to break out of their cocoon and transition into a new world with different experiences. These pathways can offer us possibilities or problems. “Billy Elliot”‚ a film directed by Stephan Dauldry portrays the difficulties of growing up whilst dealing with a variety of social issues such as poverty‚ rigid gender expectations and class. The protagonist‚ Billy faces these problems to gain possibilities. These problems and how they are overcome are shown in the film through the use of the motif of doors
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zone and into the new world. Scene 10 in Billy Elliot is a scene that demonstrates the protagonist‚ Billy Elliot‚ confronting his father and family and dancing on the table. Daldry uses close up shots and editing between Billy‚ his family and Mrs Wilkinson‚ his teacher to show the tension between them and to emphasise the panic they are all in as Billy continues to confront his family’s comfort zone. The use of editing shots shows that Billy is caught between two worlds – the world of his ordinary
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visual representations of working-class masculinity portrayed in Stephen Daldry‟s stage musical adaptation of the film Billy Elliot (2000). After a brief discussion of the portrayal of the male ballet dancer in the dancing scene since the 1990s and the inherent voyeuristic inclinations of contemporary audiences‚ the analysis will focus on five aspects of male presence in Billy Elliot the Musical (2005). The dynamics of working-class masculinity will be contextualised within the framework of the family
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Billy Elliot (part 2: film analysis) 1) The opening scene in Billy Elliot shows us what type of kid Billy is and the same with his family. The scene shows us a glance of how Billy’s life is. He is not one of the wealthy kids‚ and the house is not of good standard. We clearly see that this family is a poor family‚ and lives in a neighbourhood that reflects that‚ a typical working-class community. It is Billy who watches out for his grandmother when his father and brother are protesting‚ which
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idea that was memorable in the text. Explain why the idea was memorable in the text(s) as a whole‚ supporting your points with examples of visual and/or oral language features. ‘Billy Elliot’ is a film directed by Stephen Daldry that tells of a twelve year old boy called Billy. Raised in a working class family‚ Billy had always possessed a love for dancing. However‚ set during 1984 in the small mining town of Everington‚ his dream of becoming a ballet dancer proves to be difficult. His father‚
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Conflict and Relationship in Billy Elliot A significant conflict and relationship in the film Billy Elliot directed by Stephen Daldry is between Billy and his father Jacky. Billy is an 11-year-old boy who lives in Ireland with his father‚ brother and Grandmother in a little apartment. Billy and his father’s relationship is stable until the shock of his son doing ballet instead of boxing. They both have different views for the future and this causes conflict on their relationship. An
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Daldry‚ the director of Billy Elliot‚ exploits Maslow’s theory to depict a coal miner’s son from Northern England who desires to be a ballet dancer. Billy Elliot is a musical version of the British movie of the same name‚ and both of them are directed by Stephan Daldry. Although the movie was his first debut as a director‚ it brought enormous success with various awards. In terms of music‚ the iconic singer and composer Elton John was so moved by the movie “Billy Elliot” composed the music for
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Billy Elliot (Jamie Bell) is an shy 11-year-old living with his proud miner father (Gary Lewis) and older brother Tony (Jamie Draven) during the political and social unrest of the 1984 miner’s strike. Times are hard - the men of the house spend their days on the picket lines clashing with the police‚ while Billy navigates the minefield of adolescence and takes care of his increasingly senile grandmother (Jean Heywood). Determined to forge his son in his own image‚ Billy’s father sends him for
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Billy Elliot This story shows us all the rewards of perseverance in following our own star despite parental or popular opinion. It demonstrates the redemptive agency of love in a family under enormous stress and shows a father coming through as a parent after some blatant errors. The film illuminates the tensions and sorrows of a family dealing with the loss of its wife and mother while the grandmother gently sinks into senility. (Billy lovingly takes care of his grandmother.) In this film a friendship
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affect society There are various representations within the text that challenges the individual to experiences familiar and new horizons. Through the texts Billy Elliot and The short story "The Story of X" have helped to convey various new horizons and familiar experiences. Firstly‚ New horizons can be explored through both Billy Elliot and the story of ’x’ with the challenging of gender expectations and the effort in which the characters display in order to breakthrough the dominant discourses
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