Homework - 10th December

V for vendetta characters

Dietrich - this characters role is to be a fatherly figure for Evey and he shows that he cares about the medias representation as he hides all his beliefs away from his job and has Evey come over to his house so he looks like he is having women over.

Mr Creedy - this characters role is to show that our government are corrupt as he sells out his own boss so that he can get a higher politicial position, we see the message that we shouldn't believe what we see as what this character has done is secret and he is in the shadows.

Porthero - this characters manipulates the people and shows the audience that we shouldn't believe the media.

Sutler - Sutler is like a puppet and he backs all the project. He shows the audience that too much power is never good.

The people of London - we see the change within these people as at first they have no power but by V standing up, they then all joint in to fight for their rights. They wear the mask to hide their fears and also to stand up as a group. They are shown at first of being quite trusting to their government. They show the message of power in numbers.

V - he shows that it only takes one person to stand up. He represents the idea of freedom and symbolises freedom to many people. He is not just a terrorist but a freedom fighter too.

Evey - this character represents that sometimes we need to be tortured to loose our fear. She becomes a stronger character throughout the film as she starts off vulnerable and ends up being the person who blows up parliament.


Children of men characters

Theo - the only way to help

Jasper - always willing to help

Kee - the only last hope of youth getting back to world

Immigrants -

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Children of men themes mood-board

Help for coursework

Macro - themes, messages and values, genre, narrative (how a story being told) (characters), techniques used in telling a story, representation, style, authorship 

Choices within film: English spoken, same macro framework, same genre, only one Hollywood and one independent, within last ten years 

Success: 

Excellent analysis, excellent, knowledge and understanding, excellent ability to communicate, excellent application and evaluation, terminology, meaning, detail 

Four areas of coursework :

Textual analysis (1000-1500 words) 

Planning

Creative artefact (film or storyboard and script) 

Evaluation 

Only get one draft for coursework!! 

V for vendetta characters

Creedy:
"Be aware of people in the shadows"
He is responsible for the water pollution
Powerful, dangerous, corrupt
Secret police
This could happen in our country
Furthers his political position - sells out his own boss, corrupt
He kills Sutler
In co-operation with V
He is secret, don't believe what you hear
Terrorist, mass murderer

Evie: 
Vulnerable at the beginning, nearly gets raped by police, v saves her, she got caught
Looses identity - looses hair and fear
Becomes a stronger person
V represents freedom to her
She is responsible for blowing up parliament - revenge for her, she is there to live it
V makes her loose fear by torturing her
V is more important to her, as he represents freedom, than her own life
Social responsibility

Voice of London: 
Voice of propaganda
From lark hill - people don't know that - just that he is a powerful leader
Manipulates people - illusion of choice
Aggressive
Don't believe the media

V: 
Starts off saving Evie's life (heroic)
Freedom fighter and terrorist
Good side to him
Strong and powerful
He went to lark hill - he got experimented on and was the only person who survived
He is mentally scared
Killing people - revenge and protection for country
You just need one person to stand up !

Population: 
They had no power at first
Stand up against everyone  the army too
Mask hides their fear and makes them all a group together
Rebellion
Power in numbers
Start - children, have a lot of fear
Walk up unarmed to the armed - they have lost their fear
They were all separate at the beginning
If you're scared of you're government you're in trouble
Unity

Bishop: 
High authority at lark hill
Hides behind religion
Corrupt
Peadophile
Faith and state together is bad

Detrix:
Protects Evie - fatherly figure as her parents died
He is a tv presenter - in the media
Steven fry - homosexual
Room = qur'ran, flags, naked photography - hidden away in his basement, rebellious
Contrast with the voice of London

Chancellor Sutler: 
He holds whole story
Backs project
Like a puppet
People are scared of him but too know that they should respect him
Too much power isn't good - it will come back and get you

V for vendetta themes

Themes :

Terrorism 

Revenge 

Oppression 

Government 

Corrupt society 

Fear

Rebellion 

Revolution 

Media 

Ideas : 

Government is bad (oppression) 

Terrorism is positive 

Pro- revolution 

Freedom fighter not terrorist 

Could there be a link between v for vendetta and our society today!? 

"People shouldn't be afraid of their government, the government should be afraid of their people" 

Government ? Deceived them (public) - water pollution, made the virus and a cure. Targeted to kids. Did it for war. Lark hill - human experiments, made the cure - control population, safety and trust in government - did it for money 

Publicised by the media 

They caused terrorism 

Religion - they thought that it was given by God

Themes - distopian

Distopian films:
Metropolis
Idiotocurcy
Surrogates
Minority report
Blade runner
The hunger games
Gattaca
Fahrenheit
Soylent green
Logan's run

Themes often seen in distopian films :
Government - totalitarian, excessive control
Propaganda - media, controls ideas
Crime - "police state"
Monitoring - CCTV
No resources
Overpopulation - a 'super class' in control, global banks
Technology - de humanisation, genetic, robots
War/terrorism

Sound heard in films

Avatar 

Dialogue, clicking of fingers, twitching, blinking, stretching, walking steps, falling down, machines moving, doors slamming, door opening, ball bouncing, screaming, ball hitting net, landing on bouncer, trees moving, sliding across mud, moving clothes, turn off light, body clicking, touching body, eyes moving, birds tweeting, machines beeping, tree moving, wobbling, tail hitting things, mud inbetween feet and toes, bang on window, jumping off equipment, laughter, robot clicking 

Wall-E - sci-fi, futuristic

Squeaking noises, metal noises, shooting, explosion, tone of voice, twisting noise, whistles, beeping, squeaking door, crys, metal rustling, dialogue, beeping sounds

Children of men 

Non diegetic, voice over to start off - not multicultural - deporting immigrants - English accent - no children are being born 

Sound perspective cars - busy city, loud 

Diegetic - creaming, bomb 

Ringing sound - diegetic, coming from his mind, see that we are going to see from his point of view 

Foreign direlects - pleading for help, not a good future

Trains, sirens, buzzers 

Sound terminology

Diegetic - sound that you can see
Non-diegetic - sound not from set
Synchronous - matched with action on screen
Non simultaneous - sound that happens before the image
Direct sound - recorded at time of filming
Post synchronisation dubbing - adding sound after filmed
Off screen - can hear but not see, happening off screen
Sound perspective - refers to distance of sound

Sound editing :
Sound bridge - sound over a visual transition
Voice over - character voice over clip
Sonic flashback - sound that is used earlier in the film
Film music - theme music / soundtrack