E J S Blogg's

12 Years a slave movie review I chose to review 12 years a slave, because I wanted to be able to give my opinion on a film that would be emotionally and intellectually stimulating. The story of 12 years a slave follows the tribulations of an educated carpenter, musician and family man from New York who was kidnapped in 1841 and sold into slavery. At the start of the film it contrasts between his previous free life with his now stripped identity and battle with slavery, during this moment we are shocked for the same reason he is, we see a free man with his movement wrongly restricted. The film’s intense portrait of slavery adequately illustrates the grim and degrading suppression into slavery.  Chiwetel Ejiofor who plays at the main character Solomon Northup serves a truly spectacular performance throughout the whole Film, his acting was raw and made you unable to look away from the screen. Although the movie was over 2 hours long and demoral...

Beyoncé – Run the world Representation Beyoncé’s song ‘run the world’ explores the representation of gender and is labelled as a feminist anthem to give women strength. This representation is suggested by Beyoncé standing in a smoky, post-apocalyptic war zone with a lion and leashed hyenas, wearing a gladiator outfit and a gold crown. The tamed Lion demonstrates the idea of strength, courage, leadership as well as power and control, which is distinctively drawn though Beyoncé with back lighting to construct her as the leader image. The Women often stand in power poses to validate their authority and display liberation for the ‘girls’. Although the video is mainly supported around the idea of women empowerment there is evidence to support the notion that there is distinct focus on women being sexually attractive to men, through the use of revealing clothing and provocative dancing. This connotes the women are seeking the male attention as though a woman attracted to a m...

Ralph - Analysis https://vimeo.com/8393631 The short film ‘Ralph’ was written and directed by Alex Winckler in 2008. The plot follows a 15 year old boy ‘Ralph’ who travel’s to France to declare his love to his best friend Clare, but Ralph encounters a number of problems following his quest to find Clare. The genre of this film is specifically aimed at romance, following the themes of conflict, relationships and unrequited love. The opening shot allows us to see Ralph getting off a train; he is very small in comparison to everything which suggests he is out of his element. Whenever Ralph moves there is the use of a handheld camera, this can be done to allow the audience to feel as though they too are experiencing the same thing as Ralph. The film depicts your typical trip to a foreign country, everyone in the film speaks French and there are no subtitles. This adds to the confusion and stress Ralph is facing therefore allowing the audience to once again feel like they are in...

Get off my Land – Analysis ‘Get off my land’ is written and directed by Douglas Ray, it was released on the 26 march 2008. The 4 minuet film tells the story of a young couple on and countryside walk where they encounter the farmer who owns the land they are walking across. The genre of this film is comedy, and stars actors like Robert Glenister, Rafe Spall and Ruth Wilson. The opening scene follows a woman's feet walking slowly along a muddy track but then slows to a stop and the focuses on the males movements. The female in the film is dressed more appropriately for the walk (boots and jacket) whereas the man is in jeans and trainers. The film depicts your typical countryside walk, and even humours the audience with the man’s struggle to get over a wobbly gate, but the rickety, dangerous fence that acts as a warning not to cross into this land foreshadows the ending of this short film. The camera is not kept still but is used in a waving motion to mirror the winds mov...