After viewing the short film “Inja” I recognized a few incredibly obvious messages that were given throughout. I will follow up these translated messages chronologically below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First, at the beginning of the film shows short clips of a young servant boy roaming around, doing an occasional task, but majority of his focus was oriented around a playful puppy. The playful puppy in which, appeared to have an attachment to this young boy. Now, with these tasks it is shortly recognized that he is being secretive when there is a shot zoomed in to his face when he takes a quick scan of his surroundings. He checks if there are remaining women servants outside of the house watching, and takes a double take. Once he notices there is no one nearby he continues to fiddle with his pocket standing closely to the flagpole that including a risen flag that appeared to be the South African flag before<\/em> apartheid. In which, meant that South Africa was in the state of being ruled by white supremacy still technically. So, as the young boy rushed to find the object remaining in his pocket he reaches it and pulls out what appears to be a pocket knife. There, he takes the shiny blade and grabs ahold of a handful of the rope originating from the flagpole and cuts it loose. With emphasis on viewing up close shots of the flag blowing in the wind, the focus on cutting off a fragment of what the flag itself was being held by, and the observed expressions on the boy’s face it all can contribute to the translation of social commentary. The social commentary I recognized in this instance was the message of political power and inequality. The focus of the flag was to notice that current state of the country and to notify the viewer that this was in a time of overthrown territory. Along with emphasizing the inevitable feeling of helplessness that came with being a servant. The rope being cut from the flagpole could be used to symbolize the foreshadowing and\/or craving of South Africa’s apartheid to be diminished. With the shot of the boy cutting the rope loose it can be a literal translation as “breaking free”. Whether it be the actual<\/em> fragment of rope or the enslavement of people of color. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After cutting the rope loose the boy servant returns to his living quarters and is seen doing a repetitive knot that creates a makeshift collar. Once finished he runs outside and whistles for the dog. The dog responds to his distinctly sounding whistle and allows the boy to place the handmade collar around his neck. This signifies companionship and that even if this dog isn’t technically the boy’s pet- he cares for him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Time passes and the boy and his friend<\/em> the dog are dwelling outside and playing around lightly. Shortly after, a middle aged white man comes outside and quickly the viewer discovers that the man is the “Boss” or ruler amongst this address. The “Boss” calls the boy over as he holds a shotgun in his hand. The boy follows and is requested to fetch a burlap bag with a tie. Once he fetches the bag, the older man tries to call over the dog and fails. So, the young boy is asked and succeeds. The “Boss” tells the young servant boy to put the dog in the bag. At first, the boy hesitates but then follows through- solely from fearing the consequences. With the boy following through with this action one could say this contributes to the message of fear that sourced from apartheid and inequality in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Following, the “boss” repetitively kicked the dog inside the bag for a few moments he stopped. His wife arrives outside of the door and yells and he explains that he was teaching the dog “a lesson”. One could look at this situation as the “boss” lashing out at his own dog due to having a bond with his servant; whom he views as a lower and less valued individual. Then, the “boss” tells the young servant boy to open the bag and release the dog, but the boy hesitates and says “but he (the dog) will think it was me” -claiming that the dog will be disconnected from him after seeing the young boy first. By seeing the young boy first, the dog will automatically assume it was<\/em> the boy that harmed him- even if he did not actually commit the abuse. Again, fearing worse consequences the boy continues to open the bag and the dog slowly comes out and sees him and as expected the dog articulates fear towards the young boy and runs off. The dog thought that the young servant boy betrayed and kicked him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Then, the film speeds up and goes ahead in time until when the young servant boy is grown into a young man. The first few clips show him roaming around and then running across a friend that bikes up to him. They are having a playful conversation until the now grown and vicious dog runs the friend away. The servant boy remains not surprised as he knows what had happened long ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ahead in the next few scenes is where the “boss” appears outside and with his shotgun yet again. He tells the servant boy to follow him with intentions to do some hammering on poles in a grassy field. The dog follows the “boss” and his technical owner with pride and does not show any vicious manner towards him. Eventually they reach the fence with the poles to hammer down and the servant boy starts swinging the hammer down. The “boss” overlooks as he sits on a stump nearby watching. As he sits on the stump he tells the grown boy to swing harder and gets up to show him properly. With every swing the older man took he became weaker and weaker. Shortly after, he pauses and drops to the ground. With panic, the servant boy runs to his backpack and pulls out what appears to be the older man’s medicine bottle. He attempts to run over to the man and give him the medicine, but still remains the vicious dog not letting him near his protected owner. One could say this is a very obvious message and social commentary on the belief of inevitable karma. If the older man did not beat the dog and then put the blame on the young boy- the dog would not be vicious towards him nor anyone perhaps. The old man in agony pushes out a few words and says “shoot the dog” to the servant in hopes that he can save his life by killing the dog. In this very moment, the camera is on the servants face and shows great signs of panic and confusion. He is at a standstill and does not know what to do. There, is when a gunshot sound follows but no image of what had happened. Which makes the viewer think and debate if the servant shot the dog… or perhaps, the man that started the conflict<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another film we had watched in class was the classic film “Bambi”. Here, we only watched the opening scene, but inevitably it gave us the intel of what was occurring and the potential translated messages. Although, it is a cartoon film there was immaculate intentions on the portrayal of varying emotions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first few shots of the opening scene appears Bambi, the young deer and his mother who remains unnamed. Here, they are roaming around a snowy open landscape and Bambi’s mother calls him over to a patch of uncovered green, fresh grass. In these scenes, there is the aesthetic of brightness and excitement due to the simplistic fact that they found a source of food during an aggressive winter season. During the quiet scene where the two deer are consuming the freshly discovered grass there is a sense of “relief” that comes along with the peaceful silence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Right when the silence sets in, the viewer is suddenly startled with the distant sound of a gun shot. Automatically, when the panic overtakes the scene everything seems to have a darker environment, and moves faster from shot to shot to emphasize chaos. Bambi’s mother yells for him to run as there long skinny legs shuffle to move as quickly as possible as gunshots scatter the surrounding area rapidly. This is where the scene turns chaotic, suspenseful and dark. They are seen in short shots of Bambi struggling to run as fast as possible and the occasional shot of Bambi’s mother following behind and she shrieks repetitively to keep running. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Eventually, after a few of the running shots come into play- the viewer will notice that the fast-moving action shots will eventually switch to just<\/em> Bambi, the young helpless deer. With the continuance of the ambient sound of distant gunshots Bambi reaches a covered area of shelter and turns to look for his mother. Who, in which is not following along. Here, is where the scene appears to quite literally appear more blue. Even in cartoon films, color-grading puts an incredible amount of emphasis on emotion and the overall mood of the scene. So, with the blue hue overcasting this scene and the obvious realization in Bambi’s face and body language the viewer can come to the conclusion that his mother was shot. With that knowledge, it is also realized that the brightness of the overall environment from the beginning scenes compared to the ending scenes are drastically different. Small changes in settings like such, subconsciously notify the viewer that there is a significant passing of time. Which can be further translated that Bambi was escaping and running for a decent portion of time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n With the minimal use of scripts it leaves a larger opening for translations since the viewer has to be more observant visually. With that being said, at the ending when Bambi remains looking for his mother once he finds an enclosed shelter the entire scene goes to a dark, blue and gloomy setting where you can just make out an outline of a grown male deer. Mysteriously, with the wind whistling with the snow flurries the grown male says “your mother can’t be with you”. Confirming with Bambi his inevitable assumption that his mother did not make it, and was indeed shot and killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Overall, comparing these two films whether they are opposites or not- share valuable similarities on the techniques that were used to fully portray translations of messages. One large technique that both films used is the focus on facial expressions. The generalized human race has been raised on the belief of developing the valuable skill of “reading” emotions. The second easiest way, besides physically listening to someone articulate a situation. One can pay close attention to the reaction and emotion coming from body language. 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