Juno - Representation of Parenthood

Ellen Page, who plays Juno MacGuff in the film Juno, portrays a teenager in the stages of her unplanned pregnancy. The style in Juno is similar to We Need To Talk About Kevin because they have both clever and quick dialogue. Juno is shown as a struggling teenager who forms a bond with her unborn that leads to difficult decisions later. This could relate to We Need To Talk About Kevin because Kevin could be because of the relationship between him and his mother. In Juno, she faces the fact that giving her children up for adoption would result in changing her child's life and breaking the bond between her and her child.

Django Unchained Stylistic Dialogue WORK FOR HALF TERM

This clip is about Klu Klux Klan (KKK), a white-american extremist organisation that was created after african-americans won their freedom from slavery. This clip that was in Django Unchained makes fun of the group and their racist views. At the beginning of the clip, the atmosphere is very tense and the surrounding men seem very sinister and scary with their masks. However as the clip progresses, we can see that the extremists are far from scary and sinister as the leader struggles with the organisations signature masks, which helped mask their identity. Although when removed, their faces and voices portray average and slightly stupid men, which makes this a funny mock clip about the KKK. The actors in this scene speak with accent from where the KKK originated. 

Assessed Writing

The film 'V for Vendetta' represents a dystopian future where revenge is portrayed through one of the main characters, V, in which he threatens the fascist life that is created by the deceitful government, in order to get revenge and gain freedom. The moral that freedom is more important than life, is represented throughout this film. Revenge is one of the main themes throughout the film, as V wants to get back at the government for the unjustified experiments that killed thousands of people in order to create a perfect race, including V himself where he was disfigured by the mistakes of the government. The theme of Guy Fawkes is also present in the film, whether it's shown through the masks worn on V in order to hide his true identity  or whether its the symbolic reference to blowing up the parliament in the final scene. The government uses fear to control the people, whether its the fascist views that has some references to Hitler, especially Chancellor Sutler's speech, with Nazi type flags and uniform. This sets the scene for the film. V tries to get across the idea that you shouldn't trust your government as they are all responsible for their future and they all the antagonist, even V himself, however we see him as the protagonist as his views are justified. When people are united through an idea there is no stopping what can happen. This was the message that V was trying to get across, and as V said in his scene with Creedy, "Ideas are bullet proof". The idea that we support both an antagonist and terrorist that is V, is that his ideas and means are justified, this would be another moral that is taught that terrorism is condemned as long as it's justified. This is what I think the film is trying to say as we see V as everyone, as everything that has happened to their government; damaged, broken and corrupt.

V for Vendetta Swede

Editing and credit to Briony: http://brionysfilm.blogspot.co.uk/

In our group was Briony, Adam, Nick and I. Our tasks was to re-create a scene which shows British National Identity. We worked together with Ben, Priscilla, Aaron and Anna to help each other with filming so that we would have enough actors for our scene. I enjoyed filming for these scenes as it helped me understand the mise-en-scene that goes into the different scenes. I had different roles in shooting the scenes, such as filming, lighting and props. I believe that in each of these I have contributed well. Improvements that could have been made would be that the sound for some of the video is low quality because these were filmed further away from the actor then other scenes. We could improved this if the actor spoke louder when the camera is further away.

Examples of gender roles in this scene could be Chancellor Sutler, played by Aaron, who shows power by enforcing fear in his audience. It tells the story of how the nation has been deprived of freedom and relates to the narration, done by Nick.

These videos are from the other group which was Ben, Priscilla, Nick and Anna's group in which we helped with the filming lighting and acting in some scenes.

Juno and We Need to Talk About Kevin film comparison

How is parenthood represented throughout the two films?

Parenthood in Juno is represented similar to parenthood in We Need to Talk about Kevin in a way because the mother, Ellen Page, struggles the most during her pregnancy because she carries the child and suffers the symptoms of pregnancy, whereas the dad does not suffer.

We Need to Talk about Kevin is similar to Juno because the mother of Kevin, Eva, struggles more with raising her son than her husband, Frank does. This shows us that she is struggling more than her partner like Ellen in Juno.

Similarities:

• They both aren't conventional, and don't fit the classic hollywood narrative.
• Both involves the struggles of parenthood.
• They both involve the struggles of motherhood and the bond between a child and its mother.

Differences:

• We Need to Talk About Kevin is more of a psychological thriller whereas Juno is more of a smart comedy.
• We Need to Talk About Kevin involves the growth of Kevin, the son, whereas the child in Juno isn't shown older in the film.

Gender roles in V for Vendetta scene

What significant examples are there of gender roles in the characters?

This moment when Evey comes through the door could be yonic imagery which could represented Evey being born again as she has got rid of her fear. Also she has lost her femininity as she has had her hair shaven, with in turn has given her power and strength.

V is cradling her head which would be as if he was her father figure because he's protecting her when she's vulnerable and in an emotional state. He's gets down to her level in order to sympathise with her and connect with her.

He tries to shelter her from the rain with his coat, this is yet again another relation to a father figure symbol. But she refused to wear it, almost as if to say she doesn't want to be sheltered anymore.

This image represents Evey showing power and strength and she has been released from her imprisonment. It also shows how she's reborn again as it relates to baptism because she is baptised by the rain. She is looked on by V so this could again be a father figure symbol.

Objectification of Women

Women in 'V for Vendetta' and 'Children of Men' are represented differently, for example in Children of Men the women are represented as vulnerable and should be protected. This is shown throughout most of the film when the main protagonist protects the only pregnant women for years, she is shown as fragile and scared, only with the help of the main protagonist, a male, she is saved. 

However, in V for Vendetta, one of the main protagonists, Evie, is a women, therefore the representation of women is different because Evie is seen as an action women. But this is only possible after she overcomes the torture that she is put through by the male protagonist, V. During this time of the film she is only able to gain her strength when she has overcome her fear of dying.

The main female character in Children of Men, who is pregnant, could represent the future dystopian Britain because even though the views are corrupt, she shows hope with the idea that a baby can be born. Without her, there would be no quest for the hero to finish and nothing to unite the nation.

Evie from V for Vendetta could represent the country being reborn again. This is shown through the scene with V after Evie finds out the V was the one who tortured her. She is able to gain strength back after she is 'baptised' with the rain. She also refuses shelter from V which shows that she's the dominant character in the scene.

V for Vendetta Character Priest scene

Do the characters use or challenge the stock characters of the genre and how does this create meaning?

This image represents the character that is the bishop as the stock character of the 'Whisky Priest', which is where his morals do not abide to the norm of the religious status. In this case, the bishop in the scene is with Evey, posing as a prostitute, dressed as a young girl. It also symbolic that the painting of Jesus on the cross is also in the scene as this shows that his religion is looking down on the bishop, judging him. It could also be there to show that there are eyes on the bed, to show clues of the sins that are about to partake there.

Evey acts as a helpless young women, who as her stock character, would be a 'Damsel in Distress', as she is trying to fight but is struggling. It doesn't help that Evey is dressed as a innocent young girl.

In this picture, V is the 'Lone Vigilant' as he bursts through the doors saving Evey from the bishop, all with a low camera angle, as seen here, to make V look more powerful than the others in the scene. He protects Evey from the bishop which could show how he is also a hero as well.

Representation of Men and Women - THE GODFATHER

What does the location tell us about the character?

The location is at an office which means that the character, head chief, often spends time at work. Which, in turn leads to an unhappy relationship with his wife/girlfriend.

What does the lighting tell us about the character?

The lighting is dark, with ambience as their is a contrast of light and dark. Their is bright lighting on the women and dark lighting on the man which shows that their is a barrier between the two characters. It also shows that he might be hiding something. Another reason why the man is in the shadow is that it could mean that h is in the shadow of his father. Although he does come out of the darkness of the light which could show how he is opening up to her.

How are the characters positioned to each other?

The man is sitting down then gets up as he gets more frustrated, whereas the women is isolated from the other men, and the door is closed on her. Which could could also refer to the fact that she has been shut out off her husbands life, or more specifically, her husbands work life. Even though the women looks isolated, she takes up most of the screen, which could show that she has a important role in the movie.

V for Vendetta - NARRATIVE

V - His role is different because he is both protagonist and antagonist, tin which he rebels yet for the right morals. He is one of the main characters and as a vigilante and anti hero, he has to be anonymous. This effect, even though he's classed as a terrorist, leads you to side with him. The camera angles that are often used on V are close ups, which shows that he's an important person in the movie:-

Evey - Her role at the beginning of the novel is minimal, she doesn't really stand out as a strong character as she acts weak, and defenceless when faced by dangerous men at the start of the film. However, as the film continues, she gains strength in the pain and torture that she is put through by V. This leads us to relate to her as she seems the most sane person when she is most vulnerable in comparison to strong characters such as V:-

Creedy - Our immediate views of Creedy from the beginning is that he has secrets and is quite powerful from the start, this is mainly by the lighting that we get in his introduction to the movie. However as the film progresses, we see that he loses his power as his people start to rebel when V influences with his different power. Ending:- 

Creedy: Die! Die! Why won't you die?... Why won't you die?

V: Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy. And ideas are bulletproof!