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1. R.A. - Actor, director, comedian (IT CROWD, THE WATCH)-
Best Screenplay & British Independent Film Award & NME Award Best Film
2012
Production: Warp films, Film 4, UK film council, Red Hour
(Ben Stiller producer)
SUBMARINE, dir. RICHARD AYOADE (2010, 2011-UK) Joe Dunthorne's
Similarities between book and film:
- Oliver's character
- Spoken diary
- Informal personal narrative voice
- Freeze frames used to capture moment (narrative
develops point)
- Titles on screen act as chapter headings
- 1st person narrator
- Blocks of colour screens, chapters
- Oliver appears to have control over narrative "If my
life was a film" (zoom out)
- Notes, pamphlet
- Cyclical narrative, start and beginning sea scene
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2. SUBMARINE, dir. RICHARD AYOADE (2010, 2011-UK)
Opening scene:
Audience positioning-
As observers at start, O. direct contact with camera (us), acussatory
Welcomes audience into his life. Audience takes position as camera
(documentary?)
School classroom, positioned as classmate, positioned to support and
understand O.
Audience Response:
PREFERRED: support O., agree and relate to him and his actions (bullying).
Excuse poor behaviour
NEGOTIATED: find humour but may not be able to eaily relate to O, or support
OPPOSITIONAL: no humour, no support or relatable connection with O.
Audience Targetting:
15 YEAR OLD BOYS: O. character, themes, growing up, school
BRITTISH PEOPLE: scenery, setting, school relatability, Craig Roberts
(CBBC)
INDIE FILM FANS: genre, editing and style, book style

3. SUBMARINE, dir. RICHARD AYOADE (2010, 2011-UK)
2011 BBC article Emma Jones: (R.A. talking - quotes)
"It's the story of a 15-year-old boy who is embarking on his first ever relationship, and because he
manages this he thinks he can save his mum and dad's marriage and rule the world"
""I've always liked coming of age stories [...] whether it's The Graduate or The Catcher in the Rye."
Oliver- "he is such a cool character" "It's a pompous self regarding voice"
"What was interesting to me is the book was written entirely in the first person, and you don;t
have any description of what he looks like or what he actually sounds like."
the film was set and shot entirely in Wales - "Givesthe film its heart, yet its dark comedy easily
translates for overseas audiences."
"There is something of an American feel for it too. [...] It as a standing joke on set that this is the
kind of stary that Micheal Cera would be playing if it had been made in US."
Craig- "Whenever my acting was bad, R. would threaten me with 'I'm going to call Michael Cera'".
Submarine has no cultural eferences to set it in any particular era "What I like about Submarine
is that it feels realistic. It is gritty, but it's also really tender. It;s a very pure picture of
adolescence."
-Set in time without laptops, mobiles, FB
"The idea was for it not to be set in any specific era. Because there's no computers/mobiles." "But
it was only in order not to have what we consider the social necessities of now."