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This 8 page paper analyzes the movie X-Men by Bryan Singer for the use of Space, place, and cultural/social implications. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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a consortium of mutants must decide whether or not to admit a new mutant named Wolverine. In any film, the use of time and space are of paramount importance. Bryan
Singers grasp of these elements can be said to have contributed mightily to the success of X-Men and its sequels. Chris Barker in his book, Cultural Studies; Theory and
Practice, illustrates the importance of Space as it applies to a storyline. "Time-space is relationally formed through the interrelations of objects. It follows that social space is also relationally constituted
out of the simultaneous co-existence of social relations and interactions," states Barker(Barker 292). What he seems to be speaking about is that relationship between place and space, whether the place
is in cyberspace or in an actual room, the individual creates his/her own reality. The filmmaker, then, offers the ability for the viewer to create an impression of a place
and as a result, create that space and what it means to them from this frame of reference. However, because of globalization and the opening of vast cyber doors, the
definition of space has now seemed to expand to include more nationalities and less boundaries than before. What seems to be evident is that with the onset of a new
global world audience, movies and movie makers have to consider that the reference to space as suggested by place may suggest something totally different in another cultural context. Therefore, when
creating a place in film, many objects which are used must, as a necessity, be those which are readily accepted by audiences, regardless of culture. The premise, then, for
the original X-Men was that children, at a not so distant time in the future, are being born with an additional chromosome called the X-Factor. This X Factor gives them
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