Tuesday, 7 October 2014
Monday, 6 October 2014
How does V for Vendetta get across it's message and beliefs through it's themes?
Introduction:
V for Vendetta is a film about how a man in the future is fighting against his government and its fascist ways. The five themes that i found throughout the film are vengeance, fascism, secrecy, revolution and torture. Vengeance is a theme that comes with the message that the people shouldn't be scared of their government, the government should be scared of the people. Fascism has the message of that people shouldn't have to hide in fear of their government, they should stand up to them and be themselves, which is also the message of secrecy within the film, do not hide what you are. Revolution has the message of also standing up for what you believe in and not believing the government, as they do no good for the country. Torture is a theme with the message of having the strength to fight against what you think is bad and not give up.
Point-
The theme vengeance gives out the message that people should not be scared of their government and they should stick together for what they believe in. Vengeance is that the people should take back what is rightfully theirs. The people wanted vengeance as the government control them and V wanted vengeance as they experimented on him, which changed who he was.
Example-
The last scene of the film shows the theme of vengeance, as it gives everyone what they wanted, and it fulfills they're want to join V in his mission of vengeance. The people joined him because they wanted vengeance against the government, and that is what they get in this scene as the very thing that symbolizes the government gets destroyed. V gets his vengeance as they experimented on him and the people get their vengeance because they were trapped by the government.
Analysis-
The message is that the people should control their country and have freedom, instead of the government controlling every aspect of their lives. Vengeance for the people to take the government down as they are the bad people. This is to make the viewers think that this could happen, and if theirs does happen, that they should have the courage to stand up against what is bad and speak their minds.
Synthesis-
The message of freedom of the people is put through vengeance by the uprising of the people in the last scene in which government is blown up, the symbol of government is destroyed and all of the leaders are down and everyone is equal. They get revenge of the suffering the government put them through to rise against them and get their country back.
Point-
Revolution is theme throughout the clip that v gives the speech on tv to the people of the country, asking them to join him in the battle against the government. The clip shows revolution as v is giving the people a chance to join in and help him stand up for what they want, it shows he wants them to stop being scared of their government and start making the government scared of them.
Example-
The speech is an example of revolution as v is rebelling against the governments ways to help get back the freedom the people of the country deserve in their own rights. Revolution is constructed through a speech that V is giving, in which he basically says that the government shouldn't control the country any longer and that they should help him on his mission to destroy the very symbol of government and to overthrow them and take all their power away.
Analysis-
the message is saying that revolution is the what they need and this is because there is no other way of convincing the people to join into something any longer that hey do not have any freedom within. The purpose of V overthrowing the government is to free everyone from what they are scared of and to get his revenge on them as they did him wrong. This will help everyone feel free and they will no longer be afraid of being watched every second by the government.
Synthesis-
The message of standing up for what they believe in comes through in the genre as the theme revolution is a theme that is throughout most dystopian films, showing V for Vendetta is a dystopian film. This is because is it set in the future where the government controls basically everything, but in the film V wants them to fight the government and the message comes through that, to stand up for what they believe in.
Point-
Another theme throughout V for Vendetta is the theme of fascism, as their country was controlled by the regimes of a fascist government, which didn't agree with anything slightly individual about everyone. The government wanted to control the people and more or less control how they think, change their views on people who are different, such as gay people and others of different races than theirs.
Example-
The clip that shows fascism is Valeries letter, in which it shows a woman that had a partner who was another woman. tt shows how they enjoyed their lives together until the government intervened and took her partner away from her due to their relationship as the government did not agree with it. This shows that the government did not like them being slightly different to what they agreed with, which is fascism at it's highest point. Anything different or strange to the government is probably scary to them, they do not want individuality in anyone as it scares them that they cannot control it.
Analysis-
Anything that the government feel they can't control, they get rid of it and try to destroy the concept of individuality as it put fear into them, because they can't do anything about it. The reason why this clip represents fascism is because if anyone has different views from the government, they do not like it and feel they need to take charge and change it and reinforce they're rules which people cannot stray from. Which is what they try to do in Valeries letter. They try to change the way she thinks about her partner by taking her away because they did not like their relationship. They didn't agree with they're rules so they destroyed they're lives.
Synthesis-
The message standing up and being themselves is shown through the theme of fascism in the clip of Valeries letter as it makes you think about how our government could be doing it, trying to control our lives, because this shows the government taking destroying the lives of an innocent couple because they do not like them being individual, it makes you want to be yourself and not care what the government and everyone else thinks about how different you are. This theme is shown through the narrative as the story shows the government breaking apart a couple of women's relationship, and that is what fascism is about, destroying anything that the government do not agree with, which is what they did.
Point-
Example-
Analysis-
Synthesis-
conclusion- I think that the revolution is the running theme throughout the whole film as the people are doing it for their freedom and v is because he was experimented on. Revolution for the people was because they didn't want to be under constant surveillance anymore and didn't want to be ruled by a government that did not take their thoughts and views into consideration, they wanted to be able to help change their country to way that they felt comfortable with.
V for Vendetta is a film about how a man in the future is fighting against his government and its fascist ways. The five themes that i found throughout the film are vengeance, fascism, secrecy, revolution and torture. Vengeance is a theme that comes with the message that the people shouldn't be scared of their government, the government should be scared of the people. Fascism has the message of that people shouldn't have to hide in fear of their government, they should stand up to them and be themselves, which is also the message of secrecy within the film, do not hide what you are. Revolution has the message of also standing up for what you believe in and not believing the government, as they do no good for the country. Torture is a theme with the message of having the strength to fight against what you think is bad and not give up.
Point-
The theme vengeance gives out the message that people should not be scared of their government and they should stick together for what they believe in. Vengeance is that the people should take back what is rightfully theirs. The people wanted vengeance as the government control them and V wanted vengeance as they experimented on him, which changed who he was.
Example-
The last scene of the film shows the theme of vengeance, as it gives everyone what they wanted, and it fulfills they're want to join V in his mission of vengeance. The people joined him because they wanted vengeance against the government, and that is what they get in this scene as the very thing that symbolizes the government gets destroyed. V gets his vengeance as they experimented on him and the people get their vengeance because they were trapped by the government.
Analysis-
The message is that the people should control their country and have freedom, instead of the government controlling every aspect of their lives. Vengeance for the people to take the government down as they are the bad people. This is to make the viewers think that this could happen, and if theirs does happen, that they should have the courage to stand up against what is bad and speak their minds.
Synthesis-
The message of freedom of the people is put through vengeance by the uprising of the people in the last scene in which government is blown up, the symbol of government is destroyed and all of the leaders are down and everyone is equal. They get revenge of the suffering the government put them through to rise against them and get their country back.
Point-
Revolution is theme throughout the clip that v gives the speech on tv to the people of the country, asking them to join him in the battle against the government. The clip shows revolution as v is giving the people a chance to join in and help him stand up for what they want, it shows he wants them to stop being scared of their government and start making the government scared of them.
Example-
The speech is an example of revolution as v is rebelling against the governments ways to help get back the freedom the people of the country deserve in their own rights. Revolution is constructed through a speech that V is giving, in which he basically says that the government shouldn't control the country any longer and that they should help him on his mission to destroy the very symbol of government and to overthrow them and take all their power away.
Analysis-
the message is saying that revolution is the what they need and this is because there is no other way of convincing the people to join into something any longer that hey do not have any freedom within. The purpose of V overthrowing the government is to free everyone from what they are scared of and to get his revenge on them as they did him wrong. This will help everyone feel free and they will no longer be afraid of being watched every second by the government.
Synthesis-
The message of standing up for what they believe in comes through in the genre as the theme revolution is a theme that is throughout most dystopian films, showing V for Vendetta is a dystopian film. This is because is it set in the future where the government controls basically everything, but in the film V wants them to fight the government and the message comes through that, to stand up for what they believe in.
Point-
Another theme throughout V for Vendetta is the theme of fascism, as their country was controlled by the regimes of a fascist government, which didn't agree with anything slightly individual about everyone. The government wanted to control the people and more or less control how they think, change their views on people who are different, such as gay people and others of different races than theirs.
Example-
The clip that shows fascism is Valeries letter, in which it shows a woman that had a partner who was another woman. tt shows how they enjoyed their lives together until the government intervened and took her partner away from her due to their relationship as the government did not agree with it. This shows that the government did not like them being slightly different to what they agreed with, which is fascism at it's highest point. Anything different or strange to the government is probably scary to them, they do not want individuality in anyone as it scares them that they cannot control it.
Analysis-
Anything that the government feel they can't control, they get rid of it and try to destroy the concept of individuality as it put fear into them, because they can't do anything about it. The reason why this clip represents fascism is because if anyone has different views from the government, they do not like it and feel they need to take charge and change it and reinforce they're rules which people cannot stray from. Which is what they try to do in Valeries letter. They try to change the way she thinks about her partner by taking her away because they did not like their relationship. They didn't agree with they're rules so they destroyed they're lives.
Synthesis-
The message standing up and being themselves is shown through the theme of fascism in the clip of Valeries letter as it makes you think about how our government could be doing it, trying to control our lives, because this shows the government taking destroying the lives of an innocent couple because they do not like them being individual, it makes you want to be yourself and not care what the government and everyone else thinks about how different you are. This theme is shown through the narrative as the story shows the government breaking apart a couple of women's relationship, and that is what fascism is about, destroying anything that the government do not agree with, which is what they did.
Point-
Example-
Analysis-
Synthesis-
conclusion- I think that the revolution is the running theme throughout the whole film as the people are doing it for their freedom and v is because he was experimented on. Revolution for the people was because they didn't want to be under constant surveillance anymore and didn't want to be ruled by a government that did not take their thoughts and views into consideration, they wanted to be able to help change their country to way that they felt comfortable with.
Monday, 29 September 2014
The dawn of man
What meaning did it create?
What ideas are behind this scene?
Lower angles used, shows importance and power.
Centre of attention, because he is smashing bones, shows he is dominant one/more evolved.
Centre ape has changed, acting telling us it's the first time he has smashed the bones, the idea of using tools for the first time.
Camera follows the bone upwards and then goes to a shot of space, puts millions of years of evolution in one cut, because the bone and the spaceship have the same shape (graphic match).
Evolution - idea we evolved from apes (ape - man)
The framing shows the dominant ape because he is in the centre. Uses close ups on that ape.
Black pole appears and when the apes touch it, it cuts to the bone smashing- could help them to evolve. Pole is black- mysterious, may come from space. Their destiny is going to space.
Black pole comes from space (alien technology), the apes touch it and they learn things, they evolve. This could mean their evolution is caused by something from aliens.
God could have sent the pole, as the sun shot, considering god is supposedly in the sky.
Unusual shots are usually major plot points. E.g. The sun shot.
What meaning did it create?
What ideas are behind this scene?
Lower angles used, shows importance and power.
Centre of attention, because he is smashing bones, shows he is dominant one/more evolved.
Centre ape has changed, acting telling us it's the first time he has smashed the bones, the idea of using tools for the first time.
Camera follows the bone upwards and then goes to a shot of space, puts millions of years of evolution in one cut, because the bone and the spaceship have the same shape (graphic match).
Evolution - idea we evolved from apes (ape - man)
The framing shows the dominant ape because he is in the centre. Uses close ups on that ape.
Black pole appears and when the apes touch it, it cuts to the bone smashing- could help them to evolve. Pole is black- mysterious, may come from space. Their destiny is going to space.
Black pole comes from space (alien technology), the apes touch it and they learn things, they evolve. This could mean their evolution is caused by something from aliens.
God could have sent the pole, as the sun shot, considering god is supposedly in the sky.
Unusual shots are usually major plot points. E.g. The sun shot.
Friday, 26 September 2014
V for Vendetta
Sci fi, thriller and action to appeal to a bigger audience, mostly boys would watch these films. Appeals more to men because of actions and explosions(stereotypical). Male gaze. natalie's character gains power from V he helps her overcome her fears.
V is a terrorist, usually the antagonist, but not in the film. Masculine, blows stuff up.
Evie is nearly gets raped at the beginning, she is feminine (gets dressed up) by the end of the film she becomes a terrorist, becomes more masculine.
Giving you a female character to focus on, Evie is the hero.
Not a conventional sci fi film, but has parts that it is. This film is trying to get you to think that some of the things are happening now, people are actually controlling things now.
V is a mutant, he isn't actually human. Could be a superhero film, he has a cape, most mutants in films are heroes.
People who disagree with the government are classed at terrorist.
People who are tested on, immigrants, terrorists, disabled, homosexuals.
Thriller, exciting plot, crime(he is a terrorist), espionage.
Usually a thriller, police man(good person) solves mystery, goes through an investigation. Tries to catch V.
Not a normal film, quite complicated, questions are unanswered. Thriller because it creates mystery and ask questions about it. Could apply this to your life, trying to make you think about your own life.
Film is told from Evie and the detectives point of view (more than one point if view)
Who is behind the mask?, someone who doesn't agree with the government because he was in a concentration camp.
Why he is doing all of these things?, because of the detective we fins out his back story.
How did it get like that?, government started gased places secretly, told the people that it was terrorists, offered a solution so they look like heroes so they get put in power. Conspiracy theory.
Trying to make us think about conspiracy theory around our government.
Freedom vs protection
Not an action film but has action like elements (guns, fights, explosions) usually get slow mo, sound effects (not realistic) if it was real it wouldn't be entertaining.
V is a specialist (assassin), super power from his skills.
Not really an action, not a definable hero, V is a terrorist, he is but isn't a good bad. He tortures Evie, to make her stronger, make her have no fear. No particularly good characters.
Makes you want to think there is no good guy, bad guy.
He destroys the symbol of government at the end, V dies at the end and all of the leaders are dead so all of the people are leaders.
Trying to make us think it's our personal responsibility.
V is a terrorist, usually the antagonist, but not in the film. Masculine, blows stuff up.
Evie is nearly gets raped at the beginning, she is feminine (gets dressed up) by the end of the film she becomes a terrorist, becomes more masculine.
Giving you a female character to focus on, Evie is the hero.
Not a conventional sci fi film, but has parts that it is. This film is trying to get you to think that some of the things are happening now, people are actually controlling things now.
V is a mutant, he isn't actually human. Could be a superhero film, he has a cape, most mutants in films are heroes.
People who disagree with the government are classed at terrorist.
People who are tested on, immigrants, terrorists, disabled, homosexuals.
Thriller, exciting plot, crime(he is a terrorist), espionage.
Usually a thriller, police man(good person) solves mystery, goes through an investigation. Tries to catch V.
Not a normal film, quite complicated, questions are unanswered. Thriller because it creates mystery and ask questions about it. Could apply this to your life, trying to make you think about your own life.
Film is told from Evie and the detectives point of view (more than one point if view)
Who is behind the mask?, someone who doesn't agree with the government because he was in a concentration camp.
Why he is doing all of these things?, because of the detective we fins out his back story.
How did it get like that?, government started gased places secretly, told the people that it was terrorists, offered a solution so they look like heroes so they get put in power. Conspiracy theory.
Trying to make us think about conspiracy theory around our government.
Freedom vs protection
Not an action film but has action like elements (guns, fights, explosions) usually get slow mo, sound effects (not realistic) if it was real it wouldn't be entertaining.
V is a specialist (assassin), super power from his skills.
Not really an action, not a definable hero, V is a terrorist, he is but isn't a good bad. He tortures Evie, to make her stronger, make her have no fear. No particularly good characters.
Makes you want to think there is no good guy, bad guy.
He destroys the symbol of government at the end, V dies at the end and all of the leaders are dead so all of the people are leaders.
Trying to make us think it's our personal responsibility.
Friday, 19 September 2014
Camera shots
cinematography: To do with the framing, lighting, focus and positioning of the camera.
Deep focus: Depth applied to the area in focus within the frame, needs lots of light. Foreground, middle ground and background remain in focus.
Shallow focus: Narrow depth of field, it implies that only one plane of frame will remain sharp and clear.
Racking focus- makers change the focus on lenses to a subject in background from the foreground, and the other way round. Shifts audiences attention from one point to another
Zoom shot- maker changes focal length of lens in middle of the shot. Appears to get closer and further away at the same time
Rate- takes frames away from the second it speeds up and add more then it slows down.
Angle of framing- film from below or above the subject of the frame, is known as low or high angle.
Level of framing- height at which the camera is positioned
Canted framing- the camera is not level but tilted, used in action films and other that have lots of movement, displays disorder
Following shot/reframing- follows a character with pans, tilts and tracking. Focuses all the viewers attention on the character.
Point of view shot- places the camera where the viewer would imagine a characters gaze to be
Wide angle lens- distort the edges of a frame to emphasise the amount of space in the spot.
Extremely long shot- the scale of what is being seen, is tiny.
Long shot- the scale of what is being seen is small.
Medium shot- what is being viewed is taking up almost the entire height of the screen
Medium close up- what is being viewed is large and takes up most of the screen
Close up- what is being viewed is quite large and
takes up the entire screen e.g a persons head
Extreme close up- what is being viewed is very large, e.g part of a face
Crane shot- mounting a camera on a crane device, the weight of the camera is balanced by free weights at the other end where the camera man controls the shots.
Stedicam shot- for motion tracking shots. Harness that supports the camera
Pan- camera movement that follows the action
Tilt- vertical pan. Moves up, down rather than from one side to another.
Tracking shot- follows action through space in a variety of directions
Whip pan- like normal pan but with quicker movement
Deep focus: Depth applied to the area in focus within the frame, needs lots of light. Foreground, middle ground and background remain in focus.
Shallow focus: Narrow depth of field, it implies that only one plane of frame will remain sharp and clear.
Racking focus- makers change the focus on lenses to a subject in background from the foreground, and the other way round. Shifts audiences attention from one point to another
Zoom shot- maker changes focal length of lens in middle of the shot. Appears to get closer and further away at the same time
Rate- takes frames away from the second it speeds up and add more then it slows down.
Angle of framing- film from below or above the subject of the frame, is known as low or high angle.
Level of framing- height at which the camera is positioned
Canted framing- the camera is not level but tilted, used in action films and other that have lots of movement, displays disorder
Following shot/reframing- follows a character with pans, tilts and tracking. Focuses all the viewers attention on the character.
Point of view shot- places the camera where the viewer would imagine a characters gaze to be
Wide angle lens- distort the edges of a frame to emphasise the amount of space in the spot.
Extremely long shot- the scale of what is being seen, is tiny.
Long shot- the scale of what is being seen is small.
Medium shot- what is being viewed is taking up almost the entire height of the screen
Medium close up- what is being viewed is large and takes up most of the screen
Close up- what is being viewed is quite large and
takes up the entire screen e.g a persons head
Extreme close up- what is being viewed is very large, e.g part of a face
Crane shot- mounting a camera on a crane device, the weight of the camera is balanced by free weights at the other end where the camera man controls the shots.
Stedicam shot- for motion tracking shots. Harness that supports the camera
Pan- camera movement that follows the action
Tilt- vertical pan. Moves up, down rather than from one side to another.
Tracking shot- follows action through space in a variety of directions
Whip pan- like normal pan but with quicker movement
Thursday, 18 September 2014
how is the camera giving deeper meaning?
Good Fellas clip:
They use panning to follow the characters, tracking shot. There is only one shot, it doesn't cut to a different part, meaning that the man and woman are the main characters. Using one long take shows realism, giving the effect that it could actually happen.
The man has more importance, because the camera follows him throughout the restaurant.
He talks to al of the people he passes by, the owners sit them right at the front near the stage and he goes through the back entrance, meaning he is more privileged that he doesn't have to queue.
Batman clip:
Lots of close ups on the bad guys, don't see batman until later on in the clip. point of view shot giving the idea of what is going on and the surroundings. Following shot, tracking him that he goes up into the sky.
Close ups are mainly to show the peoples fear as the people are being taken one by one. Lots of movement with the camera, not particularly focused on one thing. Intensity of close ups, creates idea of being trapped. Batman is only seen when he wants to be seen, only glimpses to create mystery. Hides within the shadows. Point of view as they look around to see what is taking the others, motion blur.
Saving Private Ryan clip:
Lots of close ups showing reactions on their faces. cameras low down showing they have power until they are shot, they lose their power. Close up of his face. Slow motion as it shows shock when there is an explosion. He is always in focus, extreme close up helps to connect to the character. Low angled shots of camera looking up at the people, showing they have power then losing their power.
Underwater slow motion with no sound so you only focus on the people. See his hands shaking in the extreme close up. Shakey point of view of a solider to make it dramatic, so viewers can relate to it.
Inglorious bastards clip:
Guns under the table symbolising masculinity, phalic objects. More below the surface, secrecy.
Gone with the wind clip:
Panning. shallow focus with all of the dead bodies and injured people. Shows how small she is when it gradually pans out.
Main character is mostly in the centre. She shows more importance.
High up camera, as it gets wider it shows more and more dead bodies and injured people surrounding her.
Flag shows where they are, location, it is ripped meaning there is war, but its still flying showing hope. Bodies in the background of the flag showing they have hope.
They use panning to follow the characters, tracking shot. There is only one shot, it doesn't cut to a different part, meaning that the man and woman are the main characters. Using one long take shows realism, giving the effect that it could actually happen.
The man has more importance, because the camera follows him throughout the restaurant.
He talks to al of the people he passes by, the owners sit them right at the front near the stage and he goes through the back entrance, meaning he is more privileged that he doesn't have to queue.
Batman clip:
Lots of close ups on the bad guys, don't see batman until later on in the clip. point of view shot giving the idea of what is going on and the surroundings. Following shot, tracking him that he goes up into the sky.
Close ups are mainly to show the peoples fear as the people are being taken one by one. Lots of movement with the camera, not particularly focused on one thing. Intensity of close ups, creates idea of being trapped. Batman is only seen when he wants to be seen, only glimpses to create mystery. Hides within the shadows. Point of view as they look around to see what is taking the others, motion blur.
Saving Private Ryan clip:
Lots of close ups showing reactions on their faces. cameras low down showing they have power until they are shot, they lose their power. Close up of his face. Slow motion as it shows shock when there is an explosion. He is always in focus, extreme close up helps to connect to the character. Low angled shots of camera looking up at the people, showing they have power then losing their power.
Underwater slow motion with no sound so you only focus on the people. See his hands shaking in the extreme close up. Shakey point of view of a solider to make it dramatic, so viewers can relate to it.
Inglorious bastards clip:
Guns under the table symbolising masculinity, phalic objects. More below the surface, secrecy.
Gone with the wind clip:
Panning. shallow focus with all of the dead bodies and injured people. Shows how small she is when it gradually pans out.
Main character is mostly in the centre. She shows more importance.
High up camera, as it gets wider it shows more and more dead bodies and injured people surrounding her.
Flag shows where they are, location, it is ripped meaning there is war, but its still flying showing hope. Bodies in the background of the flag showing they have hope.
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