Year 12 - Media Studies

Tropic Thunder:

Equilibrium:

The ‘actors’ live ideal lives, surrounded by fame, wealth and glamour, and all 5 have a healthy acting careers. We are introduced to all of their films in some way or another, and are given the impression that they have rather perfect lives.

Disequilibrium:

After acting like stubborn children on the set of ‘Tropic Thunder,’ the actors are then dropped into the middle of a fake-warzone to encourage them to act realistically. However, it turns out that the jungle is not a fake set, and on arrival the director gets blown to pieces by a land-mind. As the actors set off in denial, convinced that his death was “special-effects driven,” they find themselves in increasingly hostile situations, and one of their team is kidnapped by Vietnamese drug-barons.

New-Equilibrium:

They rescue the kidnapped actor, and along the way discover that they all have rather glaring insecurities. Upon returning to America, the film “Tropic Thunder: The true story behind the making of the most expensive war movie ever...” wins several awards and all of the actors seem to have happier lives.