Sing Street is a 2016 musical drama film set in 1980s Dublin. It follows a 14-year-old boy, Conor, who forms a band to impress a girl named Raphina. As he navigates his troubled family life, school struggles, and his budding romance with Raphina, Conor uses music as a way to express himself and overcome his challenges. The film explores themes of love and self discovery, with 80s music throughout the film
KEY CHARACHTERS
Brendon
Barry
Raphina
Conor
Identity and self discovery
the power of music
romance
Conor and his bandmates experiment with different styles of fashion in line with the types of music they are listening to.
Raphina creates a whole identity for her self
KEY SCENES
This is one of the film’s best musical moments. Conor and the band perform this song, the best song yet, this moment is very important as this is the first time the band outwardly display their music.
Conor meets Raphina, a beautiful model, at the local bus stop and decides to ask her to be in his band’s music video. This moment is important because it starts the creation of the band and Conor's deeper interest in music.
Conor’s family life is shown to be very bad. His parents are going through a tough time, and his home life is tense. One powerful scene is when Conor’s father, Robert, delivers a mean and harsh response when Conor tries to talk to him about his troubles. This makes Conor very upset and in my opinion adds to his musical skill.
CINEMATIC TECHNIQUES
back lighting in this movie is used very wisely an this particular cinematic technique is used to show importance in the scene.
this particular cinematic technique is used to display a sense of importance in the scene, and to show a sense of confusion in the displayed character
this particular cinematic technique is used to display a sense of vaunribility in the displayed character.