Captain fantastic

Question 1

what does the film represent with jack and ben?

Answer 1

Represents their different approaches to life, and invites the audience to consider the pros and cons of both. matt ross- “i didn’t want to vilify anyone. no one in this film is the villain

Question 2

How is parenting explored in the film?

Answer 2

Explored through different approaches and challenges to them; the children decide how they want to be raised and choose their father despite him asserting “ill ruin your lives”

Question 3

How is active spectatorship encouraged in captain fantastic ?

Answer 3

soundtrack and visual, start we see a peaceful alpine canopy calm before the storm. second scene completely contrasted with the skulking a of a deer. shows how far hunnantih distance them self with reality

Question 4

how does the celebrating of one philosopher act as an active spectatorship?

Answer 4

The children are seen as highly educated on politics and rights, ben is hegemonic- dominant group. Isolates the rest of society woman, ethnic men ik ries lgtbh and the dusk and. Pluralism is the idea of where we need to change our ideas and representations of people from different social grouos

Question 5

How does the film present the first scene?

Answer 5

The wide establishing shot shows the distance between the urban life and their life as a family
The shot with the deer, we focus as an audience on it and ask why it gets killed as its so innocent
Pov shots in the eyes of the deer to show how harmless it is
we as an audience are in spectators gaze
hand held very unsteady which makes it hard for the audience to watch, the use of non-diegetic sound creates tension

Question 6

How is exposition shown in captain fantastic?

Answer 6

Lower angle shots of ben help the audience create how the children look up to ben, spectators gaze. Puts us in this point of view how they feel
Shot reverse shot of the children fighting but show how innocent they are
Close ups of family photos to show the change
editing- montage of family routines and lifestyle

Question 7

How is the campfire presented in captain fans

Answer 7

Close ups of the children reading to show they still have education
slightly canted angles of ben asking his children questions about their reading to show the difference in the United States

Question 8

How is mission free the food filmed to ben?

Answer 8

Ben walking down the isle, pov shot to the spectator; extra diegetic. Spectators are not ready for what is abut to happen
Sound at the end represents their anachrist ideology rebel girl by punk band bikilnl kill
fast cuts to the kids
anticapitalist view showing stealing food
the setting of the supermarket represents capitalism to ben

Question 9

What is the Noam Chomsky celebration?

Answer 9

We are at a lower angle like the children, he is teaching us? Sdpecator gaze/ extra diegetic/ intra diegetic
They call knifes beautiful which show their unconventional upbringing

Question 10

How are we seen in alignment with the deer?

Answer 10

The movie presents us as being in alignment with the deer which helps the audience create a reception of Bambi connotations. The mud covered bodies of the 2 characters don’t help us create an identity and symbolise them as being less humane. Its hard for the audience to create expeditions of the 2 characters as soon we become in allignement with the 2 protagonists.

Question 11

How does ross after the killing scene create a humane allignement between the 2 characters?

Answer 11

he makes them wash their face which shows their human traditions and creates a more active spectaroship look and creates multiple psleyms. We see an intra diegetic relationship between the. characters and try to predict how they will sound. This encourages them to be more civilise when we see them reading a book and ross adds humour

Question 12

What are the political messages shown in the film?

Answer 12

The family is of a liberal, national pronoun background suggesting conservatives and libelists respond differently to the film

Question 13

How are both grandpa an the father presented in the film?

Answer 13

They both possess loving parental values and can be both seen as villains and heroes adding an enigma and contrast

Question 14

How does their clothing contrast with the natural world?

Answer 14

At their mothers funeral they wear bright clothes which is in opposition with the rets of the world to suggest that they are completely different and isolated.

Question 15

How does matt ross describe his hand held camera angle without a tripod?

Answer 15

“I wanted to be in the scene not watch the scene” here describe that handheld shot creates a more symbolic meaning

Question 16

How does the film explore gender?

Answer 16

Male dominant film which could be criticised by only focussing on male views-mrellian and bo.

Question 17

What type of film is it?

Answer 17

Indiewood cinema “quirky” Ooff beat”

Question 18

What does the dinner scene create between both families/

Answer 18

Again as an audience we are at a spectators and intra diegetic gaze where we hardly are in any point of view or allignement with any of the characters. This allows us as an audience to compare both families. drinking wine and playing video games. also questioning our own values as a family

Question 19

What is bens chosen family image like?

Answer 19

Platonic family republic’ contrasts with the real world, his children only know about the world from books they have read

Question 20

What scene can be shown to preview the family relationship?

Answer 20

Sitting around the campfire, the spectators are at a gaze and an intra diegetic to show the family are talented musicians and the warm lighting from the fire creates a sombre effect

Question 21

How can the film be compared from start to finish with other films?

Answer 21

Similar to the film little miss unshine
the film asks the audience to observe the differences in families. Ben has to act as a compromise to see his children be in reality and see his son off for Yale university chichis a plot twisting in the film. His family must grow up without a hunting knife and embrace reality

Question 22

How did ross use his own life as a way to create this film?

Answer 22

Used to be an actor, and started making films when younger but became a better director through parenting
The three generations seen in Captain Fantastic [a concerned grandfather, a loving dad and a group of children growing up fast] are all present

Question 23

How did ross choose Mortensen?

Answer 23

He chose him as a powerful artistic actor from the film Indian runner

Question 24

How did ross describe bo?

Answer 24

A very absent character but the norm of how kids grow up within different ages what they know and don’t know

Question 25

How does the shift between active and passive create tension the first scene?

Answer 25

The establishing shot with no sound causes tension yet surreal surroundings. the white of bo’s eyes create a distinction between the green and cause a contrast