Friday, 27 January 2012

The Bird's - By Colette

Camera-
  • Pan across the street following the woman. It shows her journey to the shop.Pan after she enters the shop to show her walking up the stairs. The camera is always focused on her- we know she's the main character
  • Low Angle shot of the birds in the sky makes the birds look powerful and connotes that they should be feared
  • Over the shoulder shots when the two women are talking makes sure that the audience can see the women's facial expressions and reactions to what they're saying to each other.





Mise en Scene-
  • Birds everywhere from the beginning of the scene, shows that there's no escape from the birds.
  • The woman is dressed quite provocatively for the era- shes wearing stilettos and is showing quite a lot of leg compared to other women in the scene- looks wealthy




Sound-
  • We hear the sound of the birds before we see the actual film- sets the scene
  • Non Diegetic- bird noises as she enters the shop- makes us worry for her as the shots outside the shop portray the birds as bad
  • There is no other animal noises when the woman enters the shop although we see other animals the only we hear are the birds.




Editing-
  • The 180 degree rule is't broken as the two women are having a normal conversation
  • Shot reverse shot is used in conversation
  • The cuts between shots vary in length. They are relatively long except when there is a conversation and the audience need to see the character's interacting

1 comment:

  1. again, use more grabs
    Rather too short Colette
    You do or should now have a lot more time, so use it. you should be writing the lengthiest TAs in the class given your reduced timetable now.

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