Tuesday, 10 September 2013

3rd September

Class notes.
Who are the characters ?
Villain, vampire?
Woman
Stereotypical 
What type of film is it?
Gothic horror
How are men and women represented? 
Women are weak/fragile
Should be saved by the men, can't defend herself
Males fight the villain

Words to describe how it looks:
Dark 
Black and white

Fast&furious
Narrative:"going for green", green lorry
Age related to modern times
Death of a legend
Orange new car& black older car with more gadgets
Black on the outside white in the inside/bad on the outside good in the inside
Reflection of the orange car on the black car, foreshadowing the younger man becoming like vin diesel and vin diesels past
The fire in the engine, pushing himself too far and ends up hurting himself

Symbolism; black is a dominant colour- black car
Higher car representing his masculinity and age
Phalic imagery- the car rising like an erect penis
Won't allow himself to quit
Risking their lives to prove their masculinity, however they're doing it together which could be seen as a bond between them
The orange car cares because he stops to check on vin diesel 

Mise-en-scene ;
Location
Costume
Props
Body language
Space etc

Macro-
Genre, style, narrative, representation( female, male, countries), meaning and message 

1.what clues or atmosphere is the film setting?
2.what messages or meaning can you read?

  Blade runner: futuristic location, busy city, Tokyo maybe? 
Hover car 
Dull/dark costumes 
Advertisements for America("the new world)
Constant adverts, brainwashing 
Mysterious mist/fog eery
Polluted
Overpopulated planet?, corrupt and polluted world, purge
Tall buildings instead of wide to fit the large amount of people
Dystopia




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