FM2- Section C Road Movie Revision

FM2- Section C Road Movie Revision

1. Genre Signifiers for a Road Movie

   • evolved from the western film genre
   • Themes of freedom and escapism
   • Substance to escape, e.g. alcohol or drugs etc.
   • Lens Flairs and high angles
   • A leader (more dominant character) within a friendship but the dominant characters can later shift
   • Change in clothing
   • Open road

2. Context:

   • The circumstances that form:
     • the setting for an event,statement or idea and the terms in which it can be fully understood or assessed

3. Values:

   • The importance or preciousness of something

4. Messages:

   • A significant or central theme
     • Political, social, moral importance
     • (American Dream is not real)

5. Thelma and Louise (1991)

   • Context
     • 1986 sexual harrassment made illegal
     • Female Leaders- Thatcher
     • Change in the way women are viewed in cinemas
     • Women's rights movement
   • Values
     • Females are in control
     • Quest for personal freedom
     • Female solidarity
     • Creating a new identity
     • The disintegration of the dream
   • Messages
     • Escapism
     • Freedom from men
     • American Dream is an illusion
     • Patriarchal society
     • Change is gender roles
     • Patriarchal leadership portrayed negatively

6. Easy Rider (1969)

   • Context
     • Drugs illegal in America at the time
     • The hippy movement- peace, love, freedom
     • Civil rights movement- MLK- equality
     • Birth Control pill- women are more in control
   • Values
     • Running from the past
     • Quest for personal freedom; to be different.
     • Creating a new identity
     • Fantasies of adventure, (Financial, sexual,violent)
     • Finding one's self or love for family
   • Messages
     • Inequality
     • Drugs culture
     • American dream - Failure/ rejection/ illusion
     • Rejection of American normalised culture
     • Disillusionment in 'America'