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Submarine is a 2010 coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Richard Ayoade and starring Noah Taylor, Paddy Considine, Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige and Sally Hawkins. It is based on the 2008 novel of the same name by Joe Dunthorne, and is an international co-production between the United Kingdom and the United States.
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Submarine: Directed by Richard Ayoade. With Noah Taylor, Paddy Considine, Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige. 15-year-old Oliver Tate has two objectives: to lose his virginity before his next birthday, and to extinguish the flame between his mother and an ex-lover who has resurfaced in her life.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Richard Ayoade
- 2011-03-18
Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/11/23 Full Review Wayne K The directorial debut of Richard Ayoade, best known as Maurice from The IT Crowd, Submarine is a coming-of-age story...
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- PART 2: STARTING POINTS - Key Elements of Film Form (Micro Features)
- PART 3: STARTING POINTS - Contexts
- GCSE Film Studies - Focus Film Factsheet
- PART 4: STARTING POINTS - Specialist Focus - Film Style/Aesthetics
Cinematography (including Lighting) Mid Shot (MS) of Oliver during Sequence 1 reflects his isolation and also introduces a blue colour motif which is prevalent throughout the ‘Prologue’ at which point Oliver has not yet met Jordana. The shots connote his isolation from society and the fact that we see his silhouette and not his face suggests he is ...
Social The film includes many progressive gender stereotypes, including the sensitive and overly emotional male (Oliver) as depicted in recent US Indie Romantic Comedy Films in character actors such as Michael Cera (Juno, Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist) and Jason Segel (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, I Love You Man). Jordana could be viewed as a stro...
character that goes against female teen/ romance archetypes. She is dominant, assertive and in control. She is reluctant to date Oliver and is motivated initially by revenge. Her appearance is unconventional for a female lead as she is not sexualised, she wears no make-up and is androgynous and quirky. She seduces Oliver and is the aggressor. She c...
Draws influence from a contemporary American Indie movie aesthetic (i.e. Wes Anderson). Key style elements – use of colour motifs/symbolism; coloured ‘chapters’; melodrama codes. Look at director Richard Ayoade in IT Crowd/his awkward star persona and how this may have impacted on his ‘signature’. Look at the trailer of or sequences from Ayoade’s ...
Mar 15, 2011 · Audiences will know him as an Edinburgh Fringe comedy award winner, a music video director and as the socially inept Maurice Moss in hit TV series The I.T. Crowd. Social awkwardness also pervades...
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Jun 8, 2011 · It’s a self-confident work for the first-time director, Richard Ayoade, whose purpose I think is to capture that delicate moment in some adolescent lives when idealism and trust lead to tentative experiments.
