Analysing a small film.

Analysing a small film.

The film in which I am going to analyse is called first time it hits and is directed by Jason Budge.

The sequence starts with montage editing at a fast pace and has inserted animations in within the frames describing the production details and the name of the film.
The mise en scene of the this sequence is very dark urban and rough. This establishes the setting and co notates the depressing feeling of the area. Also in the montage sequence itself you are introduced to the two characters from the film briefly which again helps when establishing audience expectations.

When You see the main character of the sequence which is the boy.
He is positioned centre of the frame and filmed at a low angle which immediately shows the audience the dominance of his character within the sequence.
This also allows the audience to view the character as the director intended by the use of mise en scene, for example the boy is dressed in mixed black and white clothes and looks fairly innocent also with the light above his head this creates the sense of innocence surrounding the boy.

The female is portrayed very differently however with gothic clothing little lighting plus she smokes and is wearing badges containing adult content. the audience is then meant to be able to establish that the girl is rebellious and with the use of close ups of the cigarette bubble gum piercings and porn star badges this highlights her rebellious ways. then you see her like the boy captured from a low angle giving her dominance however she is sat down relating to how she is clam at this point.

When the audience first see the characters together there is use of a two shot but also there is a trolley placed in the scene as part of the mise en scene which I believe is meant to show how she could be trapped within this life and how the boy sees him self freeing her.
There is also use of close ups when the boy enters focused on the girls face showing her eyes following the boy however the girl is relatively un phased by his entrance.
At one point there is a two shot of the girl drawing on the floor and the boy is in the shot as well however there is some graffiti on the wall which says “bizarre dwarf porn” and I believe this subliminal messaging allows the audience to reflect on what she thinks she is to him as he is obviously besotted by the female.

Also another subliminal message I believed used in this sequence is when the camera pans up to the boys face because it starts the shot focused upon a hawk sticker on his skateboard and this could co notate the boys desire to hunt for the female.

There is also a series of teenage pop art animations in place to show the audience briefly how the boy is in love with the female character and how he intends to perform a trick to impress her. This animation cleverly uses pop art which immediately reminds the audience of the boys age and how its just a teenage crush.#

When the boy starts his trick there is a series of close ups used in order to create suspense on the trick in which the audience are going to see but also use of a depth of field shot in which is close to the skateboard and shows the distance to the female.
The trick is then performed again using different angles of camera shot heightening the audience suspense to see if the character does it well.

When the trick then goes wrong in the background there is another subliminal message which says”wime” which I believe is short for “why me” and co notates how the boy feels.
There is then use of an eye line match from the boy to the female and this shows how the boy is concerned and then there is use of cartoon like love music played for a short time. This shows again the true age of this boy and how he quickly gets over the girl.