Winter's Bone

How far does "Winter's Bone" rely upon an understanding of its social context?

An example of Winter's Bone social context would be strongly seen when Ree goes to visit Teardrop while looking for her dad. For Winter's Bone the social context is that they live in a society where the men are in charge and the women have to follow what they say, this is the society they are forced to live in and its very patriarchal and controlled. For Ree this is different as she lives in a female based how due towards the absence of her father so she has to be the controlling one and is the main support of the family.
As she enters the house she needs to ask permission to come in, the man of the house is the one that needs to confirm wether the women can come in. This is the social reality that the women have to face in this way of living, the women are objectified and have to do domestic chores around the house while the men work and come home and do nothing, the women are bossed around by the men and have to listen to what they say and they are not aloud to talk back or view their opinions or speak up about their feelings. This turns from a tracking shot going into a wide shot, due to this the audience would have to have a more active viewing point as there isn't a lot of editing going on or multiple take of shots, this is due to the film being a neorealist film, this means that its very environmental and not a lot of editing is taken place, also they don't use a lot of actors. Most of the people seen throughout the film aren't even actors they are just real people facing the situations and having to interact with each other. This makes the film appear more realistic and allows the audience to question the film as it doesn't tell you what is going on throughout the film

Teardrop holds the most dominance throughout everyone in this scene as he is the man of the house and also the oldest, he holds a very rude attitude and talks back to others in an angry and disrespectful manor but he is able to get away with is due to him being higher in the social ground, for example when Victoria speaks to him he instantly shuts her down and tells her to "shut up" He avoids eye contact with her and doesn't bother to be polite or respectful to his wife. He holds a very scary domeanor and also appears to be very rough and willing to cause and argument and most likely end it. As we are able to see he is in possession of a gun which represents his act of violence and also how free the people in the living area are able to be in possession  of violent weapons, he also shows strong acts of violence and aggressions toward his family members and other characters if the film especially Ree. We can see that Teardrop resorts towards violence when he feels agitated and angered towards other people again as an audience we must be more passive as we see Teardrop holding Ree in a chokehold and grappling her hair and putting her in pain, this shows a sign of being higher in social representation because as he does this " I already said shut up with my mouth" this means that he will resort towards violence and force to make Ree be quiet and not talk about her dad anymore. With the close up shot of Ree and Teardrop in the threatening position that they are in, this makes if feels as if the audience is seeing it for themselves as it is also in an hand held position to make it more realistic and amp up the tensions that the characters may be feeling.