Representation Homework

Throughout this extract we see a huge representation of the colour. The two main colours that are shown here are red and blue. The red symbolising our main character's future and the blue representing his past. Through the majority of this extract, he wears a red jacket which shows us that he is searching for his future and in these shots, we see a tone of blue colours coming through especially in the background. This shows us that he is searching for his future but his past is somehow watching him. In one of these shots at 1:23 we see that him standing in the road with his red jacket on, representing his future and he is looking back down the street into the blue light in this wide over the shoulder shot. The harsh conditions here with the snow and cold weather could point to the fact that he is experiencing a hard life as he is trying to find out where he came from. With no real home we see Jason sleeping on a bench in a park and two police officers come and confront him. As the pair of officers taunt and judge Jason we see a side of Jason that we haven't seen before. Immediately as Jason feels threatened he attacks the officers and knocks them both out in a matter of seconds. We see here for the first time what Jason is capable of and what his past may be. 

In the first shot we see Jason on a port in a country we don't know about. As he is walking out onto the main street we are looking at him through a wide tracking shot and this gives us the effect that we are in the scene with him due to the movement of the camera. As the scene progresses we see him on a train looking out the window, however the train is in a tunnel which blocks his view of the outside world. This could be linked to the overall plot of the film because Jason is trying to find his past but is blocked by his amnesia which in this case could be the tunnel. The camera angles in this shot try to give the audience a sense of being in the scene with Jason and what he is going through, like the tracking shot I mentioned previously. Other shots could include the aerial shot we see of the train entering the tunnel. In this shot we get an establishing shot including a tracking shot merged into one. The next shot shows Jason sitting in the train and is shot using hand held camera work. In this scene we feel like another passenger on the train as the hand held camera work mimics the walking motion. In this shot we also see the colour red again which indicates that he is getting close to his future. There is also use of an over the shoulder shot showing a piece of evidence that links to his past and he is looking down at it wondering where he came from. This over the shoulder shot also makes it seem as if we are in the scene with him or that we are looking over his shoulder in the seat behind him possibly. Once Jason is off the train we get more tracking shots of him looking around and wondering where he is and what he next move is.The next shot at 1:23 we see that him standing in the road with his red jacket on, representing his future and he is looking back down the street into the blue light in this wide over the shoulder shot. This shot is very controversial and we can see that Jason is wanting to go back to is past and figure out where he came from. The scene changes to a low angle shot of two officers walking past a footpath. They spot the main actor asleep on a park bench and they confront him. The camera looks like it is on a dolly or a glide cam in order for the shot to be this smooth. The next shot is a close up pan from right to left of the main actor waking up with a flashlight shining on his face. The officers ask him why he is there and at first he doesn't have an answer until he suddenly realises that he can speak their language. One of the officers poke him with a stick and the main character grabs it. The camera slightly zooms in before our main character starts to fight these two officers. After the fight scene we cut to a wide shot of the main character running away and throwing his jacket away. This scene shows us what Jason is capable of and how he can adapt to certain situations.

The audio in this extract is very basic however some music is added in order to create suspense and tension. Most of this audio is creating a feel of adventure and discovery as well as Jason is trying to find his beginnings. Another thing to note is the mix of diegetic and non diegetic sound through the extract. We hear diegetic sounds in the form of, boats, cars, trains, people talking, and public areas. We hear non diegetic sound through music throughout the sequence. 

The editing in this extract does not involve heavy vfx however basic cuts, match on action, shot reverse shot and the 180 degree rule in order to make the film visually pleasing to the audience. Some vfx is used here however and this would be used to create more buildings in the port scene and could also be used to take out objects from the shot that the film company can not have due to copyright (brands etc) and ugly objects that can be displeasing to the viewer. 

The mise en scene in this extract shows many different climates that can have an underlying meaning towards our main character and what he is going through. At first he is on a port with a gloomy condition and this could point to his remembrance of having a clouded memory of his life. The next view shots are in areas that have snow and cold climates. This could point out how he is finding it extremely hard to fit in this world and to find his past.