2.In what way are they represented(characteristics)?
3.How was the director used language to represent them? Consider lighting, music, editing, camera work and mise en scene. Pick one scene to analyse.
4.Why is representation created in this way-What is the intention of the director in terms of how the audience respond to them?
5.Which audience member might admire your character and why? Which audience members might dislike them and why?
Lester:
Two sides to him, at the beginning he is timid but changes to being confident.
At the beginning the lights are dark to show his life is dark and dull.
Then the light brightens up to show his life is better.
On the windows of his car buildings reflect through showing he is leaving that lifestyle behind.
Slow editing, 11 cuts.
He is smoking, rude to the speaker acting like a teenager, music is loud, singing along to the song.
Camera looking down on him.
Teens might admire him because he is acting like them. People in mid life crisis might think he has changed why not me? Others might be embaressed.
Carolyn:At the beginning she is hateful but in the specific clip her emotions come out but she hates herself crying. The blinds are hiding her. She is trying to keep her emotions private.
2 or 3 different cuts
made to look at her and it makes you feel awkward. They are in mid shots.
The room is bland and she is bland.
Some people will feel sorry for her but others still would not like her.
Colonel Fitz:
He is in a dark room so he is a dark charater.
The blinds are shut, shutting his emotions in.
He was in the army.
He can be emotional, questioning himself as aman, a father.
About 24 cuts, quick editing which creates tension.
Ricky has the light over him which shows he has become more dominant now.
Bar lights are over him, this shows he is trapped especially when he is hiding his secret.
Old fashioned people might agree with him but not really many peole will like him.
Mrs Fitz:
She is in her own world, not completely with it, very quiet, bland, forgetful.
Dark room, everything shiny and clean.
She is alone, empty room conotating she is empty.
The is no music.
Slow editing, not many cuts. This shows her life is slow.
The clothes she is wearing are plain, boring and bland.
The director wants to reflect on what is going on in her head which is basically nothing.
Some people might like her and some might not but it is very hard to admire her when she doesn't really do anything.
Ricky:
He is mysterious, no group on social skills.
He films people and dead birds and plastic bags, shows he is a bit weird.
He is clever to get away with his drug trade.
There are 6 shots, slow editing.
Slow music, serious scene.
dark shadow, the t.v is the only light.
Opening up his emotions to Jane.
Jane:
She hates her father.
She is openly negative and she is insecure.
She dislikes alot of things in her life.
Dark background.
enigma code- she wants to kill her dad. It makes us think she might be the one who actually kills her dad.
The scene is like a flashforward because it happens again later on in the film.
It is a home video through quality.
No music, camera sound effects.
Blinds are there to show privacy.
She is a strong character to talk about her family members.
Angela:
She represented as a sexy poser, a wannabe type.
She is attention seeking, insecure and desperate.
Thrills for male audiences aimed at them.
Covers up her true self with slutty act.
Girls may dislike her, find her kind of irritating.
49 cuts, fast editing, heartbeats. Makes it intense.
Music changes to suit the mood.
Cheer leader costume.
Roses (red) are love/lust related.
Everytime she comes on screen, there is the chance to ogle at her (gaze at her in a sexual way).
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