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Dance Audition Scene Micro features Narrative features and ideological analysis Opening Scene Micro features Narrative features and ideological analysis 00:00:48 00:01:05 00:02:13 00:02:59 00:03:55 Framing - Opening shot establishes Mia as the central character (literaly) Performance - Mia Kneels down in the opening shot. Mise en Scene - Mia's silhouette across the urban skyline. Cinematography - Hand held camera movement. Cinematography - In all the shots where Mia is walking she is tracked. Sound - British pop music (very popular during this time) Make up and costume - Costum decision Editing This not only foreshadows Mia's critical role in the film, but also makes sure the spectator instantly respects her importance. In th...

Suture A medical term, literally means to stitch up. In film theory this is the process whereby the spectator is 'stiched up' in the filmic text. One application of this is the shot/ reverse-angle shot. The series of shots establishes the viewpoint of two characters, allowing the spectator to adopt the first one, and then another position. Thus the spectator makes sense of off-screen space and becomes 'stitched' into the film. Initially, the spectator adopts A's position and looks at B. This is an idealised image (like the child looking into the mirror); the spectator is caught up in the delusion of the unreal. The reverse angle shot reveals B's viewpoint. The spectator is sutured back into the illusion. Off-screen space becomes on-screen space. Ideology and suture  The notion behind suture is that it renders the film's signifying practices invisible; therefore, the spectator's ability to read or decode the film remains limited. It is theref...

The oedipal trajectory - Males - Summary A male child, who at first is bonded with his mother, imagines himself a united whole with her. However, when held up to a mirror, he perceives his difference from her. He becomes aware of the illusion of unity and still desires it. The desire now because sexual. He comes to hate his father, as his father has ‘lawful’ access to the mother. The child perceives this difference as one of castration: he sees the mother as castrated. To identify with her would this mean he would be without his penis - in identifying with her he becomes like her; in uniting with her, he runs the risk of castration from his father (he assumes the father has this power) He attempts to identify with the father; he sets about trying to find a female. The male child can now move towards social stability and continue the cycle. Application in Film Narrative In cinematic narrative, the male protagonist moves, through the resolution of a crisis, ...

How does Andrea Arnold use micro features to create meaning in Wasp ? (Scene starts 08:16) Mise-en-Scene From the introduction of the film to the end, Andrea employs a pale colour pallete to assymiilate all scenes and to recognize them under the British Socially realistic asthetic. Scenes throught the short film seem dull and look as though the rich colours have been removed, further driving the reflection of the poor lives of the characters in the scenes. During the scenes at home, the blocking in the scenes is purpously very copmact, tight and enclosed- having the characters usually fill up the screen. The purpose of this is to create an image which directly reflects the entrampment these characters feel in their everday home-life. Moreover, Andrea tends to stick to this rule, to perhaps make the outside scenes feel less squashed and so emphasise the durastic change between home life and life outside. At the 23:02 mark, Andrea’s use of sharp unatural lighting heavily acce...