trainspotting historical context

Train-spotting historical context

What was the poll tax and why was it introduced to Scotland first?

The poll tax (Also known as community charge) was a system of taxation introduced in replacement of the domestic rates in Scotland from 1989. It provided a for a single flat-rate tax on every adult at a rate set by the local authority. It was introduced to Scotland first because she wanted to trial the tax before introducing it to England.

Why do you think that the thatcher government was so unpopular in Scotland?

Thatchers government was unpopular due to their trailing of the tax on Scotland as the party knew that they would never win any seats in the country anyway so they may as well try the tax there instead of somewhere that keeps them in power (England)

How does the film reflect the social conditions of the day?

It shows how the Scottish people had to suffer due to the new taxing system and how it made found Scottish people rise up to rebel against the government, as they did not agree to being tested upon.

What are the conventions of social realism?

- Location shooting (not studio) - Wide shots

- Non-professional actors - Semi improvised scripts

- Humour and seriousness - The erosion of regional identities

- Wider social issues explored via emotional and dramatic individual stories

- Triumph over adversity

What kind of political ideologies are most associated with this style of film making?

What is hyperrealism?

realism in art characterised by depiction of real life in an unusual or striking manner

Comments

the master sequence analysis

A Level Film The Master Sequence Analysis This sequence starts with a medium closeup of a middle aged woman who appears to be eating, then there is a clean cut to a mid shot of a middle aged man and woman dressed in smart attire. In this shot we can also see that there is top down lighting making the table and the occupants of it illuminated and the background dark rendering the surroundings invisible, This could be to show the importance of what is happening at the table because nothing around them is there or important. We can hear diegetic sounds of plates scraping and people eating as the extreme mid shot continues we can see the middle aged man looking nervous as if he is about to say something important and after he has glanced in the direction of the camera and the man in the shot whose face we have not yet seen, the middle aged man then addresses the unknown man as dad and we can infer from this that the occupants of the table are all related and may be family. ...

Short film synopsis - Simon, a 17 year old student, who lacks educational ability and has found meaning in other aspects at school. Instead of bieng a hard worker, he mixes with students that are into drugs and violence resulting in poor attitude at home and in school, as well as dissapointing his mother. A mysterious event occurs, leaving simon injured and stumbling through an underpass where he is snatched by a group of lads, during the time he is kidnapped he expiriences multiple visions to some of the key events in his life that have shaped him into the person that he is and have led him to this set of events. but nothing is as it seems and the visions seem fragmented to simon. over the course of these visions, simon is alone in the back of a van bieng taken to an unknown location, where he belives he will come face to face with the man who met him. Suddenly the anticipation is over ad simon finds himself jolted upright in bed the next day

Finished Film And Evaluation

Evaluation - The film started off as the story of a girl Robyn who was struggling with mental issues but then followed a girl Delilah who looked happy and at peace one was wearing depressing black clothes and the other a colorful outfit, Robyn would follow Delilah every day and watch her being creative and expressing herself and it turns out that Delilah is just a figment of Robyn's imagination and she would turn into Delilah wearing her outfit and doing the creative things. When we had done the original shots we realized how bad they looked due to bad planning and execution, As well as the fact that we didn't know how to use the camera properly so didn't format the SD card and kept getting the recording stop in the middle ruining some of our shots. We then changed the script of the movie so that Robyn would still see Delilah at the train station but would follow her and murder her with the twist being that she would return to the train station to see the dead Delilah e...

A Level Film Blog

Search This Blog