Kane and Leland – Clip 4

By – Connor Western, Ethan O’Neill and Dylan Davies

Narrative- This clip is

foreshadowing Kane starting to lose the important things in life.

- One of the first times Kane is seen as a weaker man.

- The clip shows Kane creating great distances from the people he knows.

- The first time where Kane has no position of power but still craves it.

- Kane has a different side of emotions – that point to depression and loneliness

Camera- Character positioning

shows that as Kane continues to walk around the empty space he becomes smaller then Leland.

- The distance between both characters is shown and exaggerated visually to show how Leland and Kane are slowly getting further away from each other. – Foreshadowing that Kane is becoming distant from his friends

Low angle camera shows Kane still wishes to hold a certain amount of power even when losing.Kane's body language visually shows the audience how he's feeling. – Kane is also constantly looking down at the floor, where the mess is, instead of up at the ceiling, where his goals are.

Mise-en-scene - PropsThe mess on the floor compared to the Kane banners on the ceiling visually represent oppositions in Kanes world. The goals at the top and the failure at the bottom – and Kane is seen walking through the mess. Kane’s banners are also seen to be included in the clutter.Kane’s jacket can be seen as a symbol of authority and power, along with his hat. However he is not wearing these items which shows his loss for authority – where as his friends are all seen wearing jackets and hats.

Kane also only fills his glass half way up. Which could also symbolise his position of achieving his goal.

Mise-en-scene -lightingLow key lighting – can signify mystery and enigma.

The contrast of light and dark can signify atmosphere and emotion – characters creating the shadow, the windows creating the light.

The shadow (Chairoscuro) on Lelands face forshadows negative events soon to come that affects Kane’s friendship with Leland.

Lelands positioning and lighting is a comparision with Kanes mother at the start – both characters distant themselves from kane with upcoming events.

Movement - framingLeland and Kane both “dance” among the scene with the way they move and position themselves, it’s a sway of authority and power.

Kane is often seen trying to gain the higher ground with positioning.

Deep focus allows the audience to move around in the scene and the atmosphere – the disorganisation of the room – the emotions between the character.

Leland is often centred within the shot – which could show his understanding of certain situations. – Kane is often on the edge of a shot or out of shot – this could show the way Leland is feeling and can symbolise his intentions – he won’t change his mind - stubbornness

Editing – sound and musicThere are very few cuts – allows the audience to engage more with the atmosphere and the characters feelings. – one shot.

The characters voices are clear and and the clutter can be heard moving around whilst Kane kicks through it. These sounds are exagerated as the room is empty and silent creating more of a distance in Kanes world.

Thhere is no music within this scene – gives more atmosphere and allows the audience to focus clearly on what the characters are saying as it forshadowes an important event.