Film Facts:
The film title is The Help, and the film was produced in 2011. The nationality of the film is American/United States.
Name of the actors are: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Jenney, Jessica Chastain and Thomas Newman. The director of the film is Tate Taylor.
The film title is The Help, and the film was produced in 2011. The nationality of the film is American/United States.
Name of the actors are: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Jenney, Jessica Chastain and Thomas Newman. The director of the film is Tate Taylor.
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Nov.26 2012
Genre:
I would say that the film falls under the genre drama and a little big under the historical genre.
I would say that the film falls under the genre drama and a little big under the historical genre.
Setting:
Setting is where and when the plot take place, and in this film the setting is in Jackson, Mississippi and it takes place in the early 1960s.
In the opening scene of the film, we are in one of the main characters house, Aibileen, where she was answering questions asked by Skeeter. She was answering questions like: Where and when was you born, did you know as a little girl growing up that you one day would become a maid, if she ever dreams about being something else, and how it feels like to raise a white child while your own child is home being looked by someone else?
Setting is where and when the plot take place, and in this film the setting is in Jackson, Mississippi and it takes place in the early 1960s.
In the opening scene of the film, we are in one of the main characters house, Aibileen, where she was answering questions asked by Skeeter. She was answering questions like: Where and when was you born, did you know as a little girl growing up that you one day would become a maid, if she ever dreams about being something else, and how it feels like to raise a white child while your own child is home being looked by someone else?
Plot and Structure:
I would say that the most important sequence is when Skeeter interviews the black maids, because here we get the real information about how these maids was treated by the white ones and how the feel about the situation they are living in, and I think that is the main reason of the film, to get to know how they were treated so we can see the big different between the black ones and the white ones.
In the beginning of the film we see a scene where Skeeter interviews Aibileen, which we also see later in the middle of the film. So the film begins in media res, and after this scene the film is in chronological order.
The first scene in the film is some foreshadow, because in the film we wonder if the maids agreed to be interviewed by Skeeter, but since we already have been showed that Aibileen answer some of Skeeters questions, we know that at least she will be interviewed later in the film.
Theme:
I will say that the main them is racism, racial segregation and to be heard. One example of this is when the one white woman buys an out toilet for her black maid, because she thought that they had different diseases. Another example is when another white woman fires her maid when she catches her maid using her toilet. This theme is very similar to the theme and plot in the short story: The toilet by Gchina Mhlope. The last example is that Skeeter also wanted to help the maid being heard and hopefully end the racism and racial segregation.
I would say that the most important sequence is when Skeeter interviews the black maids, because here we get the real information about how these maids was treated by the white ones and how the feel about the situation they are living in, and I think that is the main reason of the film, to get to know how they were treated so we can see the big different between the black ones and the white ones.
In the beginning of the film we see a scene where Skeeter interviews Aibileen, which we also see later in the middle of the film. So the film begins in media res, and after this scene the film is in chronological order.
The first scene in the film is some foreshadow, because in the film we wonder if the maids agreed to be interviewed by Skeeter, but since we already have been showed that Aibileen answer some of Skeeters questions, we know that at least she will be interviewed later in the film.
Theme:
I will say that the main them is racism, racial segregation and to be heard. One example of this is when the one white woman buys an out toilet for her black maid, because she thought that they had different diseases. Another example is when another white woman fires her maid when she catches her maid using her toilet. This theme is very similar to the theme and plot in the short story: The toilet by Gchina Mhlope. The last example is that Skeeter also wanted to help the maid being heard and hopefully end the racism and racial segregation.
