Jade Carter-blog #3

Inflalliblle police is something were someone get arrested based off of an unrealiable source.  This would happen all the when some got arrested in Minority Report because they are going off of the pre-cogs visions which was something that hadnt't even happend yet. Recently I met a man that was sentence to 21 years in prison because of murder he didnt comment and it was because of a 12 year old boy that had gotten to two men mixed up at the time. So all went by was a eye witness they really didn't have any real hard care evidence saying that he comitted this murder.



Noah Perkins

1)    An endorsement of technology by the media essentially means that the media supports the use of technology. This is clearly shown through the commercial use of the retina scanners. Malls and billboard advertisements use these scanners in order to identify possible patrons. When the individual’s eye is scanned, an advertisement calibrated for that particular individual is displayed. This technology can also be used to track down culprits and runaways. Another endorsement of technology is shown through the public’s perception of the pre-cogs. There are advertisements advocating for the passing of a proposal that makes the pre-crime division go national. This demonstrates that the media supports pre-crime and the use of the pre-cogs.

2)    This term is a part of our society today. Our society endorses technology constantly, from the acceptance of the car and electricity to computers and ipads. Everyday new technology is accepted by our society for better or for worse. Without the media endorsing technology, many products or services we take for granted would have fallen by the wayside.

3)  If the technology of pre-crime was in existence and the media endorsed it, then a man wouldn't have been stabbed to death in Lakeview.

Donoven Brown J.r

1. An Infallible police state means unfailing(its not going to fail.) They use the precogs to see a murder before it happens the system will never fail.

2. Yes, an infallible police state should be a part of our world because  with it we would not have any murders, people going against the law, doing drugs, and other things.

 A 17-year-old Chicago boy was beaten and robbed,The boy was jumped by six other teens Sunday afternoon. On Tuesday, Chicago police were questioning six people in connection with the attack.

Lily Hullinger

Precrime is portrayed in the beginning of the movie as this perfect, ideal system. There is no murder, and those who would potentially commit murder are kept in a coma-like state, keeping them from doing harm to anyone. As the movie progresses, however, it becomes clear that pre-crime is not a perfect system. Not only are the precogs mistreated, but there are occasionally glitches in the system that are dismissed as "minority reports". As Tom Cruise proves, however, these minority reports can prove key, murder can still be occurring, and people do have free will and can make the choice not to commit murder. For these reasons, I am under the impression that it would be best not to have precrime in our society. It transforms us into this strange Big Brother-type world where no one has freedom even in their own heads. We're better off without precrime, because we deserve the right to not have our thoughts constantly monitored.

Brianna Gray Post #3

In the movie Minority Report the government made sure that it was totally protected and that pre-crime was seen as a power of an infallible police state. They made sure that they stopped the crime before it actually happened . I feel like in today's society it would be better if we had this type of technology because it could save so any innocent people's lives that dont deserve to be killed. Like if we had this technology we could have stopped young kids from being killed by tv's.

Akilah Wilson-Blog post #3

In the movie Minority Report the idea of an absolutley trustworthy or sure police force was the main focus. Using "Pre-Crime" everytime an arrest was made this demonstrated that the system was infallible. I believe that this term should be used in our society because it ensures safety and is for the good of the people. It would create a sort of utopia. For Example, recently a cruise ship capsided and an unsure number of people were killed. These people, may have been saved if their captain hadn't abandoned ship and left them to fend for themselves. However, if we did have such a thing as "pre-crime" the entire incident may have been able to be prevented.

The Minority Report was based in future tense and because of this there is a lot technology that was going on in this movie.  The eye scanner was something they used instead of the finger pint method because there was a lot people burning off the the DNA thats in the finger print so if someone were to commit a crime it would twice as hard to find their DNA. I feel that this is something that this is something that's going happen in the future because this is true that people can easily burn off of their DNA and alot of people tend to do it today in present time.

Another source of technology was the automated cars.  Basically what it does is you talk to the car and tell it where you want the car to take you and it takes to you your destionation without you even driving it.  I feel that ths is something that could happen the future because we are working our way twards it now.  For example we have an automated navagational system and you can speak to it and it tells you how to get there but the only difference is that you still have to drive. 

Technology Scenes

Since the film Minority Report was made to take place in the future tense there a lot of new ideas for teqniues. The eye scanner was something that was interesting to me.  Since the police caught on to the fact that people would burn their funger print now they scan their eyes.  I feel that this something like this could happend

Camea Techniques

The camera techniques that I learned about in this class while watching Minority Report in my broadcast media class was something that I felt was quite interesting. Iscolation Tim Criuse's Character was talking to the pre-cog they used iscolation on the two depending on who was talking or weather the director wanted us to watch the their facial experession so you can become more involed with the film.  Lighting in the Minority Report was a huge thing that was going on  during this film.  When the lighting darkend or dimend a little you were able to tell that something was getting to happen, or even when the lighting got brighter you were able to tell something positive was going to happen.  Sound was something huge as as well. In this film sound was key in the film.  It set the tone of the film, there were able use sound to build suspense in that particular.  Stunt doubling was something that was done really well in this movie.  If i didn't know anything about stunt doubling I would have thought Tom Cruise was capable of doing all those stunts prefromed in the film.  Sound effects was another thing that was key in this film when Cruise's character punched the cop it was like you could feel it because of the effects.Since there was a lot of murder cases going on in the past  the pre-cogs were used to be able to see the future and tell weather a person was planning on murding someone.  Since its said that the pre-cogs never lie then anyone that thought about killing or even planing on killing someone were sent to prison right away.  They lived in a pool full of water with wire connected to them.  It wasnt a good thing that they to kept them like that because they are not connected to the outside world at all because in the film when the female pre-cog got kid-knapped by the main character and she had a hard time re-adjusting she felt cold and she could barely walk. 

Donoven brown

In the movie the  technology was very new and very broad. I think the future we would have the same technology. The technology was used very affective in this movie beacuse without it the could not replay the images that the pre-cogs saw and predicked what was going to happen. I think that this technolgy would be used in the future.

Emily Mattson Blog Posting #3

Pre-crime definitely is full of new technology. The media, like today's reality, endorses Pre-crime as a perfect system, the only way to prevent murders and heinous crimes.

An "endorsement by the media" is when the media gives support to and encourages people to use a product or a new concept. The media in Minority Report shows "heartwarming" commercials of all of Pre-crime's accomplishments in six years.

I don't think this term should be a part of our society; it already is. The newspapers review new technology, they either encourage or discourage consumers to buy them. If we didn't have this reviews or commercials, however, then our economy would be down in the dumps. Without technology, we wouldn't be able to track down missing persons or suspects through computer, text messaging, and phone calls. In police forces around the world, forensic analysts would not be able to track down criminals and arrest them.

Akilah Wilson-Blog Post #2

In Minority Report technology plays a huge role in the society portrayed. From self-driven cars to mobile eye scanners, the movie covers it all. Personally, my favorite use of technology was the halograms and the self-driving cars I believe that these will be able to be reached in our society as technology advances everyday.

Kurt Thorson

     Pre-Crime as a totally protective government would be a great thing if their weren't flaws like in the movie.  It could prevent murders that would happen even if it was a crime of passion like the man who wanted to kill his wife because she was cheating on him.  If it were part of our society then events like 9-11 and other terrorist and domestic crimes would be prevented.

Emily Mattson Blog Posting #2

One of the coolest scenes from Minority Report is when John Anderton uses the screen to see the murder the pre-cogs have predicted. He used the screen to pick up clues about the murder that may have taken weeks to before, and now he can see them with the flick of a wrist. This technology, I believe, could eventually show up in society, but not for at least another five or six decades. 

The halos are also fascinating to me. Once they're on a "criminal", they induce the "criminal" into a deep sleep that seems almost hellish. It's slightly reminiscent of a stun gun in modern times, except it seems ten times worse, even without physical pain. I don't know if ethics committees will ever allow the halos to be used on people, but maybe someday when ethics are overthrown they'll be used left and right. Unlike the pre-cogs, I can't see what's going to happen.

Drew Jaffe

Pre-Crime is a a sign of the power of an infallible police state.  Infallible police state is a state in which the police do not miss anything or fail at any task.  In the film Minority report, pre-crime is successful for almost every arrest and because of it their hasn't been a murder in years.  The infallible police state should be a part of our world.  Had it been in place, the recent shooting in Chicago would not have happened.

Kurt Thorson

     I really like the jet-packs and they were a needed part in the movie that allowed John Anderson to escape.  I also like the cars because it makes it easy to get were you need to go and would probably eliminate road accidents; it was also very effective in the movie because the cars allowed him to get away in that factory seen.  The jet-packs will never happen but i think the self driving cars are something that we can look forward to.

Akilah Wilson

In the film Minority Report there were many use of different camera shots to relay a different messages. Below are some examples of the camera shots used.

Aerial Shot: A shot taken from a crane, plane, or helicopter. Not necessarily a moving shot.

Backlighting: The main source of light is behind the subject, silhouetting it, and directed toward the camera.

Bridging Shot: A shot used to cover a jump in time or place or other discontinuity. Examples are falling calendar pages, railroad wheels, newspaper headlines, and seasonal changes

Camera Angle: The angle at which the camera is pointed at the subject: Low High Tilt

Cut: The splicing of 2 shots together. this cut is made by the film editor at the editing stage of a film. Between sequences the cut marks a rapid transition between one time and space and another, but depending on the nature of the cut it will have different meanings.

Milton Rodriguez

1)The define  term on infallible state is the pre crime are always right.A good example, the pre crime unit is when they had seen the evidence of the crime and arrest the murder. They think murder is wrong.

2)Yes, an infallible police state should be part of the world.A teen hispanic was shoot over the past week by his own friends after playing soccer game in front of his house during the mid night. If we had the infallible police state  it would been stop before and no one would get suffering pain  and no deaths.

3)The shooting of teen in Los Angeles, California the past 2 weekend.

Emily Mattson Blog Posting #1

The movie Minority Report is confusing in more ways than one. The plot that has so many twists and turns wouldn't be very effective if there wasn't a way to set the mood. The camera techniques that help convey the message of a film are extremely important in terms of the plot.

In Minority Report, the first part of the movie is shot in cool colors, blues and blacks and grays. The colors show the mood of the movie at the beginning, sad and serious. Towards the end of the movie, when hidden plots and deceptions begin to come into the light, the movie's colors start to turn to warm. Golden light is used rather than harsh white light, warmer colors in clothing are worn by the characters in the film. The soundtrack of the movie, however, also conveys the tone of the scene. If the score is fast and intense, it adds to the thrill of a chase or a fight scene. John Williams is a talented composer, and he's made the messages absolutely clear of what to expect in terms of tension, revelations, and happiness.

I'm a stage crew girl. I don't know a ton about the lights and sound of theatre productions or films. But the lights set on things to make them seem harsher or warmer--in the case of Minority Report, when things begin to unravel for the antagonist, the lights go warmer and warmer and warmer, and then the coldness comes back. Symbolism is also a key thing in every film or book or story.

The watch dropped into the pool, the black clothes worn by the Pre-Crime cops, the metaphors in the greenhouse--Minority Report is a host to all of these things. The watch Anderton's son drops in the pool after he is kidnapped symbolizes the fact that he was out of time as a central character. Dark clothes are traditionally worn by cops, but I think they symbolize the darker side of all police officers, along with black being a flattering color. In the greenhouse, when the co-founder of Pre-Crime is giving instructions to Anderton, one of the plants attacks the lady when she attempts to kill it. It's a show of every living thing's instinct for survival--one that we must use when in danger.

The pre-cogs. They can see the future. Who doesn't wish at some point they can see the future, or murders before they happen? They are used to prevent murders in the District of Columbia, although they aren't really treated as human. The pre-cogs live in a pool of goop, with electrodes attached to their brains and no sense of humanity. Bioethics are clearly at play here--the pre-cogs technically are human, but if they can preview murders, then are they truly human beings? The answer, of course, is yes, but many doctors would be angry at the treatment of people like the pre-cogs.

Drew Jaffe

One of my favorite technology scenes is when John is jumping from car to car on a highway where the cars are driving themselves.  The technology made the the scene more interesting because the cars didn't stop for John because they where not being driven by people.  This technology will one day appear in our society.  

Another one of my favorite technology in Minority Report is the eye scanning spider.  The spider is released in an area in order to know the people in the area.  The police used it in the movie to see if John was in the building they where searching.  Since he had his eyes changed they spiders didn't realize it was John.  The spiders are heat seeking and very high tech.  I think that one day we will have this sort of technology.

Noah Perkins

One of the technologies used in the film Minority Report was the hardware and software used for interpreting the dreams of the pre-cogs. This allowed for the visions of the pre-cogs to be saved as files and viewed by the pre-crime officers. It allowed this footage to be played, slowed down, and sped up in order to allow the officers to gather clues. The technology depicted here is pretty far fetched. As far as I am aware, there is no one who can accurately predict every murder that happens within a certain radius. The software for viewing this footage is certainly available today but there is no hardware that could allow this to happen.

Another technology that was used in the film was the machine used to change John's eyes. This machine extracted the eyes of the patient and replaced them with new ones. This gave the patient new retinas which allowed them to escape detection from the retina scanners. This is another piece of technology that is far off in the future. There is currently machines that deal with eye surgery, i.e. lasik, but nothing of this scale.

Brianna Gray Post #2

My favorite technology used throughout the film were the spiders and the 3-D Holograms. I liked the spiders because it allowed the government easy acess to people's true identity without the government having to spend days trying to find out who you really were. Also, the 3-D Hologram allowed images to be projected off a screen onto surfaces to view the picture alot better. This was a effective way for people because it identifies people quicker without the hasle of paper work or reading through someone's file. While also having a little fun with the gadgets. I hope that our society will eventually have access to these types of gadgets because it will allow our society to move alot more easily thoughtout the hasle of having to get documents or records of things. But, instead having it stored in the database to be pulled up when ever needed.

Lily Hullinger

1. I'm gonna have to go with the spiders. Creepy little buggers. Seriously terrifying. The spiders were used to perform forced retina scans. They were also heat-sensitive, I believe. They were super-effective, although something should probably be done about the fact that you can trick them with ice water. This technology is already well on its way and is being developed by The US military. The goal is to give soldiers a set of eyes and ears where they cannot get them.

 2. Then there were these things, "sick sticks". They were nasty, and slightly pointless seeing as tazers are just as effective and slightly less gross. Still cool. And, believe it or not, these are also in development. This sick stick, or "LED Incapacitator" uses LEDs to emit bright pulses of light that can induce temporary blindness, disorientation, nausea, and vomiting. Fun times.

Also, I don't remember this thing, but it's cool. ->

Lily, Hullinger

1. One of the first camera techniques that I'm going to name wasn't used until around the last half hour of the film. It was the use of light. The light had moved from a position of either shining up or onto the characters to shining down on them. The lights were brighter as well, no longer the dark blues and greys that had been in use before. This was used to show dawning realisation. The more the characters learned about the truth, the brighter the lights.
2. Then there is, of course, the exact opposite of that. The way that lighting colours were used in the beginning. In the beginning of the film, everything is dark. Dark blues, greys, and browns, all adding to the sense that you're supposed to be getting from the film itself.
3. When Colin Farrell's character is first really introduced, the shot including him and Tom Cruise is used to show the contrast between the two characters. The way that they are on opposite sides of the screen, slightly blocked by a third character makes the tension almost palpable.
4. Camera angles are also super important. Whether they be facing up, or looking down on the character, they convey a certain sense, show us what to feel, whether we are aware of it or not.
5. One thing I also thought was interesting was how the "man in the window" was done. Everyone sort of just assumed that there was another man involved in the whole Crow murder, but it was, in fact, just a billboard that the windows were blocking. That was neat.

The precogs are used in the film to predict murders before they can happen. They can see the event taking place up to several days before it will actually happen. They are used in the precrime division so that the officers can see what they see, and stop murder from happenig. Theoretically, precogs could eliminate the act of murder entirely.

The environment in which the precogs live is entirely sterile. Very few people are allowed in and out of their chamber. They remain mostly submerged in a bath of what I can only assume is full of chemicals, drugs, and anesthetic. They are completely secluded and never allowed to leave

From a purely medical perspective, this treatment is unethical because, while the environment is completely sterile, exposure to anyone could put them in serious danger. Agatha probably should have contracted a multitude of diseases when she was brought into the outside world. Plus it's extremely unethical from a purely moral perspective, but that's another matter entirely.