Drugs: Trainspotting
The theme is established by the voice over, describing the a usual persons life, then how he has chosen Heroin over a usual life, the themes are established as we see three males running away from someone, and merchandise falling out of their jackets, depicting petty crime, then later on we see Renton smoking his drugs.
The sequence portrays the theme to be a way of life, and had the question drugs or life? The sequence shows us how the life of drugs seems less stressful, more exciting than a normal life and glorifies the drug.
In my openeing sequence I could explore this theme by having a my main character pressured by peers into trying the drug, and shows how their life will change in a very, very quickly.
Domestic Abuse: Nil By Mouth
The themes of this movie are clearly shown, domestic abuse, we see this through a number of things during this clip, as firstly when they're arguing, she mentions that this happens more than once; "I can't deal with this all the time", this shows us this happens of a daily basis, and also from the horrific abuse scene where we see him kicking the woman and tells her not to go to the hospital.
The scene portrays the theme to be very aggressive and hurtful, as we do not see the body after it gets beaten, and this is often worse as it is left to our imagination, also when we see the daughter at the end she seems very hurt and traumatised by the event, it shows domestic abuse to be very horrific, mentally and physically.
I could explore this theme in my composition, by having one of my characters living in a bad home, getting beaten by parents, or family members.
Poverty: London to Brighton
This scene from London to Brighton shows poverty, one denotation that shows us this is the fact that they're eating chicken and chips in a public toilet, the food is very cheap and they're eating it in a filthy toilet cubicle, and I belive that it doesn't get any worse than that, another example is when we see the woman offerself up for prostitution, it is shocking how it is normal for her to make money like that.
The theme of poverty is portrayed to be harsh and a struggle to have enough money to survive, also they seek shelter and make money in any way they can, even by prostitution. It also shows that poverty has its share of trouble as the two girls are all beaten up, with bruises all over their body, and this is all due to the struggle for money.
In my compostion I could have my main characters issues revolving around poverty, and how the struggle for money gets them into trouble, making their lives even harder than it already is.
Bullying: Kidulthood
In KidultHood one of the themes is bullying, we see Sam the "top-dog" of the area, who everyone fears bullying the three main characters and girls that he has influenced beating a girl in a class room infront of all their class mates, the bullying in KidultHood leads to the victim hanging herself.
In KidultHood bulling is shown to be normal, as the victim, Claire, is getting beaten by a group of girls, and only one person stands up to the girls.
In my opening sequence I may decide to have one character who everyone fears, and how he makes everyone's life a misery, and how people target him to take their revenge.
Racial Abuse: This Is England
The theme in This Is England is racism, We see the group of men defacing the asian man's shop with curses such as "paki fuck", they then enter the shop and a little boy is throwing racial abuse to the asian man, this shows that being a immigrant in england in this era (1980) was not accepted, we then see the man with the machete threaten the asian man, and he tells him that he doesn't belong in this country.
Racism in This is England seems to be accepted, as the abuse is openly said, and written on public walls, and it is also glorified as the men gain pleasure out of robbing and hurting the asians, also showing great disrespect as one of the men attempts to excrete on the floor of the asian man's shop.
In my compostion i may choose to have my character a different race/ethnicity, and they're not accepted by a certain group of people and get terrorised by them
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