There are close up shots of the characters to show the negatives of being drunk and how it affects their behaviour around others.
The characters in the film have been shown to take drugs and how this affects their behaviour, in this case they feel they can talk to complete strangers sharing anything they want with them and they get the sense of feeling more confident. This still has a negative effect on the audience and they can clearly see what the result through taking drugs.
A moral that the audience could gain from viewing Human Traffic is not to drink to much alcohol and do not take drugs as the audience can see the characters had a great time on plenty of alcohol and drugs but when the party has finished you hit a terrible low down feeling and feel extremely rubbish and once you are addicted it is hard to stop also whilst on the booze and drugs what can possibly happen when you are experiencing a high; you don’t really have a control over yourself you go with the flow and things can lead from on thing to another. So the moral could be do not take drugs and exceed the limits of drinking to much alcohol.
The film can be considered to be British by the locations in the film, they are all set in Britain, in Cardiff and the film was directed by Welsh director Justin Kerrigan. Also another point is that most of the actors are English except Lorraine Pilkington who is Irish but this point can make the film be considered as a British film.
The scene I am analysing from Human Traffic is part 8 at 1:10 minutes in the clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KgWEeQNlrY
The shot type in this scene is a low angled shot with the camera looking up at them from below the glass table. We can see that on the table is a white, powdery substance so automatically the audience knows that it is a drug and the character using his credit card dividing it up equally for him and the other character who is smoking. It is as if the audience are looking up to them perhaps to show that the characters know what they are doing taking drugs, drinking etc and the possibilities that can happen. Also with a low angled shot the audience can see what they are doing, the facial expressions through this type of shot where as if they had chosen a different shot it might not have the same effect and the audience wouldn’t be able to see what the points I have just mentioned above. The audience can clearly see what they are doing is illegal but they can see that the characters do not have a care in the world and that in this particular scene the friendship between these to characters is strong and appears they do most things together, experiencing it together.
The characters in the film have been shown to take drugs and how this affects their behaviour, in this case they feel they can talk to complete strangers sharing anything they want with them and they get the sense of feeling more confident. This still has a negative effect on the audience and they can clearly see what the result through taking drugs.
A moral that the audience could gain from viewing Human Traffic is not to drink to much alcohol and do not take drugs as the audience can see the characters had a great time on plenty of alcohol and drugs but when the party has finished you hit a terrible low down feeling and feel extremely rubbish and once you are addicted it is hard to stop also whilst on the booze and drugs what can possibly happen when you are experiencing a high; you don’t really have a control over yourself you go with the flow and things can lead from on thing to another. So the moral could be do not take drugs and exceed the limits of drinking to much alcohol.
The film can be considered to be British by the locations in the film, they are all set in Britain, in Cardiff and the film was directed by Welsh director Justin Kerrigan. Also another point is that most of the actors are English except Lorraine Pilkington who is Irish but this point can make the film be considered as a British film.
The scene I am analysing from Human Traffic is part 8 at 1:10 minutes in the clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KgWEeQNlrY
The shot type in this scene is a low angled shot with the camera looking up at them from below the glass table. We can see that on the table is a white, powdery substance so automatically the audience knows that it is a drug and the character using his credit card dividing it up equally for him and the other character who is smoking. It is as if the audience are looking up to them perhaps to show that the characters know what they are doing taking drugs, drinking etc and the possibilities that can happen. Also with a low angled shot the audience can see what they are doing, the facial expressions through this type of shot where as if they had chosen a different shot it might not have the same effect and the audience wouldn’t be able to see what the points I have just mentioned above. The audience can clearly see what they are doing is illegal but they can see that the characters do not have a care in the world and that in this particular scene the friendship between these to characters is strong and appears they do most things together, experiencing it together.
Well done, Becky.
ReplyDeleteThink about balancing your statements : ' they get the sense of feeling more confident. ...This still has a negative effect on the audience and they can clearly see what the result through taking drugs.'
Your shot analysis is good, but think about combining the camera angle to the representation of characters - they are seen to be powerful through taking drugs. This suggests that they are in control or 'enhanced' (compare with Jip's day job). This can link to using drugs and their youth culture to escape bounds placed on them by authority figures. What does a credit card symbolise? Have they 'borrowed' their independence until Monday morning?
The credit card symbolises money, meaning they possibly have the money to spend on drugs and not on more important things in life that would have more use to them.
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