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2001: A Space Odyssey: Movie Review

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2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
BRIEF IN-DEPTH STORY OF THE FILM
2001: A space odyssey is a Science Fiction classic genre released, directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick in the year 1968, and probably considered as the best science-fiction film of all time about man’s exploration of space and ourselves. The film is a story of human evolution based on a short story called ‘Sentinel’ written by Arthur C. Clarke. The movie consists of 3 main parts: pre-history, the future and technology, and back to earth. The story goes from prehistorical times where men and nature were at peace with each other until a black rectangular shaped called monolith appears. This is a pivotal moment in human evolution after which we discover tools which we decide to use for …show more content…

It is symbolic of many long-held concerns about technology. First, being an artificially intelligent, it can think as well as, if not better than, any human. Second, its inner workings are not completely understood by his creators. With Hal, people have created a very powerful technology that they cannot fully control. When Hal begins to think on its own and deviate from the way in which it has been instructed, this is an expression of the fear many people held that our own technological advancement would come back to haunt us unexpected and unforeseen ways.
MAIN COLOUR USED IN THE FILM
Throughout the film I was able to detect 6 major colours the director Stanley Kubrick used. They are Red, Blue, Yellow (primary colours), Green, Black and White (neutral colours). The red, yellow, blue and white hues were found mainly in the space ship and a little bit outside of space (earth). The mysterious Monolith and outer space travel were represented with a black colour depicting space odyssey whiles the green colour was noticed in relatively ending of the film in the Stargate sequence to the room where Dave Bowman landed and the helmet he was wearing. COLOUR PALETTE RESOLUTION

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