Gender : Masculinity is threatened in your film by possible paranoia! Is the woman in the forest real or not? Is she a manifestation of the "crisis in masculinity" (You can google this: i.e.note that not all but many girls do better than boys in their GCSE's so the anxiety and paranoia the young man feels could be linked to an inner fear of not doing well in his A Levels.
On the other hand you challenge traditional attitudes to masculinity in that the young man is doing the dishes indicating he is enlightened and is willing to take responsibility for domestic tasks.
Level 4 an A grade response which reflects excellent independent research and a strong understanding of the debates around representation. If you were to add the point re masculinity I included in my previous post then a very strong A grade indeed.
For question 1 : I have just posted this on Harry's blog: How you used the following:
) The conventions of the opening to a film to include adding titles. Screen shots please and reference the opening to a real thriller film.
2) How you established the genre of your production, think about ordinary characters like Louis doing the washing up but having flash backs or a premonition of a killer tracking him down.
3) You may wish to reference narrative theory if you used binary opposites which is a convention of film:
Claude Levis Strauss: “Constant creation of conflict/opposition drives narrative”. This theory relies on the concept of binary oppositions. For example Opposition can be visual (light/darkness, movement/stillness) or conceptual (love/hate, control/panic). or the use of flashbacks which are in visual opposition to real time.
Your locations are binary opposites.. the trackless forest which suggests an unreal world distant from civilisation whilst in stark contrast the kitchen brings the focus back to reality. So you have the oppositional device of two different worlds.
4) And another narrative device and a convention which you used: Flash back or flash forward
A flashback is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point the story has reached. Flashbacks (or analepsis) are often used to recount events that happened before the story's primary sequence of events to fill in crucial backstory. In the opposite direction, a flash forward (or prolepsis) reveals events that will occur in the future.[3] Both flashback and flash forward are used to create suspense in a story.
In movies and television, several camera techniques and special effects have evolved to alert the viewer that the action shown is from the past; for example, the edges of the picture may be deliberately blurred, photography may be jarring or choppy, or unusual coloration or sepia tone, or monochrome when most of the story is in full colour, may be used. This is to avoid causing the viewer to be confused
You have used this narrative convention in your film therefore this is another aspect you can explain.
5) Inter textuality.... explain any inter textual references you used as this is a convention of films.
6) You used the convention of using a sound track to intensify suspense...... clip from your film and clip from real film......
It is important that you consider these conventions of film and explain how you used them.
At the beginning of each section you need to say...we used the convention of....
You need to add screen shots from your film.
ReplyDeleteAnother point then will closely assess:
Think about:
Gender : Masculinity is threatened in your film by possible paranoia! Is the woman in the forest real or not? Is she a manifestation of the "crisis in masculinity" (You can google this: i.e.note that not all but many girls do better than boys in their GCSE's so the anxiety and paranoia the young man feels could be linked to an inner fear of not doing well in his A Levels.
On the other hand you challenge traditional attitudes to masculinity in that the young man is doing the dishes indicating he is enlightened and is willing to take responsibility for domestic tasks.
Level 4 an A grade response which reflects excellent independent research and a strong understanding of the debates around representation. If you were to add the point re masculinity I included in my previous post then a very strong A grade indeed.
ReplyDeleteA pleasure to read :)
For question 1 : I have just posted this on Harry's blog: How you used the following:
ReplyDelete) The conventions of the opening to a film to include adding titles. Screen shots please and reference the opening to a real thriller film.
2) How you established the genre of your production, think about ordinary characters like Louis doing the washing up but having flash backs or a premonition of a killer tracking him down.
3) You may wish to reference narrative theory if you used binary opposites which is a convention of film:
Claude Levis Strauss: “Constant creation of conflict/opposition drives narrative”.
This theory relies on the concept of binary oppositions. For example Opposition can be visual (light/darkness, movement/stillness) or conceptual (love/hate, control/panic). or the use of flashbacks which are in visual opposition to real time.
Your locations are binary opposites.. the trackless forest which suggests an unreal world distant from civilisation whilst in stark contrast the kitchen brings the focus back to reality. So you have the oppositional device of two different worlds.
4) And another narrative device and a convention which you used: Flash back or flash forward
A flashback is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point the story has reached. Flashbacks (or analepsis) are often used to recount events that happened before the story's primary sequence of events to fill in crucial backstory. In the opposite direction, a flash forward (or prolepsis) reveals events that will occur in the future.[3] Both flashback and flash forward are used to create suspense in a story.
In movies and television, several camera techniques and special effects have evolved to alert the viewer that the action shown is from the past; for example, the edges of the picture may be deliberately blurred, photography may be jarring or choppy, or unusual coloration or sepia tone, or monochrome when most of the story is in full colour, may be used. This is to avoid causing the viewer to be confused
You have used this narrative convention in your film therefore this is another aspect you can explain.
5) Inter textuality.... explain any inter textual references you used as this is a convention of films.
6) You used the convention of using a sound track to intensify suspense...... clip from your film and clip from real film......
It is important that you consider these conventions of film and explain how you used them.
At the beginning of each section you need to say...we used the convention of....