Villacreces: Social Network

The movie Social Network by the director David Fincher portrays the story behind the website that is part of almost everyone's life, Facebook. The story is presented in a different and creative way. The movie is basically how facebook started since Mark Zuckerberg and his roommates stated the site in the Harvard dorms, to the huge lawsuits the company goes through. How Fincher presents this story is the following. As the testimonies of how the idea of the facebook started to its developments, there is a flashback showing exactly what happened. The whole movie goes back and forth between testimonies and the past. This is interesting for the audience because it presents the different perspectives between the characters like the Winklevoss twins and Eduardo.

What is interesting about the narration and the perspective of the movie is that it doesn't presents Mark Zuckerberg's perspective or why he chooses to do what he does through out the movie. We just see the decisions he makes and how it affects the secondary characters and their feelings. We see what the Winklevoss' do, and what they feel and what they want to proof. We also see what Eduardo feels for being exiled format he company and just seen as a source of money for the company.

Another interesting feature of the film is the change in atmospheres and lighting through out the movie. The film starts in Harvard University. The lighting is gloomy and it seems you are in a place full of history and it takes place around the 1960's or 1950's. The reason why the setting looks like this is to present that Harvard is a place of history, learning and no party scene. This image of Harvard contrasts with California, Stanford, New York and the Facebook office. These other places have a more bright setting, people are having fun and living their own lives. The change in the atmosphere and lighting are clear and show a turning point in the movie.

Social Network is a good movie that presents the story of what happened in Facebook history. It presents an insight of the conflict that almost no one knows, and people now know what is behind the website that almost everyone is addicted to.