Director:
Terry Winsor
The film is based around the murders of three drug dealers in Essex in 1995. Three drug dealers were lured to a secluded lane in Rettendon, Essex where they were murdered whilst sitting in their Range Rover.
As the credits role up at the beginning we can already see that the mood of the film is very dark and edgy. It has classic thriller conventions within the first five minutes. An establishing shot using non-ambient lighting establishes that the location is in a garage, a young man isolated. As the young man (Billy) steps into the car we hear diagetic sound of a voice over, spoken by the boy, meaning he is talking in first person. Already as an audience we can connect with this character.
As the man clears the window screen of the car we are introduced to the main character, Mr Jason Dean. His costume is very flamboyant which implies his confident nature, like in Jackie Brown, the character, Ordell also wears very exaggerated costumes- showing his power.
The shot then cuts to a close up on Jason's face, showing no emotion. This shows his power.
The shot then changes to a point of view shot of someone driving behind a Mercedes. Because Jason has an expensive car and a chauffeur we can show his authority over people as well as his wealth and power, a classic thriller convention. The grey skies and modern motorway really establish that the location is Britain.
As the car drives into the vanishing point (the tunnel) it represents the barrel of a gun as well as showing that a tunnel is a claustrophobic space.
The shot changes to a side profile shot of Jason as he 'prepares' to meet his old friend- his facial expression is not happy, so we can tell that he is not happy with this 'friend'. Jason then steps out of the car, leaving Billy inside. As an audience we establish that they are now in a factory, very bleak, artificial lighting shows the strain of the scene and what is to come.
After Jason has thrown acid onto the man's face we chucks him into the van. The white van creates an enigma as we do not know where it is from, what it is for or where it is going. Although Jason has just thrown acid onto a man's face he seems more interested in the fact that he has it on his shirt; this shows his vanity and selfishness.
Jason and Billy then take the man to the Essex marshes. The marshes are very isolated, bleak, which bides well with Jason's personality, which is unpredictable. The primeval landscape is wild, there is no sign of culture suggesting that Jason is going to become a predator in this wasteland where there are no boundaries.
Jason then begins to beat the man up again, and then leaves the man stranded there. It then cuts to a long shot of the white van as it drives away- it exits Jason's predatory land.
A mainly proficient analysis explaining the purpose of generic aspects of mise-en-scene. Target: Endeavour to construct analysis in 3rd person leaving out "we" and instead use media language, for example "..the use of Billy as his driver indicates Jason's authority over the naive and gullible Billy"
ReplyDeleteAlso when discussing the utilisation of a voice over the purpose is to position the audience with the speaker, in this case Billy Reynolds, thus the audience view the action from Billy's point of view.
Try to avoid this kind of carelessness, you say..... man's face we chucks him into the van....
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