Titanic - The Review

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MEDIA COURSEWORK (FILM REVIEW)

Titanic the ship of dreams is also known as the “unsinkable”, but on its departure that was not what it did. It sank! On a very bitter night, when lovers seek their loves’ and children slept in the warm cocoon of their duvet, the “unsinkable ship” suddenly collided with an iceberg. All of a sudden, a riot was unfolded! This led to a fold of events that eradicated so many lives. The Old and young, the rich and poor, the first classes and third classes. Everybody became one in the eyes of the Storm!

On its epic journey a deprived artist whose name is Jack Dawson and a rich girl Rose DeWitt Bukator, fell in love, until one night, their fairytale love for one another, turns into a struggle for survival on a ship about be submerged to the bottom of the North Atlantic. Rose ditched her fiancé for this poor young man (Jack) but fate was against their being together. The main actors were this two - Rose, a poor girl turned rich and Jack, a very poor man who had to bet on a card game to get on the ship. These characters were very believable as one can feel the chemistry between the two lovers. However, I would have wanted the characters to bring more passion into the film as what I mostly saw was love and romance. Rose developed into a bright, lovely and carefree woman and we were shown this in the scene when she dances with Jack at the Third-class party. Jack on the other hand, didn’t change from his lively, fun and easy-going character all through the film, a vital aspect of the film to establish Jack as a Hero. Although, we are shown his bravery when he lets Rose stay on the floating plank, he staying in the freezing water, we are also shown his playful nature when he asks Rose to run away with him. All in all, I felt that the characters could have acted more to bring the essence of someone who knows that their love will soon end.

The director of the film Mr James Cameron made the film a simple and captivating film without excessive construction. Mr Cameron used careful foreshadowing between the past and present to keep the romance full even when tragedy is coming near. This intelligent embodiment of structure in the film gave the film a perfect finish. However, the film would have been better if the structure was clearer and more understandable. The film is very good because of its slow way of creating tension. Much scarier than any explosion or ghosts, a simple remark made by the ships foreman filled the viewers with dread  “In an hour or so, all this will be at the bottom of the sea”. This created tension in the film coupled with the slow -paced action made the film even more chilling to watch. This film also conveys Greek mythology and mythic tragedies to mind, which is the fall of Icarius and the destruction of Ozymandias.

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Furthermore, the visual and technological accomplishment for the film was depicted in the scene of the “Titanic” sinking. The sea was shown to be large enough to sink the whole ship. The camera zoomed on this scene showing the characters falling like shooting stars into the sea. Also, different camera angles were constructed at different angles, as the ship was shown to be sinking. This created a sense of realness into the film. However, the camera angles were not as clear in some other scenes i.e. the scene when Rose and Jack were running from the gushing water, threatening to ...

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