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| PRODUCTION ROLE 1 | PRODUCTION ROLE 2 | PRODUCTION ROLE 3- COMPLETE FILM | |||
| ROLE | Cinematography | Editing | Screenwriting | ||
| GENRE (SUBGENRE) | Neo Noir, Psychological | B | Documentary | B | Thriller, Mystery |
| MOVEMENT INFLUENCE(S) | German expressionism | B | Skateboarding videography | B | Rashomon + Circular Narrative Structures |
| PRACTITIONER INFLUENCE(S) | Gasper Noe (Enter the Void) | B | Spike Jonze (Yeah Right!) | B | Guy Ritchie (Snatch) Fincher (Gone Girl) |
| TARGET AUDIENCE | Adults + horror fans | B | Teens, skateboard fans | B | Young adults |
| PRODUCTION SCALE | Small: 1 or 2 actors | B | 4 skaters | B | Small scale: 3 people, 1 director |
| KEY THEME/ISSUES | Mental health and the dangers of dismissing mental illness. | B | Documenting the process of skateboarding and a fraction of youth culture. | B | Overt self-consciousness, Supernatural |
Working Title: Natural Causes
| Chosen Role | Screenwriter |
| Influences | Alfonso Cuaron (Y Tu Mama Tambien) |
| Specific Techniques | -Character study -Intellectual montage: juxtaposing footage of nature with the events of the protagonist’s life -Still shots of natural weather events |
| Genre | Coming of age, Psychological, Queer |
| Story Outline | Depicting the destructive effects of nature before it reaches a stable state. Act 1: Destructive weather events/ strong waves are intellectually montaged with an exploration of a male protagonists borderline abusive relationship with his girlfriend. It is hinted that his abusive personality is as a result of suppressed homosexual desires Act 2: show protagonist accepting his identity and leaving his toxic masculine personality in the past. This will be montaged against tranquil shots of the weather/ the sea |
| Location | -St Ouens (sea shots) -Park above The Good Egg (shots of trees and nature) -My mums house (for demonstrating the abusive relationship in act 1) -Curiosity coffee shop (for shots depicting hidden homosexual desire or events of Act 2) |
| Kit Required | -Tripod -Lighting -Sound recorder |
| Additional Crew | Possibly a sound designer |
| Cast | 3 actors needed |
For my textual analysis I have decided to examine auteur Alfonso Cuarón’s 2006 dystopian thriller Children of Men. The film is set in England (year 2027) where two decades of infertility have left society in economic and social chaos. The story follows the protagonist, Theo, a drunken ex-bureaucrat who is unexpectedly thrust into the position of saving the earth’s last hope, Kee, the only remaining fertile woman. My chosen sequence from the film takes place during the start of the final act, from 1:08:33 to 1:13:14. In this section, Theo and Kee enter the Bexhill refugee facility in an attempt to escape and reach sanctuary away from the British government. For my analysis, I will be looking at the elements of cinematography, sound design and auteur theory. In addition, I will also be utilising and discussing the political and social contexts behind the themes and production of the film. [149words]
1:08:33 > 1:13:14
Micro: Cinematography + Sound
Macro: Auteur theory
Contexts: Social + Political
Critical Score: 6/10
Memorable Scene: The disco ball scene in the vampire’s room.
Critical Score: 6.7/10
Memorable Scene: The opening scene.
Critical Score: 8.4/10
Memorable Scene: Towards the start of the film when Theo and the group are ambushed in the car. The claustrophobic filming with the camera within the car adds to the tension of the sequence.
A deranged and obsessed Lucy rapidly spirals out of control as her feelings towards a popular boy, Nick, aren’t reciprocated.