Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Cold Mountain & Trainspotting

CAMERA:

all characters on same level as each other. Static. Closeups
LIGHTING: Fill lights shroud everything in darkness except their faces which are illuminated. This makes their faces look pink & warm which contrasts with the dark, blue, cold background. Telephoto means people are in focus but background is blurry, making us focus on the characters & their personalities.
EDITING: parallel: shows the relationship between lady & man: lady is warm indoors & man is out in the cold but they both pine for each other.
MES: forest, fire, dead animal on fire, snow. Warmth of fire contrasts with coldness of snow & blueness of background.
SOUND: epic music at beginning, breathless voiceover linking 2 shots (sound bridge), crackling of fire, singing & music: starts off with nice lyrics then baddie sings nasty lyrics
PR: sad, feel sorry for characters, sense of impending doom

CAMERA:tracks characters, low angle on female characters shows them to be powerful, high angle on the man showing how weak they are compared to the women. The big space around the two men as the camera zooms shows how alone they are.
LIGHTING: blue lighting shows that the men are feeling 'blue', green lighting shows how envious he is as he watches the man talking to the girl he likes & green also represents illness, the illness of an addict. The deep red shows passion, chemistry & sexual tension between the characters. The other important characters in the scene are highlighted. These are the womanising character who is highlighted between two women & the alcoholic guy who is shown underneath a board listing sex-themed alcoholic cocktails. When the couple are in the taxi, red light flashes through
EDITING: shot-reverse-shot shows us the people through his eyes as he watches them getting off with women. Parallel editing to show the women talking about the men while the men talk about the women.
MES: Gun on poster behind him represents his dangerous life & criminality. The board listing the sex-themed cocktails is placed above the alcoholic character which gives those of us who haven't seen the film a clue about who he is. There is an intertextual reference to A Clockwork Orange; the sofa-bench the men are sitting on & the words on the wall behind them are from the film. I think this intertextual reference is showing the similarity of the dangerous lives both groups of young people lead.
SOUND: Temptation & Atomic are both passionate songs. Temptation shows how tempted the male characters are by the female characters & Atomic represents the explosive chemistry between characters.
PR: intrigued, wonder what will happen

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