This is a Powerpoint Analysis of "The Girl of the Roses"

The Girl of the Roses film analysis

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      Notes for Media Presentation – “The Girl of the Roses”

Titles: Central position on the screen, framed by flowers. To make the credits interesting. There is a clear relation between the opening credits and what the film is about.

Framing: For example when the woman sits down on the bench and starts to read a book, the shot is of her on the bench surrounded by autumn trees and windows behind her. It seems a rather poetic shot, portraying a lonely intellectual woman enjoying time to her self.

Editing: We can tell exactly what’s happening. It is a clear story and gets funnier the longer you watch it. At first we are led to believe it will maybe be an old fashioned and timed, possibly a much older era costume drama, until we see the main characters and how they are dressed. We realise that it is an old fashioned film take on a modern time.

Mise-en-scene: The costumes are basically modern clothing, it is the film itself that has been edited to look old, which is interesting because you would think the costume would try and stick to the time period the film looks like it would have been made in. The music composition is an orchestra playing, so again it doesn’t give us any hints as to which country they are in and there are no specific landmarks giving us clues. This makes it a universal film.

Sound: This is a silent film. The composition of music matches the film perfectly. It matches the comedic style. The music stops when something funny happens, then starts back up to let the story continue, I think this is a great way to show humour within a silent film. It lets the audience wander what will happen next without actually saying anything or hearing any diegetic sounds within the film itself.

Script: I think the film would have been too crowded if dialogue was used., the director clearly wanted the audience to focus on what’s happening on just the silent story, rather than overpower the scenes with dialogue; as well as it being on top of a loud orchestra.

Camera: There are quite a few long shots as well as close ups though, so we understand where the characters are. We see them on benches surrounded by trees, clearly it is a park. But where, we don’t know exactly. It could be anywhere. The middle shots used, mainly show what the characters are doing or wearing.