Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Media A2
Film
Analysis
Winters
Bone
- MARKETING
- Screened at
the Sundance
film festival
(Promotes
independent
US films)
- The lack of stars,
known directors,
strange subject
matter etc made
the film risky.
Expectations were
very mixed
- Not particularly
well advertised.
Became popular
more through
word of mouth
- REPRESENTATION
- Gender- The film very much uses
traditional gender roles with men
having the power and the
influence whilst women stay at
home and look after the house,
however the main character, Ree,
demonstrates not only a
feminine motherly role, but also
a fatherly role, subverting these
gender stereotypes with her
ability to shoot and skin an
animal and take responsibilities
into her own hands
- Culture- Very ingrained
on rural Missouri
culture, poorer
families living in the
middle of nowhere
where they all know
each other.
Highlighted by the
School only having
either a military class,
or a parent training
class. Hunting for food
and helping
neighbours out
- Age- Everyone is fairly elderly, not
really represented in a particular
way. Ree's mother is portrayed as
struggling and weak, whilst you
also get the generous older
neighbours who assist the family.
- AUDIENCE
- Fans of the
cinema who
would be willing
to see a lesser
known film (may
be fans of
production
company or
sundance
festival)
- Future
fans of
Jennifer
Lawrence
may go
back to
watch the
film once
again
- NARRATIVE
- Linear narrative,
single stranded
throughout
- Propp's theory
can relate to the
characters
clearly in this
- Released
January
21st,
2010
- Production
Budget-
$2m
- UK
gross-
$947,359
US
gross-
$6,500,000
- Production-
Anonymous
content,
Winter's Bone
Productions
- Distributed-
Roadside
Attraction
(USA)
&
artificial
eye
(UK)
- Director-
Debra
Granik
- The genre is
classed as an
independent
drama film
- Cultural realism-
based off
stereotypes that
could be true
(assumed that
people living in
these areas are
like this)