Film analysis
Film analysis
Key terms:
Verisimilitude: How real the world of the story appears to the audience - is it believable for example a snowman showing up in the worlds end so something that would happen in the world for the film.
Diesis/ diegetic world: The world in which the film takes place.
Juxtaposition: Placing one object next to another to create meaning.
Narrative theory: Theories that categorise narratives and find features to common to them.
Levi - Strauss' Binary opposition - Narrative tension is based on opposition or conflict. This can be as simple as two characters fighting, but more often functions at an ideological level. For example good vs evil like in The Worlds end Humans vs Aliens.
examples of Binary opposites:
- Humanity vs Technology; West world
- Protagonist vs Antagonist: Scott Pilgrim vs The world
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Vladimir Propp - was a narrative theorist and is hist was based on fairy tails and how a character role would help make a story.
Hero - who goes on a quest and usually ends up with the princess. (worlds end) Garry King wants to go to pub crawl (12 pints in one night)
Villain - who is against the hero. (worlds end) The aline is trying to take over the world and stop Garry king.
Dispatcher - Who sets the hero off on their quest. ( worlds end) The dispatcher is 18-year-old Garry king not completing the golden mile (12 pubs)
Donor - Helps the hero and sometimes has magical power/ object to help. (Worlds end) Basil gives Garry information to help their quest saying that everyone in the town has been changed.
Princess - Is usually the price for the hero. (Worlds end) His main princess at the start is finishing the golden mile but at the end, it changes to saving the world.
Her father: Rewards the hero. usually identifies the false hero. (worlds end) Garry's friend Andy forgives him at the end of the film.
Blocker - A character who stops the progress of the hero. (worlds end) the alines are the blocker for Garry going for his 12 pints.
The helper - someone who helps the hero. (worlds end) All of Garry's friends that went with him to do the golden mile.
Todorov's narrative theory:
1. Equilibrium: setting is established key characters are introduced and the storyline is set up. (Worlds End) Garry and his friends are introduced and fail to complete the golden mile. Then they retry after 20 years back in their home time.
2. Disruption: Oppositional characters appear and the story takes a particular direction (Worlds end) There is a fight in the toilet with Garry and some kids and his friends help out when something strange happens to one of the kids.
3. recognition: the lives of the characters and events are interwoven. tension builds through this long section. (Worlds end) They go to each pub and the tension increases with more of the aliens are attacking them and trying to fight them.
4. Repair: the highest point of tension the climax of the film. (World ends) Garry goes for the final drink and then the head base is at the pub so Garry just tells them to '**** off ' to the alines.
5. New equiliibruium matters are sorted out, problems solved and questions answered. (Worlds
end) Postapocaliped setting with andy talking about the legend of Garry king saving the world.
Action + enigma codes - Roland Barthes
Action codes - what will happen next.. shall fall over - will he catch her? (Worlds end) Gary rips off an aliens head what the other aline gonna do?
enigma codes - The audience question Why... (Worlds end) Why are the aliens on earth what do they want?
A stereotype is simplified or generalises view of a group of people. for example, boys liking the colour blue.
Analyse how mise - en - scene elements contributed to the construction of stereotypes in media product you have studied 15marks
In the Worlds Ends, the stereotype of masculinity is used to show typically men fighting. In the scene with Garry and his friends fighting the robot aliens for the first time in the toilet pubs, they show they start fighting with some struggle but end up winning. Andy has lots of shots of his fighting of them all showing him taken down at least 3 of the robots with very dramatic fighting style from jumping on top of one of them and this would be the same for Garry with his way of fighting and how he was very masculine in this scene as well he also goes to ask if one of his friends saw what he did to boast showing more of the stereotype of men wanting to show off to their friends . This would link to popps theory of how the role of the character is helping the movie move forward this was shown with Garry as the hero from him starting the fight but ultimately ending the fight with the low angle show on him when he fights the last robot.
Another stereotype that is used in the world end is the Britishness. From the scene with Garry and his friends are fighting the teenage robots in a toilet pub it shows a very British nature to it. This is because it is typical for drunken British people to have a fight in a bar and start throwing fists. This would conform with the stereotype of Britishness as it shows the performance of 5 drunk men that are not doing to well to fight 5 other young teenagers.
One more stereotype that is used is middle-aged men. In the scene for Garry and his friends fight the teens you can see a big difference in dress between the young and old as young teenagers wear hoodies and big coats when the older ones are in casual smart clothes these are both going across the stereotypes of teenagers and middle-aged men. However, this could subvert the stereotype in the clip due to Garry kings clothes this is because he isn't wearing any thingy smart at all but wearing more of a punk outfit than anything.
Key terms:
Verisimilitude: How real the world of the story appears to the audience - is it believable for example a snowman showing up in the worlds end so something that would happen in the world for the film.
Diesis/ diegetic world: The world in which the film takes place.
Juxtaposition: Placing one object next to another to create meaning.
Narrative theory: Theories that categorise narratives and find features to common to them.
Levi - Strauss' Binary opposition - Narrative tension is based on opposition or conflict. This can be as simple as two characters fighting, but more often functions at an ideological level. For example good vs evil like in The Worlds end Humans vs Aliens.
examples of Binary opposites:
- Humanity vs Technology; West world
- Protagonist vs Antagonist: Scott Pilgrim vs The world
-
Vladimir Propp - was a narrative theorist and is hist was based on fairy tails and how a character role would help make a story.
Hero - who goes on a quest and usually ends up with the princess. (worlds end) Garry King wants to go to pub crawl (12 pints in one night)
Villain - who is against the hero. (worlds end) The aline is trying to take over the world and stop Garry king.
Dispatcher - Who sets the hero off on their quest. ( worlds end) The dispatcher is 18-year-old Garry king not completing the golden mile (12 pubs)
Donor - Helps the hero and sometimes has magical power/ object to help. (Worlds end) Basil gives Garry information to help their quest saying that everyone in the town has been changed.
Princess - Is usually the price for the hero. (Worlds end) His main princess at the start is finishing the golden mile but at the end, it changes to saving the world.
Her father: Rewards the hero. usually identifies the false hero. (worlds end) Garry's friend Andy forgives him at the end of the film.
Blocker - A character who stops the progress of the hero. (worlds end) the alines are the blocker for Garry going for his 12 pints.
The helper - someone who helps the hero. (worlds end) All of Garry's friends that went with him to do the golden mile.
Todorov's narrative theory:
1. Equilibrium: setting is established key characters are introduced and the storyline is set up. (Worlds End) Garry and his friends are introduced and fail to complete the golden mile. Then they retry after 20 years back in their home time.
2. Disruption: Oppositional characters appear and the story takes a particular direction (Worlds end) There is a fight in the toilet with Garry and some kids and his friends help out when something strange happens to one of the kids.
3. recognition: the lives of the characters and events are interwoven. tension builds through this long section. (Worlds end) They go to each pub and the tension increases with more of the aliens are attacking them and trying to fight them.
4. Repair: the highest point of tension the climax of the film. (World ends) Garry goes for the final drink and then the head base is at the pub so Garry just tells them to '**** off ' to the alines.
5. New equiliibruium matters are sorted out, problems solved and questions answered. (Worlds
end) Postapocaliped setting with andy talking about the legend of Garry king saving the world.
Action + enigma codes - Roland Barthes
Action codes - what will happen next.. shall fall over - will he catch her? (Worlds end) Gary rips off an aliens head what the other aline gonna do?
enigma codes - The audience question Why... (Worlds end) Why are the aliens on earth what do they want?
A stereotype is simplified or generalises view of a group of people. for example, boys liking the colour blue.
Analyse how mise - en - scene elements contributed to the construction of stereotypes in media product you have studied 15marks
In the Worlds Ends, the stereotype of masculinity is used to show typically men fighting. In the scene with Garry and his friends fighting the robot aliens for the first time in the toilet pubs, they show they start fighting with some struggle but end up winning. Andy has lots of shots of his fighting of them all showing him taken down at least 3 of the robots with very dramatic fighting style from jumping on top of one of them and this would be the same for Garry with his way of fighting and how he was very masculine in this scene as well he also goes to ask if one of his friends saw what he did to boast showing more of the stereotype of men wanting to show off to their friends . This would link to popps theory of how the role of the character is helping the movie move forward this was shown with Garry as the hero from him starting the fight but ultimately ending the fight with the low angle show on him when he fights the last robot.
Another stereotype that is used in the world end is the Britishness. From the scene with Garry and his friends are fighting the teenage robots in a toilet pub it shows a very British nature to it. This is because it is typical for drunken British people to have a fight in a bar and start throwing fists. This would conform with the stereotype of Britishness as it shows the performance of 5 drunk men that are not doing to well to fight 5 other young teenagers.
One more stereotype that is used is middle-aged men. In the scene for Garry and his friends fight the teens you can see a big difference in dress between the young and old as young teenagers wear hoodies and big coats when the older ones are in casual smart clothes these are both going across the stereotypes of teenagers and middle-aged men. However, this could subvert the stereotype in the clip due to Garry kings clothes this is because he isn't wearing any thingy smart at all but wearing more of a punk outfit than anything.
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