Impressively presented and including some competent analysis. To strengthen I suggest the following. 1) Include the names of the characters. Billy Reynolds is the hapless driver who is also the voice over thus positioning the audience with him and viewing events from Billy's point of view. 2) Jason Locke is the villain - his loud shirt, swagger and bling indicate his conceit and confidence. The fact he is introduced with a point of view shot through a dirty windscreen indicates his detachment from his feelings - this detachment is reinforced by his callous treatment of the "grass". 3) Jason's victim is a snitch, he is represented rather like a weasel and his body language is shifty. 4) The Dartford Tunnel is also a visual metaphor of the barrel of a gun. 5) The Essex Marshes are tidal and predatory and suggest this is the destination Jason chooses for his victims. The tidal nature of these marshes intensifies the sense of danger and menace.
I've added the following to other students' blogs. You may wish to add another slide. Next Step: To strengthen case studies either add another slide/s or another post titled “Intertextual References in Essex Boys”
For example: reference thriller films or TV series (preferably with screen shots or uploaded footage) that use or develop or challenge similar generic conventions. For example in “Essex Boys” noir lighting with a chiaroscuro effect (the establishing shots of Billy in the garage) reinforces the generic roots of the film. Other examples you could reference, and don’t forget the films or TV crime dramas that we have viewed in class and that are watching independently, can be used as comparisons. • “The Opening to Once Upon a Time in America” also uses noir lighting whilst the chiaroscuro effect is achieved when Eve switches on her bed side lamp.
• The iconic final sequences in “The Third Man” is another example where the director amplifies the genre with the use of chiaroscuro lighting when Harry Lime is trapped in the Viennese sewers.
• Tarantino also uses the same effect with Ordell murders Beaumont in the waste ground in “Jackie Brown”.
Thus the audience is transported into an isolated world where nightmares become reality.
Keep up the good work.
Also think about comparing the generic locations, costume or character types with other thrillers.
Could you post this under label G321 Thriller Research - I nearly missed it!!! Thanks Nature.
ReplyDeleteImpressively presented and including some competent analysis. To strengthen I suggest the following.
ReplyDelete1) Include the names of the characters. Billy Reynolds is the hapless driver who is also the voice over thus positioning the audience with him and viewing events from Billy's point of view.
2) Jason Locke is the villain - his loud shirt, swagger and bling indicate his conceit and confidence. The fact he is introduced with a point of view shot through a dirty windscreen indicates his detachment from his feelings - this detachment is reinforced by his callous treatment of the "grass".
3) Jason's victim is a snitch, he is represented rather like a weasel and his body language is shifty.
4) The Dartford Tunnel is also a visual metaphor of the barrel of a gun.
5) The Essex Marshes are tidal and predatory and suggest this is the destination Jason chooses for his victims. The tidal nature of these marshes intensifies the sense of danger and menace.
I've added the following to other students' blogs. You may wish to add another slide.
Next Step: To strengthen case studies either add another slide/s or another post titled “Intertextual References in Essex Boys”
For example: reference thriller films or TV series (preferably with screen shots or uploaded footage) that use or develop or challenge similar generic conventions. For example in “Essex Boys” noir lighting with a chiaroscuro effect (the establishing shots of Billy in the garage) reinforces the generic roots of the film. Other examples you could reference, and don’t forget the films or TV crime dramas that we have viewed in class and that are watching independently, can be used as comparisons.
• “The Opening to Once Upon a Time in America” also uses noir lighting whilst the chiaroscuro effect is achieved when Eve switches on her bed side lamp.
• The iconic final sequences in “The Third Man” is another example where the director amplifies the genre with the use of chiaroscuro lighting when Harry Lime is trapped in the Viennese sewers.
• Tarantino also uses the same effect with Ordell murders Beaumont in the waste ground in “Jackie Brown”.
Thus the audience is transported into an isolated world where nightmares become reality.
Keep up the good work.
Also think about comparing the generic locations, costume or character types with other thrillers.