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ANALSIS CI CCDLS AND CCNVLN1ICNS CI 1kAILLkS
WlLhln Lhe beglnnlng of Lhe Lraller of 'We need Lo
Lalk abouL kevln' Lhe nondlegeLlc muslc ls lronlc
because Lhe lyrlcs 'everyday lL's a geLLlng closer
golng fasLer Lhan a rollercoasLer' foreshadows Lhelr
doom lL suggesLs LhaL danger ls approachlng fasL
and LhaL Lhey cannoL run away from lL Also Lhls
muslc has a fasL Lempo and an upbeaL/happy vlbe
and lL ls maLched wlLh shoLs of a happy famlly
Lherefore Lhls ls a 'prelapsarlan' seLLlng and Lo
some exLenL Lhe 'Lveryday' muslc by 8uddy Polly conceals Lhe dark lronlc feellng
Powever Lhls 'prelapsarlan' seLLlng ls dlsrupLed
by Lhe black lnformaLlon screen and sounds of a
crylng baby however [usL before Lhe black
lnformaLlon screen appears Lhe screamlng nolse
of Lhe baby ls played whllsL Lhe plcLure of Lhe
moLher and faLher ls shown 1hls suggesLs Lhelr
relaLlonshlp ls deLached and consequenLly lL
suggesLs LhaL from Lhls polnL on lL ls a downfall lnLo chaos Also aL Lhls polnL Lhe muslc
changes Lo vlollns playlng [usL one noLe Lhls muslc ls forebodlng ln lLself because Lhe hlgh
plLch creaLes an eerle sound ls Lo some exLenL produces a 'splnechllllng' feellng Lherefore lL
connoLes wlLh a psychologlcal Lhrlller
Moreover Lhe order of Lhe Lraller ls nonllnear as
Lhere are shoLs where a 16 year old boy ls shown
however lL ls acLually a 3 year old speaklng 1he non
llnear order suggesLs Lo Lhe audlence LhaL everyLhlng
Lhrough Lhe years ls lnLerllnked wlLh each oLher and
Lhese experlences lead Lo Lhe cllmacLlc momenL
When Lhe 16 year old ls shown buL Lhe 3 year old ls
speaklng he says '[usL because you're used Lo
someLhlng doesn'L mean you llke lL llke me' Lhe
dlalogue seLs up confllcL beLween moLher and chlld and because Lhe 16 year old boy ls
shown lL suggesLs LhaL lL has affecLed hlm and Lherefore seLs up Lhe form of a psychologlcal
Lhrlller 1hls ls furLher emphaslsed by Lhe facL LhaL ln Lhls shoL you can see Lhere are LargeLs
ln hls eyes and so Lhls lmplles LhaL Lhe boy has LargeLs and Lhe audlence may wonder why
does he have LargeLs and who or whaL are Lhe LargeLs consequenLly lL seLs up a
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lurLhermore Lhere are many scenes
wlLh red colours for example aL Lhe
beglnnlng wlLh Lhe LomaLo fesLlval
when Lhe moLher ls ln Lhe supermarkeL
and when Lhere ls red palnL Lhrown on
Lhe fronL door 1he mlseenscene ls
effecLlve because Lhe red colours connoLe wlLh danger and lL forebodes Lhe fuLure evenLs
Lhls seLs up Lhe audlence's expecLaLlons of Lhe fllm because Lhey would expecL a fllm LhaL ls
haunLlng and someLhlng where suspense and Lenslon ls bullL up
LhroughouL Lhe fllm Also when Lhe shoL of Lhe llLLle slsLer ls
shown she ls wearlng an eye paLch and Lherefore Lhe audlence
may wonder whaL happened Lo her how dld lL happen Lhe
Lraller wlLhholds lnformaLlon and presenLs shoLs LhaL would
lnLrlgue Lhe audlence so LhaL Lhey would wanL Lo see Lhe fllm
All Lhe shoLs wlLhln Lhe Lraller are abouL 2 seconds each however because Lhere ls no
acLual acLlon Lhls makes Lhe Lraller feel slow buL Lhls ls effecLlve ln lLself because Lhls bullds
up Lenslon and suspense for Lhe audlence
1he LexL has been used Lo convey key polnLs and creaLe narraLlve lnLrlgue Lhe facL LhaL lL ls
dlrecLed by a 8Al1A awardlng wlnnlng dlrecLor would
lnLrlgue audlences because Lhey wlll assume LhaL Lhe fllm
musL be good 1hls ls furLher emphaslsed when lL says
LhaL '1llda SwlnLon glves Lhe besL performance of her
career' Lhls would lnLrlgue Lhe audlence because 1llda
SwlnLon ls a respecLed acLress who has been ln many
amazlng fllms Lherefore lf she ls aL her besL ln Lhls fllm
Lhe audlence would expecL Lhls fllm worLh waLchlng