KEITH REYNOLDS CAN’T MAKE IT

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PRODUCTION DETAILSNARRATED BY SCOTT JOHNSON

WRITTEN, DIRECTED & ANIMATED BY FELIX MASSIE

SOUNDTRACK BY JOE PAINE

Production company; University of Wales, Newport.

Production Company - filmography Keith Reynolds Can't Make It Tonight (2008) ... Production CompanyAstronauts (2005) ... Production CompanyPubroom Paranoia (1996) (TV) ... Production Company

FILM STYLEGENRE: DARK COMEDY –BLACK COMEDY TAKES TOPICS AND

SITUATIONS THAT ARE COMMONLY HELD AS SERIOUS AND EXPLORES THEM IN A COMICAL WAY. BECAUSE OF THIS APPROACH, BLACK COMEDIES OFTEN CAUSE THE AUDIENCE TO LAUGH AND FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY.

TOPIC: LIFE & SOCIETY

STYLE: FLASH ANIMATION

NARRATIVEKEITH REYNOLDS CAN’T MAKE IT TONIGHT FOLLOWS THE FIRST TWO BITS OF TODOROV’S THEORY AS IT HAS AN EQUILIBRIUM, DISRUPTION AND NEW EQUILIBRIUM.

THE EQUILIBRIUM IS THAT IT STARTS OFF WITH A REGULAR GUY GOING INTO WORK TO SEE IF HE HAS GOT THE PROMOTION HE WANTS.

THE DISRUPTION IS THAT HE ENDS UP KILLING THE GUY THAT GETS HIS PROMOTION.

THERE IS NO NEW EQUILIBRIUM BECAUSE IT FINISHES ON A CLIFF HANGER AND WE DON’T REALLY KNOW IF HE OVERCOMES THE DISRUPTION THAT WAS CAUSED.

NARRATIVE CONTINUED…LEVI STRAUSS’ THEORY IS THE USE OF BINARY OPPOSITES.

THIS IS USED IN KEITH REYNOLDS CAN’T MAKE IT TONIGHT AS THERE IS A GUY THAT GETS THE GIRL AND THE PROMOTION AND THEN THERE’S KEITH REYNOLDS WHO GETS NEITHER.

THIS IS SUCCESS VS FAILURE

REPRESENTATION

STUART HALL- DIFFERENT AUDIENCES RESPOND TO FILMS DIFFERENTLY DEPENDING ON THEIR CULTURAL AND SOCIAL BACKGROUNDS.

•DOMINANT READING- THE AUDIENCE UNCRITICALLY ACCEPTS THE MEANING OF THE FILM

•NEGOTIATED READING- THE MESSAGE IS PARTLY ACCEPTED AND PARTLY REJECTED

•OPPOSITIONAL READING- THE AUDIENCE REJECTS THE MESSAGE