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Homework for 22/09/21

Writer's picture: Nicholas YamamotoNicholas Yamamoto

Updated: Sep 21, 2021

Film Title - Dunkirk

Genre - suspense thriller

Christopher nolan uses synchronise timeline to show different 3 locations at different timesspans. In this scene "the mole" which is roughly one week, then the sea which is over a course of a day then the air. Three stories over lap at given moments and then converge to the rest of the main characters that are rescused by the civilian boats. In this film the antagonist aren't labeled as the enemy however in dunkirk the enemy isnt the germans rather the concept and perception of time the choice allows the perceptions of subjecitivity of time than the technical aspect of the film, rarely did the characters mentioned about the enemy rather than the germans. In this scene the first sequence conveys back to the mole, it shows the


Shot types -

Close shot

Medium shot

Birds eye view

Establishing shot

Worms eye shot


Connotations:

round blue red and white logo on the airplanes: the royal airforce, the english airforce, english flag, allies, friendlys

the black cross: luftwaffe, germany, german airforce, german plane, enemies, axis

the red cross on the ships: medical ship, medkit, english, rescue boat

the black swastika logo: hate, buddism, socioalism, evil, facism,

civilian boats: rescue boats, yatchs, people's boat, friendly


Denotations:

the red cross on the ships: red cross

the blue red and white circle logo on the airplanes: red,blue and white circle

the black cross on the airplanes: the black cross

the black swastika logo: the black swastika

civilian boats: civilian boats


mise en scene:

soilders, military planes, military ships, civilian ships, the beach, the town



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