Throughout our TV drama sequence we used Levi Strauss’ binary opposites theory (the theory that two forces e.g.; good and evil are at conflict, clashing throughout a film or a TV episode.) Both characters were students at a school. We decided to portray Megan as the ‘bully’ and Hannah as the good student. Both characters characteristics’ were exaggerated- Megan had to exaggerate her dislike and most scenes where she is seen looking at Hannah, we see her eyes are very squinted and her face is scrunched up and in order for Hannah to portray a “good” student we had to make sure that her body posture was always upright and her always had a smile - in order to highlight the conflict between the two characters.
The first noticeable time we see the two characters is at 00:05. Megan is leaning against the wall, slouching on the phone and looking very anti social. Then Hannah walks past. Physically, Hannah’s body posture is upright, her face shows she is smiling and attempting to interact with Megan. I think that because we shot it at a mid-shot allows us to see their body posture and also their facial expressions – the shot is not that close so that we can’t see their surroundings but also not too far so that we can’t see their facial expressions. Once again the connotations linked with Megan in this shot is that she’s anti social, we can already tell that there is a instant dislike towards Hannah and even the spacing between the two characters shows that symbolically, that there is tension and space between the two characters and that their only common ground is that they go to the same school.
I think choosing a close up of the shot where Megan is writing the note is an effective shot. This is an example of Chekhov’s Gun. The reason why it is effective is because it leads into a scene where the tension is at its climax and the audience are already aware of how both characters feel towards each other – especially how Megan feels due to the note.
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