Wednesday 13 November 2013

What are the similarities between 'fish tank' and the first part of 'sket'?

There are many similarities between the two British crime films 'fish tank' being the most subtle crime film and 'sket' the more obvious crime film. One of the main similarities between the two films being the location, both based around a working class estate. The costume in both films are in someway similar with some characters wearing teak suits to make them look like youths, along with costume, the hair was actually similar because Mia in fish tank had a gelled back pony tail similar to some of the characters in sket. Some of the props were similar aswel, because in both of the films they have alcohol bottles used as props.

There's also similarities in the characters between 'fish tank' and 'sket', for example Mia and the leader of the girl gang, there's similarities in these two because they commit similar crimes like assault when they're insulted or threatened, they also show a part of a good side in them, Mia in saving the house and the girl from sket in looking after kayla and taking her in. There's also similarities between Mia and kayla as the both get sexually harassed, Mia by pickeys and kayla buy boys on the bus. They both in some way want revenge to what people have done to them, and both of them either have no mother or a bad mother.

Also the performances are similar in both 'fish tank' and 'sket' as in most of the the actors mainly all use colloquial language or slang. The actors also act and walk or move in the same way, this is because both films show the life of working class youths and they try to show this in similar ways. 

The cinematography in both films were similar as they mostly all used the same camera shots, mainly all being eye level shots or low shots. Both films also mainly use medium close ups or medium shots.

The editing is roughly the same on both of them aswel they both go around medium pace, fish tank sometimes a lot slower though. They also both only really stick with one line of action rarely ever using two lines.


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