Table of Contents
• Scene Analysis
• The action
• The colours
• The camera
• Characterizations
• Neo juxtaposed to Cypher
• Neo juxtaposed to Thomas A. Anderson
• Website
Scene Analysis
The action
Cypher gets back out of the Matrix alone
He shoots at Tank and Dozer
Neo, Trinity, Switch and Apoc in the
Matrix
Cypher talks to Trinity
Kills Switch and Apoc while talking with
Trinity
Is killed by Tank
Scene Analysis
The colours
 Green
 In the Matrix
 Stands for the green code
 like decay, poison and desease
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Blue
 In the real world
 Calmly, healing colour
 Hope, inspiration, truth
 cold like the outside of the
world
Scene Analysis
The perspectives / camera angels
 Close ups (31)
 Used to show the feelings and mimik of a single character
 Shows the reaction of a person in detail
 Medium shots (46)
 To show the action (when Cypher jumps onto Morpheus)
 To make the viewer participate into the action
 Long shots (4)
 Used when the whole group is shown to display their helplessless
 The camera just has to catch the atmosphere in a room
Neo And Cypher
Neo
Cypher
 Neo – the One
 “Cipher“ – Encryption
  - “new“
 “Cypher“ – zero
 Neo revives like Jesus
 Cypher betrays his crew
 “Cypher“ – Lucifer
Neo And Cypher
Neo
 Risks his life for the others;
altruistic
 Asks the questions the viewer
has
 Wants to learn everything he is
able to
 Can decide which life he wants
to continue and chooses the
“good side“
 Combines only good traits; the
viewer likes him
Cypher
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Wants back into the Matrix at any price
- Feels cold and lonely
- Wants to be someone ímportant
- Does not believe in Morpheus and Neo
Likes the feeling of having power
- Has control over life and dead and
exploits this power
- Enjoys to kill his friends
- Invades Trinity‘s privacy
Can decide which life he wants to continue and
chooses the “bad side“
Combines many bad traits -> the viewer hates
him
Neo And Thomas A. Anderson
The Names
Neo
 Neo – the One
  - “new“
 Neo resurges like Jesus
Thomas A. Anderson
 ““ (Greek) – the
disbelieving
 “thomas“ (Hebrew) –
the twin
 “andros son“
(Skandinavian) – God‘s
son
Neo And Thomas A. Anderson
The Characters
Neo
Thomas A. Anderson
 Appears at night
 Appears during the day
 Couragous
 Cowardly
 Believes in himself
 Tries to get to know what the
Matrix is
 Doubts himself
 Lives in his “perfect world“
 Calls himself Neo
 The agents call him Thomas
A. Anderson