The document discusses conventions used in films to portray realistic family conflicts and struggles. It provides examples from the films "8 Mile" and "Fish Tank" that depict an alcoholic mother and lack of family values or structure. The proposed student film would use similar conventions to show the main character Sky witnessing her neglectful mother drinking alcohol and having a heated argument with her in flashbacks, portraying inner conflicts and realistic struggles like alcoholism and depression. This establishes parallels to films that realistically depict family dysfunction.
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2. Convention you are applying in
opening sequence
Use/develop or challenge?
HOW?
WHY?
Similarities/differences to real
films
Conflicts include inner/outer
realistic struggles depicting
alcoholism, depression and neglect.
Use.
• In Sky’s (main character) flash
backs she witnesses her mother
drinking alcohol.
Film: 8 Mile
This is similar to the film 8 Mile as
Jimmy’s mother is an alcoholic.
portray realistic characters in
conflict with either themselves or
others.
Use.
• In Sky’s (main character) flash
backs she has a heated
argument with her mother
which she storms out the door.
Film:
3. Convention Explanation Example from real film
Swearing The ‘mother 'swearing in front
of the kinds which gives an bad
example therefore the children
end up swearing too .
Fish tank-the mother in fish
tank is not very caring or know
the way to show her love to
her children she always
swearing at them .
Drugs and alcohol The ‘mother’ drinking and
smoking which influenced kids
to do the same .
Fish tank –mother drinking &
smoking in front of her
children
No norms and value in the
family
There is no family value in the
house for example when are
they going to eat a meal
together or they should not be
any swearing at the house.
Fish tank –Not having a meal
together