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Harry Brown Analysis February 27, 2014
frail
nothing to lose
routine dull lifestyle
isolated
fearful morals
hides away house proud
lonelycaringselfless
Questions:
1. List the codes and conventions of a crime film.
2. What adjectives could you use to describe Noel?
3. What possible audience responses could there be?
REVENGE
SOCIAL
Contemporary situa/on
Everyday characters
Urban drama
Struggle to survive
REALISM
Bloodbath
Vigilante jus/ce
Counter cultural pleasure
GENRE
Harry Brown Analysis February 27, 2014
reven
ge fil
m
socia
l reali
sm
Application?
What are audience expecta/ons of the revenge film?
Murder, Widower, Council Estate, Drug Dealer, Police Raid, Hospital, Sword, Inves/ga/on, Drug Overdose, Ex Soldier, Pub, London, England, Gun Crime, Stab Wound, Shoo/ng, Mugger, Gang, Interroga/on, Youth Crime, Chess, Police Pensioner, Mobile Phone, Vigilante, Riot, Arrest, Revenge, Molotov Cocktail, Funeral, Gun, Character Name In Title.
Which of these are the following classic elements of the Crime genre that feature in Harry Brown?
Famous actor
How do these elements of Filming Style contribute to
Social Realism?
Ligh;ng
Se<ngs
Hand held camera
Key words:
naturalis*c ligh*ng Aylesbury Estate immerse
Harry Brown Analysis February 27, 2014
ANALYSIS OF THE OPENING SEQUENCE
CAMERA/EDITING
MISE-EN-SCÈNE SOUND
How does the sequence communicate messages/values?
P
E
E
1 2 3
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who?
how?
why?
Representa)on
Harry Brown Analysis February 27, 2014
Lack of.....morals
respect role modelsthings to do
moneyhope
BINARY OPPOSITESThe narrative is driven by opposing forces clashing
with each other.
Good
Evil
YouthOld age
Police
Criminal
Fear
Security
Truth
Lies
?Questions in the
narrative
ENIGMA CODE
!I know what will
happen next
ACTION CODE
Harry Brown Analysis February 27, 2014
So one argument could be that...
Harry Brown is a pseudo social-realism film wanting to be taken seriously. The depiction of the young out-of-control criminals is absurdly over-the-top from the very beginning. Harry states that the young thugs simply do what they do for entertainment and the film is happy to exploit and then continue to perpetrate this nasty stereotype of the evil, predatory juvenile delinquency. This is finger wagging at the youth of today at its most extreme and reactionary. The young criminals are represented as either obscenely arrogant, aggressive sociopaths or pathetic, desperate junky scum. Harry Brown is cinema for outraged talkback radio callers and tabloid readers as it revels in blatant fear mongering.
A Moral Panic is something identified by the media that emerges to be a threat to society's values/ideologies.
Often stereotypes are used.
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