Poppy's Film Studies

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 bosse...

While making this short film there was quite a few ups and downs with; working together, the planning and I think just the whole execution and process of the film was difficult as a whole, but we managed to pull through and make this work. All three of us didn't know each other and what our strengths were when going into this for the first time, but we where able to adapt and be able to use each other's ideas effectively. We came up with the idea straight away and was able to figure out what did and didn't work and support each other's ideas, we supported and adapted situations to how we could make it work and exchanged knowledge such as; working a camera, editing, the relation to the mise-en-scene and to how we want the film, scenes to look and the overall outcome. I think when we started we where all very excited and fired up and being all "This is going to be so easy" but it wasn't, we had to think about; Costumes, concept, costumes, the meaning and ...

Pale Man Scene. During the start of the scene that audience is able to see the contrast of lighting and also the colour aesthetic between the real world compared to Ofelia's fantasy world. The real world holds a cold blue tone towards the fantasy world of having a warm golden tone, ultimately it's almost as if the fantasy is brighter and more welcoming and a place Ofelia wants to be compared towards the real world as its more cold and darker. As Ofelia opens the door a light is immediately shown and brightens up Ofelia and highlights how she looks in this scene, the use of upper lighting adds more highlight towards Ofelia however its not in a scary or menacing way, its more warm and welcoming compared to how upper lighting tends to be used for. The camera begins to zoom out and also fade which will  make Ofelia look more smaller and insecure compared to her surroundings, however it sticks to the rule of thirds as Ofelia remains to be place in the middle of the shot which wil...

Stoker- Staircase disadvantage sequence. During this sequence the two characters India and Charlie as there is a contrast between the two as they seem to try and control who is more superior than the other. India begins at the bottom of the stairs and the shot is show from a High angle, this is used to make India appear to be smaller making her seem inferior, this adds to the impact and irony as she is at the bottom of the stairs. However Charlie is at the top of the stairs and is shot at a low angle making his appear bigger therefore more superior towards India. The director as used to to help the audience identify who is more powerful than the other in the scene, however this will tend to cause confusion as the shots shift and so does the position of the characters and where they are placed in the scene. India begins to move up the stairs as charlie moves down, which then turns towards it being the two shot, this is the only time the two are seen to be level and balanced throughou...