Author: Annabel Carter

Statement of intent: The intention of this creative writing piece is to use imagery in describing the Meadow hut, located on the Snow Farm. I’ve used many language features in hopes to really capture the reader’s imagination from this piece of writing, Thank you.

It is morning, a crisp breeze sways the tussock in the wind, the tips of its leaves waving back. The winter chill engulfs the only warmth left. The snow plummets towards earth like a Peregrine Falcon diving for its prey. Sheets of white hurls itself toward earth into a bewildering wonderland of snow. The neighbouring frost is opalescent. Its surrounding icicles humorously laughing as if the blood has rushed straight to their heads. They hang impatiently from crevices opening-up the imperfections in the ice, waiting for their fate.

Feel the cold as it bleeds out from the sky. Strips of scarlet red are dappled by clouds as a moon dipped in silver wanders from the near horizon. Golden petals in the sky stretch outwards, painting a rich ruby sunrise. It’s an invitation to a new day. Colours of peach and amber radiating a new beginning. The sunrise begins wrestling through a cloud of smoke, begging at his hands for mercy. It’s comforting as the warmth rise’s through the slits formed in the ice. The humidity swallows with pride. A wave of heat strikes the ice, melting away like ice cream desperately trying to survive the hands of a child.

It is evening, platforms of light are coming from the fluorescent moon perching above the mountain tops. It dances in the darkness. The only light to be seen is of the moons. A wave of compact snow outside the hut ignites a staggering fairytale. It washes up on the balcony as if there was a storm at sea. Its lack of rhythmic percussion does not stop the Hares jumping up and down like pogo sticks stuck on a timer. Beside the hut an overlooking tree has fingernails matching those of a hideous witch, it’s distorted limbs and black claws scratch the outside of the hut, serving as a warning to anyone who dares to approach. Across the flats, puddles lay sleeping within the tracks, frozen to the bone they rest there helplessly awaiting a miracle. A galaxy of stars is draped over the sky like a curtain, creating a fantasy of their own. The various patterns design a city of fire erupting from its ashes. Unlit avenues of smoke, and towers as high as pyramids are alive in the heavens.

Look. The snow has stopped falling like sand in an hourglass. The winter chill has vanished into the air, a deep layer of frost absent from this morning’s ventures. Darkness comes at a blinding pace throughout the night, shades of grey overshadow the windows edges like poison fog pushing its way through a town. A slight sway of wind shakes the floorboards of the hut. The trembling sensation of a breeze mocks those of a 6.8 earthquake. Footsteps of keas can be heard on the timber roof dancing through the night.

And soon you will be laying on your back looking up to the stars, feel the breeze play with your hair, your eyes transfixed on the world above. The snow hardens against your jacket like armor as you rest your head against the tussock. Your eyelids close gradually as the sensation of the mountain takes over your imagination. Into a deep sleep you go, sweet dreams.

Fluffy had thought that the grass in her new field tasted slightly peculiar. Several moments after taking a cautious nibble she began to slowly lift off the ground.

Her head began to spin, warm tingles caressed her body as her hooves lifted slightly off the grass. Fluffy had never felt such a thrill in her life, her flock looked on at her horrified, they had never seen a flying sheep before.

The greatest moment of her life, shortly turned into a terrifying reality as the lush, green field was quickly shrinking beneath her.

Fluffy had only dreamed of being a unicorn in her past life, that dream had now turned a nightmare as she began to feel a stump growing out of her forehead. Her front legs were no longer there instead giant wings had taken over her fat body. Panicking Fluffy had to think fast before she was consumed into the clouds.

And then boom she awoke, she no longer had a stump growing from her head, her wings had turned back to legs, but she was not in her lushes green field full of dandelions, instead she was lying back up on a table, it was cold and damp. The next thing Fluffy saw would haunt her forever. A silver knife coming towards her at a rapid pace. But no she did not let the knife slice through her skin instead she skrrrt outta there really fast, sprinting her chubby legs down the street, not looking back at those monsters chasing her.

The boy was sad:

Tears smothered his face, drooping to the corners of his mouth. The taste of the saltiness overcomes his senses. A soft sobbing begins, getting louder and louder by the minute.

The dog wanted to go for a walk:

Leaping up and down with joy the dog projects a deafening bark letting me know his needs. The smell of his wet fur captivates my nostril hairs, His fur strokes my arm it being as soft as a winter coat. The taste of his mouth wrestles with my tongue.

When they embraced she could tell he had been smoking and was scared

The smoke captivated my nostrils hairs, his jumper pressed against my skin with sheer force. I had known he was guilty of such crime, a slight cough defend my hearing knowing the consequences had caught up with him. The taste of an ashtray suffocated my throat as he kissed my lips. His eyes were black

On the blue chair sat the young girl, hair tied up in a tight bun. In the books lay words upon words, stories upon stories. Beyond the lines a fantasy world was forming within her head. Despite her limited time the books seemed to draw her further away from reality.

LIFE:

S: Life is like a female dog, its a bitch.

S: life is like a parcel, its a gift

S: life is like a wolf in sheeps clothing, you never know who’s gonna cry first.

life is like a rafting trip, each grade gets harder and harder.

life is like a plane, the minute it lands it becomes a danger to those on board compared to flying in the sky.

DEATH:

Death is like a magnet, bringing souls together.

Death is like a phone screen, the more it cracks, the more it gets closer to dying.

Death is like climate change, cause climate change is real.

My home is like a castle, guarded by a dragon.

My home is a prison.

The sun is trapped like an animal in a cage.

The jelly fish is like me, soft but ready to sting when needed.

The trees colour drained from its roots

The mist hugged its surrounding neighbours hoping for a friend

The mountain returned its reflection back to the viewer.

The chair stands luminous to the overcast grave.

Sight: ravishing, enchanting

Smell: horrifying, sickening

Hear: resounding, deafening

Taste: Fanatical, moist

The ravishing sight of my transparent ceiling captivates my senses. The sickening feeling of school today turns my stomach upside down. My mum treads up the stairs in a deafening manner shrieking her vocal cords, I look at my clock, the hands ticking at the same time as my heartbeat. My mouth is withered with saliva but stale at the same time. The delightful taste of chia seed pudding lines the corners of my taste buds.

The red ambient sky progressed over the immobile mountain tops glazed around a lake as still as ice.

Betrayal, deception.

Words cannot describe the pain I am feeling. Do I believe him? Do I believe the man I once loved?

I used to watch the sunrise with you, a new day forming within our hearts. Now the only days I see are ones within my dreams at night.

Kisses from your lips upon my cheek do not fond me anymore. Vanished with the wind no longer apart of a family but apart of a worthless attempt of love. Love does not include dishonesty, love does not include a desiring hatred.

Love is endearment, devotion, and compassion.

I see a coward.

Never should an affair cross a women’s mind nor see one with there own eyes. The eyes of which I saw my lover upon another woman. Skin touching skin is dead to me now, no longer do I see the father of my children.

A coward in which my beloved son will never know, how disturbing.

Love is a drug, addictive. Thats why I cannot leave the man who betrayed my trust

Character: Marges husband

Setting: A bar where they first meet.

What is your inciting incident and how do u get there:

Sees marge across the bar sitting alone in her uniform, He then builds up the courage to approach her and they start talking.

Where do you cross threshold?

They both move towns to be together, buy a house and start a family.

How does the actions rise?

Marge has suspicions that her husband has been seeing another women.

When does your character get knocked down?

When he’s caught cheating and marge breaks down, leaves there home and moves far away.

Why does your character get back up?

They cross paths again in the city at a party and blah blah blah they make up.

Marge’s husband drives to marge house and apologizes and they end up falling in love again and has more kids and lives happily ever after.

INTRODUCTION:

“Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.”- Eric Fromm.

Statement of intent:

The intention of this essay is to analyze three film techniques of digestive sound, low angle and high angles which convey an idea of greed, this essay is to be based around the 1996 film Fargo, directed by the Coen Brothers.

Introduction: The film Fargo created and directed by the Coen Brothers shows a wide range of film techniques used to present and construct the reoccurring theme of greed. Greed has been the main focus of a selfish yet excessive desire for more that is needed or deserved, in this case, the theme of greed is intended around Money. Digestive sound defines a characters distinctive accent which helps portray their motive throughout the film, A Low camera angle is used to create the perception of a character’s power and wealth all which has been done in the intentions of greed and a high camera angle has been used to deemphasize a subject which has little to less importance within the scene.

Paragraph 1.: S: Throughout the film Fargo, Digestive sound is used as a film technique to show how accents have conveyed a theme of greed and the effects this may have on the person.

E: The digestive sound throughout films establish the idea of greed created by the directors and audience shown by the characters own accents and the way they may speak. This reveals more than just where they are living within the film but instead establishes a motive or impact this character has had on the act of greed. Throughout Fargo, there is a distinct range of ethnicity in the characters accents which distinguishes whos voice holds great power from fortune to those who do not. Within the film characters with strong accents that tended to slur there speech became largely impacted by the thought of money, essentially running out of satisfactory this leads them into doing unthinkable acts of greed. X: An example of how accents reveal the recurring theme of greed is Jerry Lundergaurd who has been introduced towards the audience with a strong Midwestern accent. Within the Beginning of the film and transitioning towards the end, we see slight changes towards his speech including voice cracks, uncertainty in his accent and the use of exclamations, expressing hesitation or a pause. This emphasizes the concept that the motive of greed will take you so far until your time runs out which is shown through Jerry’s accent reducing to as much of one as a cowards. The first scene of the film shows Jerry, Carl, and Grear negotiating the money side of things, Jerry quotes “Well, that’s… That’s… I’m not gonna inta, inta… see, I just need money. Now, her dads real well off” The pauses within his speech and the uncertainty in his voice shows Jerry’s hesitancy in his giving up his reasons behind his so desperately needed money. A strong component of greed is portrayed by the constant fear of a person and a sense of insecurity throughout. An example of characters in Fargo that were not chasing the path of greed had softer yet passive accents and did not overshadow the thought of money and fortune. Police officer Marge Gunderson quotes “there’s more to life than a little money, you know. Don’t you know that? And here ya are, and its a beautiful day. Well, I just don’t understand it.”, Although strong in Minnesota accent she presents herself restrained, speaking in a soft manner to show her thoughts on the crimes committed by the heavy influence of greediness. Y: The Coen Brothers did this purposefully in efforts to show that even within the beginning of the film the idea of greed is shown as this character’s weakness. Digestive sound has been used as a film technique to show how accents have conveyed a theme of greed throughout the film. This has been the director’s focus to create a theme of greed as a motive influencing the role of each character in the film and to show the audience what unthinkable crimes can be committed in order to satisfy the wants of yourself and others. Although presented with a strong, heavy accent, a simple voice crack or uncertainty in their speech gives away to the viewer which characters have been seeing the aftermath of greed, intended by the directors.

Paragraph 2.: S: A low angle camera shot is used throughout the film Fargo to create the perception of a characters wealth and power through there intentions of greed.

E: Low angles throughout the film Fargo make the audience feel that this specific character in the frame has significant power almost overshadowing everything else in its path. Through the film, a handful of characters are shown with this camera technique of a low angle making the person look bigger on the screen to what they may be like in real life, All these characters share a common ground, they are continuously being troubled by the influence of greed. By shooting at a low angle of a character it can make the viewer feel weaker, insecure or overwhelmed in relation to the size of them on screen, this Isolates the character to the surrounding environment, blocking off any unnecessary backdrops which help the main characters stay in complete focus and context. The viewer may feel they are “Looking up” at the subject perhaps out of total respect or hatred. This shows the importance of the character and the power of greed while also being disorientating which conveys the theme as greed can be disorientating at times of trouble towards the character and audience. X: An example of greed being portrayed by a low angle is the scene where Carl shoots Wade, Carl is shown at a low angle making him appear bigger and stronger to show he has the greater power and “Authority” over Wade. This low angle also shows the greed he possesses growing from his only motive throughout the film, money. Willing to kill a human if it means he gets what he wants, Carl takes the ultimate sacrifice for his desire for greed. Y: The director’s main purpose within Fargo was to show how a low angle can dramatically change our perception of a character influenced by the idea of greed. Outside of the film, this technique highlighted an important topic in a real-world context, that becoming addicted to the thought of money and fortune can lead a person to unthinkable measures, sacrificing family or friends to achieve something bound to be invaluable in the long run. Another film which shows a particular low angle to signify greed is “Batman dark night”. A particular character within the film that is shown at this angle is the Joker, The first scene the joker is shown is at a particularly low angle, this is because the audience can see the joker has a significant amount of power and a heavy influence on greed, he overshadows every other subject within the scene and is taking up most of the frame within the shot. Transitioning towards the end of the film the character of Batman is shown at a low angle after he has just defeated the Joker. This emphasizes the thought that the Jokers desire for money has been overthrown and vanquished by Batman’s persistent outlook on life, Whom which was not affected by his own negative intentions.

Paragraph 3.: S: High angles are used throughout Fargo to deemphasize a character or subject that’s intentions are not affected by greed, causing them to be perceived as a person with little to less importance within the particular scene.

E: A high angle is used to make the character appear smaller in the shot than usual which conveys a total sense of inferiority throughout the film. The viewer may perceive the character as less significant towards another subject including the audience itself, in this case, you are the giant and are figuratively “Looking down on them” throughout the film. This high camera angle amplifies the idea that the character within the shot is vulnerable at the time and beat down of nearly nothing to where they were before. X: A significant part of the film is when Jerry Lundergaurds wife Jean Lundergaurd is shot at a high angle after being robbed and beaten from the intruders, this signifies she has been injured and all feeling of total control has been taken away from her at this moment in time. She lays there on the floor lifeless as the characters and audience overshadow her from a higher angle above the stairs. Greed is shown through this particular scene by showing the characters of Grear and Carl who are launching an attack on Jean bigger and taller, By using a low angle to show superiority over the women the high angle that Jean is shot at has a much larger effect towards the viewer, as this presents the idea that those characters who attend to there selfish desires of money having more authority and power over the characters that are not affected by greed, in this case, Jean which has been shown through a high angle. Y: The director’s purpose in using the technique of a high angle is a clever way to show the idea of greed from an audience’s point of view, the audience may feel they have stepped into the shoes of somebody that desires money and fortune and can see the effects of how this overall idea is portrayed by the film technique of a high angle. This technique raises important questions on why the characters that are perceived as good within the film are shot at the angle which portrays unimportance and weakness, maybe because they do indeed portray these characteristics or is it a purposeful technique used by the directors to show development in a charcters personallity and descisions. A television show which shows a particular character affected by somebody else’s intention of greed is Spongebob from “Spongebob square pants”, Mr. Krab is obsessed with the thought of money and wealth and is shown to do almost anything for a little money. In a particular scene of the show, Mr. Krabs loses a penny from his earnings causing him to steal from Spongebobs paycheck. Mr. Krabs greed provoked him to crime amongst SpongeBob while SpongeBob was at the receiving end of Mr. Krabs actions doing nothing wrong. This is just an example of how humans can negatively affect someone else’s lives by there own selfish desires.

Conclusion:

“Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful”, Warren Buffett. The film Fargo written and directed by the Coen Brothers uses the three film techniques of Digestive sound, Low angle, and high angles to present an idea of greed within the film. By analysing these three film techniques we were able to interpret the form of greed and how the director’s purpose influenced each scene within the Film. In paragraph 1, Digestive sound was used to show how accents conveyed greed and the aftermath of it. Throughout paragraph 2, Low angles were used to create a perception on a characters wealth and power through there intentions of greed, And in paragraph 3, high angles were used to deemphasize a character or subject that’s intentions have not been affected by greed causing them to be perceived as weak and vulnerable.

Within the novel of Agatha Christies “And then there were none” there was a reoccurring theme of justice. This became the main concept throughout each characters time within Soldier island which affected the future decision they are destined to make. Characters play a key role in getting the message of justice throughout the novel.

Justice Wargrave shows reoccurring Justice throughout the text by his actions that he takes when present on Soldier Island.

Wargrave becomes statisfied by murdering those around him in order to feel a sense of encouragement and enlightenment of him bringing justice to the victims of those at Soldier island. We see as the reader that Wargrave is the only character throughout the island that is not convicted of sin by anyone, this is the first hint within the text that suggests to us something is different and makes him stand out from the rest Although is not protruded greatly. The theme of justice develops through the novel with the help of Wargrave