"Brick" - Detailed Analysis

In class we all contributed to a detailed, extensive analysis of the neo-noir film Brick which was produced in 2005. This was really good as we got to gain ideas of our peers and think up new ideas between us by bouncing ideas off of eachother. I will use this analysis in my video essay analysis of Brick along with my own other written notes. Picking apart the film like this was really helpful because it enabled us to produce more concentrated, specific and detailed analysis not only from the film itself, but from individual scenes and characters. This will also help me when I get to the stage of evaluating my own Film Noir that I produce. Below are the mindmaps our class all added to:

Semiotics in Brick. Ferdinand Saussure's semiotics of colour theory was related to here.

This mind map explored the common codes and conventions visited throughout Brick. Red pen are the subverted conventions and black pen are the typical, conformed conventions.

Levi Strauss' Binary Oppositions theory applied to; the scenes, characters, themes, cinematography, lighting, props, costumes and narrative features in Brick

Stereotypical characters and themes seen in Brick

This was a tricky one to analyse. The ideology present in Brick

Barthes' Enigma code was present throughout the narrative

More narrative theory analysis

Focused character analysis including Vladamir Propp's character theory