Research Two

Here is another clip from a film called 'Some Mothers Son' which is directed by Jim Sheridan and based around the conflict in Northern Ireland. It was extremely useful as it gave me a good understanding of the way paramilitaries would have operated and planned attacks. One scene in particular which was great for this was at 5:15 when the IRA are discussing a revenge attack on the British. This linked heavily with our project since we have decided to base it around revenge attacks which were commonly known as 'tit for tat killings'. One of the men question whether it is a good idea to go through with it or not, which gave me the idea to use a similar scenario in our film as I believe many of the people involved in these attacks would not have necessarily believed it was the right thing to do, but done it anyway out of pressure or fear.
The target audience for this clip would be people in their early thirties to sixties as I believe people in this age bracket would appreciate this kind of film. The reason for this is that the movie is quite an eye opener, and very deep as it shows people that the families of the murdered are also victims of the conflict, and not just the people who die, therefore I imagine it may not be suitable for younger viewers. The audience expectation of this movie would be that they would learn about the conflict and the hunger strike. I believe they would want to get a greater understanding of why the hunger-strike took place, but most importantly to see how the families of the hunger-strikers and families of the British soldiers victims coped with their deaths. The viewer would also expect to see the sort of things which would have happened in order to lead to a revenge attack, which this movie is great at showing.
Music is used throughout the movie, and is used at two parts during this clip which were both very effective. First, it is used near the beginning, when the boat is making its way to the harbour. Drums and tin whistle can be heard, which is traditionally Irish music. This is effective as the music is quite relaxing and the boat is floating along the water which is also quite a relaxing site, but mostly because the music being Irish coincides with the fact that the person on the boat is an IRA man. Music is then used again later on near the end of this clip. It is used here for a totally different purpose but is equally as effective. The music is very upbeat with a feeling of danger being evoked from it. This does a great job of building up suspense as it plays while the IRA men make their way to the attack. It makes the audience feel quite on edge which is what the producer would have wanted.
Mise En Scene is also very effective and realistic in this clip as props and set look like they are from the late 70s to early 80s which is when the film is set. The cars and buildings all look quite old, and they used real army jeeps which was extremely useful in adding to the authenticity. The costumes were also very impressive, as they were exactly the type of clothes people would have wore at the time. The IRA men wore big trench coats and cotton jumpers which were in fashion at the time and had scarves over their faces which were commonly used when carrying out attacks and lived up to the stereotype of them being 'masked murderers'. The british soldiers wore authentic uniforms which made them very believable, they also carried large guns which looked very real and showed their authority in the streets of Northern Ireland.
The type of company I would imagine to distribute this movie would be a large Irish based company as the movie itself is very close to home and I think that it would mainly target people from here due to the nature of it, and therefore it is here where it is likely to be most successful.