Brokeback mountain

By Noor Naoum 12S

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

• The genre of Brokeback Mountain is based on an epic romantic drama film

• Other films in the same genre are:• The notebook (2004)• A Walk to remember (2002)• Love & basketball (2000)• Sweet November (2001)

The purpose of romance

• The Romance film can be defined as a genre wherein the plot revolves around the love between two characters. This genre usually has a theme that searches a subject within love such as love at first sight, forbidden love, love triangles, and sacrificial love. The nature of Romance films can contrast greatly. Whether the end is happy or tragic, Romance film aims to induce strong emotions in the audience.

Romance conventions Examples from films“Boy meets girl” typical in a romance movie. The audience of these films mostly like to see happy endings.

“The wedding planner” Mary falls in love with Steve but Steve already had a girlfriend willing to get married. In the end they decide to go in two separate ways and he marries Mary in the end.

A typical romance genre would contain sexuality, status, gender and relationships

“silver linings playbook” After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.

Aimed at female audience “the back up plan” mostly aimed at women because it shows times in pregnancy and romantic scenes that will convince women to watch the movie.

conventions evidence explanation

Two men meet at a ranch which belongs to one of them

in those scenes they filmed wide shots from a distance to show the connection between the two.

High, intense romantic love scenes

In these scenes they did medium close ups to show the romantic moments and to ensure that the audience know this is a key moment of the movie

Being separated and being forced to leave each other.

In this scene they filmed a close up. This showed us their emotions of being separated from each other.

• Other films in the same subgenre are:• Titanic• The notebook• Gone with the wind• A walk to remember• Love actually

Denotations and connotationsThis picture denotes the two men being close to each other However this connotes the love between the two men and them being so close not speaking from a distance like two ordinary people. The background is blurred to show the main focus on the two main characters.

The connotation shown in this shot shows the two men as a loving romantic couple, who care for each other. The denotation shows us that the two men are together and the close up shows that they are caring and loving towards each other.

The denotation in this scene shows two men on a field laying against a truck and dressed up in a western dress code. The connotation shows that these two men seem friendly and have a good friendship if one is slouching on another's truck.

In this shot of the trailer the two men are looking ahead upon the mountains which is a distance. This could imply that they are looking into their future of being together forever or whether it may end.

This medium close up expresses the fact that the two men are deeply in love and that one of them has his arms wrapped around the other. The background shows some sort of forest which indicates that they are alone in an abandoned area.

This image shows us the two men sitting with each other. The fire could represent the romantic spark between the two lovers. The horse having its head facing downwards could represent the loss in hope and that ominous things may occur.

Stereotype Re-inforced challenged

A ordinary man Mainly represented as a man with big muscles, womanizer and extremely attractive looking for an attractive woman

Expected to be the hero of the film and generally find someone he can truly love.

Two men meet and become gay

The two men are shot from a high angle to represent them as innocent and vulnerable

They are represented as two innocent lovers who want a decent relationship and are expected to protect each other.

Context of my trailer

• The context of the trailer is about gays. In society today homophobic people are against homosexuals which could effect society because they are born naturally this way.

• The film is a romantic film which shows that anyone could be in love and that its their life and their choice.