Film Theory

Throughout both films Atlantics (Mati Diop, 2019) and Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009), it is evident that both narratives hold great compatibility with feminist film theory. Though it is more apparent when watching Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank, one can see the ways in which both films set out to transcend patriarchal film practices. By doing this, both directors purposefully go against predictable film portrayals of patriarchy and instead enable the viewer to rethink the impact of gender roles wi...

In this essay, I will be analysing what seems to automatically happen between the screen and the spectator when watching Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009) as a result of director Andrea Arnold’s successful usage of specific images, sound and various effects throughout the film. Throughout, I will particularly be analysing the experience I gained when watching the film and analyse how Arnold uses realism to create this connection in order to prove that cinema works as an affective space through c...