ER Essay

The first thing that I noticed was the use of a long shot when three police officers step out of an elevator. We can see that two large males are placed in front of one man as they walk out of an elevator. Whilst the single man slowly walks in a almost carefree and continuous pace, the two men infront gradually get faster to capture the man. The fact that the single man doesn't help the two men capture him, shows that he is more of the leader and commander with a higher class because he has people working for him rather than doing anything himself. Again with these three men, when they first enter the building, the single man is in front with the other two men trailing behind him. This positioning that we can see via use of a over shoulder shot/long shot also gives us the impression that the single man is the leader as he has authority to enter the building first with confidence, whislt the other men are almost cowarding behing him at the desk waiting for  a command. One other camera use is how the camera pans during a certain part of the scene. During a time when the workers are penned into a staff room, the camera pans from right to left in a slow motion. This enables the audience to see the faces of the people in the room. Another way the camera does this is via the use of close ups on each of the characters in the shot. We can clearly see that there faces are worried, and this also gives us the chance to establish the classes and races in the clip. We can see during these camera shots that everybody is on the same level within the shot and is of different ethnic backgrounds and races. We can see that none of them clearly differ with class which shows that they are represented as equals because of the clothes that they are wearing and the situation they are in. Another panning shot used is when the staff are eating at the dinner tables. As the camera pans from right to left, we can see that there is a different race/ethnic group on each table. This shows that even though they are all equal class, there is still a seperation between them and a division. It shows that even though they may be of the same class, this does not make them a group at a whole because of the divisions still between them.

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Mise en Scene Analysis of Clip

In this clip, sexuality is clearly represented by the use of semionics of camera, editing, sound and mise en scene. At the start, Miss Mord is shown to have feelings for the other female character. One use of mise en scene which demonstrates this is at the start of the scene. The female character is standing in front of a mirror whilst Miss Mord is behind her. Both of which are looking into a mirror whilst the female character holds a dress against herself. The use of a midshot allows the audience to see Miss Mords facial expression. She gazes as the females reflection in the mirror with the expression of being slightly taken aback by the "beauty" of the female character. This may give the audience the impression that she may find the female attractive. This is further enhanced as the use of non-digetic sound allows the audience to hear Mords thoughts which are "she looked beautiful". Another scene which shows this is when Mord and the female character are on a bed. Whilst the female character is asleep, Mord can be seen resting next to her with her hand hovering over the females body. Mord seems unsure of whether to touch the female or not, so runs her hand down the womans body without touching her. This demonstrates that Mord clearly wished to caress the female character and shows a form of boundary between the two characters as Mord feels unable to express her feelings to the female.

Mock Exam Editing Re-write

In this clip, editing assists in the construction of representation of disability by using a range of editing methods.  Near the beginning of the clip, there is a medium shot of a man sleeping, who appears to be disabled. From this scene to the next, a dissolve is used, which leads into a insert. This insert is shown in black and white and shows a variety of images that cut every 3 seconds. These clips include an explosion, representing the scientific creation of Earth,  followed by shots of organisms, apes and lastly a cave man. These are all things that we would associate with the theory of evolution. Being in black and white, the clips are given an old and dull look. By showing the shot of the disabled man, and then clips of the theory of evolution, this may be portraying that he relates to being created by evolution. However, the last clip we see out of the evolution series is a caveman, which may be signifying that instead of fully becoming a human, the man has remained a 'caveman'. People may stereotype cavemen to be less smart and able as humans. Potentially referring to this disabled man in comparison to a caveman shows that people in society consider him less able than a human. The fact that these clips are also in black and white may be trying to indicate that this man is boring and bland as we would associate black and white to be quite dull colours.