Film

Entry 1
Aspect of Time in How to Train Your Dragon, 2010

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The aspect of time during the extend of this film is found in the development of the main characters and the relationship between them. At the very start of the film we are introduced to the village of Berk and the people living in it. They are a Viking colony living on this island village, under the direction of Hiccup's father chieftain Stoick the Vast and all hold on to the desire and the tradition built along the line of the killing and hunting of Dragons which frequently raid their livestock. At the very start we can see great hatred from the villagers towards the Dragons, whilst themselves having a strong bond between them.

The very first transformation can be seen when Hiccup finds the Dragon he had downed during the last raid and goes for the kill. Like the rest of the villagers, Hiccup was eager to kill this Dragon and gain a high status as it was a Nightfury Dragon, the most feared kind of Dragon, but when he came to about striking it, he saw its eyes and felt sorry for the creature. Instead he cut it loose and stepped back. Immediately we can see another transformation, as the Dragon attempts to kill Hiccup, but instead returns the favour and does not harm him, against its instincts, also shows that the Dragon is intelligent. A start of the turning over of the relationship between Viking kind and Dragon kind starts showing at this point and a sense of compassion arises.

After this incident, we see Hiccup returning to the now flightless Dragon, which he had called Toothless and by using his crafting skills he managed to give it a prosthetic tail wing after it got ripped off in the crush. Using the knowledge he gains from Dragon Training, along with his ever improving relationship with the Dragon, he becomes able to ride Toothless, which helped him get the attention of the girl he is attracted to, Astrid, as well as grading first in Dragon Training which in turn leads him to a life of fame. All this while trying to show the community, although unsuccessful, that Dragons are different then what they think, and therefore loosing his father's trust. Therefore, we see the relationship between Hiccup and Toothless turning over bit by bit from that of compassion to a doubtful one then to a friendly and eventually a trustful one. We also see the relationship between Astrid and Hiccup turn from a casual one to a one of courtship and also see the way the villagers look at Hiccup, from that of seeing him as the weak son of a great chieftain to adoring him as popular figure, while Hiccup losing his father's trust since in his eyes he is seen as a traitor by defending the Dragon.

His unsuccessful attempt had put Toothless in the hands of his stubborn father who uses it to guide the way to the Dragons' Nest in their next attempt to raid it. Upon breaching a part of the island all the Dragons flew off and a giant Dragon that was acting very similar to a bee queen came out on the offensive towards the Viking warriors. All hope was lost after it burned down their ships, until Hiccup turned up with his friends, all riding on Dragon back. Hiccup had showed up on a borrowed ride since his Dragon Toothless was captured by his father. Upon arrival, Hiccup goes looking for Toothless and finds it bound to a burned and now sinking ship. Here is where Stoick the Vast has another change of heart and rescues both his son and the Dragon. This was Hiccup's big day since he has finally managed to show the community what Dragons are really like and saves the day by taking on the queen Dragon alone with Toothless. At the end of the film we see all the relationships between the main characters being resolved, that of the Dragons and the villagers of Berk, that of Astrid and Hiccup, and Hiccup and his Father.


The film ends with a sour yet happy ending, where the Vikings and the Dragons are living together in harmony and although Hiccup had lost his foot during the battle he still jokes about it.
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Entry 2
The Aspect of Time in The Lone Ranger, 2013

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The Lone Ranger is a great film which manipulates the aspect time. To start with the majority of the film is a flashback retelling of the story of the Lone Ranger by a Native Comanche Indian to a young boy named Will at a Fair stand in the year 1933.

This is not the only flashback seen in the film. In fact, the first flashback is actually a flashforward within the general flashback where we see the Lone Ranger, John Rieds together with his partner Tonto rob a bank for an unknown reason.

After Will expresses his confusion to this Tonto returns to the flashback where he tells the story from the beginning. Due to the extend of this particular flashback we are reminded that this is so when Will gets confused again since the story says that tracks where found in Indian Territory, where the white men did not live. Tonto continues to explain in flashback how the treaty was broken because a group of outlaws led by the outlaw Butch Cavendish had disguised themselves as Comanche horsemen and raided the riverside settlements.

At a point within this flashback, we are taken further back in time in a telling by the Comanche chieftain of how Tonto became so confused and strange. This was due to a bad trade he did in his childhood that had cost the lives of his village people and where he made a vow to search for the traitors and bring justice to them.

Upon returning to the general flashback we find John and Tonto escaping from the Comanche and making their way to the silver mine at the beginning of the river, which was the cause of the bad trade Tonto made when he was young. Upon arriving we witness how John and Tonto interfere with the plans of Butch Cavendish to mine the silver and become rich.

Much later in the story, Tonto tells that John and himself had blown up the bridge supporting the iron rail. Upon Will questioning from where did they get the explosives, Tonto reminds him of the first flashback, in which they robbed the bank, which was done to steal explosives to blow the bridge. The blown bridge would later be the demise of Latham Cole who in charge of the railway and was working with Butch Cavendish.



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Task 2: Essay

Inspiration from Films

With the introduction of film, they have had a major impact of the thoughts and feelings of the people that watch them and on society itself. Early in the 1920s and 1930s Hollywood tapped into the film genre of Family Films but it did not catch on until 'The Wizard of Oz' came out in 1939, his film had set the grounds for this genre, which is sometimes found as Children's Films. These Genre of films, as the name implies, are greatly appropriate to be watched by members of a family, therefore they are appropriate for an audience of all ages. To be so, they most often contain a storyline which attracts younger audiences, while at the same time has contents directed towards adults and older audiences. An other characteristics of Family films that makes them so appealing and loved by people of all ages is that they are bright, sharp and colourful in appearance. There scenes are taken or put in bright spaces, usually in daylight and the characters most often wear colourful costumes even though they may be going through a hard time.

A company that specializes in this genre of films is without any doubt The Walt Disney Company. The Company, which was funded by Walt Disney in 1923, published its first feature film, which falls in the Family genre, 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarves' in 1937. Although technicolor technology was relatively new at that time, this 75 year old masterpiece still had managed to provide a colourful experience for audiences off all ages. Nowadays, this film can be found with enriched colours that are equal to the capability of today's technology.

Walt Disney company is not alone when it comes to publishing Family films. Other Companies and Independent Producers have and still are publishing films that fall in this genre. A franchise of films such as this is the 'Home Alone' franchise. With the first film in a series of five out in 1990 and the final one out in 2012, the series of films show the adventures that a ten year old kid (changes along the series) goes through when he is left alone at home or find himself in a house by himself and is rivalling a group of thieves or so all by himself and keeps putting them through all kinds of traps to force them to run off. In this franchise we also see the bright colours that I mentioned earlier on.


Other more recent example of Family films are 'Despicable Me', 'Shrek' and 'The Smurfs' and they also show this technique of bright and sharp colours.
Watching a Family film is relaxing and restful, even on the mind, as they are made in such a way that the viewer does not require to do any mental activity to understand the storyline and jokes from the film. So, in my project I wish to suggest this calm and relaxing aura and so I would like to take these vibrant colours, and put them up as a choice for the client to choose from to have a say in the configuration of the chair which corresponds to their liking.

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