1. AS Media: Technical Elements Exam Worksheet How does the following clip represent: Trainspotting
1. Mise-en-scene:
Set/Location
1. Mise-en-scene:
Costumes
1. Mise-en-scene:
Colour
1. Mise-en-scene:
Props
1.Mise-en-scene:
Lighting
1.Mise-en-scene:
Stars/Performance
-A street/St.Georges
streetinEdinburghisfirst
shownwhere theyare
runningaway from
someone.The streetsare
busywithpeople which
make the streetseem
large and ina bigarea.
-We nextseemthenon
football astrowhere they
are playingfootballwith
a fewothermen.
-A dark room withnot
much inside it.There isa
table andthe roomis
paintedanude colour
withnotmuch life
-We firstsee the men
runninginjumpersand
poloshirtsbeingchased
by meninsuitswhich
make the suitmenseem
like theyhave authority;
The two othermenlook
lowerclass.
-We alsosee a man in a
room withtighttrousers
and a testtop suggesting
he is a bitlowerclassdue
to hisactionswhichshow
this(smoking).
-We thensee 4/5 men
playingfootball with
brightfootball gearon
and football attire.This
showsthat theyare
sportyand knowthe
sport thattheyare
playingwell.
-The colourwe see at first
isbrightas itis shownin
the day time.The clouds
are gloomywhichmay
connote that something
bad ishappeningwhichitis
as theyhave clearlystolen
something.
-Inthe dark room the
lightingislowkey.This
mightshowthat something
bad isalsohappeningas
we knowhe is smokinga
drug.This isfollowedby
himfallingonthe floor.
-Inthe football grounditis
at nightthisis showntobe
because theymighthave
beenbusyinthe day but
wantedleisure atnight.
-We see stolengoods
fallingoutof the villans
pocketwhenwe firstsee
the men.Thenhe runs
intoa car whichshows
anotherillegal act.
-We can see that these
menare intobad
activitiesaswe thensee
himsmokinga jointora
drug of some kind.
-Theyare theyplaying
football therefore the
football isaprop.
-We see the actors at first
whoare runningdown
the street.We onlysee
twoat first.
-Afterthatwe see
anotheractor whois ina
room byhimself
-Lastlywe see 5/6 menat
the football astroplaying
football witheachother.
Theirnamesare
displayedindividuallyat
separate timesandwe
meeteachcharacter
individually.
2. AS Media: Technical Elements Exam Worksheet How does the following clip represent: Trainspotting
2.Cinematography 3.Sound 3.Editing
-There are a varietyof camera anglessuchas mid-
close upshots sowe can see the actor’sfaceswhen
we firstsee them. A fewshotsso we can see their
feetrunning.There are alsosome pointof viewshots
and establishingshotsso we cansee the area that
these menare in.
-While theyare playingfootball there afewlowangle
shotsto showimportance andpriority.The camerais
hardlystill,we cansee the camera movingmostof
the time throughoutthe movie clip.
-There isa backgroundsongwhichis upbeatandkindof
rock music/oldmusicasthe filmisevidentlyanoldfilm.
Overthe top of thisthere isa voice overof a manwitha
lowpitchedvoice andseemstobe one of the actors as
he is talkinginfirstperson.Musicisturneddown
slightlywhenthe voice overstarts.Butyou can here
diegeticsoundsbehindthissuchasshoutingand
runningfootstepsineachcut. The persontalkingis
explainingeachscene andtalkingaboutwhatis
happeningineachshotshown.Almostlike astoryof
the film.
-Many freeze framestoshowthe actorsnamesand
showwhoeach actor is individuallysothatthe
audience cansee whoiswho andwhichactor is
which.
-There are many flipsbetweenscenesandlocationsto
showdifferentthingshappeningatdifferenttimes.
Alongwiththisthere are manycuts and shortshots to
showthe differentthingsthatare happeningandthe
differentactors.
