Analysis of Mise-en-Scene

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Color Design

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This mise-en-scene denotes a yellow filter with natural lighting, showing the main character riding her bike into a clear street. The yellow filter connotes the freedom. This means that as the little girl is riding her bike, this shows an innocence and holds a childhood significance towards her. The lighting also connotes that even though she is still a child, there are problems of her own as the lighting is not fully clear. This displays the generic conventions of British Social Realism as it shows that she is living an everyday normal class life.

Era

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This mise-en-scene denotes a blue old fashioned car going backwards towards another beige old fashioned car and a green school bus. You can also see trees and a road. This connotes that the film is shown to be set around the 90's as the colors of the cars are quite dull and also the fact that we don't use school buses now also connotes that the era of the film is in the past. This displays the generic conventions of British Social Realism as it shows that good cars are not what everyday people use and have realistic ones.

Production Design

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This mise-en-scene denotes a high angle shot that shows clothes hanging outside on a washing line as a girl rides through the street on her bike. This set connotes that not many people had a washing machine or a tumble dryer hence washing their clothes by hand and hanging them outside to dry. Also the props used in this shot, (the clothes) are normal every day clothes that normal everyday working class people own, not designer clothes. This displays the generic conventions of British Social Realism as it connotes the theme of poverty which is typical of the genre.

Actors

This mid shot denotes an Asian family posing for a family photo. They are standing outside their house and their facial expressions of the adults are exaggerated to look happy. This connotes that the actors are showing that the family is not a happy family but try to get along. The fact that the man of the family is crouched on the ground in front of the family connotes that hierarchy is not something important in the family. And this is typical of British Social Realism as they often show that no matter how old someone is or how much status they should have, they are all the same. This also represents the British Social Realism characters well as the fact that the family looks like they're forced to take a picture together, which connotes that they have normal everyday problems which each other.

Lighting

This mid shot connotes the dad of the family taking a photograph of the family. The lighting used in this shot is Natural as the shot is filmed outside using a natural light source. However even though the film has many scenes using Artificial Lighting, the natural lighting is used effectively. This is typical of the British Social Realism genre as it is filmed to look realistic.

Characters

This long shot denotes three boys standing on a field working with a few vehicles. One of the boys are wearing red jeans with a black leather jacket. The middle boy is facing the camera and is also wearing grey jeans with a red vest jacket. The last boy is wearing grey pants with a pink flannel shirt. These costumes connote that the era of the film is quite a while ago as the boys in the modern times do not wear clothes as such. However this is typical of British Social Realism as it is something the boys would wear everyday then. Also, the shot denotes of three white boys and no black boys which is typical of the genre as it connotes that the society then had a big difference in class and status.