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Wag the Dog - Powerplay (1 Viewer)
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I'm not sure if this will help, but I've just started Year 12 and we're covering Wag the Dog for Truth in the Media.
I think a good quote is: "The war is over, I saw it on TV" - Brean
Sorry mate, that's all I got. I've got an essay question to do with that quote in it, so it's been stuck in my head for a while.
I think a good quote is: "The war is over, I saw it on TV" - Brean
Sorry mate, that's all I got. I've got an essay question to do with that quote in it, so it's been stuck in my head for a while.
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lighting:
- its predominatly blue at the beginning- perhaps to show the democratic society of America (no ones been able to explain that to me- so thats only a guess)
- its gets dark midway when they are about to be found out
- it then gets into firey shades such as the reds and oranges- (remember when the plane crashed and the old shoe was shot?)
- then when everything all fine again and the presidents re-election is a sure thing the lighting becomes unrealistically bright
cast choice-
- cameos all the way throughout the movie (gave it a Hollywood feel- remember that the whole war is a fake so the cameos added to the idea of fakeness)
music-
- was scored in a way- Willie Nelson wrote them for the war
quotes? just one really annoying one- "Why change horses mid-stream?"
"we're declaring war on Albania"
"why Albania?"
"why not?"
- remember that no one asked twice why Albania- it shoewed the really power that Conrad Bream held.
powerplay?
Conrad Bream aka Mr Fix it- holds more power than the president, but there is a power struggle between him and the producer
however ultimately the real power belongs to the MEDIA- so talk about the munipulation that is evident
power relationships
- you can talk about how although you would think the president had the most power- it was really the other way around.
- its predominatly blue at the beginning- perhaps to show the democratic society of America (no ones been able to explain that to me- so thats only a guess)
- its gets dark midway when they are about to be found out
- it then gets into firey shades such as the reds and oranges- (remember when the plane crashed and the old shoe was shot?)
- then when everything all fine again and the presidents re-election is a sure thing the lighting becomes unrealistically bright
cast choice-
- cameos all the way throughout the movie (gave it a Hollywood feel- remember that the whole war is a fake so the cameos added to the idea of fakeness)
music-
- was scored in a way- Willie Nelson wrote them for the war
quotes? just one really annoying one- "Why change horses mid-stream?"
"we're declaring war on Albania"
"why Albania?"
"why not?"
- remember that no one asked twice why Albania- it shoewed the really power that Conrad Bream held.
powerplay?
Conrad Bream aka Mr Fix it- holds more power than the president, but there is a power struggle between him and the producer
however ultimately the real power belongs to the MEDIA- so talk about the munipulation that is evident
power relationships
- you can talk about how although you would think the president had the most power- it was really the other way around.
