Attack the Block is a 2011 British science fiction horror film directed by Joe Cornish. It follows a street gang in South London who witness a meteorite crash near their housing estate. They investigate and discover an alien creature. More creatures soon arrive and the gang must defend their estate from an alien invasion. The film was produced by Studio Canal, Film4, and the UK Film Council, among others. It had a low budget but creative filming techniques helped bring the alien creatures and action sequences to life in a cost effective way. Reviews for Attack the Block were positive overall, though some felt it leaned more towards an action drama than a comedy.
The document discusses the 2011 film "Attack the Block" and two perspectives on its representation of youth. The first article notes that the film initially portrays the young characters stereotypically but develops a more sympathetic representation as they are pitted against actual aliens. The second critic argues the film glosses over an early mugging by the characters and does not fully resolve issues of their violence. The document asks which perspective is agreed with more and why. It also provides context from the film's director and theorist Richard Dyer on how entertainment can portray utopian ideals.
This document analyzes the film poster for Attack the Block, which promotes the upcoming sci-fi/action comedy film aimed at teenagers. The poster uses various genre signifiers like meteors falling from the sky and a color palette of blues and grays to indicate its sci-fi genre. It also features a diverse cast of characters of different ages, ethnicities, and styles to appeal to a broad teenage audience. The setting of a London housing block plays a key role and would be relatable to the target demographic. Mentioning that it is from the producers of Shaun of the Dead helps attract interest since that was a popular previous film.
The document discusses the film poster for the movie "Attack the Block". It summarizes that the poster is targeted towards 15-25 year olds and uses various techniques to appeal to this audience. These include showing the young characters dressed in relatable clothing and posing confidently. It also establishes the sci-fi and urban genre through imagery of meteors and the tagline "INNER CITY VS OUTER SPACE". Additional details about the film's release date, stars, and London setting are included to attract viewers. Promoting that it is from the same makers as "Shaun of the Dead" and including social media links aims to appeal to existing fans and engage the target demographic.
Social realism is a genre that aims to portray realistic depictions of everyday life, often focusing on working-class characters and social issues. It typically uses handheld camera work, unknown actors, and gritty urban settings to represent the struggles of ordinary people. Films in the social realism genre commonly deal with controversial topics like poverty, relationships, and minority groups that were not typically represented in other films at the time. The genre became prominent in British cinema starting in the late 1950s as filmmakers sought to authentically capture the realities of working-class lives on screen.
The Dark Knight - Genre, Narrative and Representation (Student Project) Elle Sullivan
Here are a few key points about representation in The Dark Knight:
- Male characters like Batman and Harvey Dent are portrayed as strong, powerful, intelligent and in positions of authority. Their masculinity is exaggerated.
- Female characters like Rachel are often sexualized and objectified. Rachel is depicted as needing to be rescued and is tempted by multiple men.
- Elderly characters take on wise but less dominant roles. Youth are more easily manipulated. Children are shown as helpless victims.
- Villains like the Joker and Two-Face have physical disabilities/deformities and are depicted as insane and unaccepted by society.
- Ethnic groups like Russians, Italians and Black people are associated more with crimin
This document provides an overview of narrative theory and techniques. It defines narrative and identifies three common narrative theories: Todorov's theory of narrative structure, Propp's characterization roles, and Levi-Strauss's concept of binary oppositions. Examples are given for each theory and students are tasked with applying these concepts to analyze various media texts, including films, news, and advertisements. Non-linear narratives are also discussed.
Narrative structure in film refers to how films tell stories through a sequence of events. Films use narrative form to structure stories, with a beginning, middle, and end. Key elements of narrative structure include an exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Character development and conflicts between characters, nature, society, or other forces drive the narrative forward. Filmmakers select and order events to craft a plot that tells a version of the complete story in a concise time frame.
Attack the Block is a 2011 British science fiction horror film directed by Joe Cornish. It follows a street gang in South London who witness a meteorite crash near their housing estate. They investigate and discover an alien creature. More creatures soon arrive and the gang must defend their estate from an alien invasion. The film was produced by Studio Canal, Film4, and the UK Film Council, among others. It had a low budget but creative filming techniques helped bring the alien creatures and action sequences to life in a cost effective way. Reviews for Attack the Block were positive overall, though some felt it leaned more towards an action drama than a comedy.
The document discusses the 2011 film "Attack the Block" and two perspectives on its representation of youth. The first article notes that the film initially portrays the young characters stereotypically but develops a more sympathetic representation as they are pitted against actual aliens. The second critic argues the film glosses over an early mugging by the characters and does not fully resolve issues of their violence. The document asks which perspective is agreed with more and why. It also provides context from the film's director and theorist Richard Dyer on how entertainment can portray utopian ideals.
This document analyzes the film poster for Attack the Block, which promotes the upcoming sci-fi/action comedy film aimed at teenagers. The poster uses various genre signifiers like meteors falling from the sky and a color palette of blues and grays to indicate its sci-fi genre. It also features a diverse cast of characters of different ages, ethnicities, and styles to appeal to a broad teenage audience. The setting of a London housing block plays a key role and would be relatable to the target demographic. Mentioning that it is from the producers of Shaun of the Dead helps attract interest since that was a popular previous film.
The document discusses the film poster for the movie "Attack the Block". It summarizes that the poster is targeted towards 15-25 year olds and uses various techniques to appeal to this audience. These include showing the young characters dressed in relatable clothing and posing confidently. It also establishes the sci-fi and urban genre through imagery of meteors and the tagline "INNER CITY VS OUTER SPACE". Additional details about the film's release date, stars, and London setting are included to attract viewers. Promoting that it is from the same makers as "Shaun of the Dead" and including social media links aims to appeal to existing fans and engage the target demographic.
Social realism is a genre that aims to portray realistic depictions of everyday life, often focusing on working-class characters and social issues. It typically uses handheld camera work, unknown actors, and gritty urban settings to represent the struggles of ordinary people. Films in the social realism genre commonly deal with controversial topics like poverty, relationships, and minority groups that were not typically represented in other films at the time. The genre became prominent in British cinema starting in the late 1950s as filmmakers sought to authentically capture the realities of working-class lives on screen.
The Dark Knight - Genre, Narrative and Representation (Student Project) Elle Sullivan
Here are a few key points about representation in The Dark Knight:
- Male characters like Batman and Harvey Dent are portrayed as strong, powerful, intelligent and in positions of authority. Their masculinity is exaggerated.
- Female characters like Rachel are often sexualized and objectified. Rachel is depicted as needing to be rescued and is tempted by multiple men.
- Elderly characters take on wise but less dominant roles. Youth are more easily manipulated. Children are shown as helpless victims.
- Villains like the Joker and Two-Face have physical disabilities/deformities and are depicted as insane and unaccepted by society.
- Ethnic groups like Russians, Italians and Black people are associated more with crimin
This document provides an overview of narrative theory and techniques. It defines narrative and identifies three common narrative theories: Todorov's theory of narrative structure, Propp's characterization roles, and Levi-Strauss's concept of binary oppositions. Examples are given for each theory and students are tasked with applying these concepts to analyze various media texts, including films, news, and advertisements. Non-linear narratives are also discussed.
Narrative structure in film refers to how films tell stories through a sequence of events. Films use narrative form to structure stories, with a beginning, middle, and end. Key elements of narrative structure include an exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Character development and conflicts between characters, nature, society, or other forces drive the narrative forward. Filmmakers select and order events to craft a plot that tells a version of the complete story in a concise time frame.
1) Struggle is a 3-minute short film about a teenage boy named Alex whose bike is stolen by another boy, Jed, who drives a red van. Alex struggles to retrieve his bike and find his way home without it.
2) The film is meant to provoke feelings of sadness and relateability in viewers by showing Alex stuck without knowing what to do. Minimal dialogue is used to show emotion through actions instead of words.
3) Alex's bike being stolen leads him to steal a skateboard out of desperation to get home, showing how small actions can spiral into bigger consequences. The red van itself becomes a mysterious and intimidating character.
This document contains a detailed cue list for a video with 102 cues describing scenes, actions, characters, and background elements. The list includes timing information, scene numbers, descriptions of fridge actions like opening and closing, picking up objects, speech, background music, and more. It provides a thorough breakdown of the events, visuals, and audio of a full video.
SAW II is a 2005 horror film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. It stars Donnie Wahlberg as a police officer whose son is kidnapped and placed in a game by Jigsaw, along with seven other victims. The victims are told the combination to their locks is "at the back of their minds" and can be found by "following the rainbow." A dangerous gas fills the house as the victims turn on each other trying to escape. In the end, the officer's son survives with help from a woman from the first SAW film, but the officer is left locked in the room from the original film to die, subverting expectations of a happy ending.
The document provides a summary and analysis of the trailer for the film "Inbred". It describes the trailer's plot, which involves a group of young offenders being stranded in an abandoned house and pursued by the local disturbed inhabitants. It notes the trailer features characters portrayed as disturbed or zombie-like, and includes scenes of people chasing the kids with weapons. The editing of the trailer is analyzed, with escalating music and pacing creating tension. Gore is used throughout to scare viewers and entice them to watch the full film.
1) The film Sinister is a 2012 supernatural horror film directed by Scott Derrickson about a family that moves into a new home where the previous residents were murdered.
2) The main character, Ellison Oswald, discovers mysterious tapes in the attic that show murders of previous families and feature a sinister entity known as Bagul.
3) Throughout the film, Bagul increasingly threatens Ellison's family and children until he ultimately takes Ellison's daughter while the rest of the family is bound and gagged.
John Kramer, known as Jigsaw, places two men - a photographer named Adam and Dr. Lawrence Gordon - in a trapped room and forces them to participate in deadly games. If Gordon fails to kill Adam by 6pm, Jigsaw threatens Gordon's family. The police investigate Jigsaw's crimes and track him to a warehouse, but he escapes after injuring two officers. It's revealed that Gordon must cut off his own foot to survive, and he shoots Adam, only to learn he completed the game too late - the dead body in the room was Jigsaw in disguise.
The document discusses the history of the horror genre from German Expressionism in the early 20th century through various eras up to the 2000s. It covers movements like Gothic horror in the 19th century, Universal Studios monsters in the 1930s, wartime films of the 1940s focusing on primal creatures, the rise of mutant creatures and alien invaders in the 1950s due to World War 2, the popularity of ghosts and zombies in the 1960-70s, the peak of Hammer Films in the UK, the slasher and gore films of the 1980s, and the resurgence of torture porn genres in the 2000s. The eras saw shifting trends in monsters and themes reflective of the times.
Ellison Osborne and his family move into a new house with a dark past. Ellison discovers mysterious tapes in the attic that document the murders of the previous family by a man named Bogore. As Ellison investigates further, his children begin acting strangely after viewing the disturbing tapes. Ellison tries to destroy the tapes but they keep reappearing. The trailer builds tension as Ellison pieces together the paranormal events plaguing his family and teases a terrifying confrontation with the sinister Bogore.
1) Struggle is a 3-minute short film about a teenage boy named Alex whose bike is stolen by another boy, Jed, who drives a red van. Alex struggles to retrieve his bike and find his way home without it.
2) The film is meant to provoke feelings of sadness and relateability in viewers by showing Alex stuck without knowing what to do. Minimal dialogue is used to show emotion through actions instead of words.
3) Alex's bike being stolen leads him to steal a skateboard out of desperation to get home, showing how small actions can spiral into bigger consequences. The red van itself becomes a mysterious and intimidating character.
This document contains a detailed cue list for a video with 102 cues describing scenes, actions, characters, and background elements. The list includes timing information, scene numbers, descriptions of fridge actions like opening and closing, picking up objects, speech, background music, and more. It provides a thorough breakdown of the events, visuals, and audio of a full video.
SAW II is a 2005 horror film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. It stars Donnie Wahlberg as a police officer whose son is kidnapped and placed in a game by Jigsaw, along with seven other victims. The victims are told the combination to their locks is "at the back of their minds" and can be found by "following the rainbow." A dangerous gas fills the house as the victims turn on each other trying to escape. In the end, the officer's son survives with help from a woman from the first SAW film, but the officer is left locked in the room from the original film to die, subverting expectations of a happy ending.
The document provides a summary and analysis of the trailer for the film "Inbred". It describes the trailer's plot, which involves a group of young offenders being stranded in an abandoned house and pursued by the local disturbed inhabitants. It notes the trailer features characters portrayed as disturbed or zombie-like, and includes scenes of people chasing the kids with weapons. The editing of the trailer is analyzed, with escalating music and pacing creating tension. Gore is used throughout to scare viewers and entice them to watch the full film.
1) The film Sinister is a 2012 supernatural horror film directed by Scott Derrickson about a family that moves into a new home where the previous residents were murdered.
2) The main character, Ellison Oswald, discovers mysterious tapes in the attic that show murders of previous families and feature a sinister entity known as Bagul.
3) Throughout the film, Bagul increasingly threatens Ellison's family and children until he ultimately takes Ellison's daughter while the rest of the family is bound and gagged.
John Kramer, known as Jigsaw, places two men - a photographer named Adam and Dr. Lawrence Gordon - in a trapped room and forces them to participate in deadly games. If Gordon fails to kill Adam by 6pm, Jigsaw threatens Gordon's family. The police investigate Jigsaw's crimes and track him to a warehouse, but he escapes after injuring two officers. It's revealed that Gordon must cut off his own foot to survive, and he shoots Adam, only to learn he completed the game too late - the dead body in the room was Jigsaw in disguise.
The document discusses the history of the horror genre from German Expressionism in the early 20th century through various eras up to the 2000s. It covers movements like Gothic horror in the 19th century, Universal Studios monsters in the 1930s, wartime films of the 1940s focusing on primal creatures, the rise of mutant creatures and alien invaders in the 1950s due to World War 2, the popularity of ghosts and zombies in the 1960-70s, the peak of Hammer Films in the UK, the slasher and gore films of the 1980s, and the resurgence of torture porn genres in the 2000s. The eras saw shifting trends in monsters and themes reflective of the times.
Ellison Osborne and his family move into a new house with a dark past. Ellison discovers mysterious tapes in the attic that document the murders of the previous family by a man named Bogore. As Ellison investigates further, his children begin acting strangely after viewing the disturbing tapes. Ellison tries to destroy the tapes but they keep reappearing. The trailer builds tension as Ellison pieces together the paranormal events plaguing his family and teases a terrifying confrontation with the sinister Bogore.
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SHAUN OF THE DEAD
Shaun of the Dead is a British zombie comedy which was released on the 9th of April 2004.
The film is directed and co-written by Edgar Wright, and co-written and starring Simon Pegg
and Nick Frost. Simon Pegg plays a character named Shaun, a salesman director who spends
most of his nights with his best friend, Ed, who lives on his couch and deals marijuana, at the
Winchester, their favourite pub .Shaun is a man who is to get some kind of focus in his life
while he deals with his girlfriend, his mother and stepfather, as well as dealing with the
apocalyptic uprising of zombies that are invading. He faces a constant battle to keep him
and his team alive using numerous weapons. This film received worldwide success
developing $30,039,392 in box office. It also received a 91% approval rating on the website
Rotten Tomatoes and a score of 76 out of 100 at Metacritic. It also was the first of the
trilogy that Simon Pegg has written, including Hot Fuzz and The World’s End.
The narrative structure for Shaun of the dead follows TzvetanTodorov’s narrative structure
for films. The start of the film would be the only question for me as it shows Shaun, who is
being taunted at work by all of the younger colleagues, and shown no respect whatsoever,
and the other main character, Ed, living on the couch playing video games. We then discover
the beginning of the crisis that zombies are starting to develop around their area, but Shaun
is too hung over to notice it. The third stage then starts when they notice a zombie in their
back garden and proceed to try and kill it with anything that was at arm’s reach. When the
main part of the film takes place and he assembles a team consisting of family and friends to
take down the zombies, they fight off numerous amounts of hordes and zombies,
commencing into the 4th stage of Todorov’s theory of narrative structure.At the end of the
film we discover that all is over and equilibrium is restored again, leaving Shaun and his wife
to live happily, but Shaun’s best friend Ed didn’t make it, and you find out he is living in
Shaun’s shed as a zombie, breaking the narrative structure to an extent but following the
comedy effect route.
Shaun of the dead’s horror title genre would be ‘Zombie Comedy’. There is always a funny
side to the film throughout but maintains a stern zombie plot within. The comedy is kept in
with the naivety of the main characters, which start off oblivious to the fact that a zombie
apocalypse has started, and would rather eat cornettos’, drink beer and smoke marijuana
instead. The zombies also have a comedy effect too; the way they are killed during the film
is comical too, using anything that is at arms’ length. It fits in well with the traditional
zombie horror bracket but also is one of the best in a comedy zombie genre.
The characters in Shaun of the dead follow a normal comedy pattern, with the main duo in
the whole of the film throughout, and their friends and family fading in and out of the film
as well. Overall the main cast consists of 16 people, all family and friend related. However,
the film also follows a traditional horror pattern with the flesh-eating zombies roaming the
streets, and the gore effect of the decapitation that they receive too. There are scary
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references throughout the film too such as the bloody handprints in the supermarket at the
start, to give the viewer an idea into what they will see, as long with the occasional zombie
coming up in the background at the start as well. Of course at the end, the expected good
triumphs over the evil side of the zombies, apart from Ed, who unfortunately is turned into a
zombie at the end, but kept as a pet. Therefore following a traditional pattern as everyone’s
lives shift back to the normal.
Overall, I believe that Shaun of the Dead is a success with the storyline it follows to fit the
genre. The film follows the perception of a comedy horror throughout. The storyline fits a
flow of a usual horror film, including the narrative structure. The cast in the film are
portrayed as typical everyday people, living in the slums, but suddenly arise to become
heroes and save the town from the zombie apocalypse. Its hard work hasn’t gone unnoticed
either, winning many awards, even ranking as the 3rd greatest comedy film of all time in a
channel 4 poll, Backing up my opinion on such an incredible comedy horror.