The girl with the dragon tattoo
Mise en scene- there are many places of meeting shown in this film for e.g. coffee shops or offices but the male in this film is often alone I these places this suggest that he has been shut off from society which we know that he has due to one of his reports that he had published, the two main characters In this film are white this conforms with the typical white supremacy representation as It is often the white race that is show as the most powerful person in the film, it also challenges it as it is often males that are shown not females partially this one as she does not conform with the female dress code as she looks fairly masculine in the way she dresses covering up all of her skin expect her face this could suggest that she has something to hide from us, In this film we find both patriarchy and matriarchy so we can only decipher from this that these two people will meet at some point.
Stock settings- the setting for this film starts in a Swedish journalist office were the male character works this is just to set the scene for the viewers more clearly allowing for easy viewing, it also jumps to where the female character works as she is a investigator she works in an office also meaning that both of these people are highly qualified and perhaps would work well together if the opportunity came around to do so.
Stock characters, Mikael Blomkvist Is a journalist who has fallen on tough times as the last report that he conducted did not go very well and he is currently being ridiculed by the press for it, lisbeth salander is a computer hacker and is a very talented investigator and can find out information about anyone she needs to by using her unique skills, they both end up working together to discover why a woman has been missing for forty years but her grandfather still receives the paintings that she use to paint for him every birthday since she was able.
Themes- women are treated very differently to men this is shown in this film when lisbeth attempts to get more money for her work from her money provider to do this she performs a sexual act for the man as if she were a tool Laura mulveys there an visual pleasure as women are just something to be looked at and not as human beings, we also see how easy it is for a journalist to be hated by people, if they do not write something which the public agree with the it is likely that they will be ridiculed be others greatly as we see in this film.
Narrative- the story of this film is Mikael is a washed up journalist and is likely to give up his job soon but is give a break be investigating the disappearance of a girl who has been missing for forty years but her grandfather still received the paintings that he use to from her all this time still, lisbeth teams up with Mikael to discover the truth about this missing person and also find love with his new found partner who has been mistreated all of her life but has finally found someone who treats her with respect.
Iconography- journalist often dress in a similar way to each other smartly dressed and smart looking sometimes wearing glasses and are fairly rude in the way that they speak to people for e.g. when they are trying to gather information about people so they can have a story to write about, when people are stressed they tend to smoke this is what Mikael does so I think that the symbol of a cigarette when stressed as an icon also.
Camera angels- in this film there are mainly two man shots and close ups. The two man shot are used to show a conversation between two people more clearly or when they and walking through a crowd of people, the close up of them is to show the emotion on their faces as the drama unfolds further.
Sound-the sound within this film clip is mainly digetic sound for egg general conversations or the sound of lisbeth motorcycle as she drives to her place of work o think the producer has done this to keep a sense of reality within the film and so no music takes away the viewers attention when the action within the film is underway.
Editing-the editing within this film is fairly simple it is mainly jump cuts throughout the film this is because the emotion in the characters face is the main theme in this film as it will change very often due to different inputs from different character within the film, it is also used to show the few action scenes that are within this film more clearly and to show the pain on the characters face as the trauma takes places as this film is also very graphic.
By Matthew Hurst
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