Wednesday, 5 October 2011

In depth analysis of Easy A

Mid shot of facial expression – shows actress’s reaction.
Soft, dark lighting with lamp shown in frame suggests evening/night time.

Captions throughout - help to show the passage of time.
Spending Saturday Morning painting nails with her dog – suggests she is a bit 'sad' or lonely. Helps to develop her character.
Framing of the shot has placed her on a 1/3rd line.

Painting dog’s nails – further develops her character as sad, lonely etc.
Colours are quite bright – suggests film is cheerful and happy
Facial expression – concentration and determination shows she has probably done this before. Further develops her character.

Desktop wallpaper is herself – suggests vanity.
Sewing – unusual for her age range to spend weekends sewing (fixing damaged clothing?) and is enjoying herself as she does it. This further suggests she is unusual and not like her peers, because she does not conform to the teenage girl stereotype.
Again, colours are bright and cheerful.
Dancing with her dog. Wide shot used to further emphasise her loneliness.
Showing she is lonely repeatedly suggests she is an outcast at school –doesn’t fit in with her peers. This may be a common feeling amongst the film’s teenage target audience, and so appeals directly to them.
Captions shown again – continue to show the passage of time
Singing in the shower – develops character a bit more, no inhibitions.

In all scenes in the trailer the text doesn't cover anything important within the scene such as characters faces etc.
Bright tones again
Instant Messaging open on computer – suggests she has friends online. However, she’d rather dance around enjoying the music.
Her facial expression has changed. At the beginning she hated the song, now she loves it.

Dog present again – she doesn’t spend her free time with friends from school; she spends it with her dog. Like at a sleepover, she paints the dog’s nails. Is the dog a substitute for real friendship?
Again a focus on eccentric facial expressions.
Unusual item of clothing resting on a mannequin to the left of the frame.  Further develops the idea that she is a bit weird.
Features the film title in large text so it is the main focus.
Also has release date of film. Enough information to get the audience interested but not too much that it gives away the plot etc.
Title being prominent on the screen makes it easier to remember the name of the film.

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