The film "Fish Tank" is all about the lifetsyle of a female teenager aged 15 (Katie Jarvis who plays the character Mia). She lives in an estate in Essex with her mother and younger sister. Mia doesn't really have a loving family who takes care of eachother but she has one where everyone screams and shouts at each other. Also, there is no positive communication skills. The film shows Mia's lifestlye and demonstrates that she is an aggressive teen with an ambition to succeed in the world of performing arts (Dancing) . Throughout the film, we also come to know that Mia has a secret relationship with her mother's boyfriend (Connor). This causes major complications in terms of her life and confusions in her head. As the film continues, the audience feels sympathetic towards her due to the situation that she is going through however as the film comes to an end, there is a bigger confusion in Mia's head which persuades her into doing a number of downsides. In my opinion, the director Andrea Arnold ; who is also the writer of the film; wrote and produced this film in order for people to visualize how their lives are and that these sorts of downfall events do take place in family's such as Mia's. It allows people to have a clue what's going on around the world and that there are people out there in similar positions. Despite this, I believe that story line wasn't thought of very much as it kept changing and developing throughout the film. There were also a lot of rhetorical questions leaving the viewers/audience confused and making them think more with what actually happened. Also, as a viewer of the film, I expected the main character, Mia, to make it through into dancing or she may be happier with her life however this was not present and she was contempt with just moving from Essex to Wales. But there was a change in behaviour with the mother and Mia. This was a huge twist as the mother and daughter never had got along with eachother. It was shown by the fact that they were dancing together.
The main character Mia; played by Katie Jarvis; was a really good actor in terms of the story line of the film and i felt that she suited the part very well. Despite the fact that she had not had any acting experience, she seemed to know very well about her role. Katie Jarvis plays the part well as it sends out a message to the audience which is that the moral of the film is survival and that children who are brought up in these lifestyles make do with what they have in life. Joanne, Mia's mother; played by Kierston Wareing; makes Mia's life miserable as she doesn't take care of her daughters the way a typical mother should. This demonstrates that Mia has no one in her life, not even her mother to look after her and take care of her. Joanne uses foul language towards Mia and does not always treat her in the right way. This portrays to the audience how some people's lifestyles are and there are people out there with similar everyday events so it's not as if this film has been completely made up, in fact it represents the lives of some rare teenagers which links to the name of this film, Fishtank. This is shown as fishes in a general tank are trapped just like how Mia is. No freedom, no money and no love.
The film is mainly aimed at the younger generation (ages 11-20) in order to make them realise and appreciate what they've inherited compared to others of the same age. It allows them, to have sympathy for the character about what condition they live in and how they are being treated. This may persuade the current younger generation to take action and help others out who are less fortunate. The main characters allow this to go ahead as Mia is a teenager who lives with her mother and younger sister in a council flat in Essex. It's not exactly a beautiful and luxury apartment nor does she have people around her that cares for her therefore it's showing two sides of a coin. The genre of the film also links to this point as it's not a fantasy film nor a fictional movie, in fact it's a drama and non-fiction therefore suggesting that this could happen in lives currently and may even happen.
Overall, the film "Fish Tank" is a film to make other teenagers in today's society of the same age as the main character (Mia), feel sympathy and therefore attempts to make them appreciate with what they have. Also it may result in the viewers wanting to help out others who suffer in the same way or make them less ungrateful in terms of what they possess. I personally disliked the story line of the film as this isn't my type of genre although it really opened my eyes. It's message is very strong which makes it pop out and open eyes of the viewers and audience.
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