Meghan's film blog

Compare and contrast Winters Bone and Captain Fantastic This essay will compare and contrast Winters Bone and Captain Fantastic. First of all, Winters Bone is an independent drama, whereas Captain Fantastic is a comedic drama, despite being different genre these films share similar elements. Captain Fantastic tells the story of a family who live in the Washington wilderness due to their parents beliefs and raising their children as liberal activist, however due to circumstances they have to reintegrate into modern society. This film uses bright lighting throughout to imply that it is a happy place .The film uses the concept of different lifestyles to contrast  with others in the modern world, in the opening scene of this film uses mid-shots and long shots are used to represent the family. These types of shots are convenient because we get to see their surroundings as well as their actions, this allows the audience to establish their lifestyle.  Winters Bone does this as

How does No Country For Old Men follow and subvert the conventions of westerns? This essay will discuss how No Country For Old Men follows and subverts conventions of the western genre by the use of scenery, shots, visual codes and audio codes. No country for old men follows conventions of the genre western by using many shots at the beginning to show the landscape, the scene cuts to a number of shots; in all shots we see lots of desert like land. This follows the conventions of western because landscapes in this genre play a big part in the narrative due to period it was set in and the tropes involved around it, for example, cowboys and sheriffs. These tropes are used in No Country for Old Men as well, within the film we have a sheriff bell that is represented as the overall good guy, he is known for bringing order to the town and being wise, this is a stereotypically used in westerns. Additionally, the film uses Llewellyn Moss to represent cowboys, the film uses mise en scène