Gossip Girl
Setting:
The setting of this scene in Gossip Girl is very romantic as its at a train station which emphasises the emotion of love shown in the two characters feelings and actions towards each other. The train station connotes that people usually leave each other there and say there farewells as trains are going. It emphasises the two characters situation as one is leaving but the other is stopping him from leaving.
Costumes, hair and make-up:
The dress on the girl is very fancy and fairytale like as its a red long dress. They both have a rich, fancy attire on suggesting that their 'love' or 'relationship' is luxurious. Make-up on the actress is simple but stands out, bringing out features that make her look upset, support them, giving emphasis on her reaction towards the actor leaving.
Lighting:
The lighting in the opening scene is dark but a few lights on giving it the romantic atmosphere towards the scene. There is a hint of Chiaroscuro being used as its light and dark also backing up the point of it being romantic in a case. There is top lighting used on the actor and actress at the top of a railing showing that they are both the main people to be focusing on and to show their 'love' in their reactions as it focuses on the features of people making them look 'glamorous'.
Sound:
The sound in this are both diegetic and non-diegetic. The non-diegetic part is the romantic music in the background which also still plays when the two actors are speaking to each other. The diegetic sound is the people in the background walking and the outside which is the rain, trains etc. It also uses sound bridges from the actress from outside walking into the train station towards which is the footsteps from outside coming inside too (the next scene)
Cinematography:
This opening scene uses a lot of long shots, medium shots and a few close up shots. The long shots are from the girls coming out of the taxi walking into the train station. The medium shots are then towards the actor and actress that are on the railing. The close up shots are used to emphasise the reactions on the actors and actresses face - reaction of him leaving etc.
Friends
Setting:
The setting is outside a mansion next to a fountain. The setting and atmosphere is very 'happy' as everyone's laughing and having fun with each other, laughing e.t.c. Gives a friendly environment hence the series name which is 'Friends'. The props they have is the sofa in front of the fountain, and the objects that they play with in their hands. It shows that they have a very fun atmosphere around themselves and a weird one too as they have a sofa in front of the fountain which is odd.
costumes:
Their attire is very plain and simple which contrasts in the scene as its very odd but fun. black and white however it could connote that the group of friends have a simple but fun friendship.
Lighting:
In the opening scene they use a lot of top lighting as the light shines on the characters showing the features portraying them as glamorous friends. However the own lighting of the mansion behind lets the audience believe that there are no lights involved just the natural light from the mansion.
Sound:
The sound used in this opening scene is non-diegetic because they are using music throughout the whole opening scene. The music however is parallel as we would expect that type of music to be in the scene as the characters portray it as having fun.
cinematography:
The shots used in this scene are mainly long shots and medium shots. These shots are used to show the atmosphere around them all, However there are a lot straight cut shots as it combines with the music because its rapid in how they all move quickly and how the shots change.
The setting is outside a mansion next to a fountain. The setting and atmosphere is very 'happy' as everyone's laughing and having fun with each other, laughing e.t.c. Gives a friendly environment hence the series name which is 'Friends'. The props they have is the sofa in front of the fountain, and the objects that they play with in their hands. It shows that they have a very fun atmosphere around themselves and a weird one too as they have a sofa in front of the fountain which is odd.
costumes:
Their attire is very plain and simple which contrasts in the scene as its very odd but fun. black and white however it could connote that the group of friends have a simple but fun friendship.
Lighting:
In the opening scene they use a lot of top lighting as the light shines on the characters showing the features portraying them as glamorous friends. However the own lighting of the mansion behind lets the audience believe that there are no lights involved just the natural light from the mansion.
Sound:
The sound used in this opening scene is non-diegetic because they are using music throughout the whole opening scene. The music however is parallel as we would expect that type of music to be in the scene as the characters portray it as having fun.
cinematography:
The shots used in this scene are mainly long shots and medium shots. These shots are used to show the atmosphere around them all, However there are a lot straight cut shots as it combines with the music because its rapid in how they all move quickly and how the shots change.
Coven
Setting:
The setting is in an old mansion but that also has a rich look towards it making it seem that the people that live or go into the mansion also look rich, of course as having the rich luxurious attire. However although it looks luxurious, it does have antique objects and is very simple with hardly anything in the settings except a coven, which is usually used to describe a group of 'vampires'.
Costumes:
The attire the characters are wearing is very formal and mainly black which connotes that its something dangerous but also something serious, that no one jokes around in the situation or theme the series is in. At the beginning of the scene there is a 'coven' of women walking into the same mansion all wearing the same clothes, also wearing a sun hat preventing the sun from latching onto them.
Lighting:
The lighting is very dull inside the mansion, backing up the point that there is a coven living there, not letting much daylight into it. There is a lot of chiaroscuro used in this opening scene emphasising that the coven cant take as much light for themselves.
Under lighting is also used at the end of the three tall women in the long black dresses, presenting them as superior, strong prestigious women as they are also the only ones with different clothing from the other group of females.
Sound:
There is also a lot of non-diegetic sounds as there is music playing in the background of the opening scene, the music is also parallel as we would expect it in the scene, fits perfectly into the psychotic theme. However it also uses diegetic music as we hear footsteps of the women from outside walking into the mansion which is apart of the scene making it diegetic sounds.
cinematography:
This opening scene has a various amount of shots as they use low and high angle shots, long and medium shots. They switch the shots abruptly emphasising the psychotic and freaky mysterious ways.
Youngers
The setting in the opening scene of this series tells us a lot about what the show will be about as it is on council estate which tells us that it will have something to do with council estate kids who maybe are trying to find a way out of that life. Another thing that tells us this is the outfits worn by the actors in the scene as they are dressed like teenagers with the hoodies, trainers and hats. This Tells the audience that the show will be about some typical teens who hang around in a council estate. What tells me that at least one of these teens wants to be better than the council estate is what he says about the GCSE results "this is important" shows that he cares about his future and wants to something about it and that is what the narrative is going to be about.The first opening shot is a medium close up of the two boys talking which is a normal shot for a conversation however when the two boys start talking to the three boys on the wall it goes into a wide shot. This fits the conversation as close us are used to show the emotion in someone's face so the wide shot shows the audience that they really are not bothered about their results. The close up at 0:24 shows the audience that he doesn't care about his results from the wide shot but the close up shows that he cares about getting into that from the close up.The way that they talk tells the audience that there will be some comedy in the show as they are talking like kids there age do but they are exaggerating it to make it funny. Also the setting shows that it will be a teen drama. From this we can tell that the genre will be a teen drama, comedy.
The Inbetweeners
Setting-
The setting here is set a high school/sixth form. This is meant to be set at a school as they are wearing school uniform and need to be shown at their school. They have to make sure that they show this as their audience need to be able to relate to them and be able to see where they attend.
Lighting-
The lighting in this clip has got more natural light to it so not much artificial light is being shown in the clip. As this is set at a school they had to show what is going on at normal school times and set it at the right times of day.
Actors-
The actors in here are the main characters. There is a group of 4 and they are all good friends. They are there as they have a lot in common with one another and have known each other from times before. The characters are all dressed in school uniform so younger people would be interested in watching this programme as its a comedy and they are teens. The main character who is in front and got the egg thrown at him is dressed more smartly than all of his friends or the extras. This tells me that he is quite a good boy and does what hes told and tries to achieve his best in life.
Make-up-
As these are male characters there isn't much to say about make-up as dont wear make-up. If they are wearing make-up then its very subtle and natural.
Setting-
The setting here is set a high school/sixth form. This is meant to be set at a school as they are wearing school uniform and need to be shown at their school. They have to make sure that they show this as their audience need to be able to relate to them and be able to see where they attend.
Camera-
the camera shots are really smooth. It goes with the pace of the clip which is really good.There are some short shots that are being shown.There is panning, below shot, close-ups, long shots, medium shots, over the shoulder shots and birds eye view. There is some good camera shots being shown which is good as they can get all of the right aspects in place. The birds eye view is being shown in the beginning as when the characters are getting out of the car one by one. This is a good technique that is not often shown in programmes.There was a below shot when a character was throwing an egg at the main character towards the end of the clip. This is a an another technique that would make the viewer want to watch more.
The setting here is set a high school/sixth form. This is meant to be set at a school as they are wearing school uniform and need to be shown at their school. They have to make sure that they show this as their audience need to be able to relate to them and be able to see where they attend.
Lighting-
The lighting in this clip has got more natural light to it so not much artificial light is being shown in the clip. As this is set at a school they had to show what is going on at normal school times and set it at the right times of day.
Actors-
The actors in here are the main characters. There is a group of 4 and they are all good friends. They are there as they have a lot in common with one another and have known each other from times before. The characters are all dressed in school uniform so younger people would be interested in watching this programme as its a comedy and they are teens. The main character who is in front and got the egg thrown at him is dressed more smartly than all of his friends or the extras. This tells me that he is quite a good boy and does what hes told and tries to achieve his best in life.
Make-up-
As these are male characters there isn't much to say about make-up as dont wear make-up. If they are wearing make-up then its very subtle and natural.
Setting-
The setting here is set a high school/sixth form. This is meant to be set at a school as they are wearing school uniform and need to be shown at their school. They have to make sure that they show this as their audience need to be able to relate to them and be able to see where they attend.
Camera-
the camera shots are really smooth. It goes with the pace of the clip which is really good.There are some short shots that are being shown.There is panning, below shot, close-ups, long shots, medium shots, over the shoulder shots and birds eye view. There is some good camera shots being shown which is good as they can get all of the right aspects in place. The birds eye view is being shown in the beginning as when the characters are getting out of the car one by one. This is a good technique that is not often shown in programmes.There was a below shot when a character was throwing an egg at the main character towards the end of the clip. This is a an another technique that would make the viewer want to watch more.
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