Experimental film – Fallen Angels: Explore how far ‘Fallen Angels’ challenges conventional approaches to narrative. Wong Kar Wai’s 1995 film challenges conventional narrative choices in many ways including structure, camera shooting styles, and the way scenes are constructed. With also thematical and genre style differences too. One scene in particular featuring very unconventional narrative choices would be the montage sequence involving forcing a man to eat ice cream, and going into stores after they’ve closed to rob them of their goods. Nothing like this would be seen in a mainstream movie. For this reason, it is quite a shock to see the events unfold and makes us somewhat question what is actually going on? Not only this but its comedic too, the dark humour is executed well however one must consider whether an audience of long-time experimental films would find it humorous in the same way audience who are not familiar with experimental films. This whole sequence aestheticall...
Crimson Peak Clip Analysis The clip from Guillermo Del Toro’s Crimson Peak opens with a mid-shot of Mia Wasikowska’s character, Edith, and the camera begins a slow zoom out. In this shot there is low key lighting and the only thing lighting up the screen is the Blonde hair of Edith as she wakes up in a cold sweat. Throughout this opening the use of non-diegetic sounds is overwhelming the diegetic sounds as although we can hear a dog bark in the distance, a louder drone of eerie music is heard implying that something creepy is going on in the house. The genre of this movie is a Gothic Horror / thriller so already from the low key lighting and the creepy non diegetic soundtrack, a clear genre is established just 10 seconds into the clip. As she gets out of bed the camera tilts upwards from focusing on the dog running towards her, up to a close up of her holding a candelabra as she walks out of her room. The camera then tracks 90 degrees around Edith to focus on her ent...
Trainspotting How does the aesthetic quality of Trainspotting depict youth and drug addiction? Trainspotting was released in 1996, from director Danny Boyle and starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Johnny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle. The film focuses on the lives of heroin addicts and the struggles they face in Edinburgh being young in early 90s. The first clip I will be analysing from Trainspotting is the very opening scene which involves Renton and Spud (Ewan McGregor and Ewen Bremner) sprinting away from security guards as it would appear they have just stolen something from a shop and so run down a street to escape. The very first thing we see is a long, wide shot of a street in Edinburgh and then all of a sudden 2 legs disturb the scene and there is a low mid shot of Renton’s feet as he runs away, also Iggy Pop’s Lust for life begins to play, this is non diegetic sounds over the images of the 2 friends running away. Next we see a double shot of Re...
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