Fish Tank - (start)


Time code
Micro feature
Meaning created
4:00
Metaphor of the horse
She feels out of place like the horse – she cant break it free
7:05
Dull colour palette – muted colours – overcast sky in the council estate to connote misery
Harsh surroundings, void of passion or joy
10:50
14:40
Cluttered room
Council flat setting / framing (always in frame)
Chaotic, lacking order or routine – very realistic setting
This setting is always in frame even with hip hop/ dance in the background (her dreams and the current setting she’s in preventing her success)
26:00
26/29 (car ride)
30:25
32:15
38:43
43:00
46
Softer lighting  - orange hue
-        Kuleshov effect
Out of focus close up
bright natural lighting
close up of the two + heavy breathing
frequently looking out windows gives the feeling she wants to escape
sounds of the city – drilling – sirens – man yelling
More intimate feel – highlights connection

Her zoning out – fantasizing? – following kuleshov effect shots
Joyful atmosphere –escape from dull lighting – escape from council estate
Intimate + connection
47
53

54


1:02


1:04



1:05



1:10



1:11





1:13:29





1:14:50

1:18:40

1:27:15


1:30



1:31


1:39



1:41

1:43


1:44





1:46:55


1:48


1:48:40
Frame within a frame
pathetic fallacy - moody eery
no lighting - leaves to viewers imagination
- low lighting
freedom of the birds metaphor

Throwing opportunity literally out the window - motif of the school

Bright natural lighting - mum positioned in the way blocking her escape (metaphorically)

only lighting is street lights - yellowish hue - unnatural lighting

as if spot light is on here - low key lighting - tropical background behind her while dancing - almost dramatic lighting

she takes half of the frame in the foreground he takes up the other half in the background but he is in focus


street light lighting

back to dull and overcast

unclear behind scuzzy train stop

clean and organised house contrasting her messy and unorganised house

singing child creates uneasy atmosphere

wide open natural setting contrasts last time she was in a natural setting

street light lighting again

natural scene with Connor - moon light

Neon lighting / artificial lighting - most wearing provocative clothing but she is fully dressed


mirrors that slightly distorted her image

"she was sick we had to shoot her"

window with a bullet in it 


























- shows her focus is on him





- taboo and wrong - theme of sex and the night

- Conors gone - sorrow at his loss

- her mind is clouded and unclear


shows her desire for something better which she believes Connor will bring - her longing for stability and family which Connor has




Both linked to Connor - Connors daughter








she doesn't belong in this kinda world - not what she expected










shattered like her dreams - motif of windows used as a way of escapism - after audition failure her ideas of escapism are over - symbolism of horse shot also represents the death of her dreams and failed attempt of escaping (previously tried to free horse without success as she tries to escape herself)

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