V For Vendetta
V for Vendetta Essay
Analyse how your first impression of a character or individual was later challenged in a visual or oral text. In the film V for Vendetta, directed by James McTeigue, the viewer’s first impression of Evey is that she is vulnerable, feminine and a scared character, who is trapped by her fear of the government. However, the viewer’s impression of Evey is challenged throughout the film through visual techniques such as costume, dialogue and editing. She becomes a much stronger, braver character. In the beginning of V for Vendetta, Evey is portrayed as a feminine character. However this is challenged as the film progresses-she becomes less feminine. This is shown through the technique of costume. For example at the start …show more content…
At the beginning of the film we see Evey and V meet for the first time, in this conversation she says to him “Are you like a crazy person?” due to the fact that he isn’t fearful towards the finger men. This shows that Evey is in shock that he does not fear the finger men, which she believed everyone does, just like she does. She is afraid of them because the finger men often kill people. During the film Evey is imprisoned and tortured, and near the end of this imprisonment she is told that if she does not pass information about the whereabouts of V then she shall be killed. When she refuses the man the man asks why and she replies “I would rather die behind the chemical sheds.” This shows that during the film Evey has become a stronger and a lot more fearless person, as she is not longer fearful of what people can do to her, or even death itself. The director has done this to show that people shouldn’t be afraid of death, especially when you’re dying for a good cause. This is also shown when V dies so that the people of London can have a better future, with a government which is not led by dictators and controlled in their day to day lives, but rather a future where they can step forward and have freedom. V not only died fighting for Valerie and the justice she deserved, but also for freedom. Evey says “No one will forget that night and what it meant for this country.” Meaning he died for a greater
Analyse how your first impression of a character or individual was later challenged in a visual or oral text. In the film V for Vendetta, directed by James McTeigue, the viewer’s first impression of Evey is that she is vulnerable, feminine and a scared character, who is trapped by her fear of the government. However, the viewer’s impression of Evey is challenged throughout the film through visual techniques such as costume, dialogue and editing. She becomes a much stronger, braver character. In the beginning of V for Vendetta, Evey is portrayed as a feminine character. However this is challenged as the film progresses-she becomes less feminine. This is shown through the technique of costume. For example at the start …show more content…
At the beginning of the film we see Evey and V meet for the first time, in this conversation she says to him “Are you like a crazy person?” due to the fact that he isn’t fearful towards the finger men. This shows that Evey is in shock that he does not fear the finger men, which she believed everyone does, just like she does. She is afraid of them because the finger men often kill people. During the film Evey is imprisoned and tortured, and near the end of this imprisonment she is told that if she does not pass information about the whereabouts of V then she shall be killed. When she refuses the man the man asks why and she replies “I would rather die behind the chemical sheds.” This shows that during the film Evey has become a stronger and a lot more fearless person, as she is not longer fearful of what people can do to her, or even death itself. The director has done this to show that people shouldn’t be afraid of death, especially when you’re dying for a good cause. This is also shown when V dies so that the people of London can have a better future, with a government which is not led by dictators and controlled in their day to day lives, but rather a future where they can step forward and have freedom. V not only died fighting for Valerie and the justice she deserved, but also for freedom. Evey says “No one will forget that night and what it meant for this country.” Meaning he died for a greater