Thelma and Louise

Thelma and Louise
(1991)

Director – Ridley Scott

Writer – Callie Khouri

Released – 12^th July 1991 (UK)

Plot - An Arkansas waitress and a housewife shoot a rapist and take off in a '66 Thunderbird (Imbd)

Cast –

Louise – Susan Sarandon

Thelma – Geena DavisHal – Harvey Keitel

Jimmy – Michael Madsen

Production Companies -

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Pathé Entertainment

Percy Main

Star Partners III Ltd

Distributors (some) –

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1991) (USA) (theatrical)

National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1994) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)

MGM Home Entertainment (2004) (worldwide) (DVD)

Warner Home Video (laserdisc)

Other companies (some) –

Dolby Laboratories - sound post-production

Gala Catering - catering

Kodak - film stock

Lillie Yard Studios - music recorded

Pacific Title - titles and opticals

The Casting Group - extras casting

Notes from class

The country and western music opens up the film and gives an idea of where about the film is set and when.

When we first see the characters, Louise is dressed as a smart worker and Thelma is a stay at home wife who is dressed in casual scatty clothes, we automatically get an idea of their wealth and lifestyle. Abit later we see Thelma dressed in quite feminine clothes and Louise dressed in masculine clothes. This suggests that Thelma is quite vulnerable and Louise is a strong character and can take care of herself. Thelma’s husband is dressed so that we get an idea of his character, he is wearing a lot of fake jewellery to make himself feel rich and important. He is a very controlling character and pushes Thelma around a lot.

There is a straight cut from the bar to car park. The dull car park is a genetic convention of a thriller. There is use of noir lighting when the man turns around in the car park, this gives a spooky feel to the character.
Ridley Scott is representing the mid-western males as misogynists. For example, Daryl and Harlem, they believe it is the women’s role to gratify them.

After the shooting we see Thelma and Louise skidding onto the road in their car, the light breaking up suggests the breaking up of their lives. The dull wet, foggy road could indicate their lives, the cars start to close in on them like their lives. The big truck is dominant to their little car, just like the males are to the females, they are driving to escape this.
The mis-en-scene of the road (the car stopping) is like a nightmare, which can easily describe the thriller genre.

This Is England

(2006)

Plot

A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows. (IMBd)

Cast

Thomas Turgoose - Shaun

Stephen Graham - Combo

Jo Hartley - Cynth

Andrew Shim - Milky

Vicky McClure - Lol

Awards

- BAFTA Film Award- Best British Film

- British Independent Film Award

- Young Audience Award

- UK Film Talent Award

- Best Director Award

Production Companies (some)

Big Arty Productions

EM Media

Film4

UK Film Council

Warp Films

Distributors (some)

IFC films (2007) (USA) (theatrical)

Optimum Releasing (2006) (UK) (theatrical)

A-Film Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)

NetFlix (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Red Envelope Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Other companies (some)

Abadia Catering (catering)

Anglo American Filming Vehicles (tracking vehicles)

Arn Lighting (lighting equipment)

Barclays Bank PLC (banking services)

Chitwell Van Hire (vehicle hire)

Other facts

- Shane Meadows directed the film

- Running time - 101 min

- Genre - Drama

- UK Cinema Certificate - 18

- Release date - 27 April 2007

- Special effects - MotionFX

- The film was filmed in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, UK.

- User rating - 7.9/10 (IMBd)

- Film negative format (mm/video inches) - 16 mm (Kodak)

- Cinematographic process - Digital Intermediate (master format), Super 16 (Source format)

- Printed film format - 35 mm (blow-up)

- Aspect ratio - 1.85 : 1

London to Brighton

(2006)

Plot
The picture opens with two women on the lam: middle-aged hooker Kelly whose battered face discloses a recent thrashing, and the preteen Joanne. While the two board a train bound from London to Brighton in the middle of the night, the vile thug Stuart Allen orders Kelly's pimp, Derek, to deliver the two women within 24 hours. (fandango.com)

Cast
Lorraine Stanley – Kelly
Georgia Groome – Joanne
Johnny Harris – Derek
Nathan Constance – Chum
Sam Spruell – Stuart Allen
Alexander Morton – Duncan Allen

Awards
- Carl Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer
- British Independent Film Award
- Douglas Hickox Award
- Raindance Award
- Golden Hitchcock
- New Director's Award
- Evening Standard British Film Award
- Festival Prize
- ALFS Award
- Jury Prize

Production Companies (some)
Still Mill Pictures
Wellington Films
LTB Films Limited
UK Film Council

Distributors (some)
Outsider Pictures
Vertigo Films
E1 Entertainment
Momentum Pictures Home Entertainment

Other Companies
CNSO Studios (recording studio)
Drew & Co. (legal services)
Fatts (post-production script services)
Molinare Studio (post-production)
Panavision UK (camera equipment provided by)
VooDooDog (trailer)
Zound (sound post-production)

Other facts

- Paul Andrew Williams directed the film

- Release date – 1 December 2006 (UK)
- Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Runtime – 85 min
- Certificate – UK 18
- The film was filmed in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK.

- User rating - 7.1/10 (IMDb)
- Camera - Panavision Cameras and Lenses
- Film negative format (mm/video inches) -16 mm (Kodak Vision2 500T 7218)

- Cinematographic process - Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Super 16 (source format)

- Printed film format - 35 mm (blow-up)

- Aspect ratio - 2.35 : 1

Red Road Research

Red Road

(2006)

Plot
Jackie works as a CCTV operator for Glasgow City council. Daily she watches over a small part of the world, takes seriously her duties to protect the people moving about in her monitors. Then one day a man appears in her monitors, a man she thought she would never see again. Now the opportunity presents itself, she is compelled to confront him. (IMDb)

Cast

Kate Dickie – Jackie
Tony Curran – Clyde Henderson
Martin Compston – Stevie
Natalie Press – April
Paul Higgins – Avery
Andrew Armour – Alfred

Advanced Party Scheme
The company was Advanced Party Scheme. Advance Party Scheme is the name given to a set of three films which are to be produced by executive producers Lone Scherfig, Anders Thomas Jenson and Gillian Berrie, they are all to follow a set of rules.

Rules:
"The scripts can take their starting point in one or more characters or they may be subjected to an external drama. The characters can also participate in a form that is governed primarily by neither characters nor plot.

The films take place in Scotland but apart from that the writers are free to place them anywhere according to geography, social setting or ethnic background. Their back-stories can be expanded, family relations can be created between them, they can be given habits good or bad, and secondary characters can be added if it is proper for the individual film.
The interpersonal relationships of the characters differ from film to film and they may be weighted differently as major or minor characters.
The development of the characters in each story or genre does not affect the other scripts.
All of the characters must appear in all of the films.
The various parts will be cast with the same actors in the same parts in all of the films."

Awards
- 2006 Cannes Jury Prize
- BAFTA Scotland 2006 - Best Screenplay
- BAFTA Scotland 2006 - Best Actress in a Scottish Film (Kate Dickie)
- BAFTA Scotland 2006 - Best Actor in a Scottish Film (Tony Curran)
- BAFTA Scotland 2006 - Best Director
- BAFTA Scotland 2006 - Best Film
- London Film Festival 2006, Sutherland Trophy awarded to "the director of the most original and imaginative first feature film"

Production Companies (some)
Advanced Party Scheme
BBC Films
Glasgow Film Office
Scottish Screen
Sigma Films (in co-operation with)
UK Film Council
Verve Pictures
Zentropa Entertainments (co-producer)
Zoma Films Ltd. (in cooperation with)

Distributors
A-Film Distribution (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
Eclipse Pictures (2006) (Ireland) (theatrical)
Frenetic Films (2007) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
Tartan (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
Verve Pictures (2006) (UK) (theatrical)

Other Companies (some)
Arnold Clarke Car Hire (vehicles)
Audiolink Radio Communications (walkie talkies)
Bellwood Media (negative check)
Compuhire (video playback)
Fatts (post-production script services)
Film Finance (completion guarantor)

Other facts
- Andrea Arnold directed the film
- Running time – 109 min
- Genre – Drama
- UK Cinema Certificate – 18
- Soundtrack - “Morning Glory” by Oasis, “Love Will Tear Us Apart” by Honeyroot
- Release date – 27 October 2006
- Special effects - Rushes post production
- The film was filmed in Barmulloch, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland.

- User rating - 6.8/10 (IMDb)

- Film negative format (mm/video inches) - Digital
- Cinematographic process - Digital Intermediate

- Printed film format - 35 mm

- Aspect ratio -1.85 : 1