Thursday 2 July 2015

RESEARCH: ASIAN NETWORKS: WHAT I LEARNT and SHORT FILM ANALYSIS: ALONE

From what I have established from the times website, the Asian Network had a starting audience of 5 million people and now it has taken a massive decline and now has a viewing audience of 360 thousand.

The Asian Network is at such a high risk and even worse, people have decided to make petitions on Facebook to protest. There are also many people that have now bollards have made claims that the Asian licence-fee payers are being abandoned.

SHORT FILM ANALYSIS: ALONE


In the opening scene, an immediate close up shot of a smartly dressed man who is seen to be in a office environment, contains diegetic sound in the background of people muttering and the phone ringing and as the man is trying on the keyboard and more diegetic sound can be heard. He can hear these sounds because this is what you would expect in a environment like this. This tells the audience that this character works for a company with admin tasks. Moreover, from the close up shot, the man is clean shaven and is presentable with his appearance and this is a key aspect for a man of his position.



He wears a clean white shirt with a grey/blue tie, which implies he is smart and a professional and we would also associate this man as a hard worker as opposed to a disorganised and unprofessional appearance, who might be seen with a creased shirt and bed hair. A suit is a icon for power and the fact that he is wearing a suit suggests that his profession is important and he holds a position of authority. After the dialogue on the phone, the man is seen to be having a flashback.

medium close up shot of a man walking into the office with a black/blue shirt and we are unable to see the mans face. He is carrying paper work in his hand for the main character. The diegetic sound of the man knocking on the door alerts the audience of his presence. He is smartly dressed with belted trousers and a smart black shirt, this connotes professionalism and power amongst both characters.

The man with the paper addresses the main character as 'sir' which suggests that the man is working for the main character and is a man of authority. This is strengthened when the two different suits of the two characters as the protagonists' suit is more professional.

The other man's face being obscured suggests that he is inferior to the protagonist and is not significant to the film. Two more minor characters are introduced by voice overs, one of which is a monotone answering machine voice which is used to sustain realism throughout the film. Also during this scene and at the beginning, something goes wrong as the female voice suggests and then followed by the man waking up from a bad dream.


Above is a medium close up shot of the protagonist walking past his car. a different perspective of the character shows him in casual clothes and he seems a lot less professional and out of his office environment. The change in clothing grasps the fact that something has happened to his status of power within society. This film overall shows resiliance of character and survival.

A lot of close up shots are used and high and low angles are used to take the perspective of the object the man is looking at.