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Beasts of the Southern Wild is a 2012 American fantasy - drama film directed, co-written, and co-scored by Benh Zeitlin. It was adapted by Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar from Alibar's one-act play Juicy and Delicious. The film stars Quvenzhané Wallis and Dwight Henry.
Dec 1, 2016 · After 50 years from the battles for civil equality in the United States, this essay analyzes the film Beats of the Southern Wild (2012) and its African American characters’ refusal to participate into the civic life of their country.
- Elisa Bordin
- 2016
- Rationale for study
- POINTS - Key Elements of Film Form (Micro Features)
- POINTS - Meaning & Response
- SPECIALIST STUDY AREA - Spectatorship
- SPECLIAIST STUDY AREA - Ideology
• Critical Acclaim: The film won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance festival as well as the cinematography award. At Cannes it was awarded the Caméra d’Or, which recognizes the best film by a new director. Richard Corliss in Time magazine said the film, ’speaks in words and images of a clarity and vision nearly unique in today’s independent cinem...
Cinematography The film was predominantly shot on an Easyrig which lends a documentary style to a lot of the footage and also places the audience in the action creating immersion and, frequently, conveying realism. One useful example is the firework scene where the camera operator joins the party and takes the audience running through the location ...
Representations The Levee as a physical barrier between different social groups can be read as a visual representation of social/racial division. Attitudes to gender and strength. Wink tries to encourage Hushpuppy to feel strong by referring to her as a man, “you gonna be the last man in the bathtub” and criticising emotions and weakness, “that’s j...
STARTING POINTS Prevalence of shots from Hushpuppy’s perspective plus her voiceover and the fact that she is in every scene encourages the spectator to align themselves with her. Contemporary events may impact upon a spectator’s reading of the film i.e. recent demonization of the outsider and suggestions that walls be built to keep ‘them’ out. As H...
STARTING POINTS Gottwald, “We’re dedicated to making films as a community about communities on the edge of the world. Limitations are motivating forces for us. We love to bust through challenges.” Parallels between the filmmakers ideologies and their subject matter. The film cheers the underdog throughout as the audience are encouraged to share the...
How Benh Zeitlin Made Beasts of the Southern Wild. The Oscar nominee for Best Director transformed filmmaking as he assembled a new myth out of Hurricane Katrina
- Franz Lidz
Benjamin Harold Zeitlin (/ ˈbɛn ˈzaɪtlɪn /; [3] born October 14, 1982) [4] is an American filmmaker, best known for directing and co-writing the 2012 film Beasts of the Southern Wild, for which he received two Academy Award nominations.
Benjamin T. Richardson, ASC (born 21 September 1975) is an English cinematographer, television producer and director. He is best known for his work on the films Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012), The Fault in Our Stars (2014), Wind River (2017), and Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021), as well as the limited series Mare of Easttown (2021), which ...
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Jul 13, 2012 · Director Benh Zeitlin’s wonderfully vivid, Beasts of the Southern Wild, is one of those films you watch and think, “How did he do that?” The film is visually stunning, has an incredible best score (which he co-wrote!) and features two of the best performances you’ll see on film all year.
