Tyrannosaur is a 2011 BAFTA award winning British social realism film written and directed by Paddy Considine, his first feature film.
The film depicts an environment similar to what Considine witnessed growing up on a council estate in the Midlands. The film's title is a metaphor, the meaning of which is revealed in the film.
Plot
"Joseph, an unemployed widower, plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction, undergoes a life change after killing his dog in a fit of rage. Desperate to change his ways and get out of his unpleasant past and surroundings, he earns a chance of redemption when by chance he becomes close to local charity shop worker Hannah, a respectable wholesome and kindly Christian woman who takes pity on him, and they become close friends. However Hannah has a dark secret of her own which threatens to plunge Joseph back into his former life."
We chose to look at the Tyrannosaur poster because we felt it subverted codes and conventions of a social realism film. The poster is unusual and original, it contains the skeleton of a dinosaur which works in harmony with the title of the film, however it does not signify a social realism film nor a drama. This intrigued us as a group and helped us to choose our final poster as our poster did not fit the codes and conventions of a social realism either. This is because we used a lot of nature and did not signify working class, poverty or urbanised areas. To look at the poster closely it is clear that there are urban houses in the background, however from a distance the poster, without the skeleton, almost looks like a horror poster as the man standing between the towering trees seems to be holding a weapon, however he is really holding a bunch of flowers. The poster is chilling, cold because of its sepia tone and seemingly tense, however the layered effect of the poster that gradually draws the eye down through the menacing trees to the small yet vivid man down through the undergrowth to the skeleton is somewhat beautiful. The idea that something horrific lies beneath is strongly connoted and the use of flowers that could be mistaken for a weapon ignites the idea of the boundaries between what is good and bad. This poster is powerful and original, we want to create a similar feel but perhaps not so haunting.
The film depicts an environment similar to what Considine witnessed growing up on a council estate in the Midlands. The film's title is a metaphor, the meaning of which is revealed in the film.
Plot
"Joseph, an unemployed widower, plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction, undergoes a life change after killing his dog in a fit of rage. Desperate to change his ways and get out of his unpleasant past and surroundings, he earns a chance of redemption when by chance he becomes close to local charity shop worker Hannah, a respectable wholesome and kindly Christian woman who takes pity on him, and they become close friends. However Hannah has a dark secret of her own which threatens to plunge Joseph back into his former life."
We chose to look at the Tyrannosaur poster because we felt it subverted codes and conventions of a social realism film. The poster is unusual and original, it contains the skeleton of a dinosaur which works in harmony with the title of the film, however it does not signify a social realism film nor a drama. This intrigued us as a group and helped us to choose our final poster as our poster did not fit the codes and conventions of a social realism either. This is because we used a lot of nature and did not signify working class, poverty or urbanised areas. To look at the poster closely it is clear that there are urban houses in the background, however from a distance the poster, without the skeleton, almost looks like a horror poster as the man standing between the towering trees seems to be holding a weapon, however he is really holding a bunch of flowers. The poster is chilling, cold because of its sepia tone and seemingly tense, however the layered effect of the poster that gradually draws the eye down through the menacing trees to the small yet vivid man down through the undergrowth to the skeleton is somewhat beautiful. The idea that something horrific lies beneath is strongly connoted and the use of flowers that could be mistaken for a weapon ignites the idea of the boundaries between what is good and bad. This poster is powerful and original, we want to create a similar feel but perhaps not so haunting.
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