Our crew has drawn heavily on both the film Moonlight (Jenkins, 2016). In both Moonlight and Ngubani (my crew’s film), we find strong themes of Relationships, and Life, Death and Enrichment. As per the introduction to this section and my chosen portion (being Narrative 3), I will explore in this essay why this is conceptually relevant and how it can lead to a more successful production.
Ngubani deals with multiple characters, also marginalized and placed in difficult or extreme situations. (Gage & Makapela, 2017). It draws upon Moonlight in which we see the life of a boy who is both black and gay living in the 80’s thus finding himself an individual often repressed by society. He is also targeted by bullies in school and lives with a crack-addicted …show more content…
Will he stand up for himself against the bullies that torment him constantly and possibly face being beaten down worse by his lackeys? These deal with the theme of Life, Death and Enrichment. We see his quality of life impacted by these things and he has the opportunity to improve but at a possible cost and he has to make the decision whether to take the risk or not. Both could lead to happiness and a future both could also in the long run lead to an untimely death or at least some suffering. In the first of these examples we can also see how all of his relationships are affected. This brings us to another theme of conceptual relevance, Relationships. He struggles finding intimacy in his life largely due to his insecurity about his sexuality. When consoling with Kevin toward the film’s close he even admits “You’re the only one that’s ever touched me” which ties up the arc relating to he and Kevin’s relationship as it is implied the two then enter a romantic relationship, as both of them come to understand why Chiron had come to visit …show more content…
The film was based off of an unproduced stage play by Tarell McCraney. McCraney based much of the events in the story off his own life, he had lived with a mother who suffered from a drug addiction, was gay and had similar struggles to Chiron in the film and had grown up where the film was set. When Jenkins picked up the play to adapt it for screen, he noted similarities having unwittingly grown up in the same neighbourhood as McCraney and also lived with a drug-addicted mother. The two worked together to tell an authentic story, even finding exact locations for scenes that they had childhood experiences in. (Keegan,
Ngubani deals with multiple characters, also marginalized and placed in difficult or extreme situations. (Gage & Makapela, 2017). It draws upon Moonlight in which we see the life of a boy who is both black and gay living in the 80’s thus finding himself an individual often repressed by society. He is also targeted by bullies in school and lives with a crack-addicted …show more content…
Will he stand up for himself against the bullies that torment him constantly and possibly face being beaten down worse by his lackeys? These deal with the theme of Life, Death and Enrichment. We see his quality of life impacted by these things and he has the opportunity to improve but at a possible cost and he has to make the decision whether to take the risk or not. Both could lead to happiness and a future both could also in the long run lead to an untimely death or at least some suffering. In the first of these examples we can also see how all of his relationships are affected. This brings us to another theme of conceptual relevance, Relationships. He struggles finding intimacy in his life largely due to his insecurity about his sexuality. When consoling with Kevin toward the film’s close he even admits “You’re the only one that’s ever touched me” which ties up the arc relating to he and Kevin’s relationship as it is implied the two then enter a romantic relationship, as both of them come to understand why Chiron had come to visit …show more content…
The film was based off of an unproduced stage play by Tarell McCraney. McCraney based much of the events in the story off his own life, he had lived with a mother who suffered from a drug addiction, was gay and had similar struggles to Chiron in the film and had grown up where the film was set. When Jenkins picked up the play to adapt it for screen, he noted similarities having unwittingly grown up in the same neighbourhood as McCraney and also lived with a drug-addicted mother. The two worked together to tell an authentic story, even finding exact locations for scenes that they had childhood experiences in. (Keegan,