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Genre
- This film is a psychological thriller
- The fact that A-listers are used is generic for this sub-genre as most horror films are low budget.
- The main character seems to have some kind of mental disorder and seems tired
- There is a flash back of a lost loved one in the opening
- I think the audiences expectations would be fulfilled because it is raising tension and showing us little bits of things which makes us want to find out the answers
- I think this text conforms to the characteristics of the genre and doesn't challenge anything originally
Film Language
- A long shot of the boat in the distance conveys mystery
- An extreme close up of the main characters face places us with him
- A two shot of the two men develops a relationship between them
- The editing of the swap from looking at the boat to on the boat shows us where the characters are
- The way the man is dressed shows he is a detective
- The handcuffs in one of the room shows the boat has been used to transport prisoners makes it seem scary
- The dialogue between them shows that the new guy looks up to the main character "Teddy Daniels, the man, the legend"
- We see the main character is hunched over, he is weakened by the water
- The diegetic sounds of the boat and the main character vomiting are amplified to makes us feel like we are there
- The main character look sick and sweaty and his eyes are red to make him look worn out
- The distribution and production studios are named and the title appears, they all come on a black screen before any action begins, they are in gradient from white to black and a plain but striking font, thin and tall
- The title appears last just before the picture begins
Narrative
- There are 2 detectives who are partners on a boat on the way to shutter island
- We have seen our obvious protagonist who has problems of his own
- When his girl is mentioned this brings the flashback which is very short and doesn't give away too much
- We are positioned with the protagonist, the main character
- That they are on a boat and they have just met, we also get the idea that they are going to a new case
- Tension is created because nothing is given away we don't know where they are going or anything much about them
Representation and Ideology
- The middle class is represented because the lead is middle class and we are positioned with hi
- Gender ideology is represented because detective is a high up role and they are both men, this reinforces gender stereotypes that men have all the high up jobs and women should stay home and raise children
Institutional Context
- Most Horror films are independent and low budget, the psychological thriller is different to the rest of the genre in the way it is often made Industrially and often features stars and has ultra high budgets.
- Leonardo Dicaprio has been used, who is a very famous star showing us the budget must have been high.
- This film was produced by Appian Way Productions, Phoenix Pictures and Sikelia Productions.
- We see straight away that the film must have an extremely high production value because of the use of the huge boat and that Leonardo Dicaprio is in it.
3 comments:
Some good comments Rory but largely undeveloped and superficial. I am not sure as to why you have analysed this sequence as I cant see what the relationship is between this and your horror film. You will need to embed a link to the opening and speak to me about this in class
Rory you have made some changes to this and it is better now although proficient rather than excellent due to lack of development of ideas and media terminology could be used more throughout. The institutional context section needs to be amended as it is very contradictory and therefore not accurate. 14/20
I cannot embed the link because I did it on Netflix, and this clip is not available on youtube. I will amend the Institutional context section.
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