Representations

This is the idea of different concepts being re-presented and portrayed to the audience in a variety of ways. Everything is presented to the audience through costume, colours, lighting, camera angles, scenery, make-up, audio, body language and the facial expressions of characters.

By looking at a scene from star wars (darth vaders entry) we saw how these different components were applied.

Setting & props:
- he appears out of a fog/smoke created for the effect.
- all of the surroundings were sci-fi based.
- there were dead bodies on the floor.
- he is looked upon as royalty by the other characters, he didn't need to fight/ too important.

Costume, hair and make-up:
- he enters the scene wearing an all-black costume whereas everyone else is wearing white which makes him stand out and straight away shows he is an important character just by the way he dressed.
- he is also wearing a cape, no one else has this accessory which shows how superior he is compared with the other characters.
- the other characters do not have anything focused on them therefore showing they are not as important.

Facial expressions & body language:
- the storm troopers react instantly to the entry of darth vader, again showing his importance to the plot.
- darth vader also places his hands on his hips to show his authority to show his authority.
- when he first enters, he pays no attention to the dead people layed on the floor, as is they don't matter and do not mean anything.

Lighting & colour:
- it was all bright and contrasted what had happened. You would expect as death had been a main part of the scene with the dead bodies on the floor; for everything to be dark and gloomy but they used bright lighting to contrast the destruction.
- red lasers to highlight danger and violence.

After this, we then look at kidulthood - here are the following camera angles that were used and what they portrayed in the scene.
mid shot - to highlight the body language
long shot - to portray isolation
close up - to show facial expressions and emotions of characters
panoramic shot - to show all of the scenery

We then analysed the television programme; 'Life On Mars' - we looked at what mise-en scene, camera angles and audio had been used for the programme.
- they showed the character spinning, to highlight the importance of the character and to draw attention to him.
- they cut scenes and used flashbacks so show that he was unconscious
- they built up the music to add tension for the audience
- a close up shot - again to show facial expressions, in this case the confusion
- an extreme close up to show the tension in the characters eyes