Kameron Howarth A Level Film Blog

In COG, the story of the apartment sequence, how is meaning created by: -The static camera? -The use of fades? -The lighting? The static camera creates meaning as it confirms that the spectator is observing much like audiences in a theatre. The fades create meaning as they suggest that a significant amount of time has passed between Big Boy taking over the apartment to L'il Ze taking over from Blackie. The light creates meaning as throughout the scene it gets progressively darker, especially after Carrot kills his friend, this mirrors the whole story of COG. From the tender trio earning cash from petty crime to L'il Ze murdering to build a drug empire, the apartment scene depicts this as well. In the film, what techniques have been used to draw attention to characters and to emphasise the importance of action simultaneously taking place? The technique used to draw attention to the characters is the use of freeze frames once the character is introduced, a split screen...

-The use of the handheld camera in Papinous apartment? In this scene the use of the handheld camera increases the realism and authenticity which DBATB aims for throughout. It also makes the spectator feel as if they're there watching in on the scene unfold and the quite sad conversation between father and son. It could also represent the freedom that Jean-Do has at this point in the film as he's buzzing around his father, shaving him and obviously physically active, much like a hand held camera. -Compared to the more static use of camera on the beach? In this scene the camera is static and juxtaposes the scene that takes place in Papinou's apartment as whereas before the camera had more movement and freedom, just like Jean-Do however on the beach the camera is completely still which links to the way Jean-Do is now, after his stroke. He's completely motionless much like the camera. The fantasy sequence, how is meaning created by: -The close up shots at the start o...