1. Sophie Hodgkinson
Comparing Hex and Shameless
I am comparing the use of mise-en-scene in Hex and Shameless. In the
first shot in Hex the only thing we can see is a close up of a girl closing
her eyes also this is a shallow focus this tells us that we are going to be
focusing on her throughout this scene and we also know that’s it is
going to be very calm scene. In comparison to this Shameless opening
shot is an aerial shot of council houses and flats this suggest something
totally different to hex, that it is going to be a hectic scene due to the
place it is set. Also in the same shot we see very different colouring in
Hex we see very dark colours witch suggest it is set in the olden day but
on the other hand Shameless has very bright colours witch tells us it is
more modern.
I have picked out from both extracts the first close up of a man. In Hex
we see a man face shoeing no emotion also he is dressed in black with
a black top hat on this tells us he is rich and very important. But in
Shameless we see a man in scruffy clothes with long greasy hair, this
suggest that he is a lower class people with not a lot of money. Also in
that shot which is different is the lighting, in shameless it is quite bright
which tells us it is in the day but on the other hand hex is dark, so this
tells us it is set at night.
The next scenes I have picked out are close ups of a street. In Hex we
see a very dark scene with the only light been candles, but on
shameless we see a very bright scene and the light coming from the
time of day but we also can see lamp post which gives light at night.
In conclusion to this essay I believe that the effect to hex is that it is set
in the old ends day and also that the scene isn’t going to be pleasant
by the colouring as bright represents happy and dark represents sad.
Also I have come to a conclusion that shameless is the total opposite
to Hex as it is more modern also most of the scenes are bright and also
have more up to date clothing on.