Context (C3)

• What production company produced Winter's Bone?

  Their own production company 
• Who were the producers of WB?

  Granik and Rosellini
• Who was the cinematographer?

  McDonough
• Who does WB star?

  Jennifer Lawrence -her breakout role
• Based on Woodrell's novel by the same name
• What was the budget?

  $2 million
• How is WB an independent film?

  Low budget, unknown actors, made outside studio system
• Where's WB set?

  Ozark area - Missouri
• How was WB authentic in terms of casting?

  Most of cast were locals + costumes were the clothes of the locals 
• “Survival has become a way of life” –Granik
• "I wanted to make a tightly wound piece of storytelling that happened to explode the myth of American affluence” –Granik
• The Ozark community is economically unstable, what affects does this have?

  -Poverty

  -Drug use

  -Lack of opportunity

  -Violence

  -Seperation from mainstream America
• The Ozark are a socially marginalised community, what effect does this have on them?

  -Inward looking

  -Secretive

  -Value of loyalty and 'kin' (family)
• It is a patriarchal community, however it's dependent on strong, resilient women
• The landscape of WB is alien to the audience, this shows...


  unglamourised USA