Evaluation task 2
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Tom Thomson analyzes the character of Alex, a cold-hearted killer in a crime thriller film. Alex murders two drug dealers with no remorse, similar to killers in The Godfather and Bad Boys II. Alex is a typical character for the crime thriller genre who kills without emotion. He possesses the qualities of efficient, aggressive killers seen in examples like The Godfather, Scarface, and Bad Boys. Alex is efficient, completing missions quickly like the Bad Boys killer. He is also aggressive, kicking in doors and shooting without question like the killer in Scarface. Alex's plain, blending-in costumes help him avoid detection and contribute to his efficiency.
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Creative critical reflection.
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Treatment
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Ibrahim question 1
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Question 1
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Evaluation Question 2
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Question 2 Evaluation
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This document analyzes the key conventions of thriller films that are used in a media product. It discusses the conventional features including the protagonist as a detective investigating clues, the antagonist as a wanted murderer portrayed as menacing. The main themes of crime, revenge and panic are typical of thrillers. While the setting of a library challenges conventions, the empty space creates unease. Iconography like weapons and tense music also conform to thriller tropes. The enigma centers around identifying the killer and motive, aligning with crime thriller questions. In several ways, the media product adheres to typical thriller conventions while also challenging the stereotypical setting.
Textual analysis
The document analyzes the opening sequence of the film "Bullet Boy" through its use of sound, mise-en-scene, characters, and cinematography. Soft piano music plays during emotional moments and stops for dialogue to emphasize words. The main character wears a tracksuit indicating his working-class background. Quick cuts are used when someone is discovered in the car's boot, moving the plot forward in a realistic style typical of social realism films. The sequence establishes the main character's release from prison and reconnection with his friend and brother set against the backdrop of their working-class community.
Zombieland analysis
The title sequence of Zombieland establishes it as both a horror and comedy film through various indicators. It shows iconic horror elements like gore and the colors red and black. However, it also depicts comedic conventions, such as a zombie interrupting a wedding. While the sequence exposes viewers to many scenes and characters, it does not clearly convey the narrative or main protagonists. The slow-motion cinematography adds humor and offsets the gore.
Thriller representations
The document discusses conventions of the thriller genre and how the author's short film challenges some of these conventions. It summarizes that typical thrillers involve action scenes like chases and fighting, with heroes defeating villains. However, the author's film subverts expectations by revealing the couple are actually the killers, not the undercover police investigator as initially presented. It also notes the film challenges conventions through having no history between the characters and an unexpected twist that makes sympathizing with the characters harder for viewers.
Zombieland analysis
The title sequence of Zombieland establishes that the film is set in a post-apocalyptic America overrun by zombies through imagery of American icons like prisons, money, and firefighters. It also establishes the film's genre as a horror comedy through its use of gory and graphic zombie attacks shown in a slow motion, humorous way, with conventions of both genres represented. The sequence does not introduce any main human characters but establishes the zombies as antagonists and sets expectations that society has collapsed with no one safe from the zombies.
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The document discusses conventions of the slasher horror genre that are used or challenged in the opening title sequence. It uses conventions such as a psychotic killer stalking teenagers, dim lighting, jump scares, and common weapons. It challenges conventions by using a male instead of female as the "disposable character" killed early on. Social groups and issues represented include teenage drama, violence, bullying, and peer pressure faced by high school friends.
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The title sequence of Zombieland establishes the setting as America through depictions of highways, cars, prisons, and money. It portrays themes of comedy, horror, and violence through scenes of zombies attacking people in gruesome yet humorous ways. The style uses slow motion and non-diegetic music to make the graphic violence and gore comedic rather than terrifying.
Evaluation 2 (media studies)
Representation refers to how people, places, objects, events and cultural identities are portrayed in films. It allows audiences to understand the meaning or message encoded in a film by the producer.
The document analyzes and compares representations of characters in interrogation scenes from different films. It notes similarities like both characters being interrogated and positioned centrally in isolated areas without power. It also notes differences, like one character being a drug producer while the other is a police officer.
Comparisons are also made between detectives in other films, noting similarities in formal clothing showing authority but differences in expression and context of the scenes. Power dynamics are analyzed between a gang member and leader through their costumes, roles and framing within shots.
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Evaluation task 2
- 1. Evaluation task 2 By Tom Thomson
- 2. Character comparison • In this task I will look at how our most seen character compares to the same type of character from a different film within the same genre.
- 3. WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE? The difference between these two characters are minimal, the biggest differences are the outfits that they wear and the time that the films are set in. These two characters are both cold killers as you can see from these snapshots. Both snapshots were taken just after they murdered someone and neither of them show any form of emotion be it sympathy for those they just shot or happiness for completing the mission.
- 4. Lets talk business. • Alex plays the character that collects the gun and murders the two drug dealers, his character is portrayed as being a cold hearted killer which is represented when he shoots the two drug dealers and shows no remorse or any form of emotion. This is much the same as the shootings shown in the Godfather films. The killers in both movies show little emotion towards the fact that they have just taken a mans life. He also bears some resemblance to the killing of the women in Bad Boys II, the killer kills the women without a second thought and shows no emotion after the crime had been committed. All the killers I have just mentioned take killing as if it is an everyday thing.
- 5. Is it normal? • Alex is a very typical character of crime thrillers and this is shown by the fact that in almost every film for this genre there is a character who kills without remorse. This is proof that our killer is a typical convention of crime thrillers. • Our Killer also possesses the typical qualities of a cold hearted killer, he is efficient, aggressive and wears outfits that blend in. I will talk about each of these qualities separately. • There are three perfect examples of cold hearted killers and that is the Godfather movies, the Scarface series and the Bad Boys films.
- 6. Quality 1 (efficiency) • The killer in our piece is efficient, the efficiency of our killer is portrayed by the montage sequence. We show him holding the gun and within thirty seconds Alex will enter the room portraying the idea that he gets the mission and will complete it very quickly. He is also efficient in the way of he enters the room shoots the characters and then leaves with the drugs. • His comparison on this quality is the Bad Boys killer. He kills and leaves and this is the same as the Bad Boys because they enter do their job and leave again as quickly as possible.
- 7. Quality 2 (aggressive) • This the most common convention of a crime thriller killer. • Our character is aggressive and we can see this in the way that he enters the building. He kicks the door in showing he is not messing around and that he has an aggressive side which may help him through his career. He is also seen as aggressive because he shoots the dealers without question. • The comparison for this is Scarface because he is seen to be aggressive when he is shooting his enemies through a wall it is blind rage that makes him do that.
- 8. The costume • The costumes that our killer wears is not garish or anything that will make him stand out it is in fact the complete opposite. He wears clothes that make him blend in and become one of the general public. This helps him not to be captured and contributes to his efficiency. • Many crime thrillers will not have their main killer dressed weirdly or in anything that will make him stand out although generally they wear suits to show their professionalism.