John Grierson's 1929 movie Drifters contained many visual aspects that enabled him to portray his ideas. I found that the controversies between different elements in the movie were most interesting. We watched as the director flashed between the sets of the controversial elements to help show their connection. His camera technique allowed for us to make this correlation.
Man vs. Herring portrays one of the controversial ideas in the film. Grierson showed a picture of the fishermen in their boat then switched focus to pools of swimming herring beneath the surface of the water. He often filmed the two characters in the same scene. One example of this occurred when the fishermen were emptying their nets as well as when they were placing the fish in barrels. He did this to show the conflict between the herring that do not wish to be caught and the men trying to catch the herring. .
Another example of controversy between two characters in the movie is Bird vs. Herring. The birds in the film prey on the herring. We see that wherever the birds are present the herring are often found nearby. He did this by showing the birds flying overhead followed by a shot of the herring swimming below the sea. This idea is also emphasized when we see the seagulls floating in the shallow water near the harbor. We observe them dive below the surface in search of fish. .
The bigger fish and the herring also serve as a sense of controversy in the picture. We see a sense of anxiousness among the herring as the larger fish enter the picture. It is obvious that the larger fish are not welcome as the frightened herring dart out of the way of their predators" jaws. .
Nature also has another way of placing worry in the minds of the sailors. A large mammal, possibly a whale, is seen swimming very close to the ship. One move by this object could either injure the ship or rip the net. Either could prove to be detrimental to the survival of the catch and/or the fishermen.
Another situation is the drifter. There are two types of drifters. ... And that drifter has too chose which one to settle in. ... Both drifters might suffer from lack of confidence or he/ she might have lots of self-confidence. ... But once the drifter finds their group, acceptance will come easily. ...
While he is gone a drifter passing through stops to see if Elisa has any scissors to be sharpened or pots to mend. Elisa, a woman searching for some self-worth, begins to engage in a conversation with the drifter, and suddenly becomes excited that the drifter is taking an interest in her flowers. Elisa begins to feel aroused and joyful by his compliments, but the drifter is only hoping for some work. ... Later on their way to dinner, Elisa and her husband pass up the drifter on the road. ... When the drifter first approached her for some work, she became hesitant and irritable and exclaime...
When the drifter comes and asks Elisa for work to do she is stern with him and refuses him a job. ... The drifter mentions Elisa's chrysanthemums and she immediately loosens up as "the irritation and resistance melt(ed) from her face" (paragraph 51). The drifter feigns great interest in Elisa's chrysanthemums and asks her many questions about them. ... When the drifter leaves Elisa seems like a transformed woman. ...
The Drifters were Leiber and Stoller's next successful collaboration. Leiber and Stoller, with the musical talent of The Drifters, created a new style of rhythm and blues combined with rock and roll and thrust it into the music mainstream. The Drifters hit's included, "There Goes My Baby" and "You Can Dance." With the success of the unthreatening Coasters and Drifters, came a new type of artist, teen idols. ... King, who was the singer for The Drifters. ...
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