Burn us with the sticks, beat us with the stones, ‘faggot’ will always hurt me. Lying stiff and lifeless, a body that I once called my own, has been punched into the cold, broken glass filled parking lot. There are no sirens, no flashing lights, just ugly grey silence flooding the air. That’s how I […]

In the future dystopian film V for Vendetta, the director James McTeigue uses specific techniques in both Domino and the Fight scene. McTeigue is able to influence and educate his audience of the pure strength of the power of an idea. Through using cinematography techniques, such as montage and soundtrack, McTeigue is able to support […]

The Handmaid’s Tale uses amazing crafting of symbols to cleverly convey Atwood’s idea The compelling novel The Handmaid’s Tale written by Margaret Atwood is classified under the broad genre of future dystopian novels. The reader may not pick up on the symbolic significance that certain themes have throughout the book, but when you look more […]