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`You will speak to the class for approximately ten minutes, plus time for questions`

10 Minute Presentation on Clockwork Orange Project

1 . I chose to research the evil portrayed in the film A Clockwork Orange ' directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick in 1971 . The screenplay for the movie was also written by Kubrick , though he based his screenplay very closely on a novel by the same name written by Anthony Burgess in 1962

2 . The research question was to define how Kubrick uses three main elements : the cinematography used to create a unique and violent backdrop , the casual nature of the characters , and the classical score

br playing in the background throughout the movie to depict an evil of nearly unfathomable proportions . In fact , the evil is depicted almost harmlessly , almost as a parody of a violent play being acted out upon a stage . But an audience can sense more from the cinematography characters , and classical score - much more . And , it is just as Kubrick said : an audience knows subconsciously that something is dreadfully wrong . And it is through these three elements that Kubrick transforms Burgess 's work into one of true violence making it , perhaps , the most disturbing film of all time

3 . The thesis was founded on three elements : the cinematography within the film , the casual nature of the characters , and the classical music playing throughout

For the cinematography of the film , a look was taken , first , at the beginning of the movie . When the movie begins , an audience meets Alex and his buddies who happen to be drinking milk laced with drugs...

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