Abbigail Azirou

Captain fantastic: Opening montage  This scene begins by the family hauling back the deer they killed in preparation to cook and eat it; slightly redeeming themselves from the previous scene in all eyes except for vegans. There is a light melodic non-diegetic piano tune playing and the diegetic jungle noises continue. They kids begin to hang the deer up from tree as ben, showing the audience his authority on the children reminds them "training in 60 minutes".  after this line of dialogue, the montage of their every day life begins. The non-diegetic  music's tempo changes and is now slightly more upbeat and straightaway the audience is aware the family may not be what they first presumed. This scene starkly contrasts the last in almost every element of film form, and their family is presented much more positively.  There is bright and warm toned lighting and sun is even let into the lens. Furthermore it's set in a domestic setting with many domestic props in the m

Captain fantastic:Opening Ritual  Captain Fantastic uses invisible editing throughout most of the film , focusing on it's narrative and ideology. It encourages active spectatorship in the way that it challenges your own belief system as well as inferring which characters you feel are sympathetic. Although the active spectatorship directly relates to the individual and their own systems of belief and ideologies, the film adheres to passive spectatorship for a large chunk of the film, using elements like music and lighting to manipulate the audiences feelings.  The film opens in quite unusual way in contrast to the rest of the movie. It functions in preparing you for your allegiance to be challenged as the film progresses and essentially presents the main characters at their worst : primitive and violent outsiders. This is quite risky as the characters have to subsequently earn your allegiance, however as a counterargument our opinions can only ameliorate from this poin

No Country For Old Men: The Coin Toss Scene In this scene the audience receives a deeper insight into the mysterious mind of Anton Chigurh and his own set of rules. It is one of the few scenes in the film where his character is slightly exposed in the way the audience feels they can get to know him on a deeper level. However, his character is still left as a rarity since we don't learn anything about his background, family members or anything relating to his life, adding to the concept of active spectatorship. The scene opens with a shopkeeper the focus of the framing. The colour palette is rather dull yet he seems to blend in with the landscape, displayed in a plaid orange shirt. The cables that hang behind him in the mise-en-scene resemble nooses, implying that death is present and very much a possibility. It also functions in setting the uneasy tone for the scene. There are lots of over the shoulder shots whilst the conversation unfolds; at first very casual and of littl

No Country for old men - Opening Scene Analysis No Country for Old Men explores alignment and allegiance in depth, and even uses elements of film form to actively avoid alignment with one of our protagonists in the opening scene. The film also heavily encourages active spectatorship in many aspects, more prominently towards the end of the film, but subtly encourages this from the very beginning. Furthermore, in the opening scenes, some of the core themes are introduced such as the changing nature of crime, order versus chaos, past versus future and good versus evil. This is all done through very thorough and elegant use of film form and characterisation.                   The sheriff Alignment with Sheriff Tom Ed Bell We are first introduced to Sheriff Ed Tom Bell audibly. Although we don't actually see him, Sheriff Bell is displayed through the most blatant form of alignment- voiceover. He claims "my grandfather was a lawman...father too". He goes