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Spielberg's Use Of Greed Depicted In Jurassic Park

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Directors create films to help present some of the issues and concerns that are relevant within their own societies. The 1993, world-renowned, Jurassic Park is a science-fiction/adventure film that focuses on an alternate reality where dinosaurs are able to walk the Earth, on an isolated island off the coast of Costa Rica. The man who created the Island, John Hammond, wants to capitalise on the experience, making the dinosaurs no more than an interactive feature in a unique theme park. All this is happening while a greedy employee steals dinosaur embryos with the intent of selling them to a rival company and shuts down all security systems, resulting in pre-historic chaos. A variety of filmic language has been used in Jurassic Park to represent how greed can lead to people acting out of desperation and how individuals in …show more content…

This has been represented through the. Spielberg has represented greed through the desperation of Dennis Nedry’s actions and the effect it has on others. This has been done through various camera shots, non-diegetic music, and settings. This is seen when Nedry, motivated by greed and money, is stealing dinosaur embryos after disabling the security system. During this scene, a close-up of Nedry hand taking T-Rex and Velociraptor embryos is used in conjunction with a sharp and sudden shift in non-dietic music. The close-up emphasizes Nedrys action of taking embryos, whilst the sustained sharp noted shift signals the danger the accompanies this action. The combination of the close-up and music highlights the selfish nature of Nedry, who is promising his own want for money through his actions, over the damaging consequences of stealing the embryos of dangerous predators. Through his short-sighted actions, Spielberg demonstrates how greed can lead to people acting out of

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