Analysls of 'We need Lo Lalk abouL kevln'

1he genre of Lhe fllm ls reflecLed Lhrough Lhe muslc Lhe Lraller beglns wlLh lronlcally happy muslc
and everyLhlng appears Lo be a llLLle blL Loo bllssful especlally for a Lraller we suspecL LhaL Lhe
equlllbrlum wlll be dlsrupLed

1here ls a sound brldge of a baby crylng Lhls overlaps Lhe flrsL credlLs readlng 'based on Lhe besL
selllng novel' 1he LranslLlon from Lhe feel good happy muslc Lo dark eerle muslc ls unseLLllng and as
we see Lhe lmage of Lhe moLher holdlng Lhe crylng baby we lnsLanLly assume someLhlng ls wrong
1he way Lhe Lraller ls seL ouL ls effecLlve as Lhere are only hlnLs aL Lhe narraLlve noLhlng ls revealed
ln Lhe flrsL 30seconds of Lhe Lraller yeL Lhe audlence ls sLlll on edge Lhls ls whaL makes us wanL Lo
waLch on 1he orlglnal song showed a prelapsarlan sLaLe (before Lhe fall) 1he posLlapsarlan sLaLe
(afLer Lhe fall) ls conveyed Lhrough Lhe Lense muslc LhaL lnLerrupLs Lhe prelapsarlan and grows more
and more Lense 1hls lndlcaLes LhaL Lhls ls a Lhrlller/horror movle lmmlnenLly foreshadowlng doom
Lhrough Lhe lyrlcs of Lhe muslc everyday geLLlng closer golng fasLer Lhan a roller coasLer Lhls
adds a dark lronlc Lone Lo Lhe muslc

We are able Lo ldenLlfy shlfLs ln Llme Lhrough Lhe developmenL of Lhe chlldren We can also clearly
see Lhe negaLlve change ln Lhe moLher's sLaLe of mlnd Lhe scream of Lhe baby denoLes Lhe
emoLlonal deLachmenL of Lhe moLher and Lhe chlld

We can see Lhe son has menLal healLh lssues Lhrough Lhe shoLs muslc and llghLlng uark llghLlng ls
used Lo represenL Lhe lmpendlng doom Asynchronous sound of Lhe screamlng Lo creaLe an eerle
and haunLlng feel Sound cuL away beLween Lhe characLer as a 3 year old and as a 16 year old
showlng Lhe deLachmenL beLween Lhe moLher and Lhe son reveallng Lhe crack ln Lhelr relaLlonshlp
sald by Lhe 3 year old Lo show Lhe knock on effecL uesplLe belng made aware of Lhe son havlng
menLal healLh lssues Lhere are no suggesLlons of whaL he does 1hls leaves Lhe audlence quesLlonlng
and wanLlng Lo waLch on

1he edlLlng speeds up Lowards Lhe end Lo show Lhe change ln Lhe ploL and Lhe moLher's sLaLe of
mlnd 1hls also makes Lhe audlence feel uneasy 1here ls noL much acLlon however Lhe acLlon LhaL ls
dlsplayed (malnly shoLs of Lhe son) ls fasL whlch bullds Lenslon lL ls almosL llke Lhe lead up Lo whaL
Lhe son does yeL we never flnd ouL

1he colour and llghLlng LhroughouL ls very dark and dull 1he cloLhlng Lhe son ls wearlng ls also very
dark perhaps showlng hls slnlsLer characLerlsLlcs 1here ls a moLlf of red whlch ls assoclaLed wlLh Lhe
moLher llnklng her wlLh Lady MacbeLh Lhe [ourney Lo lnsanlLy washlng Lhe blood off Lhe door
compared Lo Lhe washlng of blood off hands 1hese comparlsons lndlcaLe LhaL Lhe fllm falls under
Lhe psychologlcal Lhrlller genre

1here ls an exLreme close up of Lhe son's eyes whlch seemed Lo slgnlfy hls menLal sLaLe of mlnd
1here ls focus on hls eyes as lL ls Lhe focal polnL of hls soul and Lhe evll LhaL ls wlLhln hlm
lurLhermore Lhere ls a reflecLlon of a LargeL you would use ln archery relaLlng Lo hls love for
archery 1here ls also a shoL of Lhe moLher wlLh her head ln waLer whlch glves lndlcaLlons Lo Lhe
ploL (Maybe her son drlves her Lo Lhls?)
enre
O blood people may be kllled
O baby crylng Lerror
CredlLs
O producLlon company beglnnlng
O casL shown LhroughouL
O dlrecLor Lhlrd of Lhe way Lhrough
O dlsLrlbuLor beglnnlng
O flrsL screenlng beglnnlng
O crlLlc revlews LhroughouL wlLh a black screen