wasp
Wasp is a short film written and directed by Andrea Arnold. Released in 2003, it stars Natalie Press as a struggling single mother determined not to let her four young children prove an obstacle in the pursuit of rekindling a relationship with an old ex-boyfriend, played by Danny Dyer.
Cinematography
- holding the camera to reflect emotions
- shaky camera (when women are fighting)
- tracking shots
- handheld camera- reflects the panic, gives a disorienting effect which illustrates how the children are feeling
- filming the scenery
- more shaky shots when children are playing in the car park causing
- regular close up with David and the mum to show the intimacy
Editing
linear editing-much more realistic
many cuts whilst women were fighting
cross-cutting- to the children perspective and the mums perspective
question: how is cinematography used to create meaning:
in wasps (Arnold 2003) cinematography is used to create meaning. Towards the end of the film, several close-ups are used to create intimacy between the spectators and the subjects. Specifically, when the wasp was about to enter the babies mouth the shot changed from close up to extreme close up, The director intended the spectator to feel uneasy by the extreme closeup because as spectators we have entered such close proximity to baby's mouth ultimately the spectators would feel extremely uncomfortable because the baby is in potential danger.
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ReplyDelete1. Write film titles with a capitalised first letter and italicise - this helps to distinguish it from the rest of the text. The title of the film is Wasp (no 's').
2. Develop your point about uneasiness at the end by elaborating on the director's intentions - what did she want us to feel about these characters? This leads onto an important point - WHY. Why did she make the film? What points is she making about contemporary UK society? These questions will help you to get to the core of the film's meaning.
Mr Boon