17.09.13

V for Vendetta

Is V the hero or the Villain?
Is he good or bad?

Close ups = Important
Good guy (hero) / Bad guy (villain) - Protagonist / Antagonist

Anti-hero
Vigilante
Terrorist/Revolutionary (for freedom)
Anonymous

Told in a way... Side with the terrorist

Messages

• Freedom
• Chaos
• Revenge 

Evey

•  Our point of view
• The audience see V from Evey's point of view

IDENTITY

•  Voyeurism } Male gaze, For aspirational, Sexually (sexual interest)  

MACRO

• Style
• Genre
• Narrative} Message, Psycological motivation, Scene tells a story, Characters and relationships
• Representation} Voyeurism, Male/Female, Male gaze, Power, Identity (mirror stage), The look?, colours?, lighting? (GRAPHIC NOVEL)

Evey's torture - V for Vendetta

• Hair shaved - Losing femininity
• Close ups- Terror - Directly looking at the camera
• Sitting in the corner of the dark room
• Implies she has to become more masculine
• Other woman doesn't fight back, deals with it dignified and silent. Takes it on the chin.