Thursday 11 April 2013

Evaluation task- Textual analysis




Textual analysis

The film opens with a mid-shot of a a teenage girl going up the stairs,  its a still shot so we can see her journey up the stairs, a synchronous sound to go with it, giving a suspense and mystery feel to the unknown character.  From this shot we could tell that shes in her house also her costume  suggests that too. Shes dressed in black top and black tights, her outfits gives away that shes at her house and therefore they will be no need for the fancy dressing, likewise would her outfit also suggest that she's a bit depressed as you would associate the color black to depression and death.


Camera then cuts to an over shoulder of her looking at a USB stick and an 'AS math book ' this give away to the audience that shes a math student, showing the representation of modern females now in the society been educated also shows age representation. young girls going to school. Indicates that shes still in her teens.
Then it cuts the slightly moving title, 'Unexpected' giving away the a little plot about the movie that there more to either the Maths book or the USB stick.
Mid-shot/ two shot, we can tell that is the next day as the surrounding looks like a class environment she is studying with a fellow class mate, the change of costume also gives it away.  


The camera angle changes together with a close up, so its more focus on your main character in other for the audience to have clear view of what she doing, she pulls out the same USB stick we earlier saw her with, this is now clear to the audience that the mystery lies within the USB stick, we get a more suspense building, dramatic music for a bit then changes to heart beat pulse to indicate how the character might be feeling, now that we know that shes about to see the whats in the USB.
We then have tracking shot of the character zooming into picture a representation of a traditional female, been nosy and wanting to know all, also it represents a young teenager eager to know things and explore. 

The pictures looks to be taken by a stalker, the camera angles suggest that  shes been stalked and the video to aware the viewers that shes been captured nut we don't know why, The music pace relax  a little to break the suspense and shows her concentration, it stops at a over the shoulder shot of her looking at the picture as this point we also become the character and see everything shes see and feels everything that she might be feeling.
Camera zooms into the the computer screen, an extreme close up so then we move from relating with the main character to the the girl in the picture, we sympathies with her as we the scene of an extreme close up of her eyes starring directly at us, the audience and then fades away with a very dramatic, fast pace music.








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