MONACO – Spectrum of the arts examples

Example of: 

Performance arts: A live play  

Representational arts: documentary or novel 

The recording Arts: A music video 

Example of a recent film that blurs the boundaries and how it is done: 

War for the planet of the apes 

In war for the planet of the apes, they use CGI and CG to make the animations seem more realistic with both the actors playing the apes and the props and backgrounds. 

CGI is used to show real emotion from the apes in the film. This was done to make it more emotional, dramatic and to make the apes seem more human-like because their planet was at war with humans which made the audience empathize more with them because they could see how they felt about it and the range of emotions from both the humans and the apes which made the humans look seem like the antagonists whilst the apes, protagonists. This would then make the audience feel negative emotions towards the humans which would help us empathize with the apes on an even bigger scale. They also used CGI for the scenes where they would travel, specifically by horses. This was done to show the audience that the apes were more intellectual than we would think which again makes them seem more humanlike and it helps us empathize with them more because they have feelings and a fully conscious mind. The actors were also used in the war scenes to show the human-like emotion through the apes. They had some of the apes holding guns to show the audience how badly they wanted the war to end because they didn’t want to hurt people, but they were desperate to fight back for their planet. 

CG was used in war of the planets of the apes to simulate fire, water, squibs, and smoke to make the planet seem realistic and to show to effects of the war on the environment. CG made the war scenes more dramatic and intense because it showed us the extent of the damage that it was doing to the planet. The smoke and fire showed us as the audience how big the war was, and it makes us think back to wars in real life where people get hurt and countries get badly damaged or sometimes completely wiped out. This built up the tension and because the audience could reflect on wars on real life, it made it seem more realistic and impactful because on earth it would be tragic, and we would sympathize with people getting attacked. 

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