Mise en scene:Dated clothing and hairstyles, show date of film. Formally dressed except the child. Dressed scruffily and casually. Stereotypically stood, the mother is more enthusiastic than the rest of the family and the grandmother doesn’t really look like she knows what’s going on. Women look like they’ve made an effort to wear make up. Grandmother is wearing glasses shows her age. Mother is in the centre of the shot to show she’s central to the family and she’s the only one that is enthusiastic about it as she keeps talking to the photographer. Father and son are hiding behind the mother showing thy don’t really want to be there and feel awkward and ‘protected’ by the mother and grandmother. Facial expressions on the son make him look fed up and bored. The father keeps pulling faces and deep breathing to show he’s preparing himself to pretend he wants to be there and that he is fed up of being fussed over about his tie and papers in his pocket. The mother is smiling and over the top with her emotions to show her enthusiasm about the picture and the grandmother looks confused about where she's meant to be and laughs randomly.Sound and Light: Classic photographic lighting studio, sets the scene. Standard lighting with filler light on the side to soften the faces. People talking and its as if we’re overhearing the conversation. Flash of the camera and the sound of a camera clicking shows the audience a picture has been taken. Britishness: Classic family. Mum, dad, child and grandmother. The way they’re dressed. Their accent. Mother is head of family and in control. Son is fed up. Color: two characters that are fed up with it are wearing dull colours and the other two characters are wearing more vibrant colours to show their more enthusiastic approach to the picture.
Mise en scene: Clothing for boxer. Boxing gloves and shorts. Facial expressions show aggression and enthusiasm about what he is doing. Loves boxing. No hair. No make up. Simple. Concentrates on the boxing. Smiles in between photos to show he’s proud of himself.Sound and light: flashes of light when the picture takes. Not really any other lighting used. Britishness: it doesn’tColor : the gloves are bright red, so they stand out and are the main attention.Stereotypes: black man boxing
Mise-en-scene: chair, lady wearing a nurses outfit, hat. body language is stiff and serious. Facial expressions are serious and showing no emotion. Only smiles quickly when the photographer says a joke.Light and Sound: flashes of light when the picture takes. Not really any other lighting used. Britishness : typical nurse Color: the lady's blue dress stands out Stereotypical: typical nurse
Mise-en-scene: white clothing. Angelic. Baby does not look very comfortable. Light and Sound: white light. Happy and angelic. New baby. ‘happy glow’. Click of the camera. Flash of the camera. Bright, filer lights from the side to soften the faces. Britishness: English accent. Color: white, pure.Stereotypical: stereotypical happy glow from the mother.
Mise-en-scene: dog, table, red cloth, matches the red clothing, stands out from the rest of the scene. Central to the scene. Dog looks relaxed. Excitable lady combing the dog, fussing over him. Light and Sound: lady talking, fidgeting noise. Camera click. Camera flash. Britishness: a lady proud of her dog. Britsh people, dog is a mans best friend. Color: red blanket stands out. Blanket matches the woman's clothing, she has a dog on her jumper. Not much other color. Stereotypical: woman fussing over her pet. Proud of her dog.
Mise-en-scene :identical blue dresses on each of the children. Stands out against the dark background. Lady that works there is wearing dull clothing and blends into the background. The mothers dress is slightly dull but still has the blue color to show she’s associated with the girls in the centre. Work ladys hair is scruffy and tied back to show shes busy and at work compared to the mothers hair which has had more time and care put into it the girls hair is all identical and neat and tidy, and is being cared for thorughout the extract. The triplets hands are all linked showing their bond and they all link towards the girl in the centre suggesting she’s the oldest of the three. The two women on the edge are symmetrical in the way they are positioned and sat , creating the focus of the scene, the girls in the centre. Mum looks proud and the worker looks tired and not very interested in the mothers story. Two of the triplets look jealous of the sister in the centre getting all the attention. Makes you wonder where the father is in all of this?Sound and light: Two lights behind focus in on the triplets to add to the main focus of the scene which is them. Light coming in from above and filler lights on the side to soften the faces. The light casts a shadow over the worker to show she’s less important to the scene and the light is more focused on the mother who is telling a story. Sounds of the mother talking about how she conceived the children showing she is comfortable with the other lady in the scene. And there is sounds of fussing over the triplets, to show they are still setting up for the actual photo. Cannot hear the male voice of the photographer like you can in other scenes. adds to the fact they’re not ready for the picture yet. Britishness: ballerinas. British girls take ballet classes when they were younger. Mothers british accent. Proud british mother.Colour: dark background. Triplets stand out in the blue. Lady that works there is wearing dull clothing and blends into the background. The mothers dress is slightly dull but still has the blue color to show she’s associated with the girls in the centre. Triplets white shoes stand out against the dark flooring also. Stereotypes: classic blonde ballerinas. Typical mother in background trying to push her children to greatness as well to the front of the picture. Possibly single mum trying to do good by her daughters to make up for no father, possibly spoiling them?
