With fish tank, the mise-en-scene changes depending on the mood of the part of the trailer. at the beginning there are shots of her living in the small apartment with her mother, and this shows her claustrophobia, straight from the first shot. (1) We also see establishing shots at the beginning, showing this council estate with green around it, providing us with the hope that maybe she can be happy one day. (2) It is also important to analyse the costume that she has been put in, we can see from a quick shot of her confronting a group of girls, that they all wear the same thing and many would say this depicts on this idea that in her neighbourhood you have to wear the same as others to feel as though you fit in (3). When she is going through the happier stage, where she is developing a friendship with this male character, the mise-en-scene changes accordingly and shows a lot more large open spaces with your shots (4).
Editing
At the beginning we see reasonably quick shots of her and her life. There are also a few fade in's of publicity information such as 'jury prize winner' so that people are more drawn to go and watch the film, as it is well known (5). At the beginning of the trailer, we notice there is a blue overlay to the footage of her and her life and this could represent the mood and atmosphere she is feeling right now. We can clearly see that she is unhappy and with the darkened lighting in the scenes, this helps portray this to the audience (6). Later on in the trailer when the action is starting to unfold, captions are faded from black to blue font with emotive phrases to keep the tension building for the viewer (7). Later on in the opening, there are more fade ins and out when she is going through a discovery stage with a mysterious character and this is shown with the brighter shots as well of them in the water (8). and again this changes dramatically at the end where there are plenty of shadows in the shot and mysterious figures, therefore arising questions to the audience (9).Sound
We are introduced to the protagonist with an urban background track. This depicts that the character, is feisty and that they are not necessarily shy, with the urban music representing her personality (10). When there is action as well, such as when the mother slaps her child, the sound effects are accentuated to provide the audience with a clear message that this is causing her trouble in her life. There is also an accent which is a clear trend throughout the trailer and many would say this helps add to the atmosphere of where she lives and her up-bringing (11). There is a track change twice which also represents the mood of the main character, and this is clear especially when added to the mise-en-scene of the fields (12). Towards the end also, the pace gets quicker and extra sound shots of heaving breathing add to the atmospheric nature and creates even more tension (13).Camera Angles
When we are being introduced to the character, there are many positioning of the camera which represent that we will see the film from her point of view (14). This is showing the viewer that this is the main protagonist and that we will be following this character for the film. There are again, long shots added to the mise-en-scene in the middle of the trailer when she is discovering with the male character and this again adds to how the audience are interpreting her mood (15). At the end, it is clear that the mood is escalating and the tension is building as the camera angles become more 'random' and less specific and sometimes cut off information from the scenes that are being shot. This adds to the mysterious aspect of Social Realist films and therefore keeps the viewer gripped (16).
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