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Does Ryan Gosling create meaning within his films?

Projector: Item 1 image of Ryan gosling 30 seconds on screen

Presenter: Ryan Gosling was born on November 12, 1980, in London, Ontario. In high school Ryan excelled at drama and fine arts, and started to perform as a singer with his sister at talent shows. His first part in a show was in the Mickey mouse club where he beat out 17,000 hopefuls at an open audition. After 2 years on the show Gosling then took on an acting career with parts in a number of TV shows, making his Hollywood breakthrough in the film 'The believer'. Ryan Gosling peaked his career with his role in 'Half Nelson' 2006 (item1)

Projector: image fades out on comes clip from Half nelson 1'30" up to 3'00" Item

Presenter: my research project looks at how Ryan Goslings use of his performance to create meanings within his films, in this extract we see him show through his performance a character at conflict with the side of the aspirational teacher and the cocaine addict, and as item 4 in my catalogue explains he was nominated for an Oscar for his performance showing he did a very good job at creating meaning.

Projector:                                                                                                                

•  How Gosling creates meanings within his films.
• His diversity of roles.
• Awards his won and been nominated for showing he clearly showed meaning through his performance.

Presenter: in this presentation I will cover….reads out following bullet points on slide.

How Gosling creates Meanings within his films.
Projector: shows interview on Crazy Stupid Love with Ryan Gosling Item 10

Presenter: this shows how gosling creates meaning within Crazy stupid love as he did outside research for his character Jacob looking at pick-up lines also he stats how the clothes for his different characters and the cast he works with help him perform his character to the best of his ability. Item 9 also supports this making it even more useful as he states in another interview that he did research to make his character Jacob more believable as he learnt how to make cocktails and played in a band to get in to the right mind-set and make it easier for him to portray meanings to the audience.

Projector: picture from article on Ryan Gosling by Alice Fisher Item 6

Presenter: Item 6 explains that Ryan gosling sticks to a lot of indie films with extremely challenging roles for example half nelson and drive, this shows his apparent love for acting as he only chooses roles that challenge him. Ryan Gosling takes on these challenging roles and usually smashes them as it says in item 6 in ten films he has made he’s been nominated for 32 awards showing that he must clearly create meaning through his performance even within these challenging roles. Item 8 in my catalogue also supports Item 6 as it explains he chooses a lot of films that make the audience struggle to engage with the characters and circumstances within the films, however through his performance he creates a strong engagement with audiences. It also says he chooses a lot of small scale project films, but he turns these small scale films into big blockbusters.  

Projector: shows clip of Ryan Gosling in drive dir. By Nicholas Refn (item11). This is an extract from the opening scene of drive where we are already shown a lot about ryan goslings character from his performance.

Presenter: in this extract from the opening scene of drive (Item2) we see Ryan Gosling creating Meaning through his performance, and telling us a lot about his character right from the start of the film. In this extract we see him on one of his driving jobs being a group of burglar’s getaway driver. In this extract Ryan Goslings performance shows us that his character is a silent sort and doesn’t speak while there on the job but instead is focused on his work at hand. His performance also shows us his character stays focused and unnerved even under extreme sorts of pressure, which we are shown through the contrast of Ryan Goslings performance and the burglars performance as Goslings character looks calm and collected whereas they look panicked when their car is being chased by the police. Also the film as a hole tells us a lot about Goslings performance as in this film he is asked to perform a character with no name, suggesting that it is highly unlikely he was given any background information to his character the ‘Driver’, yet Gosling still gives an amazing performance showing he can still create meaning with little help from the character he plays.

Awards Gosling has won and been nominated for.
Projector: table from Wikipedia of the awards Ryan gosling has been nominated for and won in his life time showing that he has created meaning throughout his performances to have been nominated for so many awards. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Ryan_Gosling

Presenter: In my one focus film and supporting films Ryan gosling has won and been nominated for 33 awards suggesting just in these 3 films that Ryan gosling that many critics have thought that he has created extremely good meaning in his characters, for example in half nelson he was nominated for 10 best actor awards in exception of this he also won 3 awards for best actor in this film. Item 7 supports this because it explains that he won two golden globes for his performance in Crazy Stupid love and Ides of March, this backs up my area of topic as Golden Globes are very notable awards meaning he does create meanings within his films.   

Ryan Goslings diversity of roles within his films
Projector: show the focus films and supporting films on screen with their screening covers.

Presenter: Through Items 1, 2&3 in my catalogue (my focus film and supporting films) we see how Ryan gosling can connect with the audience and tell them a story in a diversity of roles as they are all extremely different. For example Half Nelson is a drama, Drive a crime film and Crazy Stupid Love a romantic comedy, in all these films he manages to show and portray different meanings to different audiences through methods shown earlier on in my presentation. This diversity of roles also shows that he can connect to extremely different audiences for example ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’ would be focused primarily on an audience of women, mainly teenage girls; whereas drive would instead be focused on the opposite sex with violent themes. Even though they are focused on separate audiences Ryan Gosling still manages to connect with them and tell the story of his character through a variety of performances, ranging from ‘hunk’ to slightly strange stunt driver. This all produces an exceptional good film. Also Not only does he show a variety of performances and diversity of roles but he also does it under extreme amount of pressure for example Item 7 in my article points out that he made 4 films in 2011 drive, blue valentine, ides of march and crazy stupid love; two of these being my supporting films. This therefore shows that even under extreme pressure Ryan gosling can still give an amazing variety of performances to make 4 Hollywood blockbusters.

Standard operating procedure

standard operating procedure

Standard operating procedure is a crime/war documentary made in 2008 and directed by Erroll Morris. This documentary explains the criminal activity used by the military and the procedures of the military police in an American prison in Iraq called Abu Ghraib. throughout the documentary several guards and interrogators in the prison were interviewed and there was a montage of pictures used showing and explaining a deeper understanding of the going on inside the prison; including reconstructed flashbacks/events of specific occurrences giving the audience a deeper understanding of what happened.

cinematography is used throughout the film to develop meaning, whether it be during the interviewing or in the re-enactment. during the interviewing a lot of close ups are used to show explicit emotion within the soldiers that lived within Abu Ghraib especially with General Lynndie England, they used specific close ups of certain facial features as in some cases she became intense with emotion. In the reconstructed scenes they also used a lot of close ups of hands or feet, so that the audience don't see an actors face who had nothing to do with the case, or to make sure they don't make accusations as to who did certain acts. however even though we didn't understand who the characters were they still managed to tell the story of what had happened. lighting was also used to good effect for example in the interviews the room was very dimly lit with what seemed to be only one harsh light on the interviewee, giving the affect they were still at Abu Ghraib.

editing was used a lot throughout this film to help explain what went on, for example the in the reconstructed scenes slow motion was used in the edit to make these events seem more dramatic and tense to the audience. also again in the interview with Lynddie England when she raised her voice or became slightly angry they would increase the speed of the cuts to show she was an important woman and to emphasise her emotions. the editing also helped to tell a story from the amount of photos recovered from the prison, for example the way they edited the photos into a story line and linked each photo with the camera it was taken with making it clear when the photos were take, in what order of events it happened in and who took the photo crystal clear to the audience.
 Furthermore editing was also used to show the audience the vast amount of picture evidence taken from Abu Ghraib by crating a black background with loads of pictures flying into the shot and filling the screen.

Mise en scene was used brilliantly in the film to really give an affect that these reconstructed scenes to really give the idea that it was real footage. They did this by adding everything we could see in the photos ,whether it be obvious or in the background, into the scene. for example the close up of the guy in the box's hand with the wire wrapped around it looking identical to the way it was in the picture, the same with the use of the box making it seem like the same box actually used.
in conclusion Standared Operating Procedure does a brilliant job at explainging what went on in Abu Ghraib through the use of Cinematography, using subtle close ups to not give away to much. Also in editing to show emotions and laying out the evidence clearly for the audience to see. alos finally in Mise en Scene being extremely carefull in reconstructed scenes not to ruin continuity.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’ is a romantic drama directed by Woody Allen, starring Rebecca hall and Scarlett Johansson. The film is the tale of two Friends with clashing personalities that escape from their normal life and head for Barcelona. Once there an exotic painter comes into place along with his crazy ex-wife. The themes that are shown in this film are love, friendship, betrayal, art, lies, and money. The director uses different techniques to tell this story through mise-en-scene, cinematography, sound and editing, also adding to the effect and impact of this film.

Sound is used in this film to tell a story and construct meaning especially through the narrative, where by parts of the story are explained through a background voice of someone we do not know and isn’t related to the story of the film. This creates an effect on the audience where they take a step back from the film and don’t get as engaged as they usually would to therefore appreciate the plot of the film and specific details that occur. Sound is also used in the film to express characters emotions through the use of specific music for example on Juan and Vicky’s date there was the traditional Spanish acoustic guitar playing in the background to show that there is romance between the two.

Mise-en-scene is used in this film to construct meaning and tell a story in many ways. For example the prop of the pistol used at the end of the film to symbolise why that three way relationship between Juan, Cristina and Maria was so important in stabilizing Maria. The gun represents Cristina destroying what the couple had by leaving them. The Gun is also used to show the vast contrast between Vicky and Juan and explains to the audience why they are not meant to be together. Also the use of art shown in the frames of the film also tells a story and constructs meaning as we see from whoever painted it what they are internally feeling at the time. For example when Maria was painting before the threes relationship, we could see from the stroke of her brush and the look of the painting that she was very angry and tense, showing us that she therefore didn’t like the relationship between Juan and Cristina. Also the costume is also used to construct meaning and crate characters, for example Juan’s red shirt symbolises his fiery, foreign personality giving us an insight as to what might happen.

Editing is also used to construct meaning and tell the story in this film. For example right at the beginning of the film with the two lines of action between the two girls on the phone, both on their way to the airport. This use of editing instantly gave the audience the idea that these two girls are completely different, one liking to explore and live and the other wanting to settle down.

Cinematography is also used in many ways, for example  with the shots through Cristinas camera we get a true understanding of what photos she’s actually taking and how good she is at it. also the high angled shot of Maria taken from upstairs, while she is painting gives us a sense of empathy as we feel how she feels like Juan and Cristina are looking down on her after she tried to kill herself.

deal

re-make of last years film:better costume suited to characters, better props-money in a bag, briefcase for the gear, appropriate location-abandoned quite, do it in day time for better lighting. advanced shots- long shots, high angled etc... more cuts while deal occurs, a planned and written script. better performances of characters empathetic understanding in audience. cahnge in story, no chase at the end-instead armed police come at the end, don't start the film straight from the deal-show background of characters before the deal ocours, there every day life personalitys expressed. two lines of action o the build up of the deal, between the two sets of groups, making there way to the deal 1-2 mkinute sequence of this, builds uo tension to the actual deal
genre-Crime
themes-betrayal, anger, violence
characters:4 characters,
setting: abandoned area, quite, dingy-working class area
reprsentation:
Plot:
narrative:

the last day of my life

the audience know its the last day of the main characters life, as the beginning sequence is him being killed or dying (this sequence will be the only bit with dialogue and natural sound in the rest of the film will be a silent film with no dialogue, tension and emotions expressed through the music) we then flash back to the beginning of the day of the last day of his life, we follow him around what occurs in this the audience already knowing what is going to happen to him at the end.lots of dark sinical  shots. he gets shot or stabbed at end, and we find out here with the entrance of sound and dialogue that he accidentally killed this mans younger brother, and the hole day he has been rejoicing this sin. black and white?
genre-drama
themes: sadness, rejoice, revenge, sorrow, regret, faith, friendship, family 
characters:only one character, we don't find out his name. at begining of film we know nothing about him as the day goes on we find more and more about him, making his death at the end of the film impact alot more on the audience then at the beginning 
setting: center of London, allot of traveling. dark, tall, old, overpowering buildings foreshadowing his death
representation:
Plot: the plot of the story begins with the character being killed, stabbed. even though the audience find this out from the beginning there will be a flash back leading up to th explanation as to why he has been shot. we see him visit a grave yard, a church
narrative:circular narative finishes how it begins with the man dying going to use the same scene, the flash back of his day- starts in the morning when he wakes up, he travels to visit a grave lays flowers, spends most of day walking round depressed, his day ends with him being stabbed and dying

story board
beginning first shot: high angled shot of character lying in pool of blood, slow motion, moves into close up of lifeless face, coloured with background sounds
flashback-black and white
first shot of flashback close up of him asleep similar to him when he was dead he wakes up and the camera follows him
pan shot of room stopping at picture of him and friend, he enters frame picks it up, we then have low angled medium close up along the floor of him getting dressed, he leaves shot. shot through door of him leaving house he then opens door. train station purley oaks-quiet medium long shot of him from opposite platform train stops obstructs view of him and he gets on. montage of film sped up of train journey.  exits train low shot of feet walking off follows him. long shot acrosss grave yard he enters shot, goesd to colose up of flowers bacl to same long shot watches him put flowers on grave medium close up of braking into tears.
 Ending
medium-long shot side on to character walking, trolley following him walking medium some one bumps into him, shoulder shoulder shots as two talk, cuts become quicker as agression builds, long shot in narrow ally with two characters placed perfectly at the end of frame we see other character drag him in to ally, quick close up to the hand of other character holding a knife side on medium shot see a sharp stab close up of his face on the guys shoulder the guy moves away and he falls resort back to same image we saw at the beginning.

small scale research project, catologue draft

Catalogue draft: does Ryan Gosling create meanings within his films?

Films

Item 1:
half nelson produced in 2006 dir. Ryan Fleck.
https://zimbofilms.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/half-nelson-ryan-gosling-3800890-400-222.jpg
image of Ryan Gosling in Half Nelson
this is relatable to my area of topic as it shows how ryan gosling creates meaning through his performance as he clearly shows the two sides of his character the role model teacher figure and the drug addict struggling to fight his temptation.

Item 2:
drive produce in 2011 dir. Nicholas Refn.
This item shows how Ryan Gosling uses his performance to create meaning as throughout the hole film he is doing this to give the audience an understanding.


Item 3:
crazy stupid love produced in 2011 dir. Glenn Ficarra, John Requa.
this is a good item to show how Ryan gosling creates meaning through his performance as within the film he through his performance he shows to the audience that his character Jacob has fallen for Emily as his performance is different to when he's with other girls.

Books/Articles

Item 4
Empire, in cinemas: Half Nelson by Angie Errigo. Issue 215 may 2007 page 52
This relevant to my area of topic as it shows that Ryan Gosling created meaning through his performance in half nelson by expressing two sides of the character clearly the cocaine addict and teacher. Also he was nominated for an Oscar showing his performance in this portraying meaning to the audience was remarkable.

Item 5
QandA by Rebecca Carroll in the independent film and video monthly volume 28 number 7 September 2005.
This is sportive of my question as it shows Ryan Gosling creating relation between his acting role and experiences in real life in the film 'the believer' giving him a deeper understanding to his character and role, therefore showing he creates meaning through real life emotions he has actually experienced.

Web-links 

Item6
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/09/ryan-gosling-blue-valentine-film
Article on Ryan goslings life by Alice Fisher
it stats that in the 10 films he's appeared in, he's been nominated for 32 different awards. it also explains is a cross over star, who critics and audiences love. The fact that he sticks to a lot of indie films that are challenging roles and expresses his apparent love for acting, and shows even though they are challenging roles he still creates meanings as he has been nominated for 32 awards.



Item7
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ryan-gosling-named-coolest-person-of-year-274671
this item supports my statement as it stats that he won two golden globes for his performances in crazy stupid love and ides of march, it also shows that even with a extreme pressure Ryan gosling doesn't crack as he made 4 films in 2011 being drive, blue valentine, crazy stupid love and ides of march (all Hollywood blockbusters) and in each of them different meanings from his variety of his performances. Gosling was not over exposed as in all performances he was different.



Item8
http://screenrant.com/interview-ryan-gosling-drive-rothc-131693/
this article is relatable to my area of topic as it states that Ryan gosling has not only pursued, but also actively developed, films that challenge the audience to engage with characters and circumstances showing he creates meaning through his performance to creates a strong engagement with audiences. the article also talks of him choosing small scale projects, he makes these small scale films into blockbusters with his apparent love from audiences. the fact that he also chooses different roles within completely different films also makes him flexible with performances.



Item9
http://collider.com/ryan-gosling-crazy-stupid-love-interview/
this item also supports my question as in the interview we find out that Ryan Gosling did research to make his character Jacob in Crazy stupid love real as he learnt and practiced how to make cocktails or his role and also practiced in a band. Showing Ryan Gosling practiced his performances to suit and create meaning with his character.







YouTube clips
Item 10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oXIzkqJ484
interview with Ryan Gosling for crazy stupid love
explains he did research for his characters pick up lines to create meanings through his performance and that the clothes he wears for specific roles and the cast list help a lot while acting.
Item 11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdqbdEKeJ_4
extract of performance from opening scene of drive relevant as it is from my supporting film and also shows how he creates meaning through his performance, useful as it is primary coming straight from the film.
Item 12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGZzWyt-YG0
Extract from half nelson.
shows clearly his performance constructing character through showing his conflicting sides. Part of my focus film, primary source coming straight from film.




Three items I didn't include in my catalogue were:
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls058052066?ref_=nm_rls_5
I have excluded this item from my catalogue as it disagrees with my statement as it believes in a rating of best actors and actresses Ryan Gosling comes at 34.





http://www.vulture.com/2014/05/illustrated-comprehensive-history-bio-biography-ryan-gosling.html
the complete history of Ryan Gosling by Annie Silman is relatable to my topic of area as it gives a complete history and background of all the films and shows Ryan Gosling has appeared in, including the awards he was nominated and ones he won for all my focus films.




Filmmaker volume 14 issue 4 July: check your head by Ross Mathews
this item is relevant to my topic of area, however it mainly repeats what has been said in some of my other items and it isn't necessary to involve it in my catalogue.

The Intouchables

The untouchables is a French film directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano in 2011 about the tale of two people of different ages from juxtaposed backgrounds finding friendship In the most unlikely way. There are many themes, representations and uses of symbolism shown through the use of mise en scene, editing and cinematography all used to add impact and affect to the film.

there are many themes throughout this film, the main theme being friendship shown through the use of representation of lower class black subcultures in Driss and the stereotypical aristocrat shown in Philippe is used very well in this film to create a comedic affect. This stereo type is specifically shown through mise en scene with the use of costume specifically Driss wearing a baggy coat and jeans and Philleppe wearing stereotypical aristocrat clothing with a shirt and handkerchief. This emphasises the juxtaposition between the two through the difference I close they wear and really creates an impact of how un likely yet symbolic their friendship is. The difference in class is also shown through location with Driss living in a Council estate and Philepe living in a closed off mansion. Friendship is also shown between the two through miss en scene and the prop of the picture which Philippe gives to Driss expressing to the audience that Driss wasn't just his carer and it wasn't just a working relationship.

Another theme shown, also shown through the use of location, in this film is power between Philippe and Driss. We see the power of money with Philippe having a lot of money and Driss having little to nothing, the power is shown through the location as Philippe lives in a considerably larger house and is also waited on hand and foot. This power through location is symbolised in Omar's performance as he is amazed and belittled by Philippe's house. its Also shown through the use of little props like glasses of water as Philippe demands for water and Driss obeys showing who is in charge. Philipe's power is also shown in the end of the film when they go parachuting this is shown in the editing with Driss saying he want go on it even though Philipe demands, but then a harsh cut is shown of Driss ending up strapped in, showing Philippe gets what he wants. However this then changes as Driss is physically stronger, shown by the deliberate use of the character that parks outside Philippe gate. Driss' power is shown through cinematography with high angled shots looking up at him in this scene.

Another Theme shown in this film is family, this is shown between Driss' relationship with his brother and Philippe with his daughter. the theme and message of family means everything is shown with miss en scene and the medium shot of driss walking with his family at the train station and the bags being used as props showing Driss' love when he helps his aunty carry them.b Philippe and his daughter also pot ray this message through Philippe's performance with him raising his voice at her seeming like he's being harsh, but really he's trying to care for her.

in conclusion the film Intouchables is a well rounded film showing important messages through the use of miss en scene, cinematography and editing.  adding comedic values to a drama through they stereotypes of Driss, this being don with his costume and his performance with the way he moves and speaks, which is then counter acted with the way that he cares for Philippe.