The director of the movie Fish tank, was mentioned within the trailer of the film. It stated "The most honoured British film of the year, 3 European & 8 British independent film awards nominations, including BEST FILM, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST ACTRESS" this automatically gets the audience wondering who the director could be, then we are told its Andrea Arnold. I'm aware of another film she has directed called 'Red Road' this was another low budget film she directed just like fish tank. I believe she done a good job whilst creating the film, even though she had a low budget, the lighting and camera angle shots were really effective.
Moreover the main stars within the film aren't known, they are just random people who enjoy acting, the audience won't be familiar with them as they aren't known, however I believe they portrayed their roles within the film really well, Mia had acted so sophisticated which thrilled the audience, her facial expression and body language were suited to her role, her costume connoted the type of character she is, she was a very lazy, tom-boy character as she always wore joggers.
The plot of the film is about a mother and daughter who are trapped in a cage of a cruel man, they are under his powers, and he just uses them both and then leaves them and goes back to his original wife and little daughter. I think the plot was confusing and a bit all over the place, however the girl Mia the main actor was from an low class background and this was shown as she lived in a flat, within a council estate. The actors within the film aren't known, but they're acting was really good and it suited the plot, Mia was a girl who was stuck-up, aggressive and even troublesome, she was age 15 but acted older, also she has a passion for dancing, as it allowed her to be in her own world doing what she liked without anyone nagging her. Mia's mums boyfriend Connor began to live with them and Mia didn't like him at first as she found him annoying but sooner she began to like him as they started growing on a bond together, he made her happy and gave her fatherly love, it showed he cared but little did she know he had bad intentions she wasn't aware if it was fatherly love or boyfriend love as his actions showed he wanted her. The mothers boyfriend Connor encourages Mia to enter a dancing competition as he said she was really good, as she always preformed in front of him, so she entered it only because he offered to lend the camera so she can shoot her work, as soon as she got accepted she went to the hall where she had to audition but the night before Connor asked for her to dance in front of him so he can see it, he insists her to dance so she does, she dances to his favourite song which he played in the car when they went out on a family day out, this shown he has some significance within her life, after she preformed she went to sit down and they began to kiss and slowly he took off her clothes and they had sex and then at the end he tells her whatever happened stays between them two, and they feel this bond together. The next day she went to the hall to audition in front of other people but then left it as she saw everyone else preforming other dances but hers was different to theirs so she felt as if she wasn't good enough. Connor leaves Mia and her mother and goes back to his original family, the mother panics and cries as she is worried and scared, so Mia goes searching for him and finds out he has a family, he cheated on Mia, her mother and the family. Mia feels hopeless as she has nobody by her side, what ever makes her happy sooner or later goes, her happiness doesn't last for long, she thought she had something for a while but then it all went. Furthermore Mia wants to ruin his life so she makes her target his little girl but then she doesn't do anything to her as she has a heart.
The genre of this film is an emotional diverse drama, which gets to the audience. This film highlights all the negative outlooks of life, it shows how people are happy at one point when they have something so little, and when that little things gone they are hopeless, which could connote they're life is not worth living. This film fits the expectation as at the end of the Fish tank we are supposed to be feeling disgusted, especially the younger target audience 16+ as it is unusual for a teenager to have an affair with their mothers boyfriend. However some people could be used to this as it does happen in real life, so the movies target was to get the point across it's wrong for this to occur, and happiness can be taken away at any point, even when its just begun.
The soundtrack for this movie were parallel to the scenes, and also there was use of non-diegetic and diegetic which emphasis on the situation the girl was in and makes the audience feel sorry for her, there was a part where we could hear the footsteps which could connote her anger as she was also walking fast, this was diegetic as it wasn't put in the scene it happened naturally. The atmosphere created was emotional for the audience because of all the different types of soundtracks.
This movies target audience would be teenagers over 15, this is because nowadays teenagers go through a lot of problems and they need help and support, thus this movie being aimed at them as they get to see what people go through. Teenagers have a number of issues and problems such as unemployment, drugs, sexual abuse and drinking, however theses sorts of problems are mostly people from the estates as they are dangerous places, and also gangs have theses issues. I would recommend for teenagers to watch this film as by this they are able to be more aware of situations around them and how people are dealing with them, as it is essential for teenagers to be aware of the big bad world, as they are going into adulthood and some people have bad intentions so they need to be careful on what they do and how they make moves. Moreover how other people suffer when they don't get what they want and are trapped in a tank with no exit, also as the society is very stereotypical about teenagers being dangerous and always causing problems, this movie shows some reasons why society think that, so in order for society to change their beliefs teenagers need to act on their actions and they way they come across which is so negative and which could cause problems and connote danger to society. Overall I would advise my friends whom are 15+ to watch this film as there are many things that we are able to learn from within this film.
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