INSIDE MAN
Key cast:
Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, and Jodie Foster.
Genre:
Action/Thriller
Writer:
Russell Gewirtz.
Director:
Spike Lee.
Themes:
Crime
Release:
March 2006
The film is about
an unusual robbery that takes place in a bank. Detective Frazier (Denzel
Washington) has to try and figure out what the robbers are actually after
before any harm comes to the hostages. It also follows the story of Madeleine White,
who is hired by the dodgy owner of the bank to receive his secret personal possessions.
Key scenes:
At 51 minutes into the film the lead robber is sitting in the vault with one of
the young hostages. The robber talks to the child about his game that he is playing.
The robber later explains how he wants to talk about the violent game with his
father. This indicates to the audience that the criminals may not be as bad as
they initially thought. This also follows the idea that the robbery is not an
ordinary bank robbery as the robbers have ulterior motives.
One micro-feature
that is important within the film is mise-en-scene, specifically costume. The
costumes within the film are important as the plot of the film is that the
police are not able to identify the robber due to the robbers and the hostages
looking the same. The costumes are important to the audience as the audience
gets confused as to who is involved in the heist. This keeps the audience
engaged with the film as they want to find out if the police work out what the
criminals are up to.
Overall, I thought
this film was good as it was different from other films that have a similar story line
as it wasn't a normal bank robbery. It also was a clever film in the sense that
it was able to confuse the audience, which made it more interesting. Although
throughout the film I became a little impatient as I thought some parts of the
film dragged on a bit.
Well done Grace you are pushing out of your comfort zone. Some films are slow as they are emulating life because sometimes life is slow! I need you to ensure that going forward that you commit to analysing the films that you watch in more depth, You correctly identify the genre but only list one theme under themes, why? What other themes do you think are involved? Your writing is currently lacking the same thing i keep asking you to consider C.C.C.E.O please tell me how many of these that you have used? Why have you only used one micro feature? Net time try to start thinking about the production elements of the film. What has the director / actors done before? How does this film fit in? What was the films budget? Box office? Why? Dig deeper Grace it is all there.
ReplyDeleteOh, What do you think the film is about?
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