Fish Tank (2009), Directed by Andrea Arnold
Medium shot of Mia is looking out of her window. I really enjoyed this sequence as we really get to see the characters venerability. The shot is peaceful, with Mia gazing out the window wondering about her life. Before this we see a sun flare and the light streaming through the window onto the characters face. I really liked the peacefulness of this shot and the simplicity. We hope to try and re-create this shot with our character Sophie to show the binary opposite between her 'normal' life and her 'night' life.
Tracking, Hand-Held shot of Mia walking down the road. This is the another scene which stood out to me. The sense of realism within this shot was effective. We felt like we were following Mia on the other side of the road, walking with her. I really liked the hand-held camera work as this made the film more realistic and edgy. We hope to follow Sophie down the street using this hand-held camera technique as we want to draw the audience into the action and symbolize Sophie's current mixed up mental state and venerability.
We will be using fragmentation during the first sequence of our film where Sophie is dancing. Within Fish Tank Arnold uses lots of these shots to depict Mia as a vulnerable young girl who struggles with her identity. These types of shots are interesting and shall add a sense of mystery to our film.
After watching the film 'Fish Tank' during our media lessons at school we decided to try and re-create some of the shots which we enjoyed watching. Three of the scenes we hope to take inspiration from are below.
Medium shot of Mia is looking out of her window. I really enjoyed this sequence as we really get to see the characters venerability. The shot is peaceful, with Mia gazing out the window wondering about her life. Before this we see a sun flare and the light streaming through the window onto the characters face. I really liked the peacefulness of this shot and the simplicity. We hope to try and re-create this shot with our character Sophie to show the binary opposite between her 'normal' life and her 'night' life.
Tracking, Hand-Held shot of Mia walking down the road. This is the another scene which stood out to me. The sense of realism within this shot was effective. We felt like we were following Mia on the other side of the road, walking with her. I really liked the hand-held camera work as this made the film more realistic and edgy. We hope to follow Sophie down the street using this hand-held camera technique as we want to draw the audience into the action and symbolize Sophie's current mixed up mental state and venerability.
