Friday 18 October 2013

female identity v for v swede




Analysis
This scene in which Evey is propositioned sexually by a bishop and is saved by V represents V as a father figure to Evey this is tracked back to her unstable father issues due to seeing her father murdered by the Secret police. This scene portrays the traditional stock characters too, Evey is portrayed trapped and in danger by the bishop and is seen as the damsel in distress, the Bishop is the traditional villain by threatening to rape Evey and V is the more unusual role of the hero. V is also seen as the anti-hero throughout the film as he is a terrorist and a criminal but he is doing it for the correct reasons and is fighting for the freedom of his country (freedom fighter) 

~unfinished~

Tuesday 8 October 2013

8/10/13

(Notes copied from Briony, forgotten phone) 
Mad scientist- Delia, creates a monster, V=disfigured

Girl next door-Evey, average girl, follow her 

Lone vigilante- V

Town bully- Creedy & finger men 

Whiskey priest- peadophile bishop

Hard boiled detective- finch, knows the harsh truth, makes it into a thriller (chasing v) 

Representation: British
Stereotypical British 
Prestige 
Upper class 
Patriotic country
Traditional values 
Exaggerated 
Portraying Britain as it is still in British heritage 
James Bond- secretive nation
Skin heads 
Rough working class 
Thugs  

V for vendetta- 
No royals 
Old buildings, old bailey, cathedral, parliament 
At the beginning of the film, equilibrium 
The pub, family's together 
"Voice of London" racist 

Evey births the revolution
Her torture before the revolution=labour

Friday 4 October 2013

V for Vendetta modular essay 3/10/13


V for Vendetta is a dystopian film made in 2006 adapted from the comic’s written in the age of Margret Thatcher in 1982. The film was released a year later than it was due to because the film was thought to maybe influence the population more about false flag terrorism due to the July 2005 London bombings. V for vendetta is a film of revenge against the government due to them ruling through fear and oppression. The film relates to many real life conspiracies, justifies torture and shows the threat of governments manipulating their country through media, speeches and judgment. This with V’s help and the actions the government causes an uprise and causes the population to carry out a revolution to stand against their current rulers and be released from dictatorship.

The theme of torture is made very prominent throughout the film, this is shown in many ways, mainly through the torture V puts Evey through in order to help her understand why he is carrying out all of his terrorist attacks in London. V creates a false experimentation camp for Evey to endure, shaving off her hair, taking her femininity, locking her in a cell, being black-bagged from room to room and questioning her knowledge of V’s plans to blow up the Houses of Parliament, all in order to explain why he is wanting to rebel against the government and how the government is treating the country in an unsanitary manner. This explains to the viewer that noone can understand why V is doing what he’s doing until they have experienced torture themselves; V experiences torture by being the only surviver of the first experimentation camps, Evey understands why V’s carrying out his attacks because she endured a mock camp and the rest of the population understands they’re being mistreated and the government isn’t perfect after a member of the secret police kills a little girl dressed as V. This concludes that torture is justified if it has reasoning behind it.

Theme: Terrorism
Point: Both government and V use terrorism
Example: V blows up the Old Bailey
Analysis: Represents justice and there was none at this time. This to the population after his emergency channel broadcast is aired shows him as a freedom fighter.
Message: Shows that terrorism justified if it’s for the right reasons.

Theme: Fear
Point: The government rules through fear
Example: ‘people shouldn’t be afraid of their government, the government should be afraid of their people’
Analysis: People are afraid of their government because they rule through fear of being black bagged or put into an experimentation camp when really the people can rebel back as V is teaching them and as Evey carries out
Message: Anyone can make a change, don’t sit back and let the government take advantage and take your rights away

Theme: Manipulation
Point: The government manipulate Britain through using propaganda and TV broadcasts
Example: Prothero says a speech that god is judging the country if you aren’t following the rules
Analysis: Similar to Nurnberg speeches carried out by Hitler in Nazi germany, also how V and Evey don’t take any notice of this speech due to the fact they have seen how the government really act through the way V was experimented on and how Evey’s parent’s were black bagged
Message: Don’t believe what the government tell you all the time

Overall, V for Vendetta explains the message that the people of this country shouldn’t believe everything the government tell them and that when the people feel wrongly treated you should rebel and not stand for being treated badly.