Sin city genre analyse within scenes
How typical is their genre of comic book and film noir in sin city?

The genre of sin city is of comic book and film noir this is shown throughout all of the conventions and connotations,presented through the use of diegetic and non diegtic sound and indicated within the narrative themes.
The first scene i will analyse is the opening scene of the film it sets of in a city upon rooftops where a female character is wearing a red dress with red lipstick on in the black and white back ground the red dress and lipstick portray that of a sense of danger about to unfold.Within the scene it rains and is rather dark the lighting is very low key the female in it is shown to be a femme fatale because she smokes and the way the camera presents her gives an area of mystery about her these are all classic film noir conventions.
When looking at the comic book conventions we see a scene for a moment where the reality turns into a 2d black and white silhouette everything is drawn as if it came from a comic book when the kiss,another indicator is when the scene pans out from the rooftops moves onto the actors who play parts the words"sin city" convert from the buildings into a comic book style. Also non diegetic music starts to play this gives the sense of a comic book feel that many comic book films throughout the years have used for example spider man or batman the movie.

The second scene im going to analyse is the section when Hartigan and Bob try to save Nancy from Junior the film noir connotations are presented in the form of when Hartigan is trying to get to Nancy he knocks out Bob because there is a sense of no trust later on in the scene this is proven to become true when Bob shoots Hartigan down,When trying to save Nancy the scene also shows very bleak scenery and low key lighting is used to add to the effect.
Comic book genre is presented in this scene when Bob shoots Hartigan he is still alive it takes a few shoots to make him unconscious this also happens with Juinor his hand gets shot of and he gets shot but he is still alive this shows the super human abilities given to characters just like in comic books.There is also the part when Hartigen suffers from his heart condition he falls to the ground and there is dialogue that tells him to get up and stop messing around this is also another connotation in comic books to support hero's in times of struggle to save the princess.

Fish tank (2009)

How is the narrative represented in social realism?

In the film fish tank it tends to present the text in the way in which real life is presented with all its difficulties this links with the theory of Todorov as it cannot really be applied to the whole situation with the films story line mainly because there is a lot of issues involved in the film, including the scene where the horse is chained up and Mia has a connection with it to herself so she attempts to break it free however gets caught by gypsy's and tries to escape.Lots of equilibrium breaking scenes happen throughout the film trying to represent that not everything goes well in life in comparison to other genres of films for example romance always has a good ending.The only time in the film that shows a re equilibrium is at the end of the film this is presented by the first time she is on equal terms with her mother because they dance together and respectively say farewell to each other,when leaving the house a clip of a balloon flying away from her house is shown this shows a sense of relief that she is finally able to escape from being trapped in the situation she was in and finally able to start a new life which may be for a much better life style and environment.

The theory of Propp cannot be really applied to this text because there is no main hero's and main villain's its just a reflection on what real life is and in real life its not like a fantasy where people have set roles they change there roles through there actions.However in a particular scene Mia kidnaps Connors daughter because she is angry that he has left problems onto her and ran away without telling her, so Propps theory can be applied here because Mia is appearing as a villain forcing his daughter to come along dragging her by her arm whereas Connors daughter is dressed like a princess and is weak,struggling and in need of help.

Strauss's theory isn't found much within fish tank because of its genre being a social realism film there are no strong binary oppositions that do occur but it does reflects of some oppositions that might be strong .An example of this is in the sense of Mia always wanting to be different than her mother every time they meet they are opposites to each other and Mia always tries to find another way to try to escape from her life to gain a better one but in real life everything doesn't work out as it is mean to. Such as in the scenes where she practices to be a hip hop dancer then once she gets a chance at the audition she gives up and realizes that this isn't the path for her in life.

How is genre represented in fish tank?

The genre of social realism is represented in various ways one of the ways is within the type camera shots they use.In the first opening scene is when Mia walks out of the house the main shot is a tracking shot this is very good to show its genre as it presents it from as realistic point of view as if you personality were there walking behind the character watching everything in her life take place,later on in the scene it gives us a point of view shot this is another great way of making the audience appear to be there by seeing what Mia is viewing in her life making it real.Another important connotation they used to make it sound real is using little or no non diegetic sound at all however diegetic sound will be improved to make important or off scene actions clearer but for the most part the film bases of real life sounds of the surrounds for example when she is walking down the highway cars are heard which seems to over lap her voice just like in real life.

How is representation presented in fish tank?

Throughout the film a lot of representations are shown both of males and females.The females in it are mainly sexualised by the males this is shown in the scene where Mia dances in front of Connor his eyes focus onto her body as she dances the camera does this process too which makes it appear to the audience that they are looking straight at the male gaze from the eyes of the character Connor. In another scene female gaze is present too this is against muvleys theory when Mia observes Connor when he walks into the kitchen topless the camera does the same process as to when the males look at the women focusing on body part making the audience see what she is seeing.Most females are shown as sexualised objects even from a young age this is clearly shown when there is a gang of young girls  dancing wearing lose fitted and revealing clothing in front of a gang of older guys also being rather sexualised but the focus is generally males gaze towards females because  the gang of older guys are watching the girls dance in front of them and we know this because of the use of the shots looking at the men who are watching then towards the girls who are dancing..