This media essay analyzes symbolism in a scene depicting a character named Dan after a breakup. The red flowers in the background symbolize love and virginity while also showing Dan's mixed emotions. Dan's plain clothing and the hard materials in the background portray his cold personality. Dan is lit poorly and looks down, signaling negative emotion or deep thought from the phone call where he was dumped. The white floor represents a blank canvas as Dan begins his new life without his girlfriend. Dan wears a winter coat in the sunny scene, showing he feels cold inside after being emptied of emotion from the breakup.

1. Media Essay
In the scene you see flowers. This portrays emotions. Also the red colour of the flowers connotes
love. This can also relate to the idea of a women's virginity and that the character in the scene did
not take the girls flower, this is why they are all in bloom and glorifies abstinence as a sign of natural
beauty. You can see the flowers mixed in with the other foliage in the scene. This can signify that
Dan’s feelings may be mixed in with other things in his life.
The use of a blackberry phone connotes many things; it conveys a sense of modernism due to it
being a brand new phone. The effect that this has on the audience is that they can identify that the
event being shown is in a modern time setting. In the scene you can see that there are no plants or
wildlife. This shows that there is no life in the scene and can portray Dan's loss of the love of his life.
In the background of the scene you see the concrete on the floor. This portrays a sense of
emotionless. Also it shows a harsh reality of what will happen to Dan in the scene. The phone is in
the middle of the screen. This makes the phone prominent in the scene and the audiences eyes are
drawn towards.
Joe Egan

2. Media Essay
Daniel is poorly lit by the sun possibly showing his lack of emotion and signifies that he is a
negative presence. Daniel clothing is rather bland in terms of colour which could be a
reflection of his personality. If this is the case, it signifies he is a rather bland person. The
background of the shot contains bricks and metal which are hard materials. This is a
representation of the cold personality that Daniel has. In the shot, Daniel is looking down
which is a position which could signal negative emotion or deep thought. This suggests the
phone conversation is of a serious nature.
The Foliage in the background has a dominant presence in the shot. The red poppies are
absent suggesting something is missing from his life possibly love. The bars present could
suggest a physical or mental entrapment in which Daniel finds himself in. He could be inside
or he could be outside this entrapment. The foliage suggests that nature is playing a part in
Daniels thoughts whilst the bars are a Juxta-position suggesting that he is under pressure to
perform something.
Joe Egan

3. Media Essay
As you can see his mouth is slightly open. This can symbolize a release of breath. This can show that
it is a relief to Dan now that he knows that he has been dumped and that he has predicted it for a
while. This can show the emotional trauma Dan has gone through during his relationship and that he
is now relieved it is over. You see Dan looking off into the distance. This can be portrayed as Dan
looking back on his past or It can be seen as Dan looking at his future and how it will happen without
his girlfriend.
In this shot you see the camera looking down onto Dan. This can show Dan as being small and
pathetic. This is also seen by Dan being dumped by phone which is a convention on how you would
separate from someone you don’t care about. Earlier in the essay the women not losing her virginity
was due to the representation signified by flowers is discussed. This can also be seen in the white on
the floor. White can be connoted as being pure and clean which is not something that is related to
virginity. On the floor you see the white on the floor. This can symbolize a blank canvas that Dan Is
starting his new life on without his girlfriend and that now he is capable of making new decisions to
shape his life.
Joe Egan

4. Media Essay
You can see Dan wearing a body warmer in this scene. Also you see that there is a lot of sun in the
scene. Due to this sun you would not imagine someone wearing something meant for the winter.
This can show that he is cold inside due to him being dumped and that he is now empty inside.
Because the light is shining on him it symbolizes that he is trapped in his emotions
Joe Egan