Paris-Kai Trowers

Evaluation
The aims in creating my 9 key frames were to represent the use of
the death of loved ones generic convention like the films in my
textual analysis, Four Brothers (Singleton, 2005) and Shank (Ali,
2010). I was attempting to display the use of this convention
through micro elements under the macro element of representation,
which I found was important to the convention used in the two films
I studied in my textual analysis.
My intention was to focus on attention to detail in production design
within cinematography in the importance of shots to connote
emotion in Four Brothers and Shank.
Within my textual analysis I identified the use of lighting as well as
cinematography, which largely influenced my 9 key frames. I learn
from the use of cinematography in both films, within the macro
element of representation, which I studied, in how this can convey
the death of loved ones convention particularly Singletons
representation of the Mercer brothers through the use of close ups
and three shots. I also structured the majority of the shots with
influence from those used in four brothers, by concentrating
different angles and shots within cinematography and the
positioning of the character within mise en scene to reflect the use
of the death of loved ones convention. Also within the films I
studied, Shank uses character positioning and costumes to create
emotion and to allow the audience to relate to the characters, I
attempted to use this in my key frames as the protagonist sits on
the bath let his emotions out. Within this, lighting was used in
Shank; again I attempted to use this in my key frames such as when
the protagonist returns home and when he leaves the house

In this frame where the protagonist, turns to face his girlfriend one
last time before he leaves, I drew huge influence for the lighting
used from the scene in shank where the character Rager dies, in my
frame the lighting is made so the lighter part of the frame is in the

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house and past the door is darkness, I did this to connote that they
protagonist is going to see death first hand again whether it be
himself or his foes if he leaves or he can mourn for his friend in the
comfort, safety and warmth of his home if he chooses to stay. In
much the same way the lighting in this scene from Shank shows
that death has become prominent and will have a major effect on
the protagonist who just witnessed his brother die first hand and the
darkness which now shrouds him foreshadows that he will come
face to face with a death a second time whether it be himself or his
foes just like the my protagonist.

The script was a major part of my planning, it allowed me to create

a visualisation of my set and how the performance was conducted.
The dialogue links in with the use of costumes as it helped connote
the personalities of my protagonist and his girlfriend, the minimal
use of words by the girlfriend show that she isnt able to think for
herself much and struggles to say what she really feels, this comes
as a contrast to the protagonists use of dialogue as he speaks a lot
and is very assertive for example he tells the caller to get everyone
ready, this immediately shows that he relishes being in control and
thinking for himself. Through this I was able to alter the language of
my characters, the use of slang was similar to the characters in
Shank, one of the films I studied for my textual analysis. This allows
audiences to understand the age of my characters and signifies that
they are young, urban people. My planning also included creating
set times for photo taking and giving my actors time to get into
character and also gain a understanding of what I require of them
during the acting. I was assured that they were going to perform
well as my screen notes allowed me to pick two actors who best fit
their character and gave a convincing audition. My screen test was
key for my planning as it gave me an idea of what attributes and
traits the actors had to portray similar traits and attributes of the
characters enabling me to select the best matches for both
characters. This was important as it prevented me from choosing
actors who were completely incompatible with my characters, which
wouldve been evident in my key frames, potentially ruining the
narrative as certain emotions wouldnt of been portrayed a they
were supposed to, for instance if the protagonist had walked
through the door casually and not hunched over clutching his torso,
then audiences wouldnt be able to that he was hurt and something
bad just happened to him.
To improve I could of, use mise-en-scene to show use of death of
loved one convention and the