Jean-Luc Burch Film Studies Blog

Get Out It took me far too long to get round to watching this film and it was well worth it. The film is brilliantly clever and all of the characters act just how a human would act rather than typical horror film idiots. Not only is it great but it also has one of the most satisfying endings I've ever seen in any film. It's also interesting to see how far Daniel Kaluuya has come since his small role in Skins as Posh Kenneth back in 2007. The cinematography is one of the things that immediately shows this film to be a horror. Like most horror films its very fond of close up shots on faces to show the characters reactions. Horror films do this in order to engage with the audience and provide an emotional response. To an audience it's much easier to be emotionally invested in a scene if the characters reactions are showcased. These types of close ups are seen much less in genres such as comedies where they serve much less purpose unless they're in an emotional sc...

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Three Billboards is the new highly reviewed black comedy crime thriller that has come into view especially after its recent wins at the golden globes. It follows the mother ,Mildred Hayes played by Frances Mcdormand, of a murdered girl who rents 3 billboards in order to express her distaste at how little the police are doing for her daughter's case. Setting: Although the time period is never specifically stated it would appear that Three Billboards takes place in the modern day due to some of the technology seen. However all the modern technology is only ever seen out of focus or in the background. I believe that this was done very deliberately because despite the film being set in the modern day it would be very easy for an unobservant viewer to think the film is set in the 1980s or 90s. This is down to the fact that the film takes place in Missouri which is in the middle of the USA which is an area known for not ch...