Planet of the apes (1968)

BY MAHAM MUSTAFA, AMY SHIELDS, XANIECE SUTHERLAND-PAYNE, AND DANI GREEN

Narrative

The film tells the story of an astronaut crew who crash land on a strange planet in the distant future. Although the planet appears desolate at first, the surviving crew members stumble upon a society in which apes have evolved into creatures with human-like intelligence and speech. The apes have assumed the role of the dominant species and humans are mute creatures wearing animal skins.

Representation

Few of the main characters: Charlton Heston Roddy McDowall Kim Hunter Maurice Evans James Whitmore James Daly Linda Harrison

The villains of the film are the apes, and the heroes are the astronauts. This is because the apes are presented as more dominant, and take control over the humans. They torture the humans and take over, which shows how the apes are the villains of the film.

Institution:

How much does did it cost?2 million

Where it was filmed?Filming began on May 21, 1967, and ended on August 10, 1967. Most of the early scenes of a desert-like terrain were shot in northern Arizona near the Grand Canyon, the Colorado River, Lake Powell, Glen Canyon and other locations near Page, Arizona. Most scenes of the ape village, interiors and exteriors, were filmed on the Fox Ranch[16] in Malibu Creek State Park, northwest of Los Angeles.

Who made it?20th Century Fox, at the same time as Planet of the Apes they made:Star Trek 1979Godzilla vs Mochagodzilla 1974Alien 1979

Why was it successful?

• The film was groundbreaking for its prosthetic makeup techniques. Also the masks they had to wear were made realistically with detail. This made the film popular because of the effective costumes.

• The film was popular with the audience when it came out, because it was so popular they decided to make a film franchise. They made books, films and four sequels. They even made a short television show, animated series and even comics about it.

Changes in the decade?

• In the 1960's there weren't as many view, instead it became more popular with children. Also there were television shows for kids based on Sci-Fi.

• Planet of the Apes became popular with the audience in the second decade, this had four sequels and it own television shows. This brought the adult views back up.

• In the 70's the theme paranoir occoured.• The conspiracy thriller came about and was popular in

this era.• Sci fi comedies became popular as well.