Fight Club (Fincher, 1999) is about masculinity among a certain class of American men being trapped in a world of consumerism. The power animal' scene portrays Jack as constantly being threatened and trapped by his environment. This is conveyed through visual aspects - vertical lines, lighting, and the penguin, as well as sounds and Marla.
The vertical lines in the background portray Jack as trapped by modern society e.g. consumerism, since vertical lines create the image of a jail cell. In the opening scene, the camera pans to the right in each shot of Jack, placing him from the left to slightly off-centre of the frame and in between the door frame in the background. This creates two vertical lines that appear to trap him. This repeatedly occurs throughout the scene e.g. after attending support groups, in both beginning and end of the scene; as Jack leaves, the camera moves so that he is always in the door frame. During meditation, there are other vertical lines the......
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