GCF analysed by a film/theatre studies student: Tokyo (ft Osaka)
DISCLAIMER - Don’t see an analysis you like? That’s fine. Stop reading my post. If you send mean asks/shout at me, I will cry. If you disagree, you’re welcome to say why in my ask box, but in a way that is respectful. I’m not in any way saying my analysis is right, it’s just a perspective. The only person who is right is jk, because he’s the creator, so don’t shout at me pls I’m soft thanks.
This analysis may be messy, but I’ve spent a long, long time working this all out. I’ve looked at different techniques that I know other filmmakers/theatre practitioners have used and taken them into account, as well as stereotypes/symbols. I am an English lit/film/theatre studies student, so I analyse a lot of things a lot of the time, so I mostly know what I’m doing lmao.
And no, I’ve not made it jikook biased just because I ship them. In fact, the first analysis I came up with totally debunked jikook, but didn’t fit with GCF Osaka (which will be referenced throughout the second analysis, but I’ll make a separate post to analyse that one if you want me to), so it’s not as strongly backed up as my second analysis.
I’m gonna talk about my analysis for GCF Tokyo as a standalone, and then for it as a prequel to GCF Osaka (bc it changes evERYTHING ffs).
Also, please remember that these are films, not vlogs. What I talk about might only be real for the GCF jm, jk, th etc. and not irl jm, jk, th etc.
THE FIRST RULE OF ANALYSIS CLUB IS YOU NEVER TALK ABOUT-
I’m kidding, it’s - anything a filmmaker can control, they will. That means that anything in the shot which can be controlled such as an actor’s (jm’s) clothing, expression, etc. is a conscious decision on part of the filmmaker (jk). You may not think everything is valid but believe me, this is coming from a girl who wrote a massive social context paragraph based on a beer bottle on a sink which appeared in a film for like 2 seconds, and got loads of marks for it. Jk has clearly thought a LOT about these films, and put a lot of effort into editing/song choice, it would not make sense if he didn’t bother to focus on mise-en-scene or costume as well. In fact, it would ruin his whole message.