Genre conventions

Genre conventions

Brief introduction to the film

The Matrix is an American science fiction film made in 1999. It was directed by the Wachowski brothers, who wrote the screenplay. The main roles played Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne and Carrie-Anne Moss .People are enslaved by intelligent beings and machines to dawn in huge storage facilities for breeding and to him. They are a highly complex computer simulation connected, the "Matrix". This play before men, that they live a normal life in a very similar world of today, but is in fact a virtual reality exists in the computer. A group of resistance fighters will redeem mankind from this condition, how it is at the beginning of the film as the "chosen one" reputable computer hacker- free Neo from the Matrix.

The shooting took place on 14 March to 1 September 1998 in Sydney instead. Production costs were estimated at around 63 million U.S. dollars. The film played in cinemas in about a 463 million U.S. dollars, of which around 171 million U.S. dollars in the United States. Often for a science fiction movie plot with unusually deep bonds and numerous references to philosophical and religious themes noted. The film also caused a stir by elaborately designed fight scenes in the style of kung fu films, in conjunction with digital image processing techniques in an innovative and unusual ways. In May 2003, the sequel to the Matrix Reloaded and in November 2003, the third part of The Matrix Revolutions was released (Kaveney, 2005).

A Blender of Ideas In 1999, the year it came out, the movie “The Matrix” directed by the Wachovski brothers was considered by many as one of the best action movies in the film industry in decades. It was understandable after the success it had at the box office, and its success among viewers, which was not only local but global also. The structure of the journey of the hero, Neo, is nothing new. In fact, it starts and it ends like all the other journeys that preceded it, with the advantage of being rich in thought-provoking themes in comparison to the other movies of the genre. In order to help in the development of those themes, the Wachovski brothers use a lot of allusions, references from religions, myths, philosophy, literature, without changing the pattern of their hero's journey which is clearly the same as the one represented in Joseph Campbell's hero's journey. Using the latter, it would possible to understand the use of certain figures of imagery, camera movements, and other tools by the Washovski brothers in the making of this film.

Genre conventions

There are many genre conventions are used in the movie, the matrix. Some of the important genre conventions are discussed further.

Plot

The film begins with the fact that police officers trying to arrest a young woman. You can, however, by their seemingly supernatural forces - extremely fast fighting moves and levitation escape -. In her escape, she is shortly followed by co-operating with the police agents in gray suits, which have similar capabilities as they ...