Friday, 13 December 2013

Timelines of Moonrise Kingdom and Super 8

Timeline of Moonrise Kingdom
-Introduction: sitting in Suzy’s house, everything appearing to be in order. Suzy continually looking out the window with her binoculars
-The narrator’s introduction. Breaking the fourth wall and telling the audience about the nature and history of the island.
-The scout camp morning routine. Scoutmaster is dressed like one of the kids in his knee-socks and outfit. The kids are building extravagant treehouses and handling fireworks. Scoutmaster and the troops discover that Sam’s missing/he “flew the coop”
-Island police get alerted that Sam’s missing. Phone call with Sam’s foster parent, cowering away from his responsibilities like a child
-Non-violent rescue operation. Kids carrying weapons
-Police officer asking civilians about Sam’s whereabouts
-Suzy watching her mum and the officer sneaking around like kids
-Sam venturing off across the river and navigating his way. Sam smoking a pipe
-Flashback to their first encounter. Sam touches and plays with everything he encounters, still conforming to his childish thoughts
- As he meets Suzy they discuss their plan.
-Sam and Suzy travelling along the island, still talking like kids who don’t have a clue
-Sam cooking for Suzy. The Inventory scene. Sam laughing at Suzy’s mental illness
-Letters scene that involve flashbacks and the development of their friendship
-Deputizing the little guy, police man giving orders
-Do not cross this stick scene
-Dock scene. Scoutmaster becomes inferior. Suzy’s dad throws a shoe
-Old Chickchaw scene. Jumping in the water the way kids do. Sam and Suzy are in their underwear
-Sam pierces Suzy’s ear, phallic imagery
-On the rocks scene; confiding in each other
-Sam and Suzy wake up together. Suzy’s rebellious when her dad tries to threaten her
-Telephone conversation with social services. Captain Sharp gives childish answers. Clear division
-Bath scene
-Sam acknowledges his actions in Captain Sharpe’s house. Maturity. Captain pouring Sam a beer
-Kids talking in the tree-house. Deciding to take initiative in a rescue operation
-Kids go across the river in the early hours of the morning
-Suzy’s parents in separate beds. Trying to confess
-Suzy reading to everyone in the camp
-Cousin Jason acting like a child in Fort Lebanon. Most important decision of your life scene
-Sam and Suzy marriage scene
-Sam runs away from the scouts chasing him
-Scout Master Ward is confused that he’s lost the troops and they aren’t at Fort Lebanon. Rescues the elderly scout leader and carries him on his back
-Sam and Suzy escape from the church and Captain Sharpe wants to foster Sam
-Aftermath of the storm by the narrator
-Sam and Suzy are in Suzy’s house. He is painting a memory of where they were. They arrange to meet tomorrow as Sam leaves

Timeline of Super 8
-Starts with a funeral; Joe sitting outside, excluding himself from socialising. Joe’s dad and Dainard are shown as people who don’t get along, huge conflict between the two
- They boys coming out of school, talking about film-making and their plan to get footage late at night
-Joe and Charles in Charles’ house, talking more about film-making, fully displaying the chaotic family in which Charles lives – dysfunctional family
-Joe goes home, sees his father crying. Not knowing what to do, Joe stands there stunned
-Diner scene in Super 8, Joe’s dad tries to get him to go away for the summer to some sort of youth military camp. Harsh way of communication and difficult to make conversation. Joe’s father being portrayed as a hard-headed dictator who has an over-ruling opinion
-Filming on the train tracks; the train crashes and the kids find out it was caused by their biology teacher Dr Woodward who threatens them to not tell anyone of this incident. The kids run off in a panic, swearing to never speak of it again. Alice gives Joe a white cube that was found at the train crash site – a secret between the two
-Charles and Joe in the shop trying to get the camera fixed from the train damage. Joe calls Alice, trying to convince her to continue in the film. Joe insists on seeing Alice and talking to her in person
-Joe appears at Alice’s house, trying to convince her. She is resilient. Her father shows up and forbids Joe and Alice from ever talking again
-Sheriff and a teenager get abducted by the alien
-The kids decide to go back to the site of the train crash
-Joe’s dad tries to take care of the town and handle the complaints of town inhabitants
-The army get involved in the situation of the train crash, missing people, dogs, and household items. Jack (Joe’s dad) asks Colonel Nelec what’s happening and arranges to meet him at the army base later on in the day
-The kids continue filming at Joe’s house; Alice is dressed up as a zombie, Joe’s done her make-up. As she tries her hand at acting like a zombie, Joe is besotted by her. She pretends to bite his neck, Charles looks over in slight jealousy
-The kids are filming near a building where the army are, the army see the kids filming and Joe’s dad puts a stop to it and takes Joe home
-Joe’s dad tries to dictate and give orders; Joe finally stands up to his father and it ends in an argument
-Joe’s dad gets arrested by Nelec and the army
-Joe and Alice are in Joe’s room during a power-cut. An old video of Joe’s mother is being played. Joe and Alice confide in each other and talk about their parents
-Alice returns home to her drunken father. They get in an argument and she leaves. He tries to chase after but she is abducted by the alien
-The army create a mass fire
-Charles tells Joe that he’s jealous because Alice is interested in Joe instead of him. Charles and Joe watch back the video they recorded on the night of the train crash and get a glimpse of the alien
-The army tell the people of the town to evacuate; Joe finds out from Alice’s dad that Alice is missing and that the alien took her. Joe and the boys devise a plan to get back into the town and save Alice
-The boys manage to get back into their town with the help of an older teenager they know. One of the boys gets injured and Charles stays to help him while Joe and Carey venture off beyond a graveyard to find the alien’s base
-They find Alice, the alien and all the other missing people of the town. Joe tries to console the alien and the alien lets them all go
-Joe and Alice are re-united with their fathers and the alien leaves on his ship


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