Blue Pill Red Pill

*(SYM: Antithesis) The blue pill and the red pill are a symbol of the fight between the truth and denial
**(REF) the color Blue refers to peace calm, the color red refers to fury, anger, danger.
***(ACT: choice) the laying out of the hands witht he different pills implies that it will be followed by an action of picking.

DIALOUGUE

VIDEO

0:54 I can see it in your eyes* (REF: window to the soul) reference to the popular beliefe that the eyes are the windows to the soul
0:56 The Matrix * (HER) what is The Matrix? **(SEM:algebraic symbols, or mathematical functions)literally means a Matrix of numbers, implying the matrix is a set of algebriac symbols
2:42 Neo* (SEM: NEW) It is derived from the Greek word neos, which means young, fresh, new or recent implying a new coming.
3:36 you stay in wonderland and I’ll show you how deep the rabbit hole goes* (REF: Alice in Wonderland) refering to the Novel Alice in wonderland to imply adventure, mystery.

CHOICE

*(SYM:Antithesis)Blue pill (denial) vs. Red pill (Truth) (A/B)
**(SEM: Choice) the appearance of one hand in each lense is a visual way of connoting choice.
***(ACT) The appearance of Neo in the Sunglasses implies that he is the chooser and he will make a choice.

Shot 3

* (SYM: Antithesis) The contrast in the manner in which Neo and Morphius are seated implies the struggle between denial and truth
**(SEM: Discourse) the scene implies discourse.

SHOT 2

*(ACT:afraid) Neo is afraid, this means that either something will happen to calm his fear, or to validate his fear.
** (ACT) the water glass on the table is prominent in the shot implying it has a use. Foreshadowing.

Shot

* (REF)Lightening as a reference to a turning of events. We are going to become aware of the man in front of the window. ** (SEM:space of action)I will suggest that the chairs being so prominent in the shot is cinema's version of literal implication (to frame-Verb: To compose a shot to include, exclude, or emphasize certain elements..) It is implying that the space is important as it will be the location of action.

Scene Shot 1

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(HER:ENIGMA)Who is the man whose face we can not see? He is the focus of the shot, he is important, who is he?
** (REF)The mise-en scene: black coat= gravity of situation, formality of the man, the power of the man in black, the mystery of the man in black.

CODES

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Starring an Image I believe is as important as starring a text. For this assignment I would like to use some of Barthes codes to reveal the signifiers that are present in the movie THE MATRIX. Cinema is an art form that exerts a lot of effort to keep its inner workings hidden. It tries to make us feel and think what it wants us to feel and think without our noticing the ways in which it goes about doing that. For this assignment I would like to us
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To bring attention to those signifiers.