Compare and Contrast Casablanca and Rocketeer

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Compare and Contrast Casablanca and Rocketeer
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Outline
1.Protagnists 2.Antagonists 3.Plot 4.Genres 5.Ligh
t Shadow and Camera Angle
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• Protagnist 1
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• In World War II rick have a bar in
  Casablanca .It is important that he have two
  valuable letters of transit .Much to Rick's
  surprise, He meets his past time lover Ilsa in
  there, but she is married. She told Rick why she
  did not leave Paris with him, so he forgave her.
  At last rick decide to help them to run off, But
  he still in casablanca.

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• Protagnist 2
• Cliff is a pilot. He like flight very much.
  By accident Cliff tumbles on a top secret
  rocket-pack and with the help of his mechanic .
  He not only fight for himself, but also for
  country. He attempts to save his girl and stop
  the Nazis as The Rocketeer. He is a hero.

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Compare

• They are good person
• They go against nazi.
• They want to save their lover. At last they both
  succeed.

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contrast

• Rick is a manager. and cliff is a pilot.
• They have different experience.
• They save the people use different method.

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Antagonist (Capt. Louis)

• Capt.Louis did his utmost to know more
  information about Rick in order to make the Nazi
  major happy, because Rick had two valuable
  letters of transit which can help Ilsa and Victor
  to leave Casablanca. The major was investigating
  Ilsa and Victor.

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Antagonist (Neville)

• Neville was seemingly a famous actor in
  Hollywood, but his real identity was a Nazi
  spy.In order to bore away American advanced
  aircraft, he held Cliffs girlfriend under
  duress. At last his plan was failed.

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Compare

• They both worked for German.
• They both had moustaches that made them look like
  the bad guys.
• They were both insidious and tactful people.
• They both had a certain power.
• They were both failed at last.

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Contrast

• Neville was a German, but Louis was not a German.
• Neville was a German spy, but Louis was a
  sheriff.
• Neville worked for national benefit ,but Louis
  worked for his personal benefit.
• Neville was dead at last, but Louis was not dead
  at last.

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Plot 1 Rocketeer

• Beginning
• Some people pulled a plane. The Cliff Secord used
  it to the sky. Another section some people run
  after a car. They shot each other with guns. Then
  two section came together. The bad person shut
  down the plane.
• Develop
• Mr. Secord found an aircraft. After several
  practices he could use the aircraft to fly. He
  became a well-known man from an air accident.
  Neville who was a German wanted to get the
  aircraft. By a chance Neville knew Jenny was
  Cliffs girlfriend. Neville used every way to get
  the aircraft.

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• Climax
• Neville abducted Jenny and asked Cliff to take
  the aircraft to exchange his girlfriend. After a
  short fought Neville got the aircraft and used a
  fly balloon to escape.
• End
• Cliff went into the fly balloon. In the balloon
  Cliff used the aircraft exchange his girlfriend
  but he drop the gum which was used for cover the
  broken aircraft. Neville try to escape with the
  aircraft but the aircraft burst up. Finally Cliff
  got a new plane from the government.

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Plot 2 Casablanca

• Beginning
• In the Ricks bar many people chatted with each
  other. They all wanted to get a passport
• Develop
• A person gave a passport to Rick. Ilsa and his
  husband went to Ricks bar. They want to get two
  passports. From Ricks recollect we knew Rick was
  angry with Ilsa leave.

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• Climax
• Rick fought with himself. After he know about the
  truth he decided to help Ilsa. He uses his
  personal relationship to help them.
• End
• Rick killed the German Major and help them to
  escape successfully.

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Compare

• The characters all had a girlfriend.
• The characters all fought with bad guys (German).

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Contrast

• In the end of Rocketeer Cliff and Jenny together,
  but in the Casablanca Rick let Ilsa and his love
  go away.
• In the end of Rocketeer some support actor was
  death. In the Casablanca no people died.

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Genres of Casablanca Rocketeer

• Casablanca-Romance
• Casablanca is a love story, a few years ago
  Rick and Ilsa are lovers ,they fall in love in
  Paris, they had the happy time, Then the Nazis
  went to invade Paris ,so they make a plan to
  leave Paris. When they should to leave, Ilsa did
  not came, only Rick and Sam left the Paris.

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• Casablanca-Romance
• After few years, at the Casablanca, Rick met
  Ilsa and Ilsas husband-Victor , they need visas
  go to America to escape the Nazis. And Rick help
  them to leave Casablanca at the end , Ilsa take
  leave of Rick ,but they still love each other.

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• Casablanca-War/Action
• This story happened in the world war ?.
• Victor and Ilsa came to the Casablanca, but the
  Nazis came too, so they need Ricks help. This
  picture is captain Renault (antagonist) welcome
  the Nazis.

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• Casablanca-War/Action
• At this scene, Rick pulls a gun on captain
  Renault and asks him let Victor and Ilsa leave
  Casablanca. And as his wish, Victor and Llsa left
  Casablanca at the end of this movie.

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• Rocketeer- Science Fiction
• The pilot-cliff (the protagonist) find a rocket
  pack in his factory. And he made a thing some
  like a crash helmet , put on this rocket pack and
  crash helmet he can fly in the sky like a rocket
  ,so people called him Rocketeer.

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• Rocketeer-Adventure
• That rocket pack is some guys robbed from The
  government of America . So at the beginning so
  many FBI go to find the rocket pack. And at
  another side, the Nazis spy also want find this
  rocket pack. Cliff must dodged this two enemys
  hunt.

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• Rocketeer-War
• This story also happened in the world war ?.
  And everybody knows, be a superhero is not a easy
  job . If the Nazis get this rocket pack, they
  will research this machine and made so many
  rocket pack for Nazis, then nobody can stop them
  invading. so the rocketeer must stop them, for
  America and for all.

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• Rocketeer-Romance
• In this movie, the Nazis spy kidnapped Cliffs
  girl friend Jenny, but Cliff saved him at the
  end of this movie. Love is necessary for any
  movie. There must be a beautiful girl behind any
  superhero. That a style for any superhero movie.

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• Compare
• This two stories happened during the world war
  ?.
• This two movies both refer to romance, Cliff and
  Jenny love each other in Rocketeer Rick and
  Ilsa love each other in Casablanca.
• This two movies both have some fight scenes.

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• Contrast
• Love is the most important element in Casablanca
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• But the Rocketeer is a Science Fiction movie .
  Fantasy is most important element in this movie.
• In Rocketeer ,Cliff have so many enemies,there
  are so many fight scenes in this movie. But in
  Casablanca,there are just a few fight scenes.

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Light and Shadow

• Bright, high-key light
• The high-key light is the most important light.
  The director uses the high-key light to show the
  main actors and actress as well as the
  surroundings better. We can see the characters
  expression, clothes etc. clearly though the
  high-key light.

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The shadow gives us the feeling of scare worry
and nervous.For example, in the left picture,it
looks like Rick was thinking worriedly,he drinks
to let him relax. The right picture surely makes
us feel nervous and scared, we can see from
cliffs expression as well as the shadow.
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Low angle shot make the characters look big and
strong. It means they will win the victory at
last.From the left picture, we can see Rick and
Victor look serious, they have the confidence to
reach the goals. In the right picture cliff
stands to the national flag. It show us the
nationalism.To protect the national security,
cliff fight against the Nazis bravely.