roles of characters in V for Vendetta and Children of Men

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propaganda poster

Children Of Men

Children of Men; some Themes and Messages.
Infertility - news announcements and advertisements shown in the back ground of when Theo goes to see Jasper after the bomb blast, infertility is nearing 100%.
Determination - Theo doesn't leave Kee even after the people he thought were doing the right thing and turns out they are corrupted he could have ran from the safe house, he is determined to get her to safety to the project vi the boat after learning she is pregnant.
Hope - When Theo sees Kee is pregnant.
Devastation - when the cafe explosion kills many innocent people.
Uprisings and protests - when Theo is on train people are protesting and throwing eggs at the train.His ex wife is hiding and going against the system.
Germany - Holocaust - Immigrants at the train station are being held in cages, when Kee trustee is thrown off the bus she is put with all the immigrants to be beaten and killed.

DYSTOPIAN THEMES
War Violence Refugees
Weapons,Guns Bombs

V for Vendetta Themes

Some of the main themes in V for Vendetta include,
revenge, freedom fighters, terrorism,terrorists, war, politics/government, symbolism, sexuality.

300 word analysis of a clip from the film V for Vendetta

The shot of the chancellor that we see first is low angle shot telling us that this character is very powerful and holds the superiority of the people below who he is speaking to. This is a very interesting shot as he is not in the room but talking via a webcam and also that the character can still be deemed powerful without being present. We can see that this character is important due to his costume as the suit looks expensive.

The next shot type we see is a high angle shot of Mr Creedy. All around the character there seems to be darkness but he is illuminated with light. The two lights juxtaposed together taking two different meanings as dark means evil and light means  religion could mean that he has conflicting feelings but also cause there is more dark that seems to surround could also mean that his character is becoming more evil and the dark light is the evil surrounding him, with the white light being the only pure piece left of the character. The reference for the lighting in this scene could be taken from many films when characters are telling “scary stories” they shine a light up over their face creating a “creepy” atmosphere. The way the light shines on the person who is talking shows that the other men around the table are listening to everyone speak.  The shots showing the men around the table are high angle shots making them all look small and weak and shows that they look up to the chancellor when he speaks. In the next show, a long shot, we see how the contrast between all the men and the chancellor as the shot of the men taken from a distance means they appear to be small on the screen where as when the chancellor appears he seems to be close up taking up the majority of the screen, showing how much power he has also making the audience aware of his importance in the story. From this we can see that the chancellor holds the power in the scene and the men around him are his workers and they obey the chancellor as if they were slaves. 

Notes of Cinematography

Skills Arrow

what we've learnt so far

we learnt how to scan through notes under a time limit as so the information would sink in faster.
We've looked at clips to practice analysing clips such as Terminator, Blade Runner, Alice in Wonderland and Metropolis and how to apply the skills to our analysis of the clip and to find the deeper meaning and the hidden messages.

micro and macro analysis

film review 2 - V for Vendetta

v for vendetta

The film was very interesting and had many interesting themes and styles throughout.
The movie was set in the future and addressed problems that London is set to face. The themes in the film covered riots and a theme of Germany when Hitler was in power, where the government held all the power and controlled the people.
The film had a very interesting theme throughout where the important people were highlighted or the people carrying out the important messages from the film to the audience. Some examples of this is when the government held their meetings the people talking would be illuminated by a bright light whilst everything else was blacked out, this could be referenced to reality shows. Also one of the main characters read out important m,messages via a news reports that were played as other important characters were being introduced and ending, its as if he was watching the story unfold as he was part of the cycle.
The main characters costume was dark and is face was always masked by a Guy Fawkes mask or by showing him silhouetted in the distance when showing his past story leading up to the events in the movie.
The movie was made back in 2006 but the theme of the riots came true last year in 2011 with the London riots.

film review 1- Footloose

I watched footloose the 2011 remake. This film covered the issue of a town being ripped apart by grief and trying to protect their teenagers by banning them for loud music and dancing to have fun. The theme in the film is about keeping the young people of today safe by stopping them from going out having fun that can lead to trouble. The setting is quite open and is a small village showing that this is an "old fashioned" town and do not have all the latest gadgets and software's. The costume was a bit simple and old fashioned styled with a lot of jeans and plaid shirts. The costumes are quite brightly colored on most characters with red shirts other then the main female character who wears white or light colored tops as her father is the priest this is a link to their relationship.  The priest only wears a white shirts showing his religion. 

The film has a lot of old machinery in like a cotton mill showing that the town needs to work for its money. You can see within in the film is set in this time period as even though they're costume is set to be slightly older fashioned, the individual pieces put together look more current and they try and follow the latest trends. 

mes en scene clips for analysis

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viewers emotion
drags audience into deeper meaning of the film
symbolism - character traits themes and social values
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MICRO Mise-en-scene guide & terminology