Sunday, April 13, 2008

Before and After

These two stills represent a lot of change in Arabia. The Indiana Jones still shows this very old looking place that is full of these onlookers waiting to see this fight break out. You then have the Lawrence of Arabia still that shows this lavish place where these men are neatly dressed. Both of these images show men that are completely covered from head to toe with cloth. I believe now the representation for "the Arab" has completely changed. For example, you are more likely to see the common terrorist in a film be portrayed by "the Arab." Many of "the Arab’s" in film’s today are subjected to play these antagonist roles.

Both of these images keep the characters in the same outfits. And they both show these cramped shots that might represent over population in a way. Both of these images also have onlookers in them. It’s also noted that the Lawrence of Arabia shot, which came out before Indiana Jones, shows this extravagant place with this nice design to it. We then shoot over to the Indiana Jones clip that shows this dirt road and men wondering the streets.

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