I have chosen Kátia Lund and Fernando Meirelles 2002, Crime, drama City of God for my textual analysis. The film is set in Rio De Janeiro and features two boys going down different paths and where it leads them in the end. One getting into the business of Drug dealing and the other aspiring to become a photographer. I have chosen 1.50.12 – 1.53.16 of the film to analyse, this features the climax of the film where two gangs’ cross paths and begin to shoot at each other, this ends in the betrayal of one of Knockout Neds own member. To enable me to efficiently analyse this section I’ve chosen to analyse, Mise en Scene and Cinematography as my micro elements and representation and ideology as my macro elements. In terms of context, I will be focusing on historical and social aspects of the film.
screenplay- the script of a film, including acting instructions and scene directions.
The difference between a script and screenplay is that a script includes character dialogue and what characters should do. Whereas a screenplay includes things off camera such as lighting and director instructions.
Q. How do the films Guns of Navarone (1961, J. Lee Thompson) and Dunkirk (2017, Christopher Nolen) demonstrate how the war genre has changed over time?
Introduction-
J. Lee Thompson’s 1961 film “Guns of Navarone” and Christopher Nolen’s 2017 “Dunkirk” are both films which are clearly identified to be in the War film genre. They are both well-known due to the dangerous mission carried out in “Guns of Navarone” to the famous actors and singers which appear in “Dunkirk.” These films were chosen as they are both war films from different eras and clearly show a change in the was genre in 5 and a bit decade. “Guns of Navarone” is about a group of Greek soldiers who have been sent to take down one of the Germans most powerful cannons in Aegean Island while “Dunkirk” is a tense film showing the escape of the British soldiers off the shore of Dunkirk after being pushed back by the German soldiers, it shows the rescue and sacrifices people made to save the British soldiers.
