BLACKPOOL

In the beginning of this film we see a crane shot, of a man and a women wearing bright color clothing; there outfits coordinate with each other.Mise en scene showed in the first shot because of there usual clothing.Later in the movie we notice they are husband and wife. There both having a conversation, then suddenly there daughter comes in with a man. Both husband and wife jump up and look shocked. The father looks angry whilst the mother is surprised. We notice the father is not to happy about her daughter bringing a boy home. The daughter looks around twenty whilst the man with her a lot older than her. She is wearing modernized clothing compared to her parents. She’s wearing a blazer wear as her parents are wearing very bright colors. This shows that they swooped roles. The parents are dressing younger and the daughter is dressing older.

In this movie; the director uses many different camera techniques to get his point across. the first long shot i saw was when the family was in the living room having a conversation. The long shot made it look more affective because both the male characters were facing each other and both the female characters where facing each other, this created suspense for the viewers.
The editing also made it more affective because there were many different lighting used. For example in the bedroom scene the lighting is more dimmer than in the living room scene; hence why this makes it more affective. Most of the characters do get to be in a shot on there own. The camera mainly focuses on the father and 'Steve', i personally think to show the hidden rivalry between them. we see this through the editing and the camera work that was used.

In the next scene the parents greet their daughter, the father looks annoyed. All four characters sit in the living room and have a conversation. The father is interrogating the daughter’s friend ‘Steve’. The father looks threatened by ‘Steve’. Where as ‘Steve’ gives sarcasm in most of the conversation; he also acts younger than his age. When Steve gets answer a question the daughter jumps in the conversation, before he does. This shows that she is scared he is going to say the wrong things. The daughter automatically notices that her father does not like Steve. In the room there is a awkward tension in the background we here wind chimes and birds outside this shows connotation.
 

The family it self is a nuclear family, the father looks like the breadwinner because he acts like he controls the family we see this through out his actions.  Wear as the mother looks calm and innocent because she interacts with the daughter’s male friend. The director made the characters completely different maybe to show that is how female and males are portrayed in or society. The daughter seems defensive because she jumps in a lot of the conversations happening. To get her self out of the house she says to the parents ‘we have that thing’ this clearly shows she does not want to be in the house any longer; so she puts words into Steve’s mouth.  Wear as for Steve he seems like more of the ‘joker’ he is informal and gives short answers. He acts younger than his age.

All four characters are different the parents look like they are a close family. But the daughter seems to not fit in right. The father also is just protecting his daughter.

The next scene is in a bedroom. The mother is in bed playing around with her hands. The father is getting ready for bed and talking about Steve. This shows he is threatened by Steve because h continues the conversation still, in the bedroom.  The room looks quite old fashioned. The first thing the caught my eye was the brown/gold long curtains. The bed is at the center of the room. The father goes into bed and the mother kisses his left arm. He looks shocked. Without moving his head he rolls his eyes down to her. The father looks stiff. This shows there awkwardness between the characters.

This film uses many different techniques and camera shots to make it more affective. i personally found this film interesting and it grabbed my attention. some of the shots do have humor, this also makes it affective.