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Aerial veil or gods view as we see Robert Neville driving through the streets in the opening scenes of the movies

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Hegemonic masculinity

Will smith- muscular and not hairy?? - beauty standards today

Charlton Heston- hairy and got wide shoulders - beast standards inthe  1970s

Both seen at "the perfect man" at the time the movie was released

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Will smith presents a symbol of hegemonic masculine as he's piff

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Do we see and 'end of Capitalism' - referenced? Another Fin de Siecle theme

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Do we see and 'end of Capitalism' - referenced? Another Fin de Siecle theme

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Dark seekers are sentient beings #darkseekerlivesmatter

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What does RN use (In IAL) to attract a Darkseeker into his trap to try out an experimental vaccine?

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What does RN use (In IAL) to attract a Darkseeker into his trap to try out an experimental vaccine?

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Allusion or intertextual to what texts or genre?

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The butterfly symbolises God and pops up a lot in I am ledgend

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You taking song requests

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Haratio Alger myth is the myth that any white male can succeed with enough determination. It relys on the class system as working class men want to aspire to be middle class. RN in both films is a virologist, a colonel and in ial he is a farther and a husband too

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Bob Marley was a born again Christian and so was Robert Neville in I am ledgend

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The omega man has elements of a blaxploitation movie, this is because these were the most popular kind of movies at the time this movie was made so this brought in a larger audienc

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Anna is a mammy character, she looks after Ethan who is a white child, while Lisa is seen as more of a ... I can't remember what her character type is called someone help

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In the bible Mathias was a witness to all Jesus' miracles and Zachary betrayed Jesus, this could relate to at the ending scene of the omega man where Zachary turns back to the 'old ways' and uses guns to try and hurt Robert neville

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Ethan in a FOIL character who contrasts Anna and shows that she can be a good mother!

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Lisa from TOM could be seen as an intertextual poach from the blaxploitation movement and it will draw in fans from the v popular blaxploitation movement

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Restricted Narration is where the story is narrated from the viewpoint of one character, so we are seeing the story through "their eyes"

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I am legend reflects the insecurity in America following the 9/11 attacks. 2007 could be seen as a fin de siecle

Q. Check spelling - of last term/theme

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If you get an A in the exam you are a...

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I am legend uses enigma codes well in the expositional scene when rn is sleeping in the bath tub as we hear the darkseekers  but cannot see them. The audience wants to know what creatures are making these noises

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The both have a classic Hollywood narrative because it has a start, middle and an end it also relies on cause and effect logic and by editing it orientates the audience.

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The both have a classic Hollywood narrative because it has a start, middle and an end it also relies on cause and effect logic and by editing it orientates the audience.

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Omega=Last

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Both films use binary oppositions (Levi Strauss) to propel narrative

Q List 5 to 10 Binary Opposites in either film.
Science vs religion
Determination vs giving up
Dog vs evil dog
Light vs dark
Compassion vs violence
Life vs death

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IAL has religious contexts shown through the image of a butterfly subtly placed into shots of the film

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The original book Dracula, released in 1897,  inspired the source material for our case study films.

The original written story, I am Legend, and the first filmed version of the story (The Last Man on Earth) contained what Vampire iconography?

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The vampires represent a fear of the unknown and xenophobia, in the omega man they represent a fear of communism but in I am ledgend they represent a fear of terrorists

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Both films mainly feature restricted narration.

Q - What is a restricted narration.
Q How does it work in the case of our films?

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Both films use epistolary narration in the form of Will Smith's blogs and Charlton Heston's talking box (Dictaphone) . This may be intertextual reference to the original Dracula novel by Richard Matheson

Good.
Q. How was the content delivered in BS Dracula?

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Both films follow Todorov's circular narrative theory.

Q What does that mean though?

That in this respect if conforms to the classical Hollywood narrative convention

Q. Which is?

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Both of the films we have studied are adaptations of "The Last Man on Earth" but contextually different because of the times they where created, The Omega Man (1971) carrying communism themes while I Am Legend (2007) is centered around germ warfare

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Q - What events were happening at the time the Novella was written - what fears did the Vampires represent? 

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Q - What events were happening at the time the Novella was written - what fears did the Vampires represent? 

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Both films follow a conventional Hollywood narrative apart from when the hero dies.

Q. What term describes a convention is broken?

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Subverting genre conventions

Q When, where, how?

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Both films share the same cause and effect. The characters(Neville) have similar desires and needs. But Heston's desire is to kill and Smith's to cure but they both wish to survive

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Both films have a non-linear narrative as they both have flash backs

Q. What do the flashbacks do? What purpose do they serve?

They provide exposition to the narrative GOOD ;-)