'Contrasting worlds' in'Trading Places' and 'Local Hero'.

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Jamie STEVENSON

English Course Work: Media

Ms Makkar. Rm. 100

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'Contrasting Worlds' in

'Trading Places' and 'Local Hero'

Trading Places is a film about contrasting people and how different people from diverse backgrounds can adapt to new surroundings. The two main characters are Lewis Winthorpe, a well off, successful businessman and Billy-Ray Valentine, a homeless man with no money or possessions. These two characters are put into an alien environment when they 'trade places' and live each other's lives, as the result of a bet between the two brothers who own the company Winthorpe works for.

Local Hero concentrates more on the contrast in physical environment. In this film

MacIntire, who works for a large oil company in Texas, is sent to work in a small remote village in Scotland. The locals seem to be very relaxed and the pace of life is very slow, unlike the busy employees of the Texas oil company. The film explores how MacIntire gradually takes on the behaviour of the new culture.

The film 'Trading Places' sets the scene at the start by showing examples of the