Joker and Captain fantastic Flashcards
Who is the director of Joker?
Todd Phillips
What is Marxism?
A socio-economic ideology, which criticizes the capitalist class system for their unfair treatment of the working class/proletariat.
What is Nihilism?
An ideological standpoint which views life as meaningless, rejecting typical ideas accepted by society, eg. morals
What is Socialism?
A political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
How do directors control audiences?
- positioning them away/aligning them with characters
- encouraging activity/passivity
How does Ross position audiences away from Catholicism?
- use of wide shot within church, dull colour scheme, Christ figure above Leslie’s coffin
- use of performance of priest looking down at notes, and impersonal speech
How does Ross position audiences to align with his ideology “I want to make people rethink the way they live their lives”?
- use of wide shot, monochromatic colour scheme greens/yellows, bright natural lighting
- use of kuleshov effect over different books that the kids are reading, scientific/advanced
How is the use of the wide shot within the church valuable?
- use of dull, monochromatic colour scheme of browns and blacks, links to constructing neg representation of Catholicism
- Use of positioning christ above coffin links to reinforcing idea of religion being prioritised over celebrating life of person who died
How is the presentation of Ben during the funeral valuable to position audiences away?
- use of bright red suit, could be interpreted as disrespectful by mainstream audiences
- performance of Ben banging coffin, valuable to positioning audiences away from his character, mainstream would dissaprove
How is the use of performance of the priest at Leslie’s funeral valuable?
- the use of performance of the priest is valuable to constructing a rep of impersonality, disconnection
- links to positioning away from audiences, as audiences would consider this to be impersonal, constructing this negative rep of Catholicism
What is Roland Barthes cultural myths?
Roland Barthes’ concept of cultural myths refers to widely held beliefs or ideas that are accepted as natural or common sense within a particular culture.
Why is the use of wide shot, monochromatic colour scheme greens/yellows, bright natural lighting within the opening sequence valuable?
- This use of film form is valuable as it constructs the representation of how and where the Cash family live as idyllic and heavenly
- This links to positioning audiences to allign with Ross ideology, reconsidering if this is a better way to live, as they may consider if this alternative, idyllic lifestyle is better
Why is the use of kuleshov effect over different books that the kids are reading, scientific/advanced valuable?
- the use of this constructs the idea of the children as extremely intelligent/developed for their age, making audiences question if this is the better way to parent their children
- the kuleshov effect emphasises this idea as it shows a range of high skill/complicated books that children of different ages are reading
- This positions audiences to align with Ross’ ideology, reconsidering the way they live their lives, considering if this way of parenting/living is better
How does Phillips position audiences to align with the idea of “Arthur is a man out of step with the world”?
- the use of the low angle as Arthur looks up at Murray making fun if his stand up routine on The Murray Franklin show
- the use of the long take as Arthur climbs into fridge, lack of dietetic soundtrack and blue kicker lighting
How does Phillips position audiences to align with his ideology that “The system is broken”?
- the use of the medium shot, small closet-like setting, and props creating clustered aesthetic in the social services office
- the use of the wide shot, set design, use of colour within the theatre sequence paired with Arthur’s costuming in a servant’s uniform
Whys is the use of the low angle as Arthur looks up at Murray making fun if his stand up routine on The Murray Franklin show valuable?
- the use of the low angle constructs the idea of Arthur as powerless to the media, as it places the TV/Murray above him
- the use of dull colour scheme in the room reinforces the idea of Arthur’s dull/vulnerable life
-This aligns audiences to the idea of ‘Arthur being a man out of step with the world’ as it constructs him being ostracised
Why is the use of the long take as Arthur climbs into fridge, lack of dietetic soundtrack and blue kicker lighting valuable?
- The use of the long take emphasises idea of prolonged suffering
- The use of the blue kicker constructs the idea of suffering and depression
- The use of lacking dietetic soundtrack reinforces the idea of
- This aligns audiences to the idea of ‘Arthur being a man out of step with the world’, as it constructs him as alone, isolated, self abusing
Why is the use of the medium shot, small closet-like setting, and props creating clustered aesthetic in the social services office valuable?
- the use of the medium shot emphasises the claustrophobic presentation of the social services office
- the use of the setting resembling a closet paired with props reinforcing this cluttered representation of the office links to the idea of the office being underfunded by the government
- this positions audiences to align with Phillips ideology of the system being ‘broken’, as they would recognise the idea of this being an unfair disparity for an essential resource which is underfunded
Why is the use of the wide shot, set design, use of colour within the theatre sequence paired with Arthur’s costuming in a servant’s uniform valuable?
- the use of the setting of the tall ceilings and large room is valuable to constructing the representation of the theatre as large and extravagant, connoting it being well-funded
- the use of set design with the deep reds and golds reinforce these ideas of affluence and wealth
- the use of costuming of Arthur is also valuable as it constructs this idea that a member of the working class/proletarians are only able to access these aspects of the upper class lifestyle when serving the bourgeoise
-this positions audiences to align with Phillips ideology of the system being ‘broken’, as they would recognise the opposition to the presentation of the social services office, as the theatre appears more highly funded than the social services office
