Monday, 8 December 2014

Definitely, Maybe - Analysis by Toby Saddleton


(40 seconds in) - The envelope that is adressed to 'Mr William Hayes' is dropped to the table and sound of it hitting the table. The envelope gives us quite a lot of detail as it says 'delieverd by carrier' with a return adress along with the selisiters name, this information lets us know as views that the characters is going through some sort of devorce and therefore lets us know that he is going through a rough patch.



 (42 Seconds in) - We see that William Hayes has a nice office and gives the impression that he is a hard working man as his office is rather high up and is on a corner along with a lovely view of what appears to be New York City. We get an insite with what he does for a living as the signes behind him are used in the advertising industry. The stationary on his desk also gives the impression that he is a rather busy worker due to there being many pens and pencils laying around. His desk is aswell is rather shiny so it might reflect that he is a rather wealthy man. William is also looking like a high business like man as he looks rather formal with his appreance (Top button done up, tie up high, sleeves un-rolled)


 The lights that are in the background have some sort of lampshade over them, which could show that the company he is working for has a massive income in terms of money and to the right there seems to be some fairly bright coulors, even though the camera isn't focused on it, it would look like some sort of painting that could be used as decorations and make the offices look modern.


(1:20 and on wards) So here we see William Hayes walking out of the building he works in, and already he has his top button un-done and he looks less formal than he was earlier on when he was in his office. The fact that the glass on the right hand side has reflection and is very clear shows once again that it is a very well known company. The traffic on the left of the screen appears to be at a stand still which slightly gives another clue that he is working in New York City.


We then see he him pull out his mp3 player which plays some sort of gangster like song and then changes to 'Everyday people' by Sly & The Family Stone, the music that is used from his mps could be used to represent his mood. The car in the relfection looks rather expencive so it could show further about the point of him working for a company that pays good money.

The buildings behind William look like appartments/offices which gives away a huge hint that it is in         New York and in a buisness like area as they look modern and that they look rather new and also they have have very clean windows.


Now the screen is in a 'split screen' type of shot, we are able to see more of william's suroundings. We see the yellow taxis which are rather stereotypical to the 'New York' like films. Whilst he is doing this the music is still playinig as he is walking to pick his dauhter up from school.

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