Sunday, 25 September 2011

How does the camerawork help to construct the representation of age:

-Mid Long Shot to show of Emy to show her body language  and to identify with her as a teenager.
-Fom a Long to show the 2 cars , to Close up of Emy's face to show the confusion she's going  through after crashing into the headmaster's car to emphasis the in-certainty of her youth.
-Mid shot of the headmaster to introduce him he's character when the 2 cars crash and (it's like a young vs old clash)as they show the tow characters arguing from different sides of the road.
-Pan between characters to emphasize Emy's vulnerability and the protective work of her guardian, this show the age difference and how society view that difference. Young usually get in trouble an look to elders for protection.
-Close up of Emy's face after the crash so the audience knows who their suppose to sympathies and identify with.
-Long shot of the 2 men because the audience needs to see the room in which they are. That room is quite old and antic and from it's decoration we can clearly see that it's not a place for kids.
-the other very noticeable detail in this camera work is the eye level of the character the director wants the audience to identify with, it started with Emy's guardian eye level to let the audience see things form his point of view, as his the one to make the decision and he represent the adult figure in the scene. Then it shifts to Emy's eye level so we ca see and analyze the situation from her prospective, the audience is then ask to feel the adult authority over Emy and this goes vice versa on the shot reverse shot.
-Then we a pan of Emy's bedroom starting from her bed to establish the new location (in stead of an establishing shot), the camera tilts slowly from her bed with the magazines to the teddy bears with the good buy notes to show the audience the change of locations. And emphasize the fact we are getting in her world; close ups of the picture on the mirror to show the things/moments she Cherishes.  
-a Tilt of the window to emphazie the fact that she went through a window, and this clearly show her childish mindset 'cause that's how teenagers usually run away from home, so it's quite import for the audience to get that fact.
-the camera stay outside cause now the audience is meant to feel for Emy, as she feels like an outside like young people generally feel, so that scene really emphasizes her age and emotions.
- a Mid Close up of the woman's face so we can see her motion as she's confused and anxious about Emy.
-and the we're back to Emy's guardian eye level to sympathize with him as he feels guilty about her run away.

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