My Boy Jack Notes

Mise on Scene

Setting: Countryside - Open spaces, freedom. Bright colours show mood of happiness and freedom which was very unusual for many normal class people in wartimes. Shows man is upper class.
Manor House - Upper class, darkness in rooms shows mood of the boys, sad/nervous

Props: All very upper class, like the fancy watch. All very realistic for time period.

Lighting/shadow: Bright sunny day outside, represents freedom/happiness. This is in contrast to in the manor house wheres its dark and gloomy, represents the sad/nervous mood of the mood.

Colour: Bright, full of colour outside, again representing mood. Inside, walls are all grey, no light. Represents the dark mood of the boys again.

Clothing: All relevent to the time period they are trying to portray. All in very neat clothing. One man obviously higher than the others from his medals and suit.

Dialogue
Short and formal conversation talk. Poshly spoken, relates to their clothing, obviously wealthy people. Last name terms shows weak relationships or lack of power to other member of conversation.

Audience
A primary older audience because war time appeals to them more. Big star actors give high production values, this creates a bigger audience.

Sound
Diegetic clocks. Sunny weather and upbeat music shows mood again. Non diegetic music in the manor relates to the nervous mood of the boys.

TV Drama/Genre
Historical drama. Costumes and props show the time period. Daniel Radcliffe makes it appeal to a younger audience.

Charecters and performance
Dan Radcliffe - famous and popular. Well educated people, shows wealth of the boys at the time portrayed. Class conflict between parents jobs is shown through snobbery when the boys family are not in the navy. They say Jack is less important because his dad is a writer.

Narrative
Clocks show the importance of the time passing - Someone racing against it
Allows us to see the time from the point of view of Jacks dad and the king
High production values - Daniel Radcliffe
Clock appears twice to show real time
One off production

Back story
WW1 england, 1914
Speech is upper class, represents wealth at that time.

Camera
First shot - wide shot, establishes scene
Close up of driver - Shows mood
Midshots show realism
Long shots used to show distance and space

Editing
Close ups of clocks show history
Cars show history
parraell editing between boy and dad show relationship but two different lives