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how far does "winter's bone" rely upon an understanding of its social context? refer in detail to at least one sequence from the film [20] winters bone requires you to understand the rules of the place it is set in which is in the   Ozark mountain  in a small community where illegal methamphetamine trade flourishes. without this knowledge it can be hard for a passive viewer to understand due to it needing an active viewing to be properly understood. this could be due to the low budget of two million dollars preventing it from having all the big car chases and explosions like mainstream movies making it very dull and realistic which the director  Debra Granik was aiming for with long takes and a lot of establishing shots to adds to the verisimilitude of the film.  the movie opens up with an establishing shot of the landscape to how the audience the setting in which winters bone takes place with a mix of diegetic and non diegetic sound with the rain and a local ...

Fade In: Int. Class Room - Day Bustling Chatter of students in the room awaiting the lesson to start. Teacher Enters Teacher: Alright class settle down. Thank the lucky stars that I'm in a good mood today. Confused mumbling comes from the students Teacher: Free seating for today. Sit with who you want Students move around and switch seats - Guy is left sitting on his own looking disgruntled. Girl enters classroom - sits next to guy Shot reverse shot - Both characters smiling/looking at each other when the other isn't looking. Bell is rung. Fade Out Fade In: Int. Q Block Hallway - Day Guy is sitting staring at his phone writing and erasing messages to the girl Cut Ext. Church Wall - Day Girl is with friends and is similarly writing and erasing messages to guy. After a few moments of this her friends call her away. Girl walks off, another student walks in front of the camera. Camera follows. Fade Out Fade In: Int....

We mainly used close up shots. This would mainly reflect on the boy's somewhat unnatural fixation on this girl. An example of this is when he’s glancing repeatedly at her during the opening. Opposingly, the close-ups on the girl subtly reflect her discomfort/nonchalant behavior towards the boy as she doesn’t really care for/see him. During the end in the tunnel, we use a long shot to present the idea of danger, and later during the confrontation with the attacker, we use extreme close up shot to show tension/fear in the boy. Furthermore, a subtle tilt is used when the boy is leaning on the rail to foreshadow his uneasy demise. Most of the sound in the end sequence is non-diegetic, with that being the atmospheric music and heart rate monitor. That’s not to say that we didn’t use diegetic sound at all, as the grunts and impact noises are all diegetic. We briefly considered using foley sound to accentuate those impacts and convey more pain, but ultimately decided against it as time w...

During the filming and editing process, some things went to plan and others did not. Most of these can be seen in the script/storyboards, but one, in particular, was when we wanted to shoot a scene where the boy and girl were in their own beds thinking about the days events. We ended up discarding this idea as it wasn’t feasible for us to travel and shoot it, however, we ended up shooting a similar scene in college. This was better as it added a connection between the two, as well as polarising the two further. For our next film it would be beneficial if we experimented more with ranged shots, as we relied heavily on close up and mid-range shots for our film, and while they worked for what we wanted to achieve, more variety of shots would, in my opinion, benefit us greatly.

The genre of our short film is a thriller. The plot is as such - after his class gets free seating for a lesson, a girl sits next to a boy. A seemingly innocent action leads the boy to become somewhat obsessed with this girl, often trying to strike up a conversation, but most of the time he ends up staring longingly at her, leaving uneasy and sinister vibes in the air. These vibes linger throughout the film until the end, where our narrative twist comes in. We see the girl walking through a dark tunnel. The audience believes the boy will attack the girl in some way when she is robbed. The boy sees and attempts to intervene, but gets fatally wounded as he does so, leading to his demise. The last shot of the film is of the boy reaching out to the girl, whether this be as a sign of anger, content, or acceptance is up to the audience. We also see how the girl pretty much forgets of the guys existence, not even passing him a look in the hallway. The only indication that she knew who he was...

Split Screen Shots close up shots silhouette of characters using back lights mid shot tracking shots establishing shot   over the shoulder shot