Spiderwick chronicles analysis.

Conventions of a sequence.

BRIDGET JONES DIARY.

Bridget jones diary The mise en scene in the sequence of bridget jones diary, you can see that this woman is having a 'mid life crisis' as she is sitting there with a bottle of wine, a ciggarette in her pijamers. Her apartment is really messy and neglected, this could reflect her relationship, or lack of relationship. It could also show that her life is unorganised. She lives in a cliche comlex apartment. The old fashioned television could suggest that the film is old or that she cannot be bothered to buy a newer t.v. In the cinematography of the sequence, theres a long shot of the block of flats that she lives in. The shot of the flats has low key lighting which may suggest that her life and house has little excitment. There is also a wide shot of her apartment where she is smoking, drinking wine etc etc, in the shot she isn't engaging with the audience which may suggest that she has lost all social skills as she is 'forever alone'. It could also suggest that she is so swallowed up in herself that she dosen't notice that people are there to help. There is a cose up of a party hat with snow on top of it that may suggest that a part of her life is over and she's sad and lonley. These let the audience know how Bridget is feeling and are used to try and make the audience feel compassion for her.

At the start of the sequence, the music starts off diegetic and changes to diegetic half way through the sequence. This lets the audience connect with the character as it is a well known song that everyone knows. On top of this there is a voice over of Bridget explaining her inner thoughts and explaining just lonley she thinks she is. This also engages the audience as they are getting closer with the character already as she is expressing and sharing her feeling with them. There is a sound bridge throughout the whole sequence. The lyrics 'all by myself' are used to reflect her life at the moment which is surrowful until the drums come in and she suddenly becomes posetive and motivated. The titles at the start of the performance are in a bright colour, this shows that film is going to be less serious and that it might even be funny. There is also a cross dissolve from her drinking wine and smoking, this shows a passage of time and suggests that she's demotivated. This also shows that she dosent have the energy to even get off her sofa. This relates with the audience as they may have had a 'mid life crisis' and haven't been able to get off the sofa.

Wallander.

WALLANDER ANALYSIS.

In this image, they have used clothing to reflect their personality. Both the girls are wearing black which may suggest that they are dark people or that they have done something wrong. The girl on the right has he hair in a messy hair do with red streaks through it, this may suggest that she is quite rebellious or different as it is out of the ordinary to have your hair in that style, i think the hair has been made to look messy so then she can intimidate you. Where as the girl on the left has a lot plainer hair in a pony tale, it may suggest that she is the more innocent one in the drama. There black clothes contrast against the pale green background and draws all the attention to the girls. I think the director has done this to ensure that the audience are focussing fully on the girls.

The extreme close up in this shot is used to show an important object. The extreme close up shows the audience that the rebellious girl was the one who killed the man in the car, we can see this by the fact that the camera has focussed on the knife and hand and has blurred out the background. The shot suggests that the girls don't care that they've got blood all over there hands, it could also suggest that the girls have done this before and they don't care what evidence they leave behind or that this is the first time they have done this and theydon't know what they're doing.



In this shot they focus on the breathing the most as the girls sound out of the girls breathing quite quickly. this could suggest that the girls are quite shocked at what they had done or that they had just ran away from the car. At the start of the sequence there in a droning ambient sound. The sound creates a tense and eerie atmosphere and draws the attention of the audience in, it also makes the audience wonder what has happened that is making them f eel so tense.

At the very start of the sequence there is a panning shot of the landscape and you can see a small car in the distance. The panning of the landscaoe shows us that there in an isolated area that is full of marsh land. It also shows that the scene could be set around autumn/winter time as the scene is ful of dark colours, the colours of dying grass and leaves. The panning shot suddenly turns to the sot of the girls walking away from the scene of the crime. The director has done this to make to show the audience where about the girls are and just how isolated it is and how quiet it would be.

'Brick' analysis

Brick (Johnson, 2005, US)

At the start of the opening sequence the music starts of really loud, there is a cowbell which sounds like an alarm with the sound of running water playing at the same time. This makes the audience alert as well as makes them calm, it also completely contrasts the fact that someone has died. There is a sound bridge in the scene where the school bell rings in one scene and carries on ringing in to the next scene, it makes the sequence play more smoothly and seem naturalistic. In the mise en scene they focus on specific aspects of each character, with the girl, they focus on her bright blue bracelets and her blonde hair, we know this as they do a close up of her hand in the stream of water with her blue bracelets on her wrist. With the boy, they focus on his brown shoes and his round glasses. These characteristics of each character make the audience try and figure something out about each character, for example, the girl is perceived to be quite popular with her wavy blonde hair, where as the boy is made out to be a bit of an awkward child with his round glasses and turned up trouser legs, the sequence suggests that the couple are aware of each other but don't really talk to each other. The director purposely holds back information from the audience to try and make the audience figure out what each character looks like. The editing in the sequence is slow paced as the boy sits there and just watches the girl lie in the stream with the water running through part of her hair. The pace then changes when the school bell rings and there is the hustle and bustle of everyday school life. There is a crab shot along the ledge of his feet, they also use a graphic match as the bracelets are in one place in one shot and are in around the same place in the next shot. In the cinematography they have used a wide shot of the area where the girl has laying and the boy is crouching. The director has done this so you can see what the girl looks like and how awkward the boy looks. They have also tracked in on important objects such as the girls; hair, feet, hand and braclets and the boys; glasses, feet, rolled up trousers and hair. They have done this to make the audience wonder who had killed the girl. They have used a pull focus when using an extreme close up on the boys eyes/ glasses. The director has done this to suggest that the boy was in some sort of a shocked daze and was coming back to reality as the camera was focusing. The extreme close up of the boy may suggest that the director, is again, hiding things from the audience as he has his hands blocking most of his nose and mouth from the audience.

The sixth sense.

The sixth sense analysis (Shyaman, 1999, US).

In the opening titles they have a black background with blue text that fades to white. The black background may represent death as the film is about death and the afterlife. The black may also represent a sense of isolation, danger and fear of the unknown as you cannot see in the pitch black and you can feel uneasy when your in the complete dark. The font is in serif, which is quite a serious font, the blue fading to white may represent danger as blue and white are seen as quite cold colours. This could represent the loneliness the woman feels when she's down in the cellar. These titles are accompanied with an unsettling sound, the sound makes the audience feel quite wary of what might happen next. when the title 'The Sixth Sense' comes on to the screen there is the classic horror film orchestral shrill. this keeps the audience alert and intrigued with the film as they want to know what will happen in the film.

In the mise en scene they place the camera behind the wine rack in the cellar. this gives the impression that the woman who has come down in the cellar to look at wine is being watched from behind the wine rack, she then hears something and the camera starts to track in towards her face to intensify her facial expressions and concern that someone is there. This makes the audience feel a sense of uncertainty as they don't know if the woman will be under any threat or if she will walk away unharmed. In the editing they have edited it so it has a slow pace. They have done this to add emphasis on the fact that someone may be watching the woman, where as if the pace had been quickened it would have lost all sense of drama and danger.

In the cinematography they have used a wide shot of the woman turning around to look at where the noise she herd was coming from. They have used this shot to show the size of the cellar and how old and dusty it looks. This shows the audience the scale of the cellar there living in. In the mise en scene they have use low key lighting to show a sense of danger in the cellar.

In this image, they have used an extreme close up on the light bulb. They have used an old fashioned bulb and a rusty light fitting and no lampshade to show that wherever this light bulb is, its in an isolated place that a normal person wouldn't go. The lack of homely feeling in this scene is made to make the audience feel unsettled and inquisitive about why they have used an old light bulb and why they had used it in the first scene. You don't see the link between the light bulb and the next few scenes until the woman is in the cellar and there is a wide shot of her and you can see why they have used the exteme close up of the light bulb as those light bulbs are in the woman's cellar and you can see that it's not an inviting place. The extreme close up automatically grabs the audiences attention as it leads them to ask a lot of questions.