What Richard Did - Film Analysis

What Richard Did is a 2013 Irish Drama, directed by Lenny Abrahamson, and written by Malcolm Campbell, produced by Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe. The music was by Steven Rennicks and the cinematography was by David Grennan. The film runs for 88 minutes and it has a rating of 15. Its cast includes Jack Reynor (Richard Karlsen), Fionn Walton (Cian Fox), Gavin Drea (Stephen O'Brien), Patrick Gibson (Jake Galvin) and Liana O'Cleirigh (Clodagh Grady). The films budget was not that big, but it brought in nearly $500,000 in the box office.

Music:
The film had hardly any music, and whenever there was music, it was really faint and subtle. Music within films normally brings excitement helps the audience feel a certain emotion, but with this film, there wasn't any music to do this, so the audience can have their own view and feel the emotion they want to based around the events they see. The film is a representation of real life, so no music was needed, and to make it a true representation, the director would have wanted the raw sound of each scene, especially during the silent scenes, where there would be no dialog. 

Editing:
the editing within this film was the main thing that really stood out to me. Especially at the end of one scene, the audio for the next one would overlap onto it, making the transitions very slick. The longs scenes of no dialog added to the atmosphere the whole film is giving off, you know from the start that something isn't right. For me, the whole film seemed to have some sort of tint of colour on it, or the colours have been brightened and faded in some places and during some scenes. Some scenes would seem more blue, and others green. Blue means trust, loyalty, faith and heaven. These scenes were mainly when Richard was alone with his girlfriend, and because blue is a calming colour, it is showing they are comfortable with each other.  

In other scenes, I saw a green sort of tint to them, especially during the scene where Richard is talking to his father outside. Green means safety, life, energy, fertility and environment. This makes sense during this scene because Richard should feel safe talking to his father about what he did. 
The film seemed quite 'slow' and boring until Richard got into the fight with Conor, but the slowness adds to the reality of it. It is a representation of real life, and real life is slow in general. 

Deadpool - Film (Week 21)

Crew:
Director - Tim Miller
Writer - Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick
Producer - Simon Kinberg & Ryan Reynolds & Laura Shuler Donner
Music - Junkie XL
Cinematography - Ken Seng 
Film Editing -Julian Clarke

Cast:
Deadpool - Ryan Reynold
Dopinder - Karan Soni
Ajax - Ed Skrein
Warlord - Michael Benyaer
Colossus - Stefan Kapicic

Genre:
Action, Adventure, Comedy

Themes:
Violence, Love, Revenge, Despair, Hope, Judgement

Year:
2016

Running Time:
108 minutes

Budget:
$58 million

Box Office:
$493 million

Production Company:
Marvel Enterprises, Donners' Company, The Kinberg Genre.

Narrative:

A man gets cured for cancer and is turned into a super human, however he pays a price when this happens. He seeks revenge and tries to change back to normal by the person who changed him. 

Music:

The music from this film is unlike many others. Other films don't normally have lyrics to their music but in deadpool, it does. It adds to the 'cool' look that he is giving off and unlike a superhero he actually is, because no one would expect that type of music in a film like that. The non Diagetic music still drives adrenaline through the audience, creating them to feel different types of emotions at certain points within the film. 

Comparison - Inglourious Basterds & Miracle at St Anna

Inglourious Basterds:
Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 War film directed and written by Quentin Tarantino. The film is 2 hours 33 minutes long and it falls under the genres of Action, Drama and War. The Production Company for this film was Universal Pictures.  Its budget was $75 million and it went on to make $321 million in the Box Office. Some of its cast include Brad Pitt, Melanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Michael Fassbender and Diane Kruger. 

Miracle at St Anna:
Miracle at St. Anna is a 2008 War film directed by Spike Lee. The film is 2 hours 40 minutes long and falls under the genres of Action, Crime, War and Drama. Its Production Company was 40 Acres & aA Mule Filmworks. Its budget was $45 million and it made $9 million at the Box Office. Its cast includes actors such as Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonzo, Omar Benson Miller and Pierfrancesco Favino.

Both of these film are very similar, both being set in world war 2 and following its main events, and are both within the war genre. Even though these two film are similar, they are also quiet different. Inglourious Basterds follows the story of a Jewish girl with history with one of the Nazi Leaders, and also a group of Jewish U.S. Soldiers through France. Miracle at St. Anna follows a group of black U.S. soldiers thought the town of Italy. Even though these films follow very different points of view, they ultimately show the same main themes, which are discrimination and hate. For example, Inglourious Basters deals with the Jews being hated and killed in Germany, and also black people being hated as well. An example of this is the Jewish girl that owns the cinema, hosting a German film premiere, has a black man working for her. A nazi leader told her that she cannot have him working that night when the premiere takes place. Miracle at St. Anna deals with racial hatred and an example of this would be the black soldiers not being served in the cafe. Also black people weren't treated as fairly as white people were. They seemed to be used in war as targets for the enemy. In some senses, they were sent to be killed. 

The way these films were shown are in different ways. Inglourious Basterds has a linear structure. The story starts at the beginning and carries on chronologically all the way through even though there is a 3 year gap. Miracle at St. Anna is set as a flashback, which is a non linear narrative. The man at the beginning and the end is in the 'current day' when the movie was set and the story flashes back to his memories of what happened.

Goosebumps - Film (Week 19)

Crew:
Director - Rob Letterman 
Writer - Darren Lemke
Producer - Deborah Forte & Neal H. Moritz
Editor - Jim May
Music - Danny Elfman
Cinematographer - Javier Aguirresarobe

Cast:
Stine - Jack Black
Zach - Dylan Minnette
Hannah - Odeya Rush 
Champ - Ryan Lee
Gale - Amy Ryan

Genre:
Adventure
Comedy
Fantasy

Themes:
Fear
Courage

Year:
2015

Running Time:
143 minutes

Budget:
$58 million

Box Office:
$141 million

Production Company:
Columbia Pictures

Narrative:
R.L. Stines monsters are released from his books and cause chaos in the town. Zack teams up with him and his daughter Hannah to try and get them back.

Music:
Music was used a lot throughout this film, to build tension and for comedic moments. Without the music, the audience would not have reacted how they did during certain parts of the film. Music also helps create the right atmosphere which tells the audience what sort of mood different scenes have.

Poltergeist - Film (Week 18)

Crew:
Director - Gil Kenan
Writer - David Lindsay-Abaire
Producers - Sam Raimi & Rob Tapert
Music - Marc Streitenfleld
Cinematography - Javier Aguirresarobe

Cast:
Eric Bowen - Sam Rockwell
Amy Bowen - Rosemarie DeWitt
Kendra Bowen - Saxon Sharbino
Griffin Bowen - Kyle Catlett
Madison Bowen - Kennedi Clements

Genre:
Horror
Thriller

Themes:
Determination
Sacrifice
Fear
Family

Year:
2015

Running Time:
133 minutes

Budget:
$35 million

Box Office:
$95 million

Production Company
Fox 2000 Pictures
Ghost House Pictures

Narrative:

The unemployed Eric Bowen moves with his wife Amy and their children Kendra, Griffin and Madison to a house in the suburb. Strange events happen in the house and when Eric and Amy go to a dinner party, they learn that the house was built on an old cemetery but the bodies were moved to another one. Meanwhile Kendra, Griffin and Madison are haunted by ghosts and the little girl vanishes. Eric and Amy do not go to the police since there is no feasible explanation for what has happened, but Amy goes to the Paranormal Research Department of the university. The team goes to the house and their leader Dr. Brooke Powell summons the specialist Carrigan Burke to help. 

Determination:

Determination is a main theme within the film because the family will not stop until they have their daughter back from the poltergeists.