Bit mo' about inspiration

Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas

Clip one:(Opening Scene)

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Clip Two (Hotel/ Reptiles):


The element of this particular film that inspired me was the fact that the setting is represented as being half realistic and half in the character's minds, this is a direction that I would very much like to experiment with, it is intriguing to think how to manipulate misce-en-scene to represent character's imiginations.  Also I like the home-made un flashy effects, typical of terry gilliam films.

The Opening Scene is effective as it represents the charaters, Raoul Duke and Dr Gonzo, very clearly through use of Dialouge, Narration (from Duke) and camera angels.  The closeups on Duke's face are often filmed on a slightly askew angle, representing him as different or weird.  This is (as we discover) because he has consumed epic ammounts of illegal narcotics.  Also, we see that other characters, i.e. the Hitcher in this particular clip, and the hotel check in woman in clip two, respond to the duo in a bemused kind of way, which helps to further represent them as "different" to the audience.