Fig 1 2001 Space Odyssey(1986) directed by Stanley Kubrick is a journey that you want to be apart of.

Within this journey you will experience a director experimenting on how far he can push the narrative, special effects beyond belief, landscapes beyond imagination and a film that will you find yourself questioning humanity. Throughout the film the environments are a very engaging especially within the first five minutes of the film when it is primarily focused on the environment landscapes. This film is not fast paced like contemporary films and does not convey the same narrative pattern that you see within modern films. Contemporary films generally start with a beginning and then a middle and then a break within the equilibrium and then a conclusion the problem. This is not the case with 2001 Space Odyssey, rather at the end of the film you are left with questions and un answered queries. Whilst the narrative is told form multiple perspectives that experience the same encounter with the monolith these being, the apes then Dr. Floyd and finally Dr. David Bowman.

Fig 2 ''Ive never heard anyone say not to try for symmetry in your shots, but I was told to be aware of the psychological effect it has on audiences''(David Hampshire, 2013).

All the way through the film you will see a lot of one point perspective being used as Stanley Kubrick well known for he use of one point perspective with his films as seen in Fig 2, Space Odyssey is not the only film where he uses one point perspective but this is also seen in The Shining. When they were filming 2001 Space Odyssey they had used symmetry within their film to give an uneasy viewing to the audience, it also helps to direct the audience to a singular point of interest. The film as a whole conveyed the uneasy viewing experience throughout the film with the awkwardly slow paced narrative as well as the underwhelming explanation of it all. Despite the perturbed cinematography used throughout, the set design of interior of the space ship was extraordinary with its mind bending routes within the space ship. '' The way the flight attendant walks through 180 or the centrifuge sequence when Bowman climbs down a ladder, walks around the wall to sit with a seated Poole above us are initially mind-bending.'' (Dublo,2010). The design was very 80's with its complementary colours and very clean cut edges inside (Fig 3). Kubrick during this film completely nailed the zero gravity realism within the film to bring hallways in which you could never have had imagined being there in the first place. From interior to more exterior work you can tell that there is also a clear correlation between the space ship designs from Space Odyssey and the Star Wars Series.

Fig 3 '' It was a synergy of narrative and environment. With 2001, the design was entirely its own entity.'' (Dublo, 2010). Throughout the whole film the designs and camera work seemed to be in synergy throughout the whole movement of the film. The slow pace of the film could represent the time in space with little existence and not much happening could be reinforced with the tempo of the film. The extreme perspectives and the use of one point perspective means that you are not going to forget this film anytime soon and rather leaves a stamp in your memory. Furthermore this reinforces the strangeness of the entire film and it is echoed throughout.

''Only a few films are transcendent, and work upon our minds and imaginations like music or prayer or a vast belittling landscape. Most movies are about characters with a goal in mind, who obtain it after difficulties either comic or dramatic. 2001: A Space Odyssey'' is not about a goal but about a quest, a need.'' (Rogerebert, 1997). This is a great quote to say that there is not an overall goal to the film, it wont make you feel happy by the ending because some horrible monster has been slain, or because of an overall triumph over evil, no, but a journey, a journey that you will not find else where and a film that will leave you un easy and with unanswered questions. This being especially true for the last scene in the film with the elderly gentlemen in the bed pointing at the monolith (Fig 4).

Fig 4 This scene was the conclusion of the film showing the monolith appear in front of the old man and then cutting to a scene of the baby in the sky. Some people believe that each time we discover something of importance that a 'god' is born hence the baby in the sky and the monolith appearing in times of great exploration, reaching Jupiter and when the ape discovers the bone weapon to over come his foes the monolith appears once again. Obviously there is no conclusion and no real explanation at the end of the film and only Kubrick will truly know what it is about.

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(Rogerebert, 1997) : Space Odyssey (1968), 2001: A Space Odyssey At: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-2001-a-space-odyssey1968(Accessed, 20.10.13)

Illustrations: Fig 1 - 2001- Space Odyssey. (1968) A Space Odyssey [Poster] At: http://bladerunner.wikia.com/wiki/File:936full-2001--a-space-odyssey-poster.jpg (Accessed 20.10.13) Fig 2- - Space Odyssey. (1968) A Space Odyssey. http://www.davidhampshire.co.uk/?p=251 (Accessed 20.10.13) Fig 3 - - Space Odyssey. (1968) A Space Odyssey Directed by Stanley Kubrick [film Still] At: http://doubleonothing.wordpress.com/2010/09/28/designing-the-future-theproduction-design-of-2001-a-space-odyssey/ (Accessed 20.10.13) fig 4 - 2001 Space Odyssey. (1968). At: http://www.rogerebert.com/scanners/prometheus-alien-originsthe-skeleton-beneaththe-exoskeleton. (Accessed 20.10.13)