Submarine

Question 1

Gender

Answer 1

• masculinity
• Both genders - pressure of fitting into society

Question 2

Sound

Answer 2

• Soundtrack - Alex turner - fits indie vibe
• Oliver voice narration - directly addresses audience (IRL - socially awkward)

Question 3

Cinematography

Answer 3

• Mid shot Oliver seq1 - reflects isolation and represents blue colour theme across prologue
• Colours - distinctive - gives nostalgic feel
• Jordanna + Oliver - usually located in middle
• Hand held camera shots - realism

Question 4

Representation

Answer 4

Oliver:
not seen as heart throb
False hero
self centred, narcissistic, binary opposite to how he thinks he is
Jordanna :
Anti Cher
Princess
Popular bully
- Show captures complexity of teen life
- awkwardness and raw emotions of growing up

Question 5

Genre

Answer 5

• Teen coming of age
• Different tone to mainstream rom - com, although can be classed as one
• Welsh school stereotypes

Question 6

Technical codes

Answer 6

• Similar to west Anderson films
• Positioned as friend of Oliver - by hearing his inner thoughts, trusts camera more than irl people

Question 7

Narrative

Answer 7

Binary oppositions:
Oliver vs himself
Oliver vs other teen boys
Barthez action:
Bullying Zoe, fight, imagined death, first kiss
Barthez cultural:
Accents,swansea,port Talbot

Question 8

Todorov 5 part narrative

Answer 8

Equilibrium - Oliver no friends, meets Jordana
Disruption - Jordanna and liver fall out
Attempt to repair - Oliver tries to apologise
New equilibrium/equilibrium- friends

Question 9

Organisation marketing and distributions

Answer 9

• British independent film by warp (cultural)
• Co funded by Ben Stiller (Dyer)
• 1.9 mil budget
• Funds - Wales film council
  Won numerous awards

Question 10

Values and messages

Answer 10

• self discovery
• complex of relationships
• Challenges of growing up

Question 11

Dyers

Answer 11

Gavin and stacey characters