Monday 15 October 2012

How is Tony represented


The establishing shot of the clip is a close up of Tony, it then zooms out slowly. We then see that he is lying in bed, his quilt cover is of a man and a women’s body, Tony is lying right in the middle of the images, this suggests that he is a bit unsure of his sexuality as he is in the middle of the two bodies. At this time Tony is lying in bed awake, and there are church bells in the background. His alarm then rings, as he is already awake it would seem that he is eager to wake up, which teenagers normally like to stay in bed. There is then some non-diegetic sound of music going on when he gets out of bed, he starts to do some exercise, such as press ups, weights etc. This is shown using jump shots, this is used to cut out all of the boring bits, as the audience wouldn’t want to see him doing this for 5 minutes, so jump shots are used to show the audience what he is doing, but it is shown quickly. Tony’s alarm then goes on his watch; he then opens the curtains and looks across the road to a woman in her window getting dressed. An over the shoulder view is used to show the audience what Tony is looking at. A wide angle shot is then used to show Tony in his window, he has the curtains fully open and he is staring at the women in his boxers, this shows that Tony is confident with his body and he doesn’t care if people see him.
We then see Effy, Tony’s sister, walking down the street, wearing clothes that expose her skin. Effy gets Tony’s attention and a high angle shot is used to look down onto Effy, this shows that she is younger and more vulnerable than Tony. There is then diegetic sound as Tony puts on his speakers, and you can start to hear a voice shouting in the background. The camera then keeps focusing on the door as you can tell that someone is going to walk through the door, Effy then sneaks into the house and into his bedroom. Her room is the opposite of Tony’s. Tony’s room is bright, even with the curtains drawn; it is also quite plain with only a few posters on the wall, whereas Effy’s room has more colour and life to it. Tony’s room is also very neat, there is nothing on the floor or in the wrong place, and his draw is also very neat, with all of his clothes set out neatly, whereas Effy’s room is messy, with clothes all over her bed and her quilt scrunched up on her bed. We can also see that Tony has a routine in the morning; we can see this as when his dad is shouting at him he says that this happens every morning. You can also see that when he gets out of his bed, he does his weights and other things and has his alarm set for when the women is getting ready, all of this shows that he his very organised. Also Tony likes to annoy his dad, we can see this as he laughs when his dad comes in his room and tells him to turn his music off. And also when he locks the bathroom door and jumps out of the window, you can see that he enjoys annoying his dad as he has a smile on his face when his dad realises what he has done.


1 comment:

  1. Well done, Pask. You have commented well on Tony. Is he a typical teenager? Do we pity him/like him/feel he is going to be an interesting charcter?

    I can't see the previous homework on your blog which was to look at teenagers in 3 programmes of your choice and how they are portrayed.

    Other than that, you are beginning to contribute in lessons, so keep it up!

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