The Bench (Review)

The Bench has used many different aspects of Film Language in their production. They used non-diegetic sound of the voiceover of the main character when he’s speaking, there is also a song which was added during the editing; this had created a sense of reality. Mise en scene was also used very effectively in the production as the costumes such as the hoodies, showed that the character is not very wealthy and may be from a deprived area compared to the character wearing a suit, this also showed importance and power as the man wearing a suit threatened the other character and was dangerous. The main props were the bike and the rolled up cigarette; they were both key in the film as the bike showed how the person travels and the pace at which the character was travelling, it also suggests that he may be young as he is still riding a bike. The rolled up cigarette looked like drugs which also suggests what they do in their spare time. There were a variety of shots that were used in the production, there was a tracking shot of the character riding the bike, and this showed the speed at which the character was travelling. There were close ups of the main characters face when he was smoking to show us what he feels like when he’s smoking. The cuts used in the film were straight cuts; they kept showing the two main characters life in continuity editing. Overall from the sound to the props and to the editing, the production was effective in gaining the audience’s attention and in creating a story which was interesting.

WWW: The cinematography, sound, mise en scene, and editing was very good and put together very well which made it very interesting.

EBI: There were more types of cuts in the film.

Institution: TV Channels (ITV)

ITV is a public TV channel that presents many programmes to its wide audience who are young teenagers to adults. The average, lower middle class workers, both male and female are the people who are most likely to view the entertainment presented to them on ITV as they are the institutions main target audience.

ITV shows a variety of programmes from chat shows such as ‘The Jonathon Ross Show’ to soaps such as ‘Coronation Street’. These family programmes are the type of programmes shown on ITV as it is a low brow channel.

The institution is largely successful in meeting their aims as the main aims of ITV are, to appeal to the youth, to gain advertising revenue, to increase viewing figures, and to entertain their target audience.

This is a clip of the upcoming movie called ‘Thor: The Dark World’. In the clip there is low key lighting, this was used to show that the person is a bad character in the movie as he is in a dark place where it is all black which implies evil. When the character is being introduced, top lighting is shown, this illustrates that the person is waking. When the camera zooms on the characters face, the top light creates shadows around the characters eyes; this also suggests that he is a villain. The character then begins to walk towards the back light which creates part of the man to become a silhouette. The camera is moved to another person who has top lighting on him which also suggests that he is being woken up amongst many other people in rows. This shows that the man at the beginning is the leader as he had his own rest place whereas others had to share a big area. While the character awakes there are red lights surrounding him and there is still low key lighting; the black and red areas reveal blood and death comes with the characters. The camera is then turned back onto the main character top lighting is used again to create shade around the characters eyes to portray that he is a villain. Also the camera is angled upwards from below the villain whilst he is looking away; this suggests that the villain is intimidating and very powerful.

Still Image Analysis (Lighting)

This is an image from ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ of a character called Bane who is the villain. Bane, is wearing a mask covering most of his face, and is wearing a military vest with his arms holding on as if he is waiting for something. The character is also looking straight ahead. In this image there is low key lighting, this is because the use of low key lighting shows that the character is a villain as there are strong contrasts between the dark background and the light shining on him. The key light is directed from the top which is called top lighting. This lighting angle shows his importance and makes the character seem as if he is more powerful, also, due to the light coming from the top, the characters eyes are dark. This also shows that he is the bad person. The top light has lit the characters fists, this shows that the villain is about to fight somebody.