27/09/13

MACRO- V For Vendetta

Narrative

Close up shows he is important 

Back and forth from v to evey shows they are going to come in to contact and they may even be similar 

Zoom zoom zoom on his face shows he must be wise/important 

Proffler shown on TV in different homes shows he must have a big impact on people with his words, but the fact evey says 'that's quite enough of that' and v puts knives in his cape while he talks shows clearly he's not as supported as tried to be portrayed 

Messages

Both evey and v have disguises yet hers is more subtle and his is more prominent

Both watching powerful man takes up most of screen and they turn of turning their back on news

Fashist

Genre

Location of place was dressing room shows he's theatrical represents personality psycho

Evey in bedroom vulnerable shows she's damsel in distress 

Red and black costume 

Political thriller 

Shadows in title sequence 

Representation

Back and forth shows they'll cross paths

Both use masks of some sort

Angles show hell be more important and more power

Close ups of evey is half face, shows half her character, meaning she has more to reveal 

Themes

Distopia

Government conspiracy 

Oppressive, man on telly man dictating his views 

Accusations of hate ➡️ discrimination 

Living in fear

Donkey Kong video

opposition and conflict

actions linked in chain of cause and effect

Dominated by strong sense of closure

Traditional 3 acts

Princess Peach mario

Driven by different desire

Cough one

Chain of Cause and effect

Batman

Unrealistic in our universe yet realistic in theirs

Verisimilitude – excessive set up, less dramatic but still unrealistic

Omniscient narration

Classic Hollywood Narrative (Missed Friday's homework as was absent)

Act 1 – The Setup

Introduces main characters in the story, their goals and obstacles they’ll have to overcome to achieve their objectives. Conflict is introduced and the antagonist who’ll stand in the way of the protagonist’s way.

Equilibrium (stability)

Act 2 – The Development

Plot complications are introduced, the increase in sense of urgency when the protagonist or main character experiences an obstacle that stops them from getting to the end of their journey. The second act occupies a false resolution for conflict in act 1, leading to a necessary climax

Disruption (rising action)

Act 3 – The Resolution

Final part of film, Story’s main conflict comes to a dramatic confrontation (climax). Key struggles are endured and victor is determined.

Equilibrium regained (resolution, climax, denouement)

Stable narrative conventions –

Human centred: individual characters are the casual agents centres on individual choice, action, decisions or problems

Driven by desire – narrative defines a lack or need of something, setting a goal the protagonist must fix

Is built on oppostion and conflict – Progress of protagonist towards goal opposed by problems, obstacles or character with antagonistic views

Actions/events are linked in a chain of cause and effect- When actions are linked in a chain of cause and effects

Is dominated by the clear and complete motivation of action and events – Each element must have a clear reason for being there ( follow internal logic of the film)

Tends to have an objective or omniscient narration – Camera narrates in third person (as if we’re there watching)

Is dominated by a strong sense of closure- No loose ends, all problems overcome.

Act1

Ordinary world (everythings Normal)

Call to adventures

Denial of adventure

Meeting with the mentor

Crossing first problem

Act 2

Tests, allies and enemies

Preparation for confronting the obstacle

Ordeal (Major problems/climax)

Reward

Act 3

Trying to get back to reality (facing obstacles to return to ordinary world)

Resurrection (returning to yourself)

Problem solver (elixer)

Alien and Alice in wonderland fusion

Photo of homework from ages ago

Notes given to by Briony due to not being in lesson.

My notes-20th September film-

I killed you 10 minutes ago scene: 

She regrets

V has no remorse as he suffered because of her

V is out for revenge 

V=disfigured

V is experimented on to be made a superior race➡️Comparison to hitler and nazis (eugenics)

Mixed genres, hybrid 

Mother figure to V 

Psychopath=V 

👉Post-modern narrative👈

Mercy killing 

Injection penetrates her skin- phalic imagery relates to Froids theory

Red rose- romance, passion, danger, anger, hate, revolution 

Yonic symbol- flower, vagina

Soft sounds and camera, slow edit 

Dark colours 

Eveys perspective, distorted 

Homework, November 

Summer project essay - Terribly put together due to not being in the Induction class because of last minute subject change.

Comparing the Narrative, style and themes & attitudes of V for Vendetta and Children of Men

V for Vendetta and Children of Men are both dystopia, futuristic, thriller films that have very similar and also very different ways of showing the narrative, themes and attitudes.

Both films show a fear of their own government in their own ways, they show the security being stricter and more secure and the way that the government now deals with Britain. Both show aspects of Nazi Germany in the way that society is now ruled. In V for Vendetta Britain is shown to have a male hierarchy and women mainly being told what to do, although they are allowed to have normal jobs such as working at the ‘BTN’ centre, they aren’t allowed to be part of the government, they have a curfew, have to be escorted everywhere by a male and men also have complete control to do whatever they want to women. This is shown in one of the first scenes of the film when V saves Evey from nearly being raped by a gang of police men and again later when V saves Evey from nearly being raped by the Evil Bishop. Children of Men also shows aspects of Nazi Germany, The police are allowed to kill anyone they feel is not acting in the correct way or is an illegal immigrant. All members of society are made to carry their passports and prove they are legally british, if they do not they are put into cages and made to stay until they get taken in a bus to a unit and either killed or put into another tightly packed and densely populated with immigrants, a lot like the ghettos that those of Nazi Germany were placed if they weren’t of the Aryan race. Both of these story lines scare the viewer as it makes us feel as though these future situations may come true and make us question whether we are already living in these conditions and just don’t realise it like those who are British citizens in V for Vendetta.

Both V for Vendetta and Children of Men have the same sort of character story. V saves Evey a vulnerable woman and makes her a stronger woman, but by doing in it in the wrong way. This explains the camera angles used in the scene where V saves Evey the first time from the police men, where they use a mid-close up of V in the arch way with darkness behind him and himself being put under a spotlight, this shows he’s is the good in the bad. This makes a little more sense later in the scene when to prove a point that the government is controlling everyone, he actually blows St Pauls Cathedral killing a number of people, he means good by doing bad things. He also later in the film makes Evey into a stronger woman but he does this by making her experience what it’s like to be arrested in V for Vendetta’s futuristic idea of prison for doing nothing wrong like V had to encounter, this makes Evey stronger and makes her realise why V is doing this and helps him after he has been killed to go on to blow up The Houses of Parliament killing a majority of the members of parliament as he had already killed the higher placed members of parliament. Children of men also have these sort of character roles, Theo tries to save a vulnerable woman, Kee who is pregnant after 18 years of worldwide infertility. Theo, like V, also has reasons as to why he wants to save Kee as he lost his own child Dylan and doesn’t want the same thing to happen to Kee.

You also notice in both films that both V and Theo kill to protect the vulnerable and the weak, V kills all the policemen and the bishop that try to rape Evey to protect her just as Theo kills a number of people that try to harm Kee and Baby Dylan. You can also recognise in V for Vendetta and Children of Men that as soon as both societies realise what’s happening everyone comes together to help save the country, for example the scene where Theo, Kee and Baby Dylan are walking through the war zone and destroyed flats, when everyone hears the baby crying, the soldiers put down their weapons until the baby is safely out of the way then carry on, but at one point everyone stopped fighting and helped to get the baby to safety, The same happens in V for Vendetta when the streets of London are filled with people dressed as V to help put a stop to them being ruled in a totalitarian state and to gain their own sense of independence again in support of V.

Both V for Vendetta and Children of Men have similarities and differences but are very similar in the way they show through camera and filming who is the main character, who is the good, who is the bad and showing the reasoning behind what the characters purpose is and why they are there. 

Shower scene- 'psycho' analysis

Voyeurism

Cinematography

17th September 2013

V for vendetta Analysation 

Close up- important

Hero/villain/protagonist/antagonist

Vigilante 

anti hero

Anonymous 

Terrorist/revolutionary (freedom)

See through eveys eyes

Important to shot, in charge of secret police

Creedy - greedy 

10 September 2013

Planet of the apes Analysation (original)

Narrative

Long shot of the man and woman distraught as he falls to the ground and then the camera moves to the destroyed Statue of Liberty saying that he's destroyed along with the city

Man falls to floor and hits the ground almost like he's already adapted to his new leaders hitting the ground like an ape

Lowers himself below the horse so that animals are more dominant. 

Sends a message 

Style

Dystopian 

Genre

post apocalyptic 

Representation 

Statue of Liberty destroyed shows the world is not in peace anymore and everything has ruined

Toolkit

Mise en scene

Sound

Cinematography

Editing

6th September 2013

The godfather Analysation 

Lighting

Darkness on his side to show he's done something bad and isn't a good person and light on the other to show she's good

He's the boundary between him, his job and what his wife knows

He's in white so he's pure and he's lying to protect her 

Location

In his office, shows that he's in control and feels comfortable 

Position 

Man on his own on one side, everyone opposite to show sides 

Shuts the door on her, shutting her out. 

Mise en scene

Location 

Costume

Props

Acting

Colours

Lighting

Space

Nosferatu Analysation

Nosferatu

Who are the characters

Dracular, working men, woman in distress

What type of film is is

Gothic horror 

How are men and women represented 

Men-some brave and courageous

Women-damsel in distress

What characteristics would you use to describe it

Dark, eerie

Mise-en-scene - everything in the shot

Locations, costume, props, body language 

MACRO

Narrative

-character

Style

-gothic

Genre

-Horror

-Mixture, hybrid. 

Representation 

-Male

-Female

-Countries

Meaning & message

1) what clues or atmosphere is the film setting?

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2)What messages or meaning- read into it. 

3rd September 2013

The fast and the furious

Narrative-

'Going for green'. Wiped out by green car-irony. Nature taking its course. 

Black car, white tshirt 'hard on the outside soft on the inside. 

Favour vin diesel because its a male, black car. 

Orange car reflection in black car 'that's what he was and this is what he is now'

Symbolism-

Blacks dominant (vin diesels presence is more dominant compared to orange)

Phallic imagery car 

Worried about dying but needs to prove his place 

Young ones lasted longer