Winter's Bone Answer
How far does Winter's Bone rely upon an understanding on it social context? Refer in detail to at least one sequence from the film [20]
When reviewing the scenes of Winter's Bone, we see that the film uses contextual reference and verisimilitude to the social issues of Ortiz, Missouri.
In the scene where Ree visits her aunt and uncle - Victoria and Teardrop - we see the living conditions and Teardrop immediately has the power within the household. Within the community, the men run the area and have control over the women in their lives - seeming to be very patriarchal. We see this in other scenes as when she visits her friend, she has to get permission from her boyfriend to even walk through the door.
As Teardrop takes a seat, we already can tell the woman remains domestic in the background of the medium shot and does everything for the husband without questioning it - mostly because the woman could be punished for disobeying the man in a community like this. Teardrop is also smoking in the scene,this would be because communities would thrive off of drug dealing (mostly meth) which links to the mise-en-scéne consisting of poor quality homes, clothing and food because the people become addicted and waste their money on anything they can get their hands on. You also notice the tattoos dotted on him in a medium shot, some appear to be a stick-and-poke (homemade style of tattooing) or badly done, further showing the bad conditions of the community. Throughout the entire scene, Teardrop shows the dominance and has control of the situation even though Ree challenges this in hopes of getting answers. He continues to talk while he loads a gun at the table - constantly showing his power within the patriarchy of the community.
Once Teardrop threatens Victoria while saying the phrase "I said shut up already with my mouth." He is insinuating either abusing her/attacking her or acting sexual with her - both being harassment and abusive - and his desire to show this alpha side of him to his wife shows the power he has and wants to show to the women of the house. The camera movement further insinuates this as the camera tracks Teardrop slowly as he staggers across the room. Both females just stay quiet, knowing not to push a man within the household.
When a shot reverse shot is used, we see Teardrop looking down at Ree in a close up shot - showing his intimidation and authority. Victoria stays neutral during the entire conversation and Ree stays still - obviously knowing her place in the patriarchy.
Victoria changes the topic to her and asks Ree about her joining the war in hopes to prevent anything, as living in the community can be terrifying. This attempt fails as Ree essentially challenges Teardrop by making a comment, creating an awful situation. He holds her in a choking position with his hand also holding her hair - the way he holds her is more realistic and more threatening - and Victoria doesn't do anything because women are inferior in the community. Once the choking stops, Teardrop looks down at her while smoke crawls up his face in a close up - another focus on the drug usage within the community - and the intimidating shot shows how much power he really has. The camera once again follows him as he leaves, and both women are left helpless and hopeless knowing they can't do anything about it.
When reviewing the scenes of Winter's Bone, we see that the film uses contextual reference and verisimilitude to the social issues of Ortiz, Missouri.
In the scene where Ree visits her aunt and uncle - Victoria and Teardrop - we see the living conditions and Teardrop immediately has the power within the household. Within the community, the men run the area and have control over the women in their lives - seeming to be very patriarchal. We see this in other scenes as when she visits her friend, she has to get permission from her boyfriend to even walk through the door.
As Teardrop takes a seat, we already can tell the woman remains domestic in the background of the medium shot and does everything for the husband without questioning it - mostly because the woman could be punished for disobeying the man in a community like this. Teardrop is also smoking in the scene,this would be because communities would thrive off of drug dealing (mostly meth) which links to the mise-en-scéne consisting of poor quality homes, clothing and food because the people become addicted and waste their money on anything they can get their hands on. You also notice the tattoos dotted on him in a medium shot, some appear to be a stick-and-poke (homemade style of tattooing) or badly done, further showing the bad conditions of the community. Throughout the entire scene, Teardrop shows the dominance and has control of the situation even though Ree challenges this in hopes of getting answers. He continues to talk while he loads a gun at the table - constantly showing his power within the patriarchy of the community.
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When a shot reverse shot is used, we see Teardrop looking down at Ree in a close up shot - showing his intimidation and authority. Victoria stays neutral during the entire conversation and Ree stays still - obviously knowing her place in the patriarchy.
Victoria changes the topic to her and asks Ree about her joining the war in hopes to prevent anything, as living in the community can be terrifying. This attempt fails as Ree essentially challenges Teardrop by making a comment, creating an awful situation. He holds her in a choking position with his hand also holding her hair - the way he holds her is more realistic and more threatening - and Victoria doesn't do anything because women are inferior in the community. Once the choking stops, Teardrop looks down at her while smoke crawls up his face in a close up - another focus on the drug usage within the community - and the intimidating shot shows how much power he really has. The camera once again follows him as he leaves, and both women are left helpless and hopeless knowing they can't do anything about it.
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