More Mark Osborne Analysis

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Title: More
Composer: Mark Osborne
Text Type: Short Film
Date of Publication: 1998
Link to Text: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCeeTfsm8bk
Synopsis: In a colourless world, a mechanic/inventor dreams of their childhood as being happy and playful. As an adult, he works for a harsh boss and never enjoys it. At night, he works by himself, inventing a goggle-like item that represents the memories he has and also to bring out the colour of the world. When his invention has finished, it changes the way people look but it also changes the inventor as he becomes the boss he once had.
Belonging: More is a short film that more directly relates to the idea of not belonging and the ways in which this idea is portrayed. Mark Osborne incorporates
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Throughout the film, it shows the inventor’s daily routine of life – going to work, putting together the Happy product and then going home and inventing his own product ‘Bliss’. The repetitive lifestyle he lives is contrasted to the completion of his product. It gives birth to a colourful world that is viewed by most people. His product is a success but the inventor soon realises he himself is somewhat of a failure. The use of repetition demonstrates the harsh nature of life for everyone. As a worker, it showed his boss directing everyone to accomplish what has to be done but as time passes and the inventor gets his product out in the market, the way of mass producing is similar to when he was a…show more content…
“The whole block has been gazetted for industry,” gives the effect of a dull and dark neighbourhood. Industry leads to factories which give off a dark atmosphere surrounding it. To Peter, the only colourful place is his own home – full of life with “potatoes and rows of sweet corn: tended roses and camellias”. Just like in More, the only places that have “happiness” are places where there is colour. Out of the whole block, the Skrzynecki home is the only place with colour in it demonstrating that there is joy and warmth

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