Alfie (1966) Film Response

This is my third time of watching the film and found it just as enjoyable. The film famously touches on serious issues and social change within the sixties, which is why it's great to analyze in the swinging sixties era.

After watching and knowing the 2004 film staring Jude Law well, i found it particularly interesting how much the films differ in story and plot, and how that's mainly to do with time period and era. The 2004 remake not only approaches the subject of abortion, but it's main focus is on Alfie and his moral feelings towards adultery, and how that affects his attitude. Whereas the 1966 film focused on social issues, from abortion to the stereotypical chauvinism of men of that time. It's not until the last few minutes of the film where Alfie realizes the mess he really is does the film fully mention him as a person, however his own morals is rarely a factor. Alfie's true feelings are forever obscured by the bigger picture of social change. And that's the most prominent feature of Alfie, and easily the most enjoyable to notice. Not only is the swinging sixties about change and conflict, it's when you compare it to past and current times do you realize the sincerity of Alfie. Emotions were always swept under the carpet and brushed away, because social issues where overriding.

Sensational acting from Michael Caine as always, and also a brilliant role from Vivien Merchant. Great use of front lense, direct speaking to the audience, which Caine masters. Though Alfie's character is ruthless and chauvinistic, It's cleverly suger-coated by his carefree and jokey way of living. Something that seems so natural to Caine, so very clever casting - easily the reason as to why Alfie is so likable.

Really enjoyed it. Great film as always.
8/10

The History Boys (2006) Film Response

After hearing so much about this film but never having the opportunity to watch it, I deliberately set out to borrow it from the library and watch it - And jeezzz did I not regret it!

I didn't really know that much about the film other then James Corden was in it, however in the opening credits i saw that it was written by Alan Bennett and i was immediately excited to watch it. I've been a big Alan Bennett fan since i stared to have an obsession with English and writing, he is a personal favourite.

The film took a really strange approach to the relationships between a pupil and it's student, particularly Hector's feelings towards pupils and at no point was he demonized because of it, one of the only films that as taken that approach to it. Also, a very casual approach to homosexuality in all-boy grammar schools.
The writing was sensational, very typical Alan Bennett in style and was 100% compelling throughout. The way he uses words and foundations of linguistics to create themes and an educated patwar between the students was simply fantastic. One of my favourite moments was when Hector and Posner are in the classroom talking about poems and there's almost a mirror line between the both of them, as if they're both reflecting eachother's feelings and how a poem is way of voicing that. About how it's humbling to know when a writer feels exactly the way that you do and how that connects all of the 'History Boys' together, even though they seem very disconnected. However, my absolute favourite moment in the film was after Hectors funeral when each student was talking about what they'd become and how each career perfectly reflected their personality. The incredibly emotional moment as you realize why Lockwood is sat there silently and doesn't say a word and Posner's almost soliloque about how Hector has effected him.

This has easily become one of my favourite films - absolutely fantastic. 9.5/10

Film Synopsis - Short Film

Genre: Social Realist film

Story: An unnamed musician makes his way to a music venue and throughout the journey goes through the stages of life, from baby to adult. Eventually he gets to the venue and is greeted by an empty stage. He then has the opportunity and experience his dream. As the camera focuses on his eyes, the story will focus back to past events and how far he's come, but as the music cuts out, it shows his real life as a poor busker on the street; showing the characters life in the world, how society treated him (as he's nameless throughout and how that relates to society) and how throughout everything, he does everything possible to keep his dream alive.

Narrative: A restrictive narrative and moves in chronological order. The story will take place in the protagonists' mind so the camera will move on the journey with him.

Characters: Protagonist - unnamed boy.

Conflict: A conflict in the protagonists' mind about where he wants to be and where he actually is. How his progression through life was completely ignored by society but how his dream will never be silenced in his head.

Short Film Responses

The Forgotten Hit
The Forgotten is a short film from an undergraduate students from the Leeds film school. I thought the film was quite compelling although i felt the sound track could of been a bit more exciting. With the lack of dialog, the film heavily relied upon the soundtrack and i thought it was bland, although, the use of an effects bass-drum to replicate the sound of a heart beat was quite effective.

6/10

Indecision
I really liked the camera effects this film and the pure question of how they done it still baffles me. The effect done very well to capture the Topsy-turby feeling of being indecisive - something that i personally can relate to. I thought the use of setting how the man was in the woods and the woman was on the beach, and the contrast between those two places was very effective. The pure look of the film and the classy style was also something that was really appealing to watch.

7/10

Farewell to Charlie Power
Out of all the short films I've watched today, this one was definitely my favourite. Despite the quite sad and upsetting story line, there was something very charming about the setting in the village; also some lovely characters, i particularly enjoyed the character of the police woman. The film raised some quite serious issues about mental health and also how people react to it with some jokey and playful undertones to ease the serious and difficult issue - all of which was approached very well.

9/10

Se7en (1995) Narrative Theory

The structure of the narrative was the basic equilibrium, the disruption and then the restoration of the equilibrium. The narration was restricted narration and throughout the story, we knew as much as the protagonists. 

Protagonist(s) - Mills and Somerset
Antagonist - John Doe
Enigma codes - Who is the killer? Why did Mills decide to get transferred? Why didn't Tracy want to tell Mills about the baby?
Action codes - Seeing a gun and as a viewer, knowing it would be used to kill.
Hero - Somerset
Helper - Mills (also can be regarded as the hero)
Villian - John Doe
Dispatcher - The duty of being in the police force, Somerset and Mills own curostiy to finish the case and moral push to stop the killer.
Donor - The police badge and name, gives them the power to work on the case.
Princess - The satisfaction of stopping the killer.

Se7en (1995) Film Response

Seven is a complex and layered plot about the seven deadly sins; Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Lust, Pride, Envy and Wrath when they over run a person's mind and drives him to kill. It's set in a grim and desolate city where "sins take place on every street corner" and it constantly raises a clever issue of how society reacts to the sins, and in particular, how the police react to it. The police force throughout the film mention about how disturbed and insane the killer, played by Kevin Spacey, is, However when the police discover the victim of 'Sloth', a drug dealer and known child molester, the polices' reaction was "he got what he deserved". That hypocrisy of the police is something that John Doe played upon, ending the film with his own death after the wrath of David Mills.

Although I enjoyed the ending, due to the clear hypocrisy of the police, i spent the entire film expecting that someone within the police force was the killer, and was rather disappointed when i was wrong. The tense music that was always played around Mills and Somerset didn't help my suspicion either. However, by not making it as i expected, the ending did shock me at the fact that it was so simple.

The whole film done exactly as it described and was indeed a psychological thriller. It made the audience guess constantly about the killer and the plot ending. It was thought provoking on how society reacts to it's other members. With fantastic acting from Morgan Freeman and Kevin Spacey, I really enjoyed it.
Highly recommended! 8/10

A Rant About 3D And A Review On Gravity (2013)

Despite my best attempts to enjoy 3D films... I've always hated them. I've always felt like they were a silly after thought after making a film, and a "decent" excuse for my local cinema to charge £10.20 to watch a load of pop-up book style rubbish in which invariable gives me headache... And I thought this about every film... Until Gravity (2013).

Yesterday, I made the brave jump into the land of 3D and watched Gravity, after hearing Mark Kermode's opinion, who is a 3D hater like me, of it the previous Friday; and long story short, it was brilliant and genuinely stunning. Every shot in the entire film looked incredibly realistic and the way that they used long-shot to close up shot to evoke emotion was sublime.

It opened with the title 'Gravity' on the screen and a huge crescendo of sound and almost white noise that built up louder, and louder, to an almost unbearable decibel and then quickly cut to deafening silence. Throughout the film, the simple use of sound was probably the best I've ever heard and a true pioneering example of most musician's moto... The rest and silence has to be louder then the note.

There was an incredibly interesting theme of 're-birth' and the protagonist, Ryan Stone, played by Sandra Bullock, being re-born in space and how the space shuttle became so much of a sign of saftey that it became a womb-like place. It also showed the very clever progression of Ryan Stone as a character, from a panicing child/baby into a confident woman that looked as if she could conquer the world with some cleverly used low-angle shots.

Despite a predicable plot, kudos to George Clooney, who's performance was fantastic, as always. I must admit, i've never been a big Sandra Bullock fan and never really regarded her as a proper actress, however, after this performance and fully watching and noticing her acting... She was incredible, absolutely incredible.

Fantastic film that i would highly recommend to anyone, especially film studies students. I wouldn't say it's completely changed my view on 3D, however, I think that this is the first that has ever used it to it's true potenial, and more impotantly, made a visual pleasure, instead of a 3D indused headache.

Gravity (2013) 9/10 - Brilliant!

Goodfellas (1990) Screenshots

Detail how the two screenshots that you have been given create meaning through the use of cinematography.

Henry looking through the blinds

This is a close up shot, low key lighting and Henry's face is in the shadows. He's looking across to the Gangsta's home base and his eyes appear to be longing to be over there. It's also a rather personal shot of Henry, which links up with the fact that he's narrating throughout the film. The venisian blinds also look a lot like prison bars which could represent something that he could become, and how in many ways in this shot his started with a lack of identity but by longing to be a gangsta, in prison is where his idenity lies. 

Pauly close up

This shows a close up of Pauly, the gangsta leader. It also uses quite dark lighting and hard lighting to accentuate his features to make him look tougher and more intimidating. Pauly's eyes look quite angry and dark, he's almost glaring at the people around him. The gates behind him also look like prison gates and represent confinement but they're behind him which could represent how his prison days are behind him, but he still persists in continuing his gangsta life. His facial expression is quite closed which represents the typical gangsta attitude of not saying anything to anyone and being very closed of opinions.

Mise-en-scene - Figure Expression

Wanted (2008)

Detail how figure expression are used to create meaning and understanding in a film.

The protagonist, Wesley, at the beginning is depicted as a very anxious and nervous character. With medication to settle his constant panic attacks, his body language is also a clear indicator of his neurosis. Wesley is often slouched and looking down at the floor, this shows that he has problems with maintaining eye contact and interacting with other people. He's also has very closed body language to replicate his feel of being trapped in his own body. His facial expression is often quite blank and inexpressive which could show how due to his anxiety, he's very overconscientious of his own life to pay attention to situations around him.

When Wesley meets Fox, the first action scene of the film takes place and it's then that the viewer sees Wesley pure state of panic to loud noises and his surroundings, something that dramatically changes towards the end of the film. Wesley has his head in his hand, trying to protect himself whilst being flung around the supermarket. His body language is still extremely closed and he's in a pure state of panic. But it's after that moment that Wesley realizes, he doesn't want to be trapped in the nervous prison of his body anymore, he wants to change.

Towards the end of the film and after his training from the Fraternity, Wesley's figure expression completely changes. His posture has instantly improved and he looks very confident, probably because he's now more comfortable with what he's become. He also looks far more awake and responsive to his surroundings, whereas before he seemed almost semi-comatosed. His general walk and his movements became very precise and accurate; meaning that he's found where he belongs. He no longer appears as the slumped, lazy and terrified person he was before. He's now a alert and awake person that is responsive to everything around him; and he's enjoying it, he's not longer a prisoner, he's been liberated.

Thelma & Lousie (1991) Film Response

After only knowing a little bit about the film after watching a Simpsons parody, this was my first time watching the actual film Thelma and Louise... And I really enjoyed it.

The film highlights the quite interesting issue that's probably popular with fugitives that once they set out on the path to destruction, they cannot stop. The film has a somewhat shocking factor of two woman taking the leading role and being the violent ones, and i think that's the idea of the film, to show their power as woman; and to also get their payback on men. Towards the end of the film they blame the men in their lives for what they'd become and how the second they got a taste of freedom, they couldn't stop.

I think the film was extremely interesting from the point of view of the roles Thelma and Louise play in eachothers lives and how the dramatically changes. Although this film has been slated and ridiculed in the past, there are few films that have tackled the issue that this film has, woman can be set on a road to destruction, and it does happen in reality.

The ending, like most films of this kind, was a mixture of feelings. Every viewer grows to like Thelma and Louise and desperately wants them to get to Mexico and for them to succeed, but eventually, reality will always catch up with them. Many people thought that the ending was a cop-out, but i disagree, i thought it was very clever. It showed that reality does catch up and luck does run out, it showed to the point that they were pushed by men and their lack in trust towards men, that;s why they couldn't trust the police officer and more importantly, it showed Thelma and Louise's togetherness and how it couldn't of been taken away, and wasn't going to be separated by anyone... particularly any man.

Mise-en-scene - Props

Skyfall (2012)

Detail how props are used to create meaning and understanding in a film.

The most noticeable theme in Skyfall is about the constant change and battle of analog verses digital, new verses old and particularly how the notorious James Bond was becoming exceedingly dated. Although a obvious prop in the James Bond series is usual the gun, I think that in Skyfall there's a far more important prop... The Aston Martin DB5.


Throughout the entire film, James Bond is constantly ridiculed for his out-dated methods and his reluctance to give in to the digital ear. This is apparent because of his binary opposition, Silva, is a man of technology and when give the repeated options to learn Silva's knowledge in cyber-terrorism, Bond refuses every time. After a crucial scene where Silva's laptop starts to be decrypted but the laptop then floods the MI6's database with viruses, Bond is forced to take control and do things his way, the old-fashioned way. Thus the relevance of the DB5 occurs, it represents the past, and how the analog way can sometimes be the best option. It shows James Bond's reluctance to conform and become high-tech because class and tradition will always be important to him; and this belief is one of the only things that separates him from Silva. The Aston Martin DB5 represents the old him, and also his return - the second the viewer saw the car in the film, you knew... Bond was back.

The Great Dictator (1940) The Final Speech.

I wanted to add this onto here for the reason that I've noticed with film studies, there's a lot of situations and themes in films that seem dated and not important anymore. But there is one film that has never gone out of fashion, nor has the message ever not been important... The Great Dictator (1940). A fantastic film filled with controversy and a clear message to unite, with a constant use of excellent writing/word play and sublime acting... And also features one of the greatest speeches of all time. A speech that highlights the simple issue that things within society don't change, politics has always been hypocritical, and probably always will be. However, if people do unite, a simple love, beauty and kindness can be found.

The Speech.
"I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone - if possible - Jew, Gentile - black man - white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness - not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way.

Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost....

The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men - cries out for universal brotherhood - for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world - millions of despairing men, women, and little children - victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people.

To those who can hear me, I say - do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed - the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish. .....

Soldiers! don’t give yourselves to brutes - men who despise you - enslave you - who regiment your lives - tell you what to do - what to think and what to feel! Who drill you - diet you - treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder. Don’t give yourselves to these unnatural men - machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts! You don’t hate! Only the unloved hate - the unloved and the unnatural! Soldiers! Don’t fight for slavery! Fight for liberty!

In the 17th Chapter of St Luke it is written: “the Kingdom of God is within man” - not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you! You, the people have the power - the power to create machines. The power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.

Then - in the name of democracy - let us use that power - let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world - a decent world that will give men a chance to work - that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfil that promise. They never will!

Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people! Now let us fight to fulfil that promise! Let us fight to free the world - to do away with national barriers - to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance. Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men’s happiness. Soldiers! in the name of democracy, let us all unite!"

Mise-en-scene - Costume and Make up

V For Vendetta (2005)

Detail how costume & make-up is used in creating meaning and understanding in a film.

V for Vendetta tells the story of a masked catalysis who's life had been dedicated to get revenge for how the government and establishment made him, and his costume perfectly summarizes his intentions. V wears a Guy Fawkes mask, firstly to hide his true identity, but also secondly to follow the classic story of Guy Fawkes, a man who intended to blow up the houses of Parliament and was caught and charged with treason on the 5th of November. As V is a man looking for revenge on the government, a Guy Fawkes mask mask seems only logical. 

V also wears a large black hat and an all black, armour-looking suit. As all of his costume is black it gives a clear indication that V has lost the colour from his life, and as because of the previous government experiment that made him the way he is, it could show the factor that he's no longer human, he's just a masked shade. The black costume is also a very good disguise as he's able to hide in the shadows, thus the black hat so a shadow is always on his face, even though he's masked, he's still trying to hide his identity further; this is possibly due to a lost identity, once again because of his lack of humanity. V's appearance is also extremely neat and tiny, displaying that he's a very efficient character. The knifes he carries are also an indicator of his efficiency, as he states in a famous scene in the film, although knives are slower then guns, knifes don't need to be reloaded and are there for more efficient and effective. 

Lastly, V is rather famous for his large thick cloak, personifying himself as somewhat super-hero like and becomes a symbolical freedom fighter for the anti-government revolution that takes place in the final scenes. V's all black costume plus the Guy Fawkes mask has been so famous and recognizable that it's still used in real-life protests, and ones that aren't even necessarily linked to the government. V's costume provides the perfect symbolism of revenge, revolutions and anti-conformist change; which is exactly V's character summed up. He was a precises, masked, cloaked, mysterious character, who lived in the shadows with a missing identity and aimed for one thing, revenge.

Mise-en-scene - Setting

Moulin Rouge (2001) Directed by Baz Luhrmann

Detail how setting is used in creating meaning and understanding in a film.

The opening scene of Moulin Rouge depicts a red theater curtain which opens to a black and white scene of Paris in ruin. This infers that the story about to be shown is as if it's a theater production, which is a key theme throughout the film. As the shot moves through Paris, it goes to a room showing the protagonist, Christian (played by Ewan Mcgregor) with his head in his arms in very low key lighting, surrounded by empty bottles, dust and dirt. This shows his dispare and the fact that he's surrounded by darkness could reflect his lack of hope. This gives the viewer a obvious understanding that a tragic event has previously taken place, which is later explain that the death of his lover, Satine, had caused his pain. The film then flicks from scenes of a derelict Paris to a vibrant, ornamented and bohemian club, The Moulin Rouge.  It also shows a very clean-cut and tidy Christian, further showing his emotional deterioration after Satine's death. This shows that even though Paris is in ruin, there's still a fun and colourful place in which people can come and relax in true Bohemian style. This is where the clear and recurring theme of black and red becomes evidant. Even though the world is cloaked in black despair, the luminous red of the Moulin Rouge provides hope.

A very important scene in the film is when Christian and Satine (played by Nicole Kidman) first met. Their meeting location is inside a large, highly ornamented elephant located just outside of the Moulin Rouge. The fact that the location is so extraordinary displays the crazed ideas of the people in those situations. The elephant is also a large animal, this could show how the Moulin Rouge are trying to boost their status within the world at the time, however it's later apparent that they're just as deprived as every other person. The elephant also has a big, heart-shaped opening at the front, displaying how their love is very open and public, which is late contrasted by the factor that they have to hide it. As the couple duet together, it switches to a scene above Paris, where they both dance together in the clouds, showing how their love for each other makes them feel on top of the world. It could also say that by them being in the clouds, the plaintive scenes of Paris and behind them, which is only the case when they're together.

As the show 'Spectacular Spectacular' in which Christian is writing and Satine is staring in begins, it's clear that each event within the play, also takes place within the film. In the play, the courtesan. played by Satine, has to convince her lover that she doesn't love him, Which is exactly what Satine does in the reality as she's told repeated by Harold Ziddler that she had to be with the Duke, for the sake of his money, which is a massive contrast to the Bohemian belief of "Freedom, Beauty, Truth and Love" which is repeated throughout the film. After being left, Christian decides to visit the Moulin Rouge one last time. This is when we see a scene of a dark, ruined street, but in the center is the Moulin Rouge, lavished with red and appears as the light at the end of the tunnel - however, that is the main contradiction. The Moulin Rouge advises itself to be the home of the Bohemian revolution and it's belief in love, but was easily persuaded by the Duke's money. This is when the hypocrisy of the building and it's belief becomes the most apparent, and how the entire building is merely a cloak, a lie and a red curtain to the truth; The Moulin Rouge is just as derelict and desperate as every other building in Paris. It's also depicted as if it's the light at the end of the tunnel, however it's also the very thing that causes Christian's emotional pain the viewer witnessed in the opening scenes, and currently seen in the fact that he's stood in the darkness.

The closing scenes of the film show the ending of the play, and how Christian becomes part of the play and him and Satine sing their lovers song, declaring their love for each other. Christian asserts his role in the play because it's links so heavily with his reality, coinciding with the theater theme. As the finale of the play has finished and the ending from the audience in the theater's point of view is happy and love driven, the curtain closes. As the curtain is down, Satine collapses, and thus the dark stab of reality seeps through, Satine is dying and although the audience on the other side of the curtain are still applauding for love, on the other side of the curtain is despair as love is shattered by reality. This could mean that although they tried to depict their lives as a play, reality will always take over, which would always ruin the Bohemian belief. Christian and Satine are both seen in dark lighting. As Satine lie collapsed on the floor in Christian's arms she's in the darkness of his shadow as he cries, displaying that the shadow of his despair has consumed her, and even though the applause and the red of hope is all around them, dark reality has taken over, again.

Misery (1990) Film Response

Misery, a film based on a Stephen King novel, a film with a murderous undertone and a film with a considerable amount of jump scares too! In short, I loved it!

After hearing about Misery from my parents, and many various Stephen King fans, Today was my first time of actually watching it and I loved it. The character of Annie was definitely the most extreme and varied, but I thought it was clever how the relationship between Annie and Paul was a classic abusive relationship, It wasn't just a murderous obsession, there was an element of love there... Although an unnatural love, but still, a love nonetheless, as the character of Annie could have quite easily been completely one-sided; some tremendous acting by Kathy Bates.

For a film that has a heavy complexity, in the sense of mise-en-scene and setting, the film has very few actors, only nine cast members in the entire 107 minute running time. But i felt by having so little cast, it gives the viewer an opportunity to focus on the protagonist's Paul and Annie, as after all, that's what the film is all about.

Over all, i thought the film brilliantly described the relationship of Paul and Annie, and how Annie's character changed from a good, well behaved religious girl, into a psychotic, murderous and lonely killer. How the character of Paul was pushed onto the brink of madness, but still kept fairly calm despite the horrific circumstance, displaying him as an extremely determined and brave character.  I would of preferred some more information about Paul, only because those are the only clearly indentifyable trates, others you have to guess at, such as if he was lonely or not or weather he was clearly pretending to please Annie. However, on the other hand, but keeping Paul's character so underwraps, it's displaying how little Annie actually knew of him as a person, or how little anyone knew of him as a person.

Rating: 4/5. Brilliant acting, Fantastic use of sound and would highly recommend.

How the character Pinky Brown is devoloped by mise-en-scene in Brighton Rock.

Pinky Brown, main character of Brighton Rock (2010)


Pinky's figure expression throughout the film is quite mysterious, and especially quiet. Pinky doesn't actually say anything in the first 10 minutes of the film. He is perceived as a very dark person, as his entire outfit is black, including his black hair and dark eyes; this continues the theme of him being a mysterious character. Pinky also acts very blunt in some situations, backing up the idea that he's very quiet and also trying to protect his identity, as the collar of his jacket was always up covering his face.

Hard lighting is always on Pinky to enunciate his features, and the camera angle is often looking up at Pinky or close up shots to make him appear bigger then he actually is, giving the impression of a powerful character. As each situation gets more and more serious, lighting begins to cut out, such as, the moment when Pinky is on the pier talking to Rose and secessions of sheet lights cut out as the situation gets more deserving and dark. Pinky is also perceived as a vain character, as his hair is always perfectly brushed back and cares a lot about his appearance.

In the film Pinky is displayed as a dark, mysterious character who cares about his apprentice. He's also very confident in himself, sometimes a little arrogant. This is particularly shown in the camera angles and hard lighting, making him appear very big and powerful.

Film Studies Questions!

 Favourite Film?
Snatch or Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy... I can't decide between them!

Favourite British Film?
Snatch

Favourite Actor?
Huge Jackman, mainly for his musical theater roles or Martin Freeman

Favourite Director?
Guy Ritchie

Why Have I Chosen To Do Film Studies?
Film has always been a big interest of mine. I've also felt that analytical work is one of my strong skills and I enjoy analyzing films. I'm also taking Music and as part of my AS Music course, film music is a covered topic. Film music composition is something I am considering as a career, and to understand Mise en scène in films is a big part of that line of work.