Film Clips - DISTINCT
In this lesson we learnt a new acronym that can be used to identify the genre of films, the acronym is called DISTINCT: Describe, In detail, Setting, Themes, Icons, Narrative, Characters and Textual analysis.
Ghost Ship
The mere title of this film somewhat suggests it is a horror. However, the first extreme long shot pictures the huge cruise ship surrounded by a grey, cloudy sky. The producer intends to use pathetic fallacy in the first camera shot to set a gloomy atmosphere, as if something strange is going to happen. Opposingly, the mood inside the ship is generally happy, implying how the evil intentions of the group who orchestrate the atrocity are well hidden right up until the incident.
One significant icon is the singer's dress, the dress is red in colour representing blood and danger. Another icon is the flowers above the girl's head while she sits down at the start, the flowers have a theme of innocence emphasising the guiltlessness of all the victims especially the young girl who somehow survives.
The narrative of this clip starts with the singer asking for everyone to dance showing how she is the architect in the evil plan. The wire itself is an important symbol because it signifies how unexpected the attack was as you would not normally associate a wire as something that could cause so much damage.
Harry Brown
The first scene is set in a dark tunnel in the midst of night. A group of young men are gathered with hoodies and they seem quite intimidating creating an eerie atmosphere as if they are up to no good. The graffiti on the walls gives the perception that they may be gangsters who are about to recruit a new member to their gang. The setting changes along with the narrative as the newly recruited male is riding a motorcycle in broad daylight.
There is one major icon throughout this opening which is the gun. The gun features in both scenes. Firstly, it is handed to the new recruit in the dark tunnel at night and it also appears when an innocent woman is shot with the same gun by the same man. The character who shoots the woman has the longest screen time in this opening suggesting that the film will be based around him.
The narrative is left on a cliffhanger, because it ends with the woman falling to the floor and the man fleeing the scene only to be ironically knocked off his motorcycle. The use of textual analysis really captivates the reality of the situation because of the point of view camera shot. This shows how the film is an action/thriller genre as the significant incidents that happen in the opening are very hard-hitting, especially when it all goes to complete silence in the closing seconds after the crash.
No comments:
Post a Comment