Film Studies

  The Gunfighter (Kissack 2014) Short film notes Parallel non-diegetic music Cow boys Panning camera Narrator - diegetic - the characters can hear and react to the narrator Spot light on the cowboy - centre of attention - he’s the one we ‘should be listening to’ Comedy The characters can hear the narrator and react to everything he’s saying Music turns from non-diegetic to diegetic as the characters start commenting on the ‘ominous’ music Tackle important issues?? Lots of comic relief through the tense actions  Plays around with the usual formula by turning it on its head Narrators accent changed from very western to quite central American mise - en - scene is still conventional to the western aesthetic Swimmer (Ramsay 2012) Short film notes Music during credits builds up tension in watcher Black and white underwater shot builds tension? - lighting Old/vintage music found starts to muffle as more eerie music fades in built up tension snaps when the child...

  To what extent is Bonnie and Clyde more a film about 1967 than the 1930s? The film Bonnie and Clyde was a film made in the year 1967, during this time was when there were a lot of cultural and social progressions, such as San Francisco Hippie movement, LGBTQ movements, Anti-Vietnam war protests, Civil rights movements, the second wave of feminist movements, and the overall boom of youth culture. There was also the removal of the Hays code which meant directors could show a lot more than they usually could. However, this film was set in the 1930s during a time of the great depression, lack of human rights and very strict gender roles. Throughout the film, although it's set in the 1930s, you can see a lot of the social progressions made in the time it was made (1967) rather than the time it was set. There are a lot of key events in the film which display these ‘out of the ordinary’ occurrences of the more modern behaviour rather than the behaviour which was commo...

Bonnie & Clyde Varieties of Film & Filmmaking Hollywood 1930-1990 (comparative) Pre-screening note Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur, penn: 1967) Set in the 1930s - reflecting standards of that year Genre: Crime drama - based on real events and characters Begins - Still photography, suggesting documentary like approach/Realism Stars and Stardom: Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway Beatty also influences the script Fatal flaw - Bonnie and Clyde coming multiple murders yet we still like them Taboos - sexually  Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker run off together (Not married) - Bonnie is only 19 Opening sequence - Bonnie seen as sexual woman - close ups Violence - often thought to be the most violent closing sequence in Hollywood New departure Thematically Chronology - time line Evident that controversial subject matter would not have passed the high censorious standards of the Hays Code (Now reformed as the MPAA since 1964) MPSS - Motion Picture Association of America ...