Research Task 2 - Ben Brown

'Wasp'

1.

- Social realist genre

- Working class

- set in a little flat in London

- The costumes of the characters wore present their characters well. The mother in the first scene comes out in her night wear charging down the street to assault someone, the kids wear what seems to be handed down clothes, the baby without a nappy and the guy (Dave) wears cheap tracksuits representing that he is working class.

- inside the flat you see empty bottles, packets of crisps and general rubbish on the floor, this portrays what their life is really like at home, and the fact the kids where sharing sugar out for dinner showed that they poor. This makes the audience show empathy for the characters.

- Camera work sometimes almost seems as they are being watched, like a point of view shot. Which makes it more realistic interpretation of real life.

- was not unrealistic which is what is need for a social realist film.


2.

- When the kids are waiting for their mother outside the pub, it’s like they are being watched and you are always waiting for something bad to happen. Which all leads up to the wasp going into the baby’s mouth at the end.

- Extreme close ups on the expressions on the children’s faces when they are watching their mother talking to Dave in the car. It shows you that they are confused about what is going on and that it’s not something that happens usually.

- it's interesting how they showed that the oldest child was the one that looked out for the children the most, showed her finding them food and talking to the mother for them.


3.

-The advantages for the short narrative format is that you can sum a few events that happen in a film in a shorter period of time, without the audience getting bored of confused.

- The short narrative worked well for this film, it showed the relationships between the mother and her children, and she cared about them enough to attack another parent on their behalf. But still decided to put Dave first, which is shown when she goes to the pub and leaves them outside and buys him a pint rather than her children chips. Later you quickly have your first opinion of her back when she hears her children screaming and decides that they are more important to her than Dave is. Throughout you get the impression that Dave is insensitive but the ending shows you he is a caring man.

- Ends with an establishing shot at the end rather than the beginning.

4.

- consisted no no non-diegetic sounds, like most social realism films. makes it seem more realistic because there no sound track to real life

- There was a lot of use of diegetic sounds in the production, like when the children are playing by the park you can hear screaming and children’s voices in the background. This makes the film very realistic.

- also the use of sound effects where very effective like when they were in the pub, the sounds of the men playing the games of pool and the background music from the stereo, it’s hard to notice but wouldn't seem realistic without them. It gives it atmosphere.


5.

- A woman that care about her children but meets a man and decided to put someone else in front of her children and go out for once.

-This film represents a working class family, people in the audience may be able to sympathise with the characters.

- Sympathy for the children. Show what life can be like for some of the less fortunate children, who have done nothing to deserve it.

-few stereotypes, Dave asked the mum to get the drink in 'modern bird'



Ben Brown