Research and Planning

Friends

In the opening of this scene you are only able to see one of the characters conversing to another, also you can hear another characters voice which we as the audience cannot physically see. It starts off with a long shot on the first character looking down at something not making direct eye contact with the camera. Also, the fact that we cannot see the second character creates an enigma code within the audience as we want to know who it is. Then there is a long shot used when the second character walks into the scene which allows us to see her body language which engages with the audience alongside with her facial expressions. In addition, the second character comes out in a rush which creates attention still following the enigma code because she is talking very fast to the first character which the audience get a sense that something is happening or about to happen. There is a medium shot to a long shot of the characters alongside a shot reverse shot as we can see both of the characters body language and facial expressions.

The lighting that is used in this scene is key-lighting which is fairly bright this is as it allows the audience to see the characters facial expressions, alongside with their movements. Also, if it was low-key lighting in wouldn’t work as that is used for more intense shows or films such as horrors or thrillers.

Furthermore, the editing used is very fast what I mean by this is there is fast cuts to create the intensity in the scene, which goes well with the characters body language and voice as she is speak at a fast pace. There is mainly dialogue used within this scene, however there is non-digetic sound used which is when the audience is laughing in the background. This is parallel as it is only used when the audience is meant to find something funny.

This programme would appeal to young adults alongside with teenagers as the characters in the programme are in their early/late 20’s over the years they film. This is a comedy which was originally on E4 but has now moved to comedy central. The genre of this is comedy/romance as it has a bit of both in it.