In the film Shaolin Soccer, 2001, there is a face off game between two soccer teams. The clip follows the yellow and white team, as they face each other in a game. In the clip, we can clearly see that the yellow team is clearly more skilled and experienced than the white team as they dominate them 40-0 before the game even ends. This film uses conflict in order to show how good the yellow team is in comparison to the white. This is shown in the clip when a player on the white team says "You're not playing fair! Give us a chance to make a goal!". By showing a player on the white team begging for mercy, it furthers the statement that conflict is used in order to create a compelling narrative of the rivalry between the two teams.
In the film They Live, 1988, the purpose of the scene follows the main character, and he has a pair of glasses that show the fake world versus the real world. When the glasses are off, he sees reality as normal, then once the glasses are on he's able to see the deeper meaning behind things. Mise en Scene is used in this clip in order to establish the dramatic difference between the illuminated and realistic reality. One example of this is when the glasses are off, we're able to see the build boards in bright colors. For example, the main character first looks at a build board with no glasses on, and he sees an image of a women in a bright red bikini advertising to visit the Caribbean. Then once the glasses go on, the world first turns black and white and then reveals the words "Marry and reproduce", which is the reality behind the build board. The switch from vibrant and colorful to black and white is an example of color in Mise en Scene used to further highlight the explanation that its used in order to differentiate real and fake reality.
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