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The Prison Genre Cliche Thread
By: Chiprocks1 Date: February 9, 2013, 10:19 am
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It's high time that this thread get made given that I love the
Prison genre. Anyway, post what you think are common elements of
the genre here. As always, color code your scenes for easier
reading. Thanks. Getting it started with....
Eat and Greet - It seems more often than not that the Fresh Fish
or Newbie meets the crew that he will ally himself with stars in
the cafeteria. Usually the hero is lost and scared and is eating
alone when he is approached by the guys that will benefit
himself in the long run. From Robert Redford in The Last Castle
to Tim Robbins in The Shawshawnk Redemption, the bond starts
over breaking bread with the fellow inmates. A lot of Eat and
Greets in the cafeteria can also be found in Oz as well.
Kill The Nice Guy - This prisoner is usually the one guy that
EVERYONE in the yard likes, but is looked on as a serious threat
by the Warden. Killing off this character is actually the Big,
Pivotal moment in the story that spurs the Main Character to
finally take matters into his own hands and stick it to the
warden. In The Last Castle, what prompts Eugene Irwin to finally
take the Warden down was whenAguilar was shot and killed. In The
Shawshank Redemption, what propels Andy Dufresne to finally
escape prison and taking down the Warden is when Warden Samuel
Norton kills Tommy Williams, Andy's one shot at getting a
retrial.
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Re: The Prison Genre Cliche Thread
By: Mac Date: February 17, 2013, 7:12 pm
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Scum warden nough said
I'm watching the much needed Death Race 3 :-\
Anyway the exaggerated or amplified sound is all over this
movie. It exists more in a Action Type movie. A simple passing
of a beam of light across the camera will have sound, a low
rumble or pitch. The other classis is a knife or sword. Usually
pulling it out of sheath will produce the metallic schwing
sound. Sometimes it's the simple turning the sword (with a glint
of light) or whipping it through the air to get that metallic
sound
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Re: The Prison Genre Cliche Thread
By: Neumatic Date: February 17, 2013, 9:02 pm
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While I'm not really into these movies, don't the prisons tend
to be old-school and grimy? I've seen Lockdown or whatever that
series was called and the prisons now actually kind of look like
schools, lots of light, bright walls, everything's meant to
assault the senses in a sort of way so that anything out of the
ordinary can be easily noticed. But that looks kinda crummy on
film so they take a page from the past.
Oh, and this is a problem I've been mulling on for WAY too long,
if you have a movie in prison everyone's wearing the same thing
and that's pretty bloody boring, so your main cast needs
variations on the outfits, and there's only so many of those you
can do.
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Re: The Prison Genre Cliche Thread
By: Chiprocks1 Date: February 17, 2013, 9:10 pm
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[quote author=Neumatic link=topic=1775.msg17062#msg17062
date=1361156534]
Oh, and this is a problem I've been mulling on for WAY too long,
if you have a movie in prison everyone's wearing the same thing
and that's pretty bloody boring, so your main cast needs
variations on the outfits, and there's only so many of those you
can do.
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Aesthetically, you are correct in that the same garb gets
boring, but in practicality, no prison in their right mind would
have multi-colored or variations of uniforms. I'm sure you
already know this, but for the sake of those that don't know,
they keep all prisoners in bright colors like Orange and Yellow
so that they are easier to spot in crowds should they make it
that far in an escape attempt.
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Re: The Prison Genre Cliche Thread
By: Chiprocks1 Date: February 17, 2013, 9:13 pm
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The Assh*le Guard - Pick any movie or TV show that takes place
in Prison and you will find that one Guard that is borderline
criminal. Actually, he is a criminal, as he takes pleasure in
assaulting and sometimes killing prisoners for his own
amusement. Clancy Brown is a prime example of playing the AHG in
The Shawshank Redemption.
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Re: The Prison Genre Cliche Thread
By: Chiprocks1 Date: February 17, 2013, 9:17 pm
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The Old Timer - I can't believe I forgot about this one. Usually
there is that Old Guy that has served 40-50 years of a life
sentence that is looked on as the 'Wise Old Man' of the yard.
Soft-spoken and deemed to be a non threat to everyone. James
Whitmore and Muse Watson played similar types of characters in
Shawshank and Prison Break respectively.
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Re: The Prison Genre Cliche Thread
By: Neumatic Date: March 26, 2014, 2:05 pm
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I'm a little disappointed that Mac hasn't updated this thread
since he started watching those Women In Prison flicks on
Netflix... seems like they have rules all their own.
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Re: The Prison Genre Cliche Thread
By: Mac Date: March 26, 2014, 2:31 pm
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Gah, I forgot about this thread :-\
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Re: The Prison Genre Cliche Thread
By: Neumatic Date: March 26, 2014, 2:44 pm
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To be fair, so did I... I was going to start one if this didn't
exist.
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Re: The Prison Genre Cliche Thread
By: Chiprocks1 Date: March 26, 2014, 11:16 pm
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I've actually been itching to revisit Chained Heat again. It's
been on my mind for the past few weeks. Why? I have no idea.
Just popped into my head out of nowhere. Once I do, I will post
any and all cliches that exist within the movie.
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