Metric – In Scott Pilgrim, this can be found in the Bass battle Vs the third ex boyfriend, while in Strike, this occurs in the scene where all the workers strike from the factory.
Monthly Archives: June 2019
Filters
Director – film role 3
For my third film role I decided to take the role of writer. I write in my spear time and it is one of the things that I know I am good at and I wanted to apply my skills in a new context and develop skills that will enable me to create in the medium of film , as I was used to only writing things that were meant to be read , not things that were meant to be filmed and this has been an informative experience and I am now comfortably able to create screenplays that look like they were professionally made.
Context plan
Context is important for both films, to influence how the feminist film theory is represented.
How social context influences the ‘final girl’ characters
Social context differs greatly for both films, and the 40 year age gap between them can suggest why the characters are different. Social reforms, changes or general state of the society differs greatly between the two films, because they have been produced during different time periods, where the society has changed rapidly overt the 40 years.
The impact of other films as inspiration for female character portrayal
Both films are similar in that they cite other films for reference, both in the visual style of the film but also the plot and basic concept. This also can be influenced by the years of which the films were produced and released, because of the film availability. For example, Alien was released at a time where horror was in its ‘golden age’, specifically with the slasher genre. Many of these films began to introduce a change in female characters, stereotypes and tropes which influenced Alien. Whereas Happy Death Day was released much later, at a time where the female character has developed, and arguably evolved. Many female characters after Alien: Sarah Connor (Terminator), Nancy Connor (Nightmare on Elmstreet) and Sidney Prescott (Scream) influence the character of Tree in HDD due to the typical ‘final girl’ traits with subvert the final girl trope by introducing new elements to the character
The changes from 1979-2017 and how the time difference is significant in how females are represented
Second wave feminism was a major driving force for why the final girl character was created, and how females in film (particularly horror) needed to be changed. During the late 1960’s, early 1970’s; female characters in horror were typically seen as victims who were used only to grow the antagonists kill count and appease the male audience. Whereas as feminism grew and became more mainstream, the characters of females began to evolve in horror.
For example the character of Mari Collingwood in the original ‘The Last House on the Left’ (1972, by Wes Craven) can be considered a victim rather than a survivor or final girl. Whereas with the 2009 reincarnation of the film, directed by Dennis Iliadis, the character has changed drastically. Film theorist Alexandra Heller-Nicholas argues that the remake of the film follows a more generic horror structure as it ‘manifests in the “final girl” elements of Mari’s character that are absent in the original’. The character in the original dies, whereas with the remake: Mari was a fast swimmer so could escape after being shot in the shoulder in the lake. This shows how the character of women in horror has changed over time, with the growth of feminism leading to the need for female characters to be strong and determined rather than meek victims to inspire other women rather than being objectified by the typically male audience during the 1960’s
Editor – film role 2
For my second film role I have decided to choose the role of editor. I decided to take the role of editor because I wanted to stretch the scope of what I can do and I wanted to try something that was outside of my comfort zone , because my other film roles are things that I am comfortable doing but I have no experience with editing and I thought that it was a way for me to develop a new skill that was different from the skills that I already had.
Director – film role one
For my first film role I am going to take the role of director. I want to take the role of director of a melodrama that is made in the style of the early silent films of the 1920’s and I was inspired to make this creative choice by the Cabinet of Doctor Caligari , the narrative will not be the same as the film in any way but the style of acting will be similar in the way that the actors will not speak ,instead the dialogue will be supplied by inter tiles – this is one of the things that I have decided to lift directly from The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari.
Sound: film 1 Plan (Draft)
- Around 60 seconds long
- Plot: The clip will be someone sitting in a chair in a room, book in their lap, a drink in their hand. The camera will slowly zoom into the man’s face as he talks past the camera, he’ll be telling someone behind the camera about how . Then near the end, someone will burst into the room
Role 2 Editing – Killer (No Sound)
Comparative Study Sources
Full Metal Jacket:
Whiplash:
Masculinity:
Masculinity PDF
Comparative study notes
How the Sphagetti Western allows for innovation in film genre’s by inspiring a innovative narrative structure format?
- Propps characters, anti heroes
- Film Structure
- Where they become similar, auteur theory, directors ideas in story
- Western to a Western Sci-fi
- Where Cameron innovates and evolves from Leone’s structure
Propps Characters
Man with No Name=Sarah Connor, the hero
Tuco= T-800(Arnold Schwarzenegger), the helper
Angel Eyes=T-1000, the villain
Gold=John Connor, the dispatcher, the prize
General=Miles Bennet Dyson, The donor
Bounty Hunters=Dr Peter Silberman, False heroes
Similarities, refers to man with no name as Clint and T-800 as Arnold
The two movies main characters can be seen as clear parallels to each other accept for the Gold and John Connor what represent ideally the same things but are visualized as different.
Clint and Sarah are their movies main characters despite being in ensemble casts are standouts through being the two characters who keep the film grounded. Both are serious characters who overcome difficult situations in the film with Clint walking through a desert with no water and Sarah in a mental asylum. However both are these anti-heroes where the audience sees their true personalities despite both clearly trying to hide who they truly are, these glimpses can be seen by Sarah going to kill Dyson in front of his family while Clint committing fraud, from saving criminals from hanging who he gave into the law. The idea that both characters are not truly heroes but act out in heroic emotions show. The fact they are these flawed action heroes appeal clearly in the movies and has been clearly used by Terminator 2 to differentiate their cast as much as possible.
Clint: Last night. You see in this world there’s two kinds of people my friend – those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig.
Sarah: Fucking men like you built the hydrogen bomb. Men like you thought it up. You think you’re so creative. You don’t know what it’s like to really create something, to create a life, feel it growing inside you. All you know how to create is death and destruction -!
Also both need a distinct style to show their true identities
An antihero or anti-heroine is a main character in a story who lacks conventional heroic qualities and attributes such as idealism, courage and morality. Although antiheroes may sometimes perform actions that are morally correct, it is not always for the right reasons, often acting primarily out of self-interest or in ways that defy conventional ethical codes.
Tuco and Arnold are similar to each other by the idea you don’t know if you want to trust either character as Tuco is a bandit who continues to rival with Clint while Arnold is a replica of the first films previous villain and you don’t know if he will change sides. While both characters become more human further into the movie by the idea that Tuco becomes a friend to Clint while Arnold becomes like a father to John in the movie. As well both are used for a comedic affect.
Angel Eyes and T-100 are presented as the same person as both are emotionless killers who are tracking down the main characters. Both also represent the Law in the movies.
The ending scenes between both have similarities by how its standoff between three characters. The villains both die with both ending in a pit. While the only big difference is Clint shoots the noose before Tuco is hung while Sarah lets Arnold destroy itself.
a lean, mean survivalist with a cold, raspy voice-Voice
Comparative Intro Draft
Masculinity in Film has been present throughout mediums existence and has had multiple variations in history, one example of this would be in Full Metal Jacket, directed in 1987 by Stanley Kubrick, the story follows Davis, a private in the United States Marine Corps as he goes through basic training and his subsequent deployment to Vietnam during the Vietnam War. One character that shows this trait of masculinity is the character of Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, In the movie Hartman is presented as cruel, brute and sadistic. This corroborates with the character of Terrence Fletcher in Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash (2014), where Fletcher is a teacher at a prestige music academy and often torments and frequently pushes them too far. Both characters in their respective movies are used to drive the narrative forward, with Hartman trying to ready the recruits for the harsh reality of Vietnam and Fletcher with his belief that musicians need to be pushed beyond their bounds. Both characters share traits that are considered ‘masculine’ and both of them are in positions of authority, so I decided to ask how much does the authoritarian masculinity of Fletcher from Whiplash and Hartman from Full Metal Jacket to drive the narrative.