Cutting it annotations

Cutting it: Tragic End                                             Poppy George, Media Studies

Camera

Long shot

medium close up

extra long shot

extreme close up

high shot

Mise en scene

high street scene, props very minimal and ‘normal’ to a high street

costumes are ‘day to day’ clothes

facial expressions are a predominant part of the scene, sharing emotions with the audience

Editing

slow motion

some of the shots jump from one to another

lots of cuts for different clips

lots of different camera angles used

Sound

traffic

woman shouting

horns

screeching tyres

car brakes

heart beat

running

conversations

long drawn out music at the end

crying

breaking glass

SOUNDS ARE A MAJOR PART OF THE VIDEO CLIP AND REALLY HELP THE VIEWER TO IMAGINE THE SCENE AT THE TIME.

Audience

How might different audience groups respond to the sequence?

Younger viewers would probably respond to this by turning away from the scene or saying it was predictable whereas older viewers would probably respond to this by wondering what was going to happen next and when she gets hit, asking themselves ‘is she going to die?’. Older viewers would probably respond to the sequence by saying he is a true gentleman.

What techniques does the sequence use to attract, talk to and appeal to the audience?

The sequence uses a storyline which could possible actually happen and doesn’t seem overly made up to attract to the audience. The sequence story line of the woman not wanting to wait to tell the man the news is also very appealing because we wonder what the news was going to be, and it leaves us on a cliff hanger wanting to watch more to see what we will find out.