Representation Notes

Editing:

• Shot reverse shot

• Minimal cuts

• Pass by effect to sudden zoom when Terry first appears in the frame

• Editing becomes more frequently cut

• Match on action makes scene seem more natural

• Sudden cut surprise

Mise-en-scene:

• High-class location

• Ben suit clothing

• Benjamin polite

• Terry hunched over

• Body language-shoulders back, confident stride (high work role)

• Short hair/long hair

• Jewelry, tattoos, dreadlocks

Camerawork:

• Long dolly right (Tracking shot)

• Over the shoulder shot

• Reaction shot

• Benjamin filmed in a smooth, locked down camera movement

• Conversation filmed handheld to show Benjamin uncomfortable

• Shots show discomfort of characters

• 180 rule not broken and seems more natural

• Both framed in a MCU until Benjamin tries to leave Medium but other character brings him to his level again

• As scene builds the camera gradually moves closer 

• Zoom, tension build

Sound:

• Music changes when Benjamin talks to Terry (change in tempo)

• Diegetic sound of getting out the water

• Non diegetic background music

• Benjamin continues voiding eye contact

Accent, dialect (Well spoken/Slang words) “blud” and “bruv”



Editing:

• Opens with slow paced editing
• Cuts become more frequent as tensions build
• When pace of the scene reaches climax the character breaks stereotype

Mise-en-scene:

• Two French women
• Chinese man extreme sexual fantasies and rich
• Location expensive hotel suite
• Lower level jobs
• Traditional made attire
• Maids looking down and an looking up (Power)
• Money is the incentive
• Inappropriate costume, laid back, power
• Black lingerie suggests she was prepared
• Contrasts of black and white first maid more pure
• Heels vs flats. Heels have more sex appeal
• Body language, shy and awkward, relaxed
• Eye contact, not looking at the man




Camerawork:

• Close up reaction shots (excitement)
• Cutaway to money
• Two shot at beginning to show same level
• Facial expressions
• Close ups to show one character feels confident and the other feels uncomfortable



Sound:

• Accent and dialect of the maids
• Diegetic sound of music
• “Monsieur” shows regional identity and ethnicity
• Music builds with the tension of the scene
• “Plenty more fish in the sea” more people who will strip


Editing:

• Fast paced editing, tensions between characters and atmosphere of the busy kitchen
• No cuts when managers walking

Mise-en-scene:

• Contrast, Italian dressed in black and English in white
• Stereotypical hand gestures
• Kitchen knife to show stereotype of Italians and violence


Camerawork:

• Managers followed by continuous dolly shot


Sound:

• Thick Italian accent
• “Pig ugly” “Pratt”
• Diegetic sound of knife shows danger