we need to talk about kevin

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A2 Media Studies Mind Map on we need to talk about kevin, created by darcie kelly on 02/03/2017.
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we need to talk about kevin
  1. Audio Codes
    1. non diegetic sounds frequent use of country and western/nostalgic songs
      1. often juxtaposed with disturbing on screen events
        1. Narrative
          1. non linear narrative
            1. inbetween past/present
              1. scenes linked passing through eva's conciousness
              2. narrative is ambiguous
            2. periods of silence
            3. bouncing ball/sprinklers
              1. Technical codes
                1. distance between characters
                  1. constant colour of vivid red
                    1. Violence of massacre kept off screen
                      1. red paint on house/hands/ car
                  2. alarm clock
                  3. Mise en scene
                    1. often basic repetition of archery kit
                      1. symbolic use of eggs
                    2. Themes
                      1. uncomfortable relationship within family
                        1. mother cannot love her son
                        2. Genre
                          1. modern melodrama
                            1. elements of horror in iconography
                            2. indie cinema
                            3. Kevin has visual hierarchy showing that he has power over his family
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