The document summarizes scenes from two films using cinematography, editing, sound, and mise-en-scene techniques: 1) A scene shows a boy's first day at a new school through his point of view, depicting the violent environment he encounters. 2) A scene contrasts a band's dull real performance with the main character's colorful fantasy of the performance, highlighting his idealized vision through costume, sound, and cinematography differences. 3) Both scenes use film techniques like point of view shots and changes in sound/costuming to convey a character's perspective and the distinction between reality and their internal fantasies.

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Arriving at School
Cinematography
A shot / reverse shot point of view is used to show how Connor is reacting to his first day at a
state school. He experiences things such as fighting, spitting and even gets a rat thrown at him.
By using the shot / reverse shot point of view, the audience get to see the events that are going
on around Connor and how he reacts to them.
Then, there are mid shots, not close up of his face, but to show him in the crowd. By showing the
crowd we can see the drastic contrast of the boys. The audience learn that the boys around him
are much more violent and outspoken than to those he is used to.
Finally, the camera is moving to show him progressing through the school. We can see the layout
of the school and how the students interact with each other. They are not polite or courteous to
each other.
Editing
The editing cuts between midshots of Connor walking, his face and everything he sees. Connor is
the neutral child as he is new and is trying to blend in. Through the use of the editing we can see
how he is reacting to everything around him. We can infer that the school is every bit as terrible
as he thought it was going to be – if not worse.
Sound
Non-diagetic sound is used through this scene. It is an extremely busy and noisy oppressive mess.
This music suggest that he is lost in a busy mess of people, aligning with the feeling of being the
new kid at school.
The audience can hear enough of the diagetic sound to understand that there were a few
disparaging comments made at him. There are also close up of sounds which accentuates the
moment of the impact of the hit during the fight.
Mise-en-Scene
There are crowds of people being portrayed all over the set of this particular scene. They are all
children from the school congregating outside.
Each child is wearing the school uniform but each individual child wears it with a slight twist. This
create a sense of individuality for the kid, even though they are all forced to conform and wear
the school uniform.

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Even though the film was made in 2016, it is set from around 30 years ago. There is on screen
smoking and spitting which connotes a rebel, outsider, and someone who is potentially
dangerous. This creates an image of someone who is to be feared by the audience and could
potentially cause trouble in the future of the film.
Finally, there is a teacher presented (the schools priest) who is staged up above everybody else
during the scene. This connotes that he is still separated from the rest of the group of children.
He is observing the bad behavior of the boys but is refusing to interfere with them.
All Together
The scene I have looked uses all of the previously mentioned techniques to portray how Connor
was isolated and alone amongst the crowd of kids at his school. By using the shot / reverse shot
point of view, the cinematography allows Connor to be seen and the audience get to understand
how he is reacting to his first day at a state school. We can also see how he reacts through the
use of editing. The use of music also suggests that Connor is lost in a busy crowd of people,
aligning with the feeling of being the new kid at school. When all of these techniques are
combined with the mise-en-scene the audience can clearly understand how Connor is reacting
to starting a new school that is the direct opposite of his previous one.
Drive It Like You Stole It
Cinematography
When Raphina arrives, the camera follows her through the hallto show us the transition between
the real performance and the fantasy performance that is occurring. By doing so the audience
can see the difference between what is going on and what isn’t.
Editing
There is no real rhythm, there is just invisible editing of the band and the crowd included.
Except for at beginning and the end there are shot/reverse of Connor looking at the door. He
does this as he is waiting for his love, Raphina to arrive.
There are alsosome shot/reverse point of view of the key narrative moments. For example, there
is a portion where his mom and dad dancing during the fantasy. Then his brother, Brendan, sorts
out Raphina and her ex-boyfriend, who has previously struck her across the face.
Sound
Diagetic sound is used as the band are playing their song. However, during the fantasy scene the
band are actually performing the song, but in the “real” hall the music is being played on a tape
and the band are miming to it. The audience can clearly hear the difference in the sound quality

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between the two performances. When Connor snaps out of fantasy the quality of the sound
changing is obvious as one is being mimed and one is being performed.
The song ties back in with the brother’s speech of rock and roll being reckless.
Mise-en-Scene
During this scene, the band are wearing their costumes when they are experiencing Connors
fantasy performance. The band are wearing darker and drabber clothes during their actual
performance, emphasizing the drastic difference between fantasy and reality. There are a large
amount of balloons featured during the fantasy which connotes the difference between the drag
reality of the hall. Everyone in the fantasy is extremely out of character – the priest performs in
an energetic way and enjoys being there and Connors mom and dad dance together even though
in reality they have split up.
All Together
This scene uses the previously mentioned techniques to portray a drab reality compared to a
colorful, idealfantasy for Connor. The use of cinematography allows the audience to see Raphina
walking through the hall, this showing the transition between the real performance and the
fantasyperformance. This is further reinforced by the use of the mise-en-scene.The clothing that
the band were wearing emphasizes the drastic change between the two performances due to
the lack of colour in the reality performance, and the crisp, fashionable suits in the fantasy.
Combined with the sound changing between performances, the audience are able to understand
the clear difference between both the fantasy and reality, without the characters having to state
a difference verbally. Finally, the editing (the use of shot/reverse shots) enables the difference
to be apparent from the start of the scene.