Friday, March 25, 2011

"Source Code" Archetype Analysis

After viewing the trailer for Source Code I noticed many different archetypes it posses through the characters and the colour choices. The main character in this movie demonstrates many heroic qualities such as hero as warrior. This archetype is shown through the physical challenges he faces, such as the train being bombed. This hero's enemy is the bomber and his challenge is to stop him and save people in the future. The hero isn’t able to save the people on the same train as him but after being put through the source code so many times in attempt to figure out who the bomber, he falls in love with a girl. Here is where he becomes the hero as lover, as he attempts to save this girl even though it might not be possible. These heroic qualities this movie shows relates to archetypal journeys the hero goes on. One being, the quest to save his people, people being the passengers on the train. This also connects to the journey to rid the land of danger, the danger being the bomber. Many archetypes are shown through the use of colour throughout this movie. Both the hero and the women he falls in love with are both wearing blue suggesting their innocence and devotion for one another. The hero is also wearing a black jacket at one part on the train possibly showing the mystery side to him and how he is trying to stop something before in happens. The fire and explosion on the train represents  the ability the hero as to transform and come back to life to try and save the people. Also the fire shows the love and passion the hero as for the girl.

2 comments:

  1. I loved your comparison of the black jacket vs. the blue shirt. I find I tend to see people dressed in lighter colors as more innocent and less scary whereas darker colors seem more suspicious and scary to me. Why is we judge people less when they are wearing bright happier colors? Couldn't they be the most dangerous of them all?

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  2. I think we judge people as good and innocent when wearing lighter colours is because they aren't portraying that mysterious side. Your very right as they could be the most dangerous of all i think authors use this typical archetype of colour to deceive us.

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