'71
Directed by Yann Demange
Released in 2014
Yann Demange is a relatively new director, starting work in the early 2000's under a scholarship from Disney. After his critical success from Channel 4's Top Boy, he moved on to create his first film, '71 which received awards and propelled his name into further fame.
Performance: The film was primarily set in Ireland, and so many of the characters had thick accents. Some may say it's actually better acting that the accents were so thick and believable but some characters were just plain hard to understand and whether it was natural or not, probably should have been toned down just for the audience's ease of viewing. Other than that, the performances were brilliant. Especially from lead Jack O'Connell who played Gary Hook. His relationship with his little brother was very natural and relatable, giving the character more depth and making the events that happened to him even more harrowing. After all he witnessed children die time and time again and since we as an audience know of his very close connection to his little brother, we can only imagine what he must be thinking. But his face confirms our imaginings. The contorting of pain, the grimace of sadness and tears, the fear and shock of killing someone else for possibly the first time. He was nominated for British actor of the year for this performance among other things and I think it was truly deserved.
Mise-en-scene: The colour of this film shows the tone of the scene very explicitly. If we look at the images below, one is from the later scenes of the film where there is conflict, danger and pretty much a battle happening. Look how grey, dusty and bleak it looks. Compare that to the colourful, bright image under it where the protagonist is in a Diner with his little brother, and we see how drastic the change in mood is from colour alone.
But that isn't all the mise-en-scene accomplishes. Aside from the gore, gunfire and violence all looking very realistic as well, the scenery also told tales of war. Many of the buildings were crumbled and in ruin. Burning cars and wreckage's littered the streets. Molotov Cocktails were being thrown. Nearly everything connoted danger, riots and conflict. Not to mention the bar after it exploded. The flaming remains looked extremely graphic, as did the child's body. It felt real, like a real building had just exploded in front of me and I was looking at it after only exiting seconds beforehand.
Released in 2014
Yann Demange is a relatively new director, starting work in the early 2000's under a scholarship from Disney. After his critical success from Channel 4's Top Boy, he moved on to create his first film, '71 which received awards and propelled his name into further fame.
Performance: The film was primarily set in Ireland, and so many of the characters had thick accents. Some may say it's actually better acting that the accents were so thick and believable but some characters were just plain hard to understand and whether it was natural or not, probably should have been toned down just for the audience's ease of viewing. Other than that, the performances were brilliant. Especially from lead Jack O'Connell who played Gary Hook. His relationship with his little brother was very natural and relatable, giving the character more depth and making the events that happened to him even more harrowing. After all he witnessed children die time and time again and since we as an audience know of his very close connection to his little brother, we can only imagine what he must be thinking. But his face confirms our imaginings. The contorting of pain, the grimace of sadness and tears, the fear and shock of killing someone else for possibly the first time. He was nominated for British actor of the year for this performance among other things and I think it was truly deserved.
Mise-en-scene: The colour of this film shows the tone of the scene very explicitly. If we look at the images below, one is from the later scenes of the film where there is conflict, danger and pretty much a battle happening. Look how grey, dusty and bleak it looks. Compare that to the colourful, bright image under it where the protagonist is in a Diner with his little brother, and we see how drastic the change in mood is from colour alone.
But that isn't all the mise-en-scene accomplishes. Aside from the gore, gunfire and violence all looking very realistic as well, the scenery also told tales of war. Many of the buildings were crumbled and in ruin. Burning cars and wreckage's littered the streets. Molotov Cocktails were being thrown. Nearly everything connoted danger, riots and conflict. Not to mention the bar after it exploded. The flaming remains looked extremely graphic, as did the child's body. It felt real, like a real building had just exploded in front of me and I was looking at it after only exiting seconds beforehand.
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