Analyse

Cradle to Grave

 Cradle to Grave

The episode is situated at the south of London near the London Bridge and river themes. The clip opens with an Extreme long shot (establishing shot) which gave the audience the idea of where this film had taken place. This was obvious for us to see as it had one of the famous tallest buildings in the scene (the Shard).  The clip made the audience feel at peace because you could hear the river, see the animals and the light shining through the clouds, the light emphasises a symbol, and for example it made the audience felt like London was a paradise and a nice environment to live in. The first sound that came was a police alarm which gave us the impression that it is not really a peaceful place. After the alarm, none diegetic sound was used as the choir started singing which made the city look and feel more peaceful; the narrator, who had an old voice, started speaking while there were shots (or montage) to describe how London looked like. One of the shots had a tall building but to make it look tall for the audience the camera was at a low angle. When the camera was low angled you could see the clear sky passing by very quickly, the reason they fast forward the shot is because it made the audience see that the days are passing by. The clear skies again showed the audience how nice and peaceful the place or weather looked like.

When the narrator starts talking about the seventies his voice starts to change into a young voice which tells us that the time is moving backwards, this gave the audience the idea that the story will be based in the past. The lighting changed into a dusty brown with some little cracks of white in the shots which made the audience feel like they are watching an old film. The view was not as clear as the first scene which showed big contrasts between the modern year and the seventies. The places looked destroyed and dirty, they did not even have the Shard as it was made in 2009, and that gave a big clue that we are no more in the modern scene.

When the narrator stops talking the clip fades in and then quickly and sharply goes to another clip, this makes the audience aware that the story or the film is about to begin. The episode is now based on the seventies. I understood that the view and the background had to change or else the audience would start losing their interest in the programme. The director still made sure there was an effect in the lighting. He did this by making sure that the lighting had a light brown which made it have a weak vintage colour which I thought made it really effective, he also made sure that the video was clear and bright.                                                                                                                                   The Crane shot was used to show the type of environment the main character and family were living in. The Crane shot made the place look lively and realistic for the audiences as there were people doing different things in the areas where the camera was placed.

To start off the episode the camera man uses tilts therefore bringing us into the south of London, he also uses zoom to take us further into the house. The home was number 11 on Debenhams road SE60; I think this effect was really good because it makes the audience feel like they were moving towards the house. The camera faces the ground to show the audience what the character is counting, the camera then gradually goes up to a close up. When the son spoke to his Dad the camera focused on him because he was behind the Dad, the focus kept changing every time when one of them started speaking. This is good for the audience as they would be able to see the people’s facial expressions. While the Dad was talking to his son the camera was faced at the back of him. This makes us see the relationship between them and makes it look like the son is talking to us.                                                The Dad calls “Danny!” The camera is hand held when it turns quickly to the side and follows Danny as he walks down the stairs, the camera was hand held to show the audience that he is the main character.

Mise-en-scene:

The Director made sure the arrangements was made obvious that it was the 1970’s. He did this by making sure the characters had the appropriate haircut and dressing. The women wore colourful clothes and the men wore shirts with jumpers or blazers on. The director also made sure that all the music was 1960’s and not pass 1970’s (e.g. money by The Beatles). He made sure objects looked like it came from the 70’s too, for example a car, the shops and flats. The character walks in a certain gesture which is how they use to walk in the 70’s. Some boys and mostly the girls wore trousers that have a flare at the bottom. In the third scene a man wore a white boot; everyone knows that they used to wear them in those years; this makes it obvious for the audience to know what year the director was trying to show them. 

THE TROUSERS HAS A FLARE AT THE BOTTOM.

THE CAMERA IS BEING FOCUSED ON THE DAD. (THE SON IS BLURRED IN THE IMAGE)

THE CAMERA IS BEING FOCUSED ON THE SON. (THE DAD IS BLURRED IN THE IMAGE)

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Representation

The class in this short clip is what is being represented. They show the audience how people in the East of London live. For example, in this video you could see that they hang out at people’s houses which are quite uncared for, night clubs and so on; also, they use a lot of slang and the scenes occur at night. I think the episodes are very stereotypical to people living in the east of London because the audience will be thinking that all the people living there behave in this kind of awkward way, this then creates a two-step flow.

The representation was created well because the scene added to their characters. For example, where they went for a party was not a very clean or expensive place. The director made sure that they mostly hung out outside or close to the pubs. Furthermore, the actors always had props on them like a cigarette, beer or wine. The clothes that they wore showed us immediately that they are working classes or even lower that struggle in life and the scene they showed us was their life.

The representations are very realistic as some children in America still use illegal guns as toys or bait to something they really want. The producers were hoping to manipulate parents’ minds and therefore convince them to stand up to their kids and tell them that guns are wrong and to keep dangerous weapons away from children and mostly from schools.

I think this is stereotypical because the poster is creating a hyper syringe to the audience. Therefore, this will give people a bad impression of people living in America because of what the poster is telling them about what is happening there.

I thought the scenery was created very well because it made the audience see that weapons are dangerous. The scene has an American flag in the background which makes us know where the location is; also the book shelves showed us that it was located in a school. The gun that the girl is holding is effective as it shows us clearly what they are trying to tell us.

This poster represents classes and racism. This movie was set in Mississippi during the 1960’s, the coloured people (were lower class people) worked for the white people (which were middle class people). This movie makes the audience see how middle class people behaved to people of lower status and how they are not real friends to one another.

I thought the way they created the scenes where very good because they had very colourful houses like they did in the 1960’s (they even had Bakelite telephones). The director also made sure that the movie had a vintage colour. Their dressing generally was the most affective because they were colourful and the women always wore skirts or dresses. The scenes also showed the audience the contrasts between working class and middle classes. For example working classes did not have clean and colourful houses, but the middle classes had the complete opposite.

                    Audience

 This movie is aimed at families; it is for all genders and is for C1-E. The colours that the producers used to attract people were tertiary colours (e.g. light blue, dark purple and brown) this proves that the movie that they are advertising is for families of any age. These colours mainly attract children because the text on the poster has an eye-catching colour that is brighter than everything else on the poster. Also, there is animation and as we know animation and cartoons are what children are interested in; they also enjoy superheroes so a family of superheroes would be classed as ‘cool’ things. The media producers wanted the families to feel excited and anxious like they want to know more.

This Trailer that I watched gave me the sense that the movie is aimed for people over fifteen or sixteen and is for all genders. I think this is mainly for B-E, because high status people tend to watch something that is more educational or teaches you something about life.                                           This attracts audiences because there is more action and horror shown; they use scary masks to appeal the audience and heartbeats to increase the suspense. The media producers want you to feel anxious and scared so therefore people who want horror will be interested.                                                          

The audience for this magazine is for 14+ as the magazine is called seventeen but is not the age limit. The text is aimed for girls; I know this because the letters are written in pink which is known as the most popular colours for girls; and also because the magazine gives you advice about fashion and how to lose weight. The Socio-economic model is for C1-E.

This attracts girls because the publisher uses famous people which people look up to as their role model. Furthermore, this also attracts girls because of the tips they are giving to the audiences. For example “ways to look pretty” “get her fashion tricks.” These are the kind of stuff girls are interested in. The media producers want the audience to feel excited about having more fashion advice from their inspirational idols.