A-Level Film Studies - Daniel Kallin

Captain Fantastic (Ross, 2016) Opening Sequence - The Deer Scene: - Spectatorship -  First glimpse of family makes them seem different - wearing mud, living in a forest, killing a deer - Values and Ideologies - Intruders on a natural environment - killing a deer is destroying the harmony - Film form -  Slow pace at first, speeds up when attacking deer Hand-held camera - puts you in the moment and into the perspective of the family  Training (montage): See the family without mud disguise - get to know them as people Whilst training is odd it feels more real Competitiveness between family members - already have conflict showing how the family has big cracks in it Children swearing - immediately shows a less conventional way to be brought up in America End of the day - night scene outside: Seems a like a fairly normal campfire but we have worked out this is their daily routine Music injects some fun and life into these characters Ben and Bo on the road: Use of wide shots of ...

1. Explain what spectatorship is in Film Studies. Spectatorship is a way of consuming films which is distinguishable from just watching them as the viewer is actively engaging with the film, the meaning presented within it and the way the film is made. Spectatorship also involves watching the film without outside distractions for complete immersion, for example in a cinema or a without your phone near you. Spectatorship is key to the theoretical approach for films as it requires viewers to look deeper into the film and be able to analyse key features and scenes both during the film and once it's over. Within spectatorship comes specific components. These include audience alignment which is who the viewer supports and roots for in the film and who they don't (e.g. in No Country For Old Men; they support Ellis, are neutral on Llewelyn and against Chigurh - although they you could argue that the spectator's interest in those characters are inverse to how supportable the...