Mock- comparison of vfv and com
Essay STRUCTURE
key scenes
Macro of clip-
Narrative-unresolved resolution
Hero dies-stock character, unusual for the hero to die
Mesages-tomorrow suggests hope
Representation- father role
Kee doesn't know what to so once then dies,woman becomes hopeless
Social class, dirty clothes
Sequel idea- kee and the child are taken aboard the tomorrow boat and taken to the human project. The government come to the project to remove all immigrants to a 'camp' when they see the baby they take the baby from her and experiment on kee. and now have to make a decision whether to publicise the child or to keep it hidden due to it's ethnicity. In the end they reunite kee with her baby and publicise them to bring hope.
Style-how it links to the story
grey colour
Style reinforces the atmosphere
Dead world, no children therefore no colour
Through Theo's perspective-grey-depressed without children
Theme of parenthood-
Jasper
Kee
Miriam
Theo-good guy, tragic&reluctant hero, an Everyman
Jasper-good guy, elderly martial arts master
Kee-good guy,ingenue, damsel in distress
Society-bad guy,space nazis,town bully(police)-immigrants,tycoon,fall guy
Human project-bad guy, fall guy
Luke-bad guy, town bully&fall guy
Sid-bad guy, rake
No because it has no clear beginning,middle and end. It also has a controversial plot. The characters do not conform to one stock characters therefore giving them a more realistic in depth personality. (No clear hero/villains)
Situational through line
Video essay- key points
Narrative, chn
Characters
Post modern narrative
To what extent does vfv and com conform to chn?
What are the conventions of dystopian scifi?
Dark colours/black
Technology
Man vs technology
Futuristic
Suspense
Action
Cgi effects
Total recall is more similar to v for vendetta as it was similar to the super powers that v gains in the film. There is also more action in total recall which is similar to vfv.
