Looking back at our AS coursework, as Director, I wanted to try and show the audience the underlying meaning behind our short film, through the first screen grab;
The audience can clearly see the power relationship between the two characters, the fact they are wearing the contrasting colours black and white could also be assumed that they are binary opposites. The character in white is looking up at the character in black, helpless and the audience can see he has been tied up. The audience can also see various tools in the background which could signify that the character is menacing and maybe even murderous.
Another screen shot from our short film from last year;
In this bit of the short film, we are trying to show the audience the character in white, Sam's imminent death. The fact that Jacob, the character in black is holding a chainsaw and waving it about and being intimidating and threatening towards Sam shows the audience that he is going to do something very bad to him. The signifier in this case is the chainsaw and the signified, in the context of this scene which involves murder, the chainsaw signifies death and violence. And together, this makes a sign which the audience can then interpret.
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