers, people who are just like them. In 2001, A Space Odyssey, the monolith uplifted the man-apes in terms of intelligence. This led to the man-apes’ eventual evolution to Homo sapiens. Technology as a similar effect for humans as the monolith has on the man-apes, because technology allows everyone to have access to almost endless knowledge. In the past, in order to learn something, a person would have to seek out a teacher or look through books in order to find the information they want. It is a long and tedious process, one in which not many people could normally afford. But nowadays, almost endless knowledge is available just a few clicks away. From instructional video that teaches you how to bake a pie, to Wikipedia article on the Theory of Relativity, everything is available to everyone everywhere. No one is excluded. Now some may argue that technology is not the key to solving humanity’s...
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...Chemical-looping combustion (CLC) is a combustion technology where an oxygen carrier is used to transfer oxygen from the combustion air to the fuel, thus escaping straight contact between air and fuel. The method includes the use of metal oxide particles with the resolve of shifting oxygen from an air reactor to a fuel reactor. Oluwafunmilola O. Ola et al: CO2 operation by direct catalytic conversion of CO2 driven by solar energy is an attractive method for producing other value added products fit for end-use organization. In order to fully harness the solar spectrum and increase photocatalytic activity and selectivity, Cr-TiO2 based films were put on ceramic honeycomb monoliths with varying concentrations synthesized by sol-gel technique and dip coating route. The better photocatalytic activity of the Cr-TiO2 monoliths in the visible light region compared to pure TiO2 can be attributed to increased visible light absorption and accessible active metal sites arising from the appropriate metal dispersion and loading amount. Amartya Chakrabarti et al 2011: Burning magnesium metal in dry ice caused in few-layer nanosheets of graphene in high produces. These carbon nanomaterials were considered by Raman spectroscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray analysis, X-ray powder diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. This work provides an innovative route for producing one of the most promising carbon nanostructures by capturing carbon dioxide that is commonly known as the greenhouse gas. Irshad...
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...High-power ELF radiation generated by modulated HF heating of the ionosphere can cause Earthquakes, Cyclones and localized heating Fran De Aquino Maranhao State University, Physics Department, S.Luis/MA, Brazil. Copyright © 2011 by Fran De Aquino. All Rights Reserved The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) is currently the most important facility used to generate extremely low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic radiation in the ionosphere. In order to produce this ELF radiation the HAARP transmitter radiates a strong beam of highfrequency (HF) waves modulated at ELF. This HF heating modulates the electrons’ temperature in the D region ionosphere and leads to modulated conductivity and a time-varying current which then radiates at the modulation frequency. Recently, the HAARP HF transmitter operated with 3.6GW of effective radiated power modulated at frequency of 2.5Hz. It is shown that high-power ELF radiation generated by HF ionospheric heaters, such as the current HAARP heater, can cause Earthquakes, Cyclones and strong localized heating. . Key words: Physics of the ionosphere, radiation processes, Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Storms. PACS: 94.20.-y ; 94.05.Dd ; 91.30.Px ; 91.30.Nw; 92.60.Qx 1. Introduction Generating electromagnetic radiation at extremely-low frequencies is difficult because the long wavelengths require long antennas, extending for hundreds of kilometers. Natural ionospheric currents provide such an antenna if they can be modulated at the desired...
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...Bowman’s life span without so much as a fade or dissolve and instead plays with the shot/reverse shot in order to convey the idea that Bowman’s life is slipping in a matter of minutes. The sharp cuts depicting bowman looking at an older version of himself, to that older version looking at a penultimate version, manipulates time from a long, drawn out process into a staccato rendition of time. The final shot of Bowman before his rebirth is a long, steady image of Bowman dying with his slow, ragged breath in the background. The long shot and quiet breathing lengthen the scene and encourage a sort of apprehension towards what the end will entail. When the monolith appears and Bowman is reborn into the starchild, the scene is brought to yet another moment of silence, extending the time it takes for the fetus to reach the monolith. The end of this scene may be the most striking. It is apparent that Kubrick did not rely on conventional narrative time to depict Bowman’s life, and his radical use of sound, shot/reverse shot, and montage employ the film’s time more effectively. This scene exemplifies Kubrick’s use of time as a cycle, rather than of something strictly chronological through the use of the death and rebirth of the starchild. ...
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