Showing posts with label Unexpected friendship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Unexpected friendship. Show all posts

Monday, 28 November 2011

Unexpected friendship in films

Is Anybody There? 2008
Goodnight Mister Tom 1998

Karate Kid 1984
Up 2009

These are films that have inspired our own film. They are not all social realism however they all include an unlikely friendship. These film all feature old gentlemen and younger boys that are pre adolescent, They all serve roles as mentors or some kind of guidance be it martial arts or as in 'is anybody there' he en-stows wisdom about life and death. This gave us our inspiration for our own old character, He shall be Jacobs guide in how to get out of his situation.

Thursday, 20 October 2011

'Is Anybody There?' Poster Deconstruction


     This is a poster for the film 'Is Anybody There?' which is a British drama. Although we are doing a social realism trailer we decided to look at this film as it included an unexpected friendship between an older man and a young boy who is interested in the idea of the supernatural. 

It is obvious from this poster that the film is not a social realism as the fact that it has a famous actor in it is strongly highlighted at the to of the poster in a bold, yellow font. This shows that the actors are a main attraction to the film. 

The use of the colours blue and yellow makes the poster bright and also implies happiness. The yellow is reflected in the text, the bus stop and also in the young boys clothing, the only thing that does not fit into the colour scheme is the man's clothing which in entirely black, this creates a sense of mystery. He contrasts with the environment and the boy further suggesting an unlikely friendship.