American Film: Selma Flashcards
What bridges the two scenes between jimmy lee jackson getting shot and the coroner’s office
the sound of his mother and the police sirens that echo in to the next scene
Describe the difference of the mise en scene between the cafe and the coroners office
its a sudden change from the warm speia tones of the private space, it suddenly very clinical, cold, unwelcoming with the stark white
In terms of spectatorship what does the over-the-shoulder shot on dr king say in the coroners office scene
As we enter the office we are placed with Dr king and we gain a strong spatiotemporal attachment with him at the beginning of the scene
Excluding the over the shoulder shot how do we gain are more aligned with king in this scene in the coroners office scene
A pov shot has he walks in looking at jimmy lee jackson’s grandfather
how has an audience are we allowed to fully soak up the powerful and emotional performances in the coroner scene
Through intimate close long takes, as well moments of silence that gives the audience a moment of cartheseis and reflection on what is happening and to process the complicated emotions in this scene
What gives the coroners office scene a sense of realism
long takes as well as a verte/handheld camera, the camera also creates a sense of extreme grief
give one way the film is constructed “to provoke social change”
In the coroner’s office scene, we are given raw unbridged emotion and the direct impact of violence against black people for white audiences, which is then directly shifted and the emotion is channelled into a dr king speech about how we organise protests, how we fight this, how do we change this.
these are teaching moments for the audience
How does Ava Durvney present “the man has well has the myth” in the coroner’s office scene
We are showcased the man the human by the emotion and guilt by David Oyelowo’s performance in this scene as well as the statesman, the person of power and importance by him asking questions to Jimmy’s grandfather like “How old are you” to get to know him better, a very official and statesmen way of doing something when their talking to a citizen
The high key lighting in the coroners office scene creates what?
It creates an heavenly space, Duvernay overexposes the light to paint him has a sacrifice to a fight for justice
As a spectaor what does the non-digetic piano connonte to us
It begins as Jimmy’s grandfather starts talking about his age and a que to us that this is emotional
In terms of spectatorship what is the shot-reverse-shot shoulder shots between mlk and the grandfather
Intra-diegetic, we are stiched into the conversatiobn and empathise with their reactions to one another
How does Durvaney emotionally suture the audience into the bridge scene
With selma how does duverey represent the american dream
has an outdated concept that negates the years of racial inequality thats engrained into america and she evaluates this ideology from the persepctive of MLK in the midst for the fight of the vote
Durvney shows two selfs of MLK how is this done and why
We see his public self, the myth, and the great man. Since we already have cultural capital on him we dont need to gain recognition of this self and it is immediately presented to us in a recognisable voiceover. This then bridges into his private self, the man, talking to his wife corretta as well has the audience making us active. Durveny shows this second side in an attempt to rise white consciousness and so white audiences can undestand his belif sytem
