Divergent e magazine

SEP 2015

Poster and games included

Film Terminology How it influences our understanding

Fear, Identity and Choices, Societal classes and power, what do these themes mean?

Shailene Woodley On fear, fitness and love regarding her role played as Beatrice Prior Get to know Eric, Jeanine Matthews and Tobias Eaton

Contents 1-Themes 2-Societal Classes

11-Poster 12-FilmTerminology

3-Identity and Choice 4-Power

13-Shot Types 14, 15, 16, 17-Shot Angles

5-Fears

18-Editing Techniques

6-Character Articles

19-OtherTerminology

7-Tris

20-Games

8-Four

21-Bibliography

9-Eric 10-Jeanine Matthews

THEMES Page 1

Sashen Naidoo

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In the movie Divergent, in the city of Chicago, your faction defines who you are.

Once a year all sixteen year olds who have not yet chosen a faction, go for their aptitude test which is supposed to tell them which faction to choose. Their results are determined by the way they react to various different dangerous situations.

At the aptitude test, Beatrice Prior discovers that she has qualities which would be fit for Abnegation, Erudite and Dauntless, this means that she is Divergent, none of the factions will ever truly define her.

Once Beatrice arrives at Dauntless, she says that her name is Tris, she’s part of a new faction and she’s now a different person.

She decides to get a tattoo, there’s no turning back.

Tobias Eaton chose to leave Abnegation to escape his abusive father. He changed his name to Four representing his four fears; killing innocents, confined spaces, heights and his dad. Four is hard but fair, he doesn’t agree with violence. He reveals his tattoo to Tris, he trusts her. He doesn’t easily open up to people.

Caleb transfers from Abnegation to Erudite, no one expected him to because he suits Abnegation very well.

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It,s all about POWER To have power is probably the most important thing to have in the movie.This is like the main thing to get.When you have it no one can stop you.With power you can controll everything.

The character with power is Jeanine Matthews. You can see right through the movie.She is the leader of Erudite.With the power that she has she uses Daughntless to kill the people of Abnegation.You can see the starting of the plot when Daughntless start to go through the houses were the people of Abnegation live.You also see it when a special serum is brought to Daughntless in large boxes from Erudite.This is also were the people of Daughntless are standing ready to kill Abnegation.These people are controlled by Jeanine because the have been injected with a special serum.This is all that makes her cruel and rathless.Tris also has power but it is a different kind of power.Her power is to be able to have self controll.

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Fear is portrayed in many scenes in the movie and in many different ways.

In Dauntless fear is prominent. The new rules of this faction put fear into many of the initiates and we could see it in their eyes. They had to constantly go out of their comfort zone to work towards a solid foundation, mentally and physically. The new rules implied that if you were ranked in the bottom few of

your group you would be kicked out, leaving you factionless. This forced the initiates to push their bodies over the edge, no pun intended. However, part of their training was to face and overcome their fears.

I think that fear was most portrayed when Erudite created a Dauntless army. Erudite put them under stimulation so that they could not

process commands in the same way. It was like they had no worry in their eyes, no feelings, no soul. They took over Abnegation because Jeanine, the leader of Erudite, did not think they were fit to run as the government of the society and that they had broken too many rules. If I was in Abnegation I would have been terrified at that moment in time but if I was in Amity or Candor I would have fear that I would be next.

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Keagan Smith Page 5

CHARACTER ARTICLES

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DISCOVERING WHO TRIS PRIOR REALLY IS How many times have you watched Divergent and wondered what it must’ve been like to play the role of Tris Prior? I decided to talk to Shailene Woodley and find out.

Q: Tris comes off as a fearless person, how were you able to portray that?

A: It wasn’t easy since there were scenes where I had to perform stunts myself such as the part where I had to jump off the top of the Dauntless building, down to the nets. I had to do the jump at least ten times before the directors were satisfied with the outcome because they kept telling me to look fearless which made me nervous and caused me to look terrified the first few times I jumped.

Q: There are many scenes which appeared to be very physically challenging, were you required to improve your level of fitness before you started filming?

A: Yes, it was difficult to get up early during my off season to go jogging since I love my sleep. I ran up to forty-five kilometers on some days which proved to be both mentally and physically challenging.

Q: Were you affected in any way emotionally because of the movie?

A: Luckily Theo (Four) and I are really good friends so no feelings were attached to any of the romantic scenes we did.

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123… FOUR

Name: Tobias “Four” Eaton Portrayed by: Theo James Gender: Male Race: White Appearance: He has short dark hair and hazel brown eyes, he is handsome, tall, very well built and has a huge tattoo on his back of the symbols in all five factions and there are parts that almost look like lashes to symbolise how his dad hit him with a belt.

Dislikes: He also does not have a deep regard towards people who oppose him.

Close relationship: Tris and four first meet after she volunteers’ to be the first jumper to enter Dauntless. These two showed immediate affection towards each other.

These two are in a similar situation in terms of finding out what their destiny is, they get to know each other very well and help each other through challenges along the way. Their relationship continued throughout the movie and is very strong.

Personality: Fours character always comes across as very honest, defiant, adventurous and sometimes a bit rude, which he is trying to work on. He has four fears which is where he got his name from and unfortunately these fears he cannot get rid of.

Family and Childhood: Four has not got any siblings and we do not know anything about his mother. He has a father who is this leader of Abnegation. This faction has been trusted to run/govern the society because they are public servants. Four is an Abnegation born which he kept a secret from many people because he is ashamed of his past life and all the talk about how his father beat him as a child. This is why he chose Dauntless, so that he could start a new life.

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KEAGAN SMITH

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Sashen Naidoo Page 9

THE POWERFULL JEANINE MATTHEWS Jeanine Matthews she is the leader of Erudite.Sheis the Mastermind behind the faction system.She saysthat it is better to have a faction system because then every thing is organized.She wants to kill all the people of Abnegation.

She does not have a very good relationship with the other characters like for instance Tris and Four.From the choosing ceremony Tris and Jeanine did not a have a good relationship.Tris was actually facetious towards Jeanine and that is why she does not have a good relationship with Tris.Jeanine does not like the people of Abnegation.They care for the other people they feed the factionless the people who don`t fit in anywere.She says that they are not innosant people.

Her personality is closed off .She is minipulative she is always breaking people down trhough out the movie.She enjoys to be incharge and telling people what to do.

She is crule minded she is always makes her self look good but the people do not know what is going on behind the sene.She enjoys making people feel pain.

She is selfish she does not care about anyone else expt her self.She does not like to be controlled by other people.

Daniel Prinsloo word count 202 Page 10

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FILM TERMINOLOGY

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SHOT TYPESSASHEN

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High Angle: This part of the movie is where everyone from Dauntless was in the cafeteria eating and the initiates who made it into Dauntless were announced.

It is filmed from a higher angle in order to show how Tris is being lifted into the air and being held up by her new family, the other members of Dauntless.

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It’s effective because it shows how happy Tris is. She has survived the initiation and made it into Dauntless.

Medium Angle: This still is from the part of the movie where they were all attending the choosing ceremony and the sixteen year olds were given the opportunity to choose a new faction or go back to the one they came from.

It’s filmed from a medium angle to show that Beatrice is just a normal person. She’s not looked up to nor is she looked down upon.

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It’s effective because you can see the people behind her awaiting to see what faction she chooses. We can also the bowls with different things inside representing each faction.

Low Angle: This is where the initiates are trained to fight against each other which improves their fighting skills. Four is watching Tris.

It’s filmed from a low angle to represent Four to be more powerful. He’s fought many fights and is very good at it therefor he’s being looked up to.

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It’s effective because we can see other initiates fighting behind Four. He’s clenching his fists. It looks like he wants to help Tris, like he wants to fight off the person hurting her. Four is frowning and his mouth is open, he looks mad.

-Marja Harmse

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EDITING TECHNIQUES Cut: This is a sudden change of shot from one view point to another. It is effective because it builds up an image or idea and compresses time.

Dissolve: This is a gradual transition from one image to another. It is like a fade-in and fade-out. A dissolve can be used as a marker to show that a scene has ended and a new one is starting or that time has passed between scenes.

Fade: A fade changes scenes by making the ending of one fade to a black like colour and then lighting up the next scene. This can also be used to show that time has passed between scenes.

Montage: This is a collection of different scenes, it is a shot that creates affect. This allows scenes to flow consecutively. It condenses the scenes and saves time.

Cutaway: This is a form of bridging, it cuts a shot into two that is on the same subject. It shows a second activity that is at the same time as the main action.

KEAGAN SMITH

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OTHER TERMINOLOGYDANIEL

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