Sweeney Todd Anaysis

[jonnoman]

Can anyone analyise Sweeny Todd Film for me?

Such as:

Why such lighting/colour was used?
The representations of the Characters?

Etc...

URGENT HELP!!!!

[4GS]

I bought the dvd, poured Mrs 4GS a white wine and a gin + tonic with ice and a slice for me, watched the first 5 minutes in horror then realised is was a fcuking musical!!!!.

Turned off dvd, threw disc into dust bin, watched 'The great escape'

[weeal]

Ditto 4GS, tho I managed to watch about 15 mins before chucking it in the bin.
As much as I luurrrvvv Johnny Depp I couldnt stand it.

[4getmenot]

Oh come on nothing wrong with musicals. I bet you like Grease

[Gromit]

I nearly fell for that one 4GS. They cleverly left the singing bits off the trailer advert. I was about to go to the pictures when the awful truth was pointed out to me and I didn't go. Phew, lucky escape.

[4getmenot]

Or Moulin Rouge

[4GS]

4get, there's three things I hate
1)Warm beer
2)Cheeky kids
3) Musicals

[4getmenot]

Ok

[4GS]

Forgot to mention Brussels sprouts!!

Cant stand them either, come to think of it, I'm not a big fan of dogs, I like cats though, and Turkish Delight

[Marg0]

I got to 8 mins. Never have I been so certain about making a film stop so early on. Johnny Depp in a musical. So pretentious. At least give a warning. Who watches this stuff?

[SKA]

The lighting was used to give it the dark gothic feel of the period in London, Depp was Sweeny because he�s good as playing a weirdo (like he is in all films) what else do you need to know?

BTW I�ve never seen a Sweeny Todd production that wasn�t a musical so don�t know why people complained!!

[helliebobs]

jonno stop coming on here asking for help with media studies homework! :o

[jonnoman]

Oi! a little help Hellie! Mrs I-studied-media!

:)

[~spaced~]

Jonno its seems that my opinions are similar to my friends on here. THe wife and I managed to watch approximately 10 minutes of it before turning it off.

Im allergic to musicals. If you want a better portrayal of this story, watch Ray Winstone's TV version, much better.

[helliebobs]

jonno I haven't seen the film honey so I can't help.
But I'm guessing the ligthing in the film is pretty dark so that obviously reflects the subject matter, era, location etc etc, come on, you can blag this, the golden rule of media studies is, anything goes as long as you can back up what you're saying.
Think yourself lucky kiddo, when I was there, the MS teacher was obsessed with everything being a phallic symbol ;)

[ganesh]

How can so many people get to buying or renting a DVD without knowing roughly what is about. Of course Sweeney Todd is a musical...
Bet you all got it just coz the lovely Johnny was in it,
well..come to think of it.........

[Waspette]

Have you looked in any media journals? they generally have all the answers.

This site will assist I think. Remember to waffle as much as possible, talk about intertextuality (within the context of other Burton films [authorial intent etc] and spout as much drivel about post modern 'film noir' as possible.

http://www.bookrags.com/Sweeney_Todd

[Gromit]

I made it to the end but never spotted Regan and Carter once. What a swizz!

[China Doll]

Actully I really could but I'm guessing it's a bit late now.

[jonnoman]

Its never too late, china..

go ahead....