Research into films about bereavement
Hunt for the wilder People
Hunt for the wilder people is a film directed by Taika Waiti starring Sam Neil which tells the story of a young boy who is youth offender 'ricky' who is sent to live with a family who live in the Bush of New Zealand, after developing a caring relationship with his Foster mother Ricky fits in with his new surroundings liking his new home, but when his Foster mother mysteriously dies, Ricky now has to learn how to get to grips with living with his Foster father played by Sam Neil, stricken with grief they both decide to go hiding in the mountains of New Zealand becoming on the run fugitives, as they spend longer on the run Ricky becomes accustom to his Foster father. I find this is film even though it is not specifically about grief it manages to create some very interesting views and heartfelt moments. These moments in particular I think help that characters develop and help us show how they deal with this grief they are currently facing at the time. For example: in hunt for the wilder people at the funeral of Ricky's Foster mother, Taika Waititi's character who is a priest gives a hilarious speech about death which comes off as obsurd and strange which the majority of the characters are specifically mentioned to appear as so it continues to add comedic value of the film. which spoke to me as a writer myself because taika waititi has this very original and interesting trademark within his writing directing where he makes sad moments funny or happy which in my opinion even though it comes off rather silly sometimes, I appreciate the idea behind making these moments funny because when serious matters happen it cinema we are expected to feel sad because that moment has been either built up to or the music is changed to make us feel that emotion but when you create a funny moment out of something which is supposed to make us feel sad and to still make the audience laugh I think that's quite an achievement. From a writing prospective on the project we are currently creating I think that looking into taika Waiti writing and directing style could be helpful in adding some comedy into our quite dull and emotional drama, not completely in the sense that we need to make the project as exactly comedic in the way that taika waititi makes his moments, but taking certain elements in which he creates comedy through grief. .
Three billboards outside ebbing Missouri
three billboards is a film about a grieving mother called Mildred, (played by Frances Mcdormand in her Oscar winning role) who personally challenges the law of ebbing Missouri by putting billboards up outside of the town which blame the police of the town for the injustice of her daughters murder, after they fail to catch the culprit. This film is a perfect sample of a film about bereavement because it specifically follows a mother who is trying to find a way of coping with loss of her young daughter. The performances are so powerful that it adds so much realism to the entire arc of the story. A good example of a moment where we discover more about the grief a character is facing will be this scene where mildred is on television talking about the billboards and as we go further into the script we learn more and more about character adding more emotional depth into what these characters are going through. This film from a writting perspective is a very helpful in the sense that it helps me process understanding loss and bereavement in the way that it creates anger and rage within people and what anyone will do to make sure that person who has been lost can be finally put to rest from. The character of Mildred I find is one of the best characters which resemble grieving ever, she adds so much emotional depth to the film that makes her character stand out from the other great performances. I think that the writing team should all watch this film in order to help us understand how develop grieving characters.
Big Fish
Big is a drama fantasy film directed by Tim Burton and stars Ewan Mcgregor, Albert Finney and Billy Crudup. This film tells the story of a son trying to make sense of the stories his dying father has told him about his life. This film explores bereavement in quite a different approach to how my other films do, instead of making the film very dreary and about the end of someones life, it revisits the life of the dying person and mystery behind if the stories which are currently being shown are true or not. I think Big fish tells quite a unique story regarding bereavement and loss, the way that the son (will) is portrayed he is the one who is facing the grief more than anyone, this is because we learn that Will does not understand his fathers life because of the stories he was told as a child and is still being told as an adult seem to completely make believe and because of this he feels disconnected to his father in the sense that he does not understand who he is really is, so whilst he is dying he is trying to find this connection to him before he finally passes. From a writing I enjoy the way the film shows us these make believe memories that Albert finney's character creates, I find that because we are constantly wondering what is the difference between what is real and what is make believe intrigues the audience into figuring out the answers and what our eventual conclusion will be. Billy crudup character is us as the audience we want to find the answers to what we are being told in order to feel something for this character and as the character develops we continue to care and acre more making the impact of his death even greater.
Hunt for the wilder people is a film directed by Taika Waiti starring Sam Neil which tells the story of a young boy who is youth offender 'ricky' who is sent to live with a family who live in the Bush of New Zealand, after developing a caring relationship with his Foster mother Ricky fits in with his new surroundings liking his new home, but when his Foster mother mysteriously dies, Ricky now has to learn how to get to grips with living with his Foster father played by Sam Neil, stricken with grief they both decide to go hiding in the mountains of New Zealand becoming on the run fugitives, as they spend longer on the run Ricky becomes accustom to his Foster father. I find this is film even though it is not specifically about grief it manages to create some very interesting views and heartfelt moments. These moments in particular I think help that characters develop and help us show how they deal with this grief they are currently facing at the time. For example: in hunt for the wilder people at the funeral of Ricky's Foster mother, Taika Waititi's character who is a priest gives a hilarious speech about death which comes off as obsurd and strange which the majority of the characters are specifically mentioned to appear as so it continues to add comedic value of the film. which spoke to me as a writer myself because taika waititi has this very original and interesting trademark within his writing directing where he makes sad moments funny or happy which in my opinion even though it comes off rather silly sometimes, I appreciate the idea behind making these moments funny because when serious matters happen it cinema we are expected to feel sad because that moment has been either built up to or the music is changed to make us feel that emotion but when you create a funny moment out of something which is supposed to make us feel sad and to still make the audience laugh I think that's quite an achievement. From a writing prospective on the project we are currently creating I think that looking into taika Waiti writing and directing style could be helpful in adding some comedy into our quite dull and emotional drama, not completely in the sense that we need to make the project as exactly comedic in the way that taika waititi makes his moments, but taking certain elements in which he creates comedy through grief. .
Three billboards outside ebbing Missouri
three billboards is a film about a grieving mother called Mildred, (played by Frances Mcdormand in her Oscar winning role) who personally challenges the law of ebbing Missouri by putting billboards up outside of the town which blame the police of the town for the injustice of her daughters murder, after they fail to catch the culprit. This film is a perfect sample of a film about bereavement because it specifically follows a mother who is trying to find a way of coping with loss of her young daughter. The performances are so powerful that it adds so much realism to the entire arc of the story. A good example of a moment where we discover more about the grief a character is facing will be this scene where mildred is on television talking about the billboards and as we go further into the script we learn more and more about character adding more emotional depth into what these characters are going through. This film from a writting perspective is a very helpful in the sense that it helps me process understanding loss and bereavement in the way that it creates anger and rage within people and what anyone will do to make sure that person who has been lost can be finally put to rest from. The character of Mildred I find is one of the best characters which resemble grieving ever, she adds so much emotional depth to the film that makes her character stand out from the other great performances. I think that the writing team should all watch this film in order to help us understand how develop grieving characters.
Big Fish
Big is a drama fantasy film directed by Tim Burton and stars Ewan Mcgregor, Albert Finney and Billy Crudup. This film tells the story of a son trying to make sense of the stories his dying father has told him about his life. This film explores bereavement in quite a different approach to how my other films do, instead of making the film very dreary and about the end of someones life, it revisits the life of the dying person and mystery behind if the stories which are currently being shown are true or not. I think Big fish tells quite a unique story regarding bereavement and loss, the way that the son (will) is portrayed he is the one who is facing the grief more than anyone, this is because we learn that Will does not understand his fathers life because of the stories he was told as a child and is still being told as an adult seem to completely make believe and because of this he feels disconnected to his father in the sense that he does not understand who he is really is, so whilst he is dying he is trying to find this connection to him before he finally passes. From a writing I enjoy the way the film shows us these make believe memories that Albert finney's character creates, I find that because we are constantly wondering what is the difference between what is real and what is make believe intrigues the audience into figuring out the answers and what our eventual conclusion will be. Billy crudup character is us as the audience we want to find the answers to what we are being told in order to feel something for this character and as the character develops we continue to care and acre more making the impact of his death even greater.
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