looking at movies chosen 1990s

Titanic

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When looking at movies released in the 1990s, he film which I chose to analyse was the popular classic the Titanic released in 1997, which stars Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCapro and won several awards for best hair and makeup. The reason I decided to analyse the movie is because it reflected on the history of  a real life event as well as conveying to an audience a clear motif and genre, it also conveyed the use of narration and historical footage.
 
The Titanic, edited by James Cameron 1997, experiences the genre of drama and romance ending in sorrow after a ship docking from Southampton sinks after hitting an ice berg. The clear motif which stood out to me when watching the film is the importance of different classes of living. as well s the signicance of Roses necklace.  Rose Played by Kate Winset is an upper class woman who aboard the ship with her upper class family and fiancé. Jack who wins a bet and aboard the ship is lower class and is frowned upon by the upper class. Once the ship has hit the ice berg and is sinking, the upper class , woman and children were made to board the boat first, due to the fact that the 'unsinkable ship' did not have enough life boats majority of the lower class lost their lives, this highlights to me just how powerful the motif in the film is.
 
The film experiences narration by a the main character Rose in the future telling the story of the Titanic as well as historical footage of a  submarine and divers going into the ocean to research the remains of the shipwreck.
 
The characters which I feel the audience reflected on most when watching the movie, as did I were the main characters rose and jack and the love story between them ,throughout the movie there is a sense of hope that they Rose and Jack will fall in love and she will leave her arrogant upper class fiancé . Once Roses fiancé finds out about her secret relationship with jack he seeks revenge, this builds suspense leading to a climax in the movie when he handcuffs jack to the bed of a sinking ship, Roses goes back to save him just as she is about to aboard a life boat building towards the climax. However by the time Rose unhand cuffs Jack there are no lie boats left they are in the ocean for hours waiting for a life boat to return unfortunately Jack dies from hyperthermia and she is saved  by a lifeboat. The film ends by showing a future Rose who is narrator of the romance drama movie shortly passing away from old age , there is a reflection of her on the Titanic meeting Jack again and all the others who were aboard the boat.
 
The hair and makeup in the movie relates to the Victorian era . The significance of classes also helps with the audiences understanding of the characters in the movie due to the hair styling and costume design. The makeup department in the film also had to convey to audience how severe and dramatic the historical event was by making characters appear cold looking with hyperthermia, for example Jack when he is in the ocean waiting for a life boat to return .

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Roses character styling in the movie conveys to the audience her being an upper class Victorian woman. Her hair is styled into neat perfected ringlets or an updo with ringlets falling around her face. Her makeup is soft and natural , she has a soft blush to highlight he cheekbones completed with a pale complexion and rose colour lipstick. She Is often seen styled in an Victorian style gown usually a navy colour with an oversized hat and lace gloves.
 

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Jack on the other hand is styled completely opposite to upper class his face almost looks grubby his hair is rough and he is usually styled in a cotton shirt with a waistcoat like majority of the lower class

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