SENNA
The film Senna (Kapadia, 2010) is a British made film about the life and eventual death of Brazilian car racer Ayrton Senna. The Documentary is portrayed through a range of archive footage of the racer as well as interviews with friends family and colleagues. The movie won a BAFTA for best documentary and best editing, beating the likes of Drive and Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy in the latter category.
The film was edited by Gregers Sall and Chris King. Reading articles about the film [http://www.firstpost.com/sports/senna-wins-baftas-for-best-documentary-and-editing-211171.html] [http://docgeeks.com/2012/02/13/senna-wins-baftas-for-best-documentary-and-best-editing/] it seems that the editing won audience members over through the use of telling an emotional story whilst being limited to not using any Live TV footage, and by having a subject matter that was a good person taken before their time. As well as that the way the movie itself is quite slow which is then juxtaposed with speed and dangerousness of racing and knowing what the outcome of this beloved protagonist will be keeps you on edge through out. And this is seen not only in the movie but gives you a glimpse of in the trailer as well.
Use of music in Shane Meadows Films
Shane Meadows is a British director most commonly known for his directorial films; Dead Man's Shoes (2004) and This is England (2006). He is one of Film4's most well known directors and as well as directing films he also has a number of short films and Television series under his belt.
After listening to a few songs from the various soundtracks and rewatching both trailers I can deduce that Shane Meadows uses music that is soft and seemingly non-threatening but holds a chilling undertone to them, possibly described a a terrible beauty. As well as that the music there are a few songs with lyrics that hold meaning to the goings on of the movie, which can be noticed in the Dead Mna's Shoes Trailer above. Of course for authenticity reasons, there are a few songs in the soundtrack that are present for that reason only, which can mainly be seen in the This Is England soundtrack whereby well known early eighties songs are played. In retrospect, though a few songs from the ear were necessary there was still a whole library of musical selection that could have been chosen, but by picking happy-go-lucky tunes it is seen as sort of irony to the actions that will later take place to or around the characters.
The Swimmer by Lynne Ramsay
SWIMMER from Natasha Braier on Vimeo.
This short film was uniquely co commissioned by the BBC, Film 4 and The Olympic/Paralympic Games, from the snippet shown above, the first thing that stood out to me once I had finished was that I cannot imagine the film being in anything other than black and white. It was really powerful as I could imagine the colour but the absence of it made more sense. The metaphors/ correlating images between the swimmer and his inner turmoil were brought together really well through the use of music, especially in the first scene where the swimmer was being hunted under what seemed to be a murky lake. Though when reading the synopsis of the film after...
SWIMMER is a poetic journey through the waterways and coastline of the British Isles, following a lone swimmer through lakes, rivers and coves. The journey is framed by a soundtrack of seminal British music, combined with a sound tapestry of hydrophonic recordings and snippets of bankside conversations. The film aims to give a real feel for the diversity of landscape and people of Britain.
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/film/swimmer]
...In a way by saying that the film aims to give a feel for the diversity of landscape and people of Britain, my own interpretation stems from my diversity of understanding which relates to the theme of the short itself. Overall I wasn't sure what I was expecting but found this clip very enjoyable and hope to one day find and watch the full version.
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