Josh May Film Studies

 Pulp fiction (Tarantino, 1994) Close study of single film  Key elements of film form  context representation  Experimental film - additional specialist area  Key features - Fragmented narrative and narrative structures  - Experimental cinema encompasses a range of film  forms within this category, directors and films  - not all films within this category have all features  - resist cohesive narrative style - deliberately  Poses many challenges for the spectator who must work hard to put the overall narrative together  Often beginnings and endings are enigmatic - beginnings picking up from previous moments unknown to the spectator  Endings not leaving moral clarity or 'resolution'  Narrative  - At the extreme level experimental film can be a series of isolated 'moments' often impressions - like a painting  - it will be empty of a conventional plot and story  - It will resist creating characters with whom the spectator mat engage at any level  - Creating meaning will be

 How far do your chosen films demonstrate the importance of visual and soundtrack cues in influencing spectator response?  No Country For Old Men (NCFOM) Captain fantastic (CF) Visual Cues are important in influencing the spectator, this is seen in the films of NCFOM and CF where the visual and soundtrack cues are used to influence the spectator in many different ways. creating a deeper meaning for both of the narratives explored in each film.  One example in CF is the scene in which we see Ben and his family having dinner with Harper and her family. where there are many visual cues influencing the spectator response. Ben and his family are juxtaposed to Harper and her family they present different ideals of society ben represents the ideas of anti establishment and anti capitalism, as he chooses to live different to the 'normal' American family he raises his children with his own ideals and teaches them through his own intuition. He presented the ideas of Chomsky and can be se