10 Cloverfield Lane - Film (Week 24)

Crew:
Directer - Dan Trachtenberg
Writer - Josh Campbell & Matthew Stuecken
Producer - J.J. Abrams & Lindsey Weber
Music - Bear McCreary
Cinematography - Jeff Cutter

Cast
Howard - John Goodman
Michelle - Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Emmett - John Gallagher Jr
Woman - Suzanne Cryer
Ben (Voice) - Bradley Cooper

Genre:
Drama, Horror, Mystery

Theme:
Trust, Abuse, Determination, Fear, Death, Uncertainty.

Year:
2016

Running Time:
103 minutes

Budget:
$5 million

Box Office:
$38 million (Current)

Production Company:
Paramount Pictures, Bad Robot

Narrative:
After getting into a car accident, Michelle ends up in a bunker with two strangers, who tell her there has been a chemical attack on the country

Sound: 
Sound is very unique within this films. There is lots of diagetic and non diagetic sound within the movie, including music to help build tensions and the atmosphere. At one point within the film, all the sound gets drained, and there is a ringing over the top. This was from the point of view of Michelle. It makes the audience react in the same way she did, because they are feeling and hearing what she is.

Pulp Fiction - Film (Week 23)

Crew:
Director - Quentin Tarantino
Writer - Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary
Producer - Lawrence Bender
Editor - Sally Menke
Cinematographer - Andrzej Sekula

Cast:
Vincent Vega - John Travolta
Jules Winnfield - Sam L. Jackson
Pumpkin/Ringo - Tim Roth 
Hunny Bunny/Yolanda - Amanda Plummer
Marsellus Wilson - Ving Rhames

Genre:
Crime, Drama

Themes:

Violence, death, crime, guilt, redemption, selfishness. 

Running Time:
154 minutes

Year:
1994

Budget:
$8 million

Box Office:
$213 million

Narrative:

Pulp Fiction has a non-linear narrative, the story does not go in chronological order, as it follows different characters in their perspective at different times. 

Two hitmen, Jules and Vincent are tying to retrieve a suitcase for their boss Marsellus, who also asked Vincent to take his wife out for dinner. 

Themes Analysis:

Selfishness - Selfishness is a main theme within Butch's story, as he steals Marsellus' money and run away with it after they made a fair deal. Marsellus also paid Butch, a boxer, to lose his next fight. All of their unrelated stories get woven together in a series of funny, bizzare and uncalled for incidents. 

Microfeatures:

Cinematography - The cinematography is very unique within this film, whenever Vince and Jules have scenes, the camera is sometimes at a low angle, showing how much power the two of them have. They also know they have power within the film, because they work for Marsellus. However, they are not the only characters that are shown from a low angle. Many characters that have guns and hold the power within their scene are shot from a low angle, for example, Ringo, who robs the restaurant at the end of the film, is shown from a low angle because he holds the power within the scene as he is the only one with a weapon.

Quentin Tarantino & Spike Lee

Quentin Tarantino:

Spike Lee

Beachcomber - Film London 2014 Slate

A Beachomber is on a quest to find more than just treasure under the pebbles and stones on the beaches of Brighton.

Running Time - 14 minutes. 

Analysis:

Music/Sound:

Throughout the film, there is very tranquil like, calming music. This goes well with Steven, because he is 65 and would want a slower, quieter, and simple life. To add to the calming music, the sound of the sea is very peaceful and smooth representing him again, and how peaceful he is alone, living by the sea, doing the same thing everyday, and not getting bored of it.

Cinematography:

The cinematography within this film is very warming. The establishing shots of the shore are really beautiful and soothing. The repeated establishing shots of the sea each morning shows the audience that nothing in his life is changing, and how each day is just the same as the last.

Producers: Nana Wilson & Judith Lunny

Nana Wilsons's other work:

Judith Lunny's other work:

Director & Writer: Peter Coventry

Peters Coventry's other work:

Carnage - Film (Week 22)

Crew:

Director - Roman Polanski

Producer - Said Ben Said

Writer - Yasmina Reza

Music - Alexandre Desplat

Cinematographer - Pawel Edelman

Cast:

Penelope Longstreet - Jodie Foster

Nancy Cowen - Kate Winslet

Alan Cowen - Christopher Waltz

Michael Foster - John C. Reilly

Genre:

Comedy

Drama

Themes:

Verbal Aggression

Parenthood

Marriage

Defence

Social Behaviour

Year:

2011

Running Time:

79 minutes

Production Company:

SBS Productions

Budget:

$25 million

Box Office:

$27 million

Narrative:
Two pairs of parents come together to discuss a dispute between their children. A film set in one room over the period of an 1 hour and 20 mins, we get to see how everything goes down hill, and how conversation can jump to different ones. 

Themes analysis:

Parenthood is a main theme within this film because the characters act very formal and adult-like at the start of the film, being very kind to each other and making the situation very calm and easy to the handle. Then throughout the film, they seem to lose the parent-like attitude and everything goes downhill. They seem to turn into children themselves.  

Social Behaviour is another themes within the movie, because it shows how people really act. It is quite an accurate representation of how people react to certain things that are said or what someone had done. People react and act in different ways and the movie shows that. Christopher Waltz's character is very calm and reacts very bluntly and sarcastically to what is said, while Jodie Foster's character cries when everything gets too much for her.