A Clockwork Orange Analysis

Wednesday 19th March 2014 Classwork

A Clockwork Orange
- Asked to identify with a bad person
- "Duality of man"

Case Study
- Contemporary cinema, last 10 years
- Gender, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity

A Clockwork Orange
- How are women introduced to the audience?
- How are the audience positioned to view them?

Male Gaze in A Clockwork Orange

- Women introduced as decoration rather than people
- First real woman we see is a sex object
- Phallic images accompany Alex's violent acts

Ludovico Treatment Scene

The Mirror Stage
- The Life of David Gale
- The mirror Stage
- Reflects onto us and film
_ White, straight men
- Views himself as the image created in the mirror stage
- Mulvey and mirror stage = Old Theories
- H/W = Choose film + What debate

The Duality of Man Analysis

Full Metal Jacket "Rather Him Than Me" Clip Analysis

Alignment F.M.J

Metropolis

Mise-en-Scene
- Black and White
Low Key Lighting
- Industrial/prison style location
- Uniformity of clothing

Sound
- Dramatic Music
- Workplace Sounds (hammers etc)

Editing
- Bland
- No filters etc

Cinematography
- Shots all of groups, no individuals
- Long takes

Response to Question
The mass group of people are workers being transported from the surface of the earth to a city far below. It is made clear that we are supposed to view this underground world with negativity as it is lit with low key lighting and the men are marching almost as if to their deaths

Thesis Statement/Introduction Steps

- Pick specific key words/re-write question
- Thinking time
- Select key scenes
- Plan essay structure
- Write thesis statement
- Link to other MACROS
- Link to question
- Link to context
- Evidence