In 'Soft' we see a young boy being bullied by a large group that we later on find out to be his age and expelled from school. I think the antagonist was clearly shown by his costume as he wore an eye catching white track suit, I thought this specific use of costume showed him to be a dangerous character (almost psychopathic) as not many people would wear white tracksuits showing he doesn't really care what people think of him possibly making him more reckless than the other bullies he was with, his actions also clearly showed him as this psychopathic character as not many teenagers would push a grown man they don't know to the floor randomly. The use of digetic music being played by the son upstairs clearly showed the relationship between father and son being broken as I thought the music acted like an audial barrier as the son didn't even want to acknowledge his Father, this also could of been the boys coping mechanism of bullying as he may of been listening to the music so loudly in attempt to forget the bullies existence. In terms of cinematography i thought the use of the POV mobile phone camera was very effective as we knew immediately when the camera came on that the scene would become violent as the teenagers focused on filming the group leader carry out some sort of attack on various characters, i thought the clever use of this micro feature also gave us an insight into peoples thoughts on bullying like this as they see filming these occurrences as funny not relalsing the seriousness of the sitution and the upset it may cause, showing us the mindset many bullies have in todays society.
In 'Wasp' the film is based on a rough estate in London where a young mother attempts to balance out her own social life with the lives of her kids. I thought this film displayed a perspective on a shocking lifestyle people may have to endure in result of having no money, the storyline was only made more shocking as the kids involved in it were so young. I think the cinematography used was very clever as the shaky camera enhanced the feeling of poverty as it seemed like the film may of been low budget because of this, where as if filmed professionaly the film wouldn't of seemed so low budget resulting in a cleaner, better flowing film which doesn't mirror the context of the film itself. The Mis en Scene also added to the topic of poverty as the bare footed mother who only had mouldy bread and sugar emphasised how the seriousness of their situation giving us a clear image of exactly how poor the family are. The metaphorical Wasp also gave us a message of how they are desperate to escape their poverty stricken lives just as the wasp was so desperate to fly out of the window, I think it was ironic how the wasp could of possibly killed the young brother at the end maybe symbolising how hunger could of killed the child but he escaped it by eating food his sister found on the floor just as the wasp flies out of his mouth and he escapes possible death.
I think both of these films covered extremely hard hitting themes that many people may forgot about in todays society due to it no effecting their own lives, it was a clear reminder that bullying and poverty is still very much active in todays era. I think the clever use of Cinematography and Mis en Scene was key in enhancing these themes as in 'Soft' the POV phone camera used made the teenagers more relatable to young people today and the Mis en Scene in 'Wasp' gave us a clear description of how many people sadly have to live in todays society due to a lack of money.
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