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Genre of film- Documentary/Urban story film
Target audience- john and the examiners in wales/16+ middle class m+f who have some base knowledge regarding Urban Story themes as the film is going to be based on elements of La Haine
How long- 2-4 minutes.
Key Stylistic Elements- Montage - urban story themes e.g representing minorities - one character throughout the whole film as it would support a key theme of loneliness.
new wave one.

only music playing when jallen is in motion.

based on señor duck
time frame 12;00 - woken up late
mr jallen in the mirror doing hair, booze bottle on the shelf
Time frame
Zoom into face. when it gets to a close up
 flash to a drug  - 0.5 seconds.
cuts to back of head.
shows you walking from the back.
shots of jallo walking
shot behind bars, trapped in addictions
goes and sits on the bench so music stops.
Longshot, close up of jallen on the bench with frequent flashbacks to the druggy alcohol things
maybe colour when he gets up
smiley man now because of lovely thinking on the bench
crossing over a bridge to new ways

Discuss Some Of The Ways In Which Film Or Video Work You Have Studied For This Topic Requires Different Kinds Of Spectatorship From That Which Spectators Bring To Their Mainstream Film Going?

Spectators will have different experiences when viewing mainstream films in comparison to experimental films due to the fact that they are both constructed in very different ways. Mainstream films are mainstream for a reason, they are easy to understand and allow the viewer to watch it passively without giving it much thought. Their main purpose is entertainment and they have a very wide audience as there is generally nothing to figure out from mainstream films, they are usually quite obvious and are a very easy watch with a simple storyline which lots of people can relate to. They are not usually very controversial so they are just quite simple in terms of themes and contexts. This is a really big contrast to experimental films, they are not as popular as mainstream films and definitely do not engage a wide audience as it requires the spectator to think a lot, they cannot simply passively sit and watch it and enjoy it. These films sometimes do not have any storyline or narrative, they are generally very surreal and have a lot of random clips put in together - the spectator needs to be an active viewer. An example of an experimental film is Un Chien Andalou, made in 1927 by Luis Bunuel. Upon viewing this film without being aware of the directors intentions, to me personally it was not enjoyable because I found it hard to understand. The film is very much a collection of random clips that have no meaning and do not fit together and I found that throughout the film I was constantly trying to find a hidden meaning behind everything or do some sort of analysis which I obviously found very difficult. This is how it differs from a mainstream film, I could not sit back and watch it happily following a storyline, i was constantly confused. It required me to view the film in a different way in order to get to grips with the different surreal, random style. Whilst doing deeper research into the film I found that the directors were very interested in Freuds psychological concept of the unconscious mind and they wanted to depict this in a film. Their aim of the film was to show something that had no meaning, which is a very experimental technique.  When brainstorming ideas for the film they would write down ideas but would not think about them for more than 3 seconds to ensure that no rational thought was incorporated into the film otherwise it would wreck the idea of trying to portray the unconscious mind. This is why I, as a spectator, personally found it hard to view at first until I understand that I had to watch the film in a different way as I would do a mainstream film. "Un Chien Andalou" challenges mainstream films, the film aimed to subvert conventional expectations to explore experiences or observations that cannot be visualised. The directors made it a point to "refuse any image that could have any rational meaning." which is a direct contrast to mainstream films where they generally try to create images that people can relate to and that relate to a story so that the audience can watch the film passively and still be entertained. If experimental films were released into the cinema for example, they would not appeal to a wide audience as people would not know how to respond to the images they were being seen as they would not make sense of them due to the fact they would need to change the way they view films, which is why the films require a different type of spectatorship than mainstream films.