When the audience are presented with the younger boy and girl, they use an over the shoulder shot to focus the attention on the main attraction, the young girl, this allows the audience to notice about the body language she is portraying and the way she is dressed to show her age. We could also call this a medium long shot, because it could be said that it is used to make the audience establish the setting, and again show the way that the young girl is dressed to build a representation of her age. Pan is also used when the tall man asks her if she can drive, and it goes from the man to the young girl.
When we see the young girl in the drivers seat of the car, there is both a close up and a dolly shot. By using the close up the audience are able to establish here emotion by her body language. The close up shows to the audience that she is uncertain about how to drive a car. There’s a dolly shot where there is a close up to emphasis the fact that she is confused which then portrays to the audience that the girl is younger than 17. This again represents age.
When the crash has happened a wide shot has been presented to the audience, this is in between a long shot and a extreme long shot. A high shot has also been used, this is used to establish to the audience that there has been a crash. There is a medium long shot when the headmaster comes gets out of his car, by using this shot we can see the car in the foreground and the headmaster in the background, to still establish to the audience that this has happened. As well the medium long shot has been used ot show the costume of the headmaster, and also his body language, by see his costume and that he has a beard grey hair, we as an audience can automatically see that he is of the older generation. By having the car in the foreground this presents to the audience, the conflict between young and old.
When the tall man hears what the headmaster has got to say we are faced with a close up on his face. This is used to show that he is confused about what he is being told. There is also panning between the young boy and the tall man, this could represent age because it uses tilt as well when we are at the tall mans level looking down, so this shows that the young boy, is younger than the man.
The audience are at the young girls eye level when the tall man realises what has happened. The audience start to feel sorry for her, it is almost as if we are in the girls shoes as an audience. When the young girl runs to the mother like figure, we are presented with a two shot, used to show that she is being protected by the mother like figure, it also shows her innocence and vulnerability, which again portrays that she is a young girl by the way she acts around the women.
The men go into a room when children aren’t allowed we as an audience are still at the young girls eye level, this creates a feeling of us seeing the two men in her eyes. By seeing the two mean at the young girls eye level the seem tall, this could represent power, which highlights that they are of the older generation.
The middle aged man starts to shout at the young girl we are still on her eye level, which again makes the audience see her as vulnerable, and feel sorry for her. It is as if she is looking up him, which could represent that she looks up to him, and portrays the age difference as she may see him as a role modal. Also the audience may feel as if they are getting told of as well, as we are at her eye level.
When the men are working a range of shots are shown, these are a series of close ups, and low angle shots, this is used to show the skill that is put into the work that the men are doing, and revealing there age to the audience.
There is a pan shot when we see the teddy bears. But we don’t see a wide shot to show the location as an audience we have to try and work out where they are ourselves. We are faced with a tilt shot and a pan shot together around the objects which give away the location. There is also a slow zoom which focuses in on a photograph, all of the items that are shown it all builds up the emotion of the girl and how she is feeling, which highlights the representation of the girls age.
When the adult comes into the room, the audience are now looking in to the room from the audience by using a medium-long shot, we are able to see the whole of the room and also when the older women comes in to the room we are able to see her in full and her body language and clothing also represents her age and shows that she is of the older generation, also by using a medium long show we can see that we are from the inside looking in, we are watching what the older women is doing this could represent that this is how the young girl is feeling which reflects on the audience and makes them feel the same, the girl feels like she is on the outside of this family. Also by being outside the window this could also show that this is the way the young girl got out of the house to run away.
When we are presented with a medium close up, of the older women, we see the emotion in her face, which portrays her feelings about the girl running away, this also shows to the audience that, she cares a lot for the girl, and that she see’s her in a granddaughter figure, This presents her age as being the older generation.
When the older lady tells the man about the young girl running away, the audience are then transferred to the tall mans level, this portrays the audience that he is guilty and feels it is his fault, this shows the audience that he did care, and he is acting in a father role to the girl. The audience then feel as if they are in the tall mans shoes and then starts to feel guilt on his behalf. This is the very last shot which leaves the clip on a cliff hanger leaving the audience in in the tall mans shoes and feeling guilty.
Excellent response - very good use of media terminology and you frequently draw conclusions about representation. Well done.
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