mise en scène textual analysis

Ciara and William

http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=cMCYP_w8zmwGreys Anatomy season 5 finale

framing

In 1:58 the framing is horizontal and in the foreground there is the floor, mid ground the two characters: alex and Christina are talking but in the background there're hospital supplies and a nurse. Another example is in 0:39 in the mid ground there is the character owen and in the back ground a medical machine. These two examples are creating the hospital environment.

Composition

In 1:15 the subject is the two hands, it takes up most of the shot in a diagonal. In 2:05 the two subjects are Christina and Alex and they are balanced in the shot as they are both equally in the shot. There is a use of rule of thirds, this all gives the audience a view of the reactions and the important moment.

costume codes

The costume codes used scrubs, lab coats, gowns. this is conveying the characters position and identity in story. scrubs and lab coats are connoting they are doctors, but the gowns mean they are patients. Alex is wearing his own clothes which indicates he is not personnel in the hospital or something has happened to make him dress normally. Also he is wearing dark colours which typically signifies that he isn't a very happy person.

lighting

The lighting is very neutral and white which connotes that its a sterile very clean environment

camera angles

There is not much to say about angles in this scene, there are mostly level shots to the head and at the end of the scene there is a birds eye view shotScreen shot 5:16screen shot 5:18

soundtrack

The emotional music that matches the mood of sadness and intensity starts at 2:25 minuets into the scene, this music matches the scene and the mood that is conveyed. And in the background of the heart monitor which add's the surprise when Issy suddenly dies.

editingThere is a cut between two different stories, Issy and Alex, John doe and Grey. At the end when Issy is supposings dieing there is a blur effect which is put on to convey the message that she is not in the real world, she is in a world of her own.Screen shot 4:38

generic conventions on series

The generic convention of this series is hospital drama with love, suspense, death and despair.