Camera
- Opens with CU of Juliette sniffing flowers - emphasises her femininity and beauty
- ELS of Juliette's house shows her luxurious house and the many flowers she's been sent - enjoys elegance, wants perfect home, hasn't got man to share with - boyfriend comes into her house, she doesn't go out - domestic space is her's - she has the power there
- Camera pans and then tracks around Juliette - everything revolves round her, in charge, demanding - matches with her demands to her manager
- Cuts from ELS to MLS to focus in on Juliette - exasperated body language, facial expression
- CU of phone shows who is calling
- CU of juliette with boyfriend coming in behind her - not startling, he feels at home there, her back to him - some distance between them
- Tracking MS to CU as Juliette walks forward to meet boyfriend - see her happiness
- Frame within a frame - doorway puts division between them - problems in their relationship?
- LA and HA shots reflect the character's height difference
- Establishing HA shots pans over pool and tables
- LA mid of rockstar with woman behind him - she's not important, just an accessory of success
- Camera follows male characters as they walk around - commanding presence, demand attention
- Lots of 3 shots and 2 shots to show the possible unity of the band members
- Lots of 3 shots of the friends, indicating their closeness
- LA of friend shows her power as a modern career driven woman
- HA of Scarlet shows her uncertainty and fear to step out of her comfort zone
- MS of Scarlet compared to tight framing of her friend - alone, confused, scared, doesn't feel capable
Editing
- Cut from MS to CU - emphasises Juliette's surprise at her 'mom's rehab' calling her
- Shot reverse shot of Juliette and boyfriend - cuts to Master shot while they kiss
- Cuts for OTS MS to CU of newspaper
- Music provides a sound bridge to link to different storylines
- Each different segment begins with an ELS establishing shot and ends with a CU to introduce and then intrigue the audience
- Cuts from one 3 shot to another - solidity of their friendships
Sound
- Car horn constantly - quickens their conversation, son controlled by father, father as demanding controlling - sets up potential conflict for later on, keeping the audience watching
- Southern Accents - country music, stereotype of church going and polite explains Juliette's boyfriend's refusal to have sex with her
- Birds tweeting in the background - shes lives in the ideal
- Country music in background and for transitions - empahsises it's importance in the show
- Sound bridge as man speaks - shows reluctance
- Man doesn't answer question while the music builds up, not letting the audience in on the answer and building suspense, or suggesting that he can't say
- Music fades out agian with dialogue
Mise En Scene
- Opens with shot of Juliette sniffing pink roses - traditionally feminine imagery -to appeal to her her record label sends something girly - traditionally feminine character?
- Juliette wears dark silk dressing gown - promiscuous
- Juliette's clothes, furniture and house are all greys and white - modern architecture=style, class, rich - concerned with her image, shallow?
- Pale Blue swimming pool - living the high life
- Even Juliette's boyfriend matches her house's colour palette - controlling, image driven
- Black nightdress with pink flowers - femme fatale, sexual, stereotype of promiscuous woman manipulating man to give up morals
- Boyfriend's sports gear - healthy active physically strong - stereotypical man
- Scarlet is more of an 'Angel is the house' - pink clothes, long princess hair, hairband - innoncence, childish, lacks strength on her own
- Guitar shaped swimming pool - successful musicians, country music's importance in the culture and in show
- Red haired woman matches rock star in front of her with her clothes - unimportance, male supremacy, women just waiting on man
- Monochromatic outfits - 'bad' men of country music, rock
- Blue shirt and jeans - sympathetic colours, nice, calm, laidback
- Blue and yellow kitchen - friendly nice people
- Stickers, magnets, posters - youth, interested in music
- Other girl wears white shirt and black trousers - she encourages Scarlet to go for a music career - modern woman, confident, attractive
- Scarlet continues holding onto mug throughout scene - comfortable in domestic sphere, afraid to break out into career world
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