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District 9 - Intro and Narrative .pptx
1. District 9
• Core areas key elements of the film form, contexts (political, cultural, social,
etc).
• Wikus Van De Merwe – government official in MNU department – Infected
and becomes a prawn.
• Christopher Johnson – a prawn living in district 9.
• 1. The government official the MNU department and becomes infected
• 2. different beings to humans that were treated differently to people
• 3.
2. camera
• Pont of view shot – immerses the reader in the film
• High angle – we see from above and note how the prawns are weak and powerless at this
point
• MCU – when dragging out the prawns
• Long shot – showing the houses where the prawns lived
• Establishing shots
3. Cameraas a keyelement:meaningandresponse
• Use the points we have made and turn them into sentences. See the example below:
• This scene shoes a variety of shots including Point of view shots which immerses the reader in
the film, high angle shots which we see from above, MCU is when dragging out the prawns,
long shots when showing the houses where the prawns lived, establishing shots, and back shots
4. Main Character
• Wikus – he works for the MNU (Multi National United) as an
officer / civil servant
• Christopher – an alien or prawn – helps Wikus too
• Colonel venter – against the prawns – so he goes against
Wikus too
• Wikus wife tanya
5. Overview of the Narrative
• Alien ship arrives and settles in south Africa – district 9 in 1980s
• The relief organization gives them recources and food. Soon turns into
a slum
• Tensions between aliens (becoming dangerous, have weapons) and
society
• MNU – to relocate them ; Wikus assigned this task – he goes house to
house to relocate them
• Narrative – organization a plot to tell a story
• linear
