Winters Bone
Winters Bone constantly shifts the spectatorship from passive audiences to active audiences. The passive audience will accept the narrative without a question whereas active audiences will challenge and question the message. The reason why there's a constant shift in spectatorship is due to the neo-realistic style director Debra Granick has used, the documentary style and verisimilitude provides a higher sense of realism that the lifestyle of Ozarks and the plot, as well as the majority of the cast (who are from Ozarks), is happening right now.
A scene that I feel really highlights the lifestyle and really captures the audience is the scene in which the then unknown actress Jennifer Lawrence's character, Ree is beaten up by some of the Ozarks residents,those who tried to beat her mainly consisted of women which highlight aside to the narrative that the patriarchal society that Ozarks evolves around has caused the women to be violent to a spectator whose taking an opposite reading could see this as an act towards men and that women feel need to lash out towards one and another just to be taken seriously by men and how the male gender ruling Ozarks and a character who truly rules Ozarks in the film is Thump Milton and a scene which fully conveys the patriarchy that surrounds Ozarks is the scene in which Ree's neighbor offered to take the little brother of her hands as he'll prove to be useful to his family leaving the little sister. The fight scene is shot using a handheld camera much like the majority of the film, this conveys to both active and passive audiences that violence on this level is known in the region of Missouri again adding to the verisimilitude. Unlike most independent films, Winters' bone uses non-diegetic music to fuel the narrative, in particular, the fight scene has droning sounds along with the diegetic sounds of Ree's screams this creates a more immersive scene for the audience (both passive and active depending on the reading the audiences us having), as the fight is a sudden break in the equilibrium. The editing of this scene is a convention of an independent film as the lack of jumps cuts and fast editing conveys the verisimilitude of the film. The men standing around Ree whilst the women threaten Ree coveys that women are only threatening when using words but men are intimidating solely by their gender. In winters bone the audience is positioned to take the preferred reading (passive) and accept the way the film is produced this could be due to the 'organic, incremental process' of videos and photographic documentation of the daily lives of several families in Ozarks. However, the active audiences will take an opposite reading to what they've been shown on-screen and reject the preferred reading, the people who will take an opposite reading will most likely prefer a patriarchal society. but the way the spectator views the film all depends on a multitude of factors such as gender, age, and ethnicity.
Winters' bone constantly shifts between passive and active spectatorship to create a sense of unpredictabilty which reflect Ozarks community and society which also feeds the constant shift, having a cnstant shift in spectatorship both active and passive audience need to understand the social context in order to see the film as an passive or active member of th audience.
A scene that I feel really highlights the lifestyle and really captures the audience is the scene in which the then unknown actress Jennifer Lawrence's character, Ree is beaten up by some of the Ozarks residents,those who tried to beat her mainly consisted of women which highlight aside to the narrative that the patriarchal society that Ozarks evolves around has caused the women to be violent to a spectator whose taking an opposite reading could see this as an act towards men and that women feel need to lash out towards one and another just to be taken seriously by men and how the male gender ruling Ozarks and a character who truly rules Ozarks in the film is Thump Milton and a scene which fully conveys the patriarchy that surrounds Ozarks is the scene in which Ree's neighbor offered to take the little brother of her hands as he'll prove to be useful to his family leaving the little sister. The fight scene is shot using a handheld camera much like the majority of the film, this conveys to both active and passive audiences that violence on this level is known in the region of Missouri again adding to the verisimilitude. Unlike most independent films, Winters' bone uses non-diegetic music to fuel the narrative, in particular, the fight scene has droning sounds along with the diegetic sounds of Ree's screams this creates a more immersive scene for the audience (both passive and active depending on the reading the audiences us having), as the fight is a sudden break in the equilibrium. The editing of this scene is a convention of an independent film as the lack of jumps cuts and fast editing conveys the verisimilitude of the film. The men standing around Ree whilst the women threaten Ree coveys that women are only threatening when using words but men are intimidating solely by their gender. In winters bone the audience is positioned to take the preferred reading (passive) and accept the way the film is produced this could be due to the 'organic, incremental process' of videos and photographic documentation of the daily lives of several families in Ozarks. However, the active audiences will take an opposite reading to what they've been shown on-screen and reject the preferred reading, the people who will take an opposite reading will most likely prefer a patriarchal society. but the way the spectator views the film all depends on a multitude of factors such as gender, age, and ethnicity.
Winters' bone constantly shifts between passive and active spectatorship to create a sense of unpredictabilty which reflect Ozarks community and society which also feeds the constant shift, having a cnstant shift in spectatorship both active and passive audience need to understand the social context in order to see the film as an passive or active member of th audience.
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