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Wasp - social realism analysis

What film making techniques can you identify and what is their effect?

-Sound

overlapping dialogue

no music

-Acting

naturalistic

-Dialogue

harsh, used swearing and slang

not always heard

-Editing

Fast paced - sense of chaos, unrest

-Use of camera (compositing), 

Use of close ups, this shows deprivation/poverty as they were filming their feet going down council flat stairs.

amplifies sense of dysfunction seperation.

No establishing shot - sense of turbulence and unrest

Handheld camera work, natural light -  makes it seem more realistic 

ANSWER

One way Arnold uses form of social realism is by  the use of camera compositing. Arnold uses hand held and close up shots to show the daily life of the main character, Zoe, to the audience. For example, the first shot is a close up shot of Zoe in her bare feet walking down the stairs of a council flat. From this shot the audience can already gather that herself and her family are living in poverty. Hand held shots are then used again later on again in the scene when Zoe and her family are walking out of the flat on the wait to meet her neighbour. The hand held shot is used to shoe the audience that Zoe is walking with purpose by the fact that the hand held shots are aimed at the children as well, mainly the baby in Zoe's arm and shows that the baby is not dressed properly, suggesting to the audience that Zoe isn't thinking about her kids as she is angry. These hand held shots make the story seem more realistic and gives the scene a more natural effect as the audience are drawn into believing they are a part of the situation themselves, almost as if they are walking with them. These shots are scene to create social realism as the audience will know that these type of altercations happen and it is not fantasy as the filming and shots are very raw and seems almost real and not scripted.

Another way Arnold uses forms of social realism is through sound. Through the use of no music or background noise, just dialogue. For example in the second scene where the main character Zoe and her neighbour start a brawl outside her house, during this you can not really tell who is talking due to the fact that the dialogue is overlapped this is more realistic as in an actual fight it would be like this as pure chaos would unravel, due to this fact a form of social realism occurs.  

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