Charlie - The Street Analysis

MES, CAM, EDIT & SOUND

Mise en scene 

Mostly about props, location and characters. In the first scene, We know that the woman is very feminine because she is a housewife, takes the kids to school and does the shopping etc. We know this by seeing her washing the dishes when she is arguing to her husband. Another scene shows the male being very masculine as we know he works on a building site which requires the use of very heavy machinery which can be shown as being Phallic and tells us that he is the alpha male. The last scene shows the man in a business uniform and a woman in a tight pink top. The pink tells us that she is a very feminine lady and with it being tight, it tells the audience she could be seen as a sex object as her tight fitted top shows off her assets. 

Camera

When the couple were arguing the camera kept its distance, this showed that their relationship is a bit on edge and may be breaking. In the house when the woman tried to fix the pipes, they used a low angle to show how small she was because she couldn't do it. They used a close up shot to show the man and woman kissing, this can be portrayed to show that she is the one with the power as she is cheating on her husband.

Sound 

during the man and woman kissing, there was some music playing but it wasn't the type of music you get in fairy tales when they finally kiss their true love. This music in the background was someone playing a guitar but during the guitar, it had a track that was getting faster and faster so we know something is going to happen. 

Editing

The editing was really well on this clip, they edited the argument to make it look like we was watching the argument in the same room as the kids. To do this, they faded the door out and focused on the parents when they were arguing. The woman had the most screen time but this could have been to show us that she had the power. however we knew the man had the power because he used his phallic object (his job) to show us, the woman just took up all the screen time to tell us