Film Studies

  Themes Representation Contrasts Audience/Spectator Oppression Wikus (start of the film) Technology (Alien technology vs Human Technology   Corruption Wikus (end of the film) Human power vs Alien power   Aliens/Alien invasion  MNU (representing non-governmental organisations, NGO) Humans vs Humans (infighting, every man for themselves)   Human forces Nigerian gangsters     Integration       Gang warfare        

 Hurt Locker Conflicts: Inner conflicts - guilt from protagonist Inner Personal between JR + AM Iraq civil war International War Wars are known to cause PTSD from seeing death all around you &  life-changing traumas of a war zone, which is explored in The Hurt Locker.  Do I like the  soldier?: Yes: - Brave & courageous - Intelligent - Humorous in dangerous situations No: - Suspicious of all Iraq people - Pointing guns and shouting at innocent random people Hurt locker mixes Staged & directed footage with documentary style footage, when the Iraq man holding the phone is filmed with grainy low quality. "He's Down" scene: This scene shows that the soldiers all care about each other and ensuring they are all healthy together. The capri-sun is a metaphor for the soldiers regaining their innocence.  The scene is paced differently to make it more serious and show the suffering conditions they had to work in to protect...