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We Need To Talk About Kevin
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Mind Map on We Need To Talk About Kevin, created by Teleah Rachel on 03/11/2014.
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We Need To Talk About Kevin
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Directed and adapted by Lynne Ramsay
Based on 2003 book
Deals with issues of disconnection and violence
Controls and Constraints
Developing and funding for the film was a lengthy process
Small budget
Shot in a short time frame
Used real life locations
Sets were creatively changed
Level of on screen violence was kept to a minimum
Narrative
elliptical editing constructs a non-linear narrative
Told from Eva's perspective
Covers 3 different times in Eva's life
Viewer is engaged to discover why she is in this situation
Violence in avoided through focussing on
character's reactions and emotions as well as symbolism
Context
Violence in schools
Alternative approach by focusing on the reasons behind the actions of the perp
Increases in school massacres in the US in late 80s and early 90s
Calls for increased communication in families and communities
Suburbia, AD and Rep of women
Opposes these representations and challenges the dominant ideologies of the audience
Eva opposes the traditional representations of a mother
Scene deconstruction
Narrative expectations
Establishes a dream-like quality
And temporal ambiguity
Engages the audience
Conveys Eva's psychological state
Portrays Eva's feelings of grief, guilt and shame
Mother-Child relationship
Eva and Kevin have a severely fractured relationship
Health and support systems have failed them both
Jump cuts are used to represent fractured relationships
Suggests that a conversation about these issues need to occur
Resolution
Offers a limited sense of closure
Reasons for the massacre remain unknown to both characters
Eva is positioned as the victim
Relationship starts to heal as they communicate
Target Audience
Mature due to the themes and narrative structure
Enjoy alternative productions
Challenged by the representations of motherhood,
Suburbia and the American dream
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