'About a Girl' Analysis - A2 Transition Module - Matthew Bishun
'About a Girl'
- Stacey, 13, speaks very fast, this shows her lack of education, she perhaps has not attended school. Her accent is also northern (Yorkshire) and she wears a basic puffer jacket.
- This entire film is set within a council estate on the suburbs of Manchester. Stacey has a desire of living in London. Housing is predominantly terraced, one of the cheapest housing available.
- There is a very small use of lighting. This lack of quality lighting emphasises the dark, derelict area in which she lives. The area is heavily poverty stricken.
- Her attitude is evident right from the start. She frequently sings to herself, in particular, Britney Spears' songs.
- Later on in the piece we find out she is pregnant. She carries this baby in a bag whilst walking and then throws this into the canal.
- These long takes enable viewers to see and hear how she feels about her. She says 'No room for a piano', a MCU is used at this point. This dialogue explains that she lives in a small terraced house which is perhaps rather crowded and she wants to move out.
Matt - you have a write up of this account which you could read. You have a number of errors as a result. You are not using your technical codes to show how meaning is created and as a result you tend to describe.
ReplyDeleteAvoid using the word CHAV - it is a value judgement. We are simply seeing a girl who comes from a very low income background - her parents are on benefits, she lives in a very run down area, her experiences are minimal (because of no money). You need to consider how the technical codes tell us this.
You need to start to spend a lot longer on your work Matt. A2 is a lot more demanding and this is a long way of the depth required.
Learn from this - OK