Visual Representation of a scene in the TV drama, Criminal Justice

The colours in this scene have been greatly desaturated making it look quite sinister. In addition to this, the colour pallet is very small, limited to only greys and blues, giving it a very cold look, just like the emotions portrayed in the scene. There are alot of shadows aswell, also adding to the sinister look. This can be achieved by using the levels effect addon in an editing program. At the start of the scene, on the lead up to the short action sequence of the fight, camera tracking is used. The camera follows the character towards the danger, possibly by being attched to a trolley so it moves smoothley and looks natural. The lighting is very dim, creating a dark, criminalistic feel and the setting looks rather clinical and too clean. All of these visualy representationed factors give the scene an un welcoming atmosphere of danger and tension.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1338nb6brw&feature=channel

In this clip of the TV drama Shameless (see the link /\) I have studied the mise - en - scene:

Clothes worn:- Most of the clothes worn in the scene are bland, cheap and well worn looking, indicating that they do not have alot of money to spend on clothes.

Props used:- Frank Gahlager has a cigaret in his mouth which in this circumstance is funny as he has to take it out in order to give another character the breath of life to save him, and the fact that he still carries on smoking it after the life threatening event shows carelesness.

Setting/Location:- The location is inside a pub but the setting has been made to look very scrubby, dirty and unclean which ties in well with the clothes the characters are wearing.

Lighting:- The lighiting in the set is an orangy yellow with hazy smoke from peoples cigarettes. It adds to the dirty feel of the set.

Actors:- The acting of the main character in this scene is very comical due to the facial expressions he uses and his mannerisms. His speech is slightly slurred also.