about agirl by rosie

About a girl

Narrative:
The main character is narrating to the camera speaking about her life. It’s a young girl. She is working class from the look of her clothes.

Genre:
Linear narrative interrupted by flashbacks to what the girl is talking about for example when the girl talks about her dad it flashes back to her and her dad in a fast food restaurant.

Mise-en-scene:
The girl is wearing a puffer jacket, very typical of ‘chavs’ and her accent is very strong thick Manchurian. There are many high rise buildings and flats most of them are grifiited with untalented pictures and ‘tags’. The girl is walking beside a canal which is filled with the rubbish.

Camera work:
The girl is talking to the camera. It’s mainly in front of her face there are many angles of her face but she is always speaking to the camera. The angles suit her mood. For example when she is dreaming happily of a ‘top flat in London’ the camera is above her looking down and she is looking up at it smiling.

Editing:
There are many short fast scenes that have been cut. This works really well with the dialect as when the girl is talking she uses short fast sentences.

Use of sound:
This film starts with the girl stood on top of a hill innocently singing “stronger” by Britney spears. The shock ending still ha s this innocent song over it which shows that she is still a girl even after everything she has been through. It often has her singing this song throughout to give the audience a sense of the girl. Apart from her singing and talking it’s very quiet this is because the film is revolved around her so it is only her voice or conversations that are used. The silences help us to focus on the girl.

Length:
9 minutes. If this film were to be any longer then it would of felt like it dragged on and then the audience may lose concentration.

Director:
Brian Percival.

Producer:
Janey de nordwall.