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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 doe...

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 ...

Analysis of coin toss scenes in no country for old men The coin toss scenes are key elements of the film it they tell us vital points about Chigurh personality. The first coin toss scene is set in a small petrol station in the middle of nowhere a conversation between the cashier and  Chigurh seemed perfectly normal up until the point when the cashier mentioned that he saw him coming from Dallas. Chigurh then automatically makes the conversation heated we get this idea when he calls the shopkeeper “friendo”.  Chigurh continually asks the shopkeeper questions this gives the audience an uneasy feeling. Additionally  Chigurh is placed in front of the door, this emphasises that the shopkeeper is isolated and has no escape from this vicious killer. the shopkeeper wears traditional clothing that fits the location , mid shots are used to show this as we can see the secret of the landscape behind him.  Chigurh on the other hand juxtaposes this idea as he wears da...

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Casablanca and Do The Right Thing This essay will discuss similarities and differences between Casablanca and Do The Right Thing. Firstly ,Casablanca  is a romantic drama and was set in 1942, during World War 2, the film was released when France was under German control. Although Do The Right Thing is a drama and  was set in Brooklyn in 1989 , this was the period where the majority of Brooklyn’s population was black. Casablanca uses micro features such as a blank and white affect, this is how films were shot during 1942, the film is dialogue heavy, meaning most action happens in the audio codes rather than the visual codes. However, Do The Right Thing is shot using twenty first century affects, also the audio and visual codes are evenly spread out ,rather than one being heavier like Casablanca. Secondly, Casablanca uses the character of Rick to represent America in the war , Rick is represented as mutual ,while Vichy French,German officials and desperate r...

The Lovely Bones. Weekly film analysis The Lovely Bones is a  supernatural drama film directed by Peter Jackson, the film is based on a bestselling novel and  it tells the story of a girl who is murdered and watches over her family from the in-between, and is split between seeking vengeance on her killer and allowing her family to move on. The Lovely Bones is set in Pennsylvania ,in the opening scene uses a close up of a  penguin snow globe which empties the main character Susies vulnerability and youth, the close-up is then followed by a panning  shot ,which shows us her house and her family. Within the audio codes a voice over is used to emphasise her vulnerability ,we find out she “couldn't see over the table”,it then cuts back to the snow globe and a mid-shot is used to link to the voice over as she is seen next to the  table to highlight her youth. A cut is used again to jump to the future , this is mainly done for practically reasons, in ord...

Anton Chigurh Anton is a evil character , he comes across as cold and heartless as he does not care about killing a mass amount of people. Additionally, he is portrayed as out of place to his surrounding ,he is very different to other characters because he seems un- human like due to being remorseless and only cares about what he is doing at that moment in time rather than past or future. Anton has a inexpressive dialect, which emphasize that he is an evil character. Llewellyn Ross He plays a good and bad character ,however he is no where near the level of Anton, this because he is willing to kill Anton ,which why he bought a new gun but also had already had a shoot out with him, although his not evil because he hasn't killed anyone and went back to the dessert to give someone water. Llewellyn comes across as selfish as he chooses to save the money then his own life but also puts his wife life in danger. Sheriff The Sheriff is a old wise man , who pla...