analysis of film

1. Made Of Stone Analysis

2. ANALYSIS and
CONVENTIONS
• Tone of the opening is deep and thoughtful, low key lighting helps establish the possibility of a
darker situation being present, stage lights flashing adds a sense of suspense and causes
excitement, and has a narrative of an interview with Alfred Hitchcock talking about Happiness,
setting contrasts between the two, however, his deep, soft voice has a slightly sinister quality,
making the entire scene slightly surreal and odd.
• Title puts audience in the mood by playing a well known Stone Roses song over simplistic, to the
point title animation, followed by montage of pictures and video to reinforce their presence in the
film. The montage catalogues the bands journey from their beginnings to the highest point in their
career and influence over pop culture, and finally finishing with the bands demise and separation.
Montage gives a quick summary of the events that take place in the film, and the film covers and
explains the events in more depth and detail.
• about a band, popular, performances shows front man of the band, emphasizing his importance
and his role in film, slow motion shot to prolong his overall screen time to cement his pivotal role in
the film, this technique or similar techniques are often used in biopics to portray to us who is the
main focus in the biopic
• The tone of the opening is serious shown by the mise en scene of Ian Brown he stands in front of a
barrier holding back thousands of screaming fan but shows no emotion, contrasted with silence
and then a non diegetic Alfred Hitchcock quote and no background to the shot just darkness gives a
surreal euphoric mood symbolizing Being adored and living in the present moment.
• The Lack of background to the shot builds a feeling of isolation which reinforces the the idea of
living in the present, to the audience Nothing else matter apart from Ian Brown and his adoring
fans, with the song written when they were younger ‘I wanna be adored’ over the top shows the
audience that they are already successful as they are adored.

3. What themes are presented?
• Bands Journey and Demise
• Success
• Influence

4. Bands journey and
demise
• Bands journey is portrayed through the
contrast of the opening shot of Ian
Brown by himself and the montage of
the band being together. Contrast is also
shown in the difference in editing, as the
opening shot of the solitary Ian Brown in
slow motion continuous shot with low-
key lighting and the the band together in
colorful footage, fast paced montage
style cuts

5. success
• Success is represented in the opening by
showing a tracking shot of fans
screaming and reaching for the figure of
Ian Brown, and the absence of the rest
of the band, contrasting to the name of
the film, made of stone, suggesting their
resilience but in reality they have split
apart. Absence of light in the opening
suggests minimal hope for the band, and
despite their success their future is In
the dark, hence him walking in and out
of darkness showing the uncertainty of
their future. the lack of instruments
suggests that the film isn't about music
and the Alfred Hitchcock quote on
happiness and relationships suggests the
film isn't about music but the
relationship between the bend members
“ I cant bare feelings between people. I
think hatred is wasted energy.”

6. influence
• The opening titles portray hundreds of screaming
fans reaching towards the figure of Ian Brown, with
euphoric happiness and excitement etched on their
faces, directed towards him as the source of their
emotion. This suggests to the audience that the
crowd has a large amount of reverence towards his
music and idolize him.
• Title goes on to show a montage of footage and
photos of the band influencing popular culture with
mentions of them having large amounts of people
changing their clothes and hairstyles to match
them, as well as news reports depicting their story
of success being worthy of national news