Essay of Queen Elizabeth Film

Mise-en-scene
The oppening of the film is blue washed and quite grey and dull. This shows that the feeling in the room is sad, depressing and cold. It could also show the Queen is compossed, prepared and emotionless. As the film begins we see a lady cutting the queens hair and she is crying wheras the queen remains stern faced. This could meen she needs to have short hair like a man to look powerful and she is keeping a stern face as she wants to remain compossed to be the new queen. The queen is wearing a white dress, with red lipstick and a white painted face. This type of fashion and make up could symbolise purity as she says she is the virgin Queen. We also see a flashback for Elizabeth when she was with her lover (not sure) where there is a lot more colour and brightness which I think means this was a much more happier time in Elizabeths life compared to what is happening to her at that present time. When the Queen walks into the court, there is a high-key light behind her. This could have religious conotations behind it because she seems angelic and it is like God has sent her to be Queen. When she is walking through the court everyone parts so she can walk through them, which shows how much power and control she now has and it is also like a wedding as she says she is marrying England, so it looks like a wedding ceremony. When the Queen speaks at the end, her voice is very loud and stern, it's also very authoratative showing that she is ready to be Queen.

Camera Angles
In the opening we get a close up of the Queens head which shows she is sad but also she looks very serious and authoratative. A close up is also shown of the Queens hair falling out of the lady's hands. This could metaphoricaly mean that the Queens life is sliping out of her hand and she now has to live the life of a Queen, so everything she's done in the past she has to let go of and move on. During the flashback we are shown a two-shot of Elizabeth and her lover. This shows they were comfortable in eachothers company and had a friendly, possibly romantic relationship. There is a long shot of the Queen when she is standing in the court as she just walks in which is used to fully show of the Queen's brand new beautifal royal clothes. There is also a wide shot and high angle point of view shot of all the people in the court as she just enters. This is to show just how many people are there to see her coronation and how she has all of their full attention as she is their new Queen. As she walks through the court we see a close up of the man she was with in the flashback's head. He looks anguished and very upset. This could be because now she is becoming Queen they can never have a relationship and their love for eachother has now got to end. At the end of the sequence we are shown a close up of the Queen as she sits in her throne. This is used to make it look like an old portrait of a Queen and to fully cement in the viewers mind that she is now the Queen.

Skins posters homework

Analysis of skins poster 1
1. In this poster teenagers are depicted to be dirty, hopeless and suicidal. This is because he is laying in dirty bathwater in a dirty bathroom, making people who look at this poster think all teens are dirty and it looks like he is drowning himself in the bath because of the hopeless expression on his face. I don't think this is plausible for all teenagers because not all teenagers are dirty and sad, although it is belivable in a way because their are alot of teenagers who are underpressure because of their surroundings and life and may feel suicidal. This is a negative reperensation of teenagers because it portrays them as unclean, which is a common connection with teens and because it seems he wants to commit suicide, links teenagers to death.

2. Depending on the audience there are different interpretations to this poster. Other teenagers may feel annoyed because this is just another negative interpreatation of them and there is alot of this in the media. Adults and other older people may respond by thinking that teens are bad and this is just another piece of evidence to suggest this about teenagers. Some people may feel sorry for teens because of this poster because he looks depressed and suicidal, making you think teenagers at whole are sad people and none of them are happy.

3. This image could cause offence to many people. This is because people who have had family members or friends that have commited suicide could be offended by them using someone who appears to be commiting suicide to promote their television series.

Poster 2
Characters: The characters dress informs me they may all be irresponsible and sexually active. Becuase the teens are all not wearing much clothes this suggests they may all be sexually active.The girl in the middle looks upset and if she has been crying because of the mascara running down her face. This makes me think she does not like everything happening around her. The boy laying in bed still has his hat on and looks scared which suggests he may be insecure and not enjoying everything going on around him.

Additional Props: One additional prop in this poster is the lamp. Because the lamp looks old this makes me think it's an adults bedroom, meaning the teens should not be in their. Also it is on during daytime. This may be because they want to clearly show the boy on the bed so the viewer notices him straight away. They may want us to notice him more because he is an important character or it is unusual that he is featured in this poster. Another additional prop used is the painting on the wall. Again it is an old fashioned, dull painting which suggests they are in an adults room where they are not meant to be. They may have chose to do this in an adults room rather than their own bedrooms because they feel more like adults because of what they are doing. The bed in the background is a double bed and only the boy in the hat and the girl crying seem to either be sitting or laying in the bed. This suggests they may have done something together in it becuse I also think he is looking at her guiltily.

Setting: The setting seems to be an adults bedroom, presumabaly the girls bedroom. This makes me think the girl is crying because she may feel guilty about what she has done possibly with the boy in the bed. The bedroom also seems rundown because of all the wall paper that has been torn down, which may symbolise how all of those teens lives have been torn apart because of their actions. The wall paper also seems old fashioned, another reason to think they are in an adults bedroom.

Colour: In the poster their is not much colour apart from the girls bra and it seems it has been washed grey This suggests that even though the people are kissing, the mood in the room is sad and serious. The look on the girl's face also seems to prove this