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2001: A Space Odyssey Cinematic Techniques

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The famous science-fiction film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by the stalwart filmmaker, Stanley Kubrick, can be described as one of the seminal works ever in the history of world cinema. The film succeeds in leaving a very lasting effect on the minds of the audience with its sheer quintessence of content and aesthetic portrayal on the screen. An introspective analysis of the contextual work can make one understand how the filmmaker exudes his cinematic prowess via the use of impressive cinematic techniques that simply catapult the affective appeal of the narrative. What is extremely intriguing is the fact that the entire narrative is intertwined in spite of the episodic nature of the various stories. These stories come together to construct …show more content…

Kubrick uses the background score of the film to set the mood of the respective stories that are finally proven to be coherent with each other. The background music changes as per the narratives shown on the screen. The filmmaker has also exceled in the use of jump-cuts in this cinematic work. Since the narrative ranges over time and space beyond centuries, jump-cut was the only viable option for the auteur to portray the timeline with ease. The filmmaker succeeds in his endeavor as the film appeals right from the very inception to the very end of the narrative. The lapse of time is never a problem for the audience to build a linear narrative in their minds. The passage of thousands of years in biological time is compressed in the filmic time shown in 2001: A Space Odyssey. The monolith provides the continuity to the various events shown on the screen. The film in context can be taken to be one of the best works of art. The cinematic work has lived on as one of the most critically acclaimed films of all time. The audience from all over the world has been in awe of the excellent narrative and the impressive cinematic techniques of the film. 2001: A Space Odyssey is not just an iconic science-fiction film, but it has come to inspire many future filmmakers to explore the genre. The film is one of the best cinematic endeavors of Kubrick who excels in his use of filmic

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