The mid-to-long shot and over-the-shoulder shots of the parents show the distance between them physically and the lack of communication in their relationship. The mid shot of the Dad where he is closer to the audience and the Mum is out of focus behind him suggests that he doesn't really listen to her and that he gets the last say, which is proved when he ends the conversation "There you go, she's fine" and walks off. The camera then pans round to show the expression on the Mum's face. She then looks at the ceiling which cuts to shot of Katie in her room. The diegetic sound of the music becomes louder when it cuts to a shot of Katie. The camera moves around the room with Katie she walks towards the desk, there is then a jump cut to her sitting down so that the audience don't have to see every action. The high-angle shot of her at the desk makes her seem small and powerless to the audience. The shot also shows a bit of her room, there is a photo of her family on her desk. The camera then moves to an over-the-shoulder shot of her looking at herself in the mirror, this shows the audience Katie from her point of view, and shows her expression - she looks miserable and is shaking which could suggest that she is scared. It also implies that she is lonely and has feels that she has no-one to turn to.
There is then a cross-cutting transition to show the other characters. This implies that there is other action going on at the same time and the cutting makes the action seem simultaneous. The long shot of Becky in a crowded setting contrasts with Katie alone in her room which suggests that Katie is more isolated and lonely than Becky. The shot then dissolves into a the mid-long shot of Alisa in the toilet, which again is an empty room which suggests the character is isolated. The dissolving transition between the characters suggests that Katie is more cut off from the other characters and that the others are closer together. The fact that the montage shows the characters separately suggests that they lead separate lives.
The canted shot of Katie shows her distress and that she is not thinking straight. The shot then moves into a wipe shot montage of the other characters. The song is non-diegetic sound and becomes the sound bridge between the shots. The lyrics of the song "Just keep positive" relates to the story and the characters. The montage adds suspension and shows that time has passed since she went up to her room.
The jump shots of Katie in different areas of her room suggests that she is pacing up and down, that and the variety of different shots and quick cuts adds to the tension. The canted shot of Katie curled up on the floor is a high angle shot which makes her look helpless. It's a long shot which distances the audience from her which makes her seem even more helpless. This contrasts from the other characters because they are in close-up or mid shots which makes them seem less isolated.
The wipe shot montage starts again with a two shot of Becky and a unknown man. The man has his back to the audience which makes him seem dangerous or suspicious. It is obvious that he is older because he is not in uniform and she is, also he is towering above her which shows he has power over her. Shot then wipes to a close up of Alisa which allows the audience to see the emotion. The audience presume that the baby is Trife's because of an earlier conversation and the wipe shot then moves to him. The montage ends with Moony throwing his controller and cuts to a over-the-shoulder shot of Katie writing a letter suggests to the audience suggests that the other characters' problems are trivial compared to Kaite's. The amount of shots of Katie writing suggests she is putting thought into it, it could also suggest that she is unsure about her decision.
A close up shot of Alisa looking away from the pregnancy test shows her emotion and suggest that she is actually pregnant.
Katie indicates that she has come to a decision when she looks up at the ceiling, the cut to a shot of her family downstairs suggests that something bad is about to happen. The soundtrack also implies this because the lyrics aren't heard anymore but the repetitive melody carries on and becomes quite ominous.
The mid-shot of the Dad on the laptop makes the rest of the room look out of focus and distant which suggests that he is distant and uninterested in his family. This is also shown when Lenny refuses to tell his sister to turn the music off, which shows he has a good relationship with is sister because he doesn't jump at the opportunity to tell her off. The high-angle shot of the Mum looking up the stairs makes her seem powerless in this situation and shows that the audience have a better understanding than she does. The cut to the living room increases the suspension and shows that the family are oblivious to what is going on.
The shot of Katie's room from the inside implies that Katie is dead and lets the audience know before the characters however the shot is a low angle shot which makes the audience feel helpless in the situation. When Dad and Lenny burst through the door the camera zooms out to show Katie's feet hanging in mid air. The Dad and Lenny look up at Katie which makes them seem powerless and small but the audience are looking up at them which makes the audience feel even smaller.
There is a pause in the action where there is a blank shot so that the audience can take in what has happened. It also implies that time has passed, the next shot is light which suggests it is the morning after.
A panning shot shows the audience that the action is happening in a different setting - before it was in a relatively large house at night, now they are in an urban area with council flats. The different setting suggests that the story has moved on to a different character rather than continuing with Katie and her family.
The shot pans to Jay knocking on a flat door, the non-diegetic sound of the radio acts as a sound bridge from the outdoor shots to the indoor shot where the audience presume the radio is on in the kitchen where Trife's mum is cleaning. The shot pans round to the door where Trife opens the door for Jay, this allows the audience to see that the flat is quite small compared to Katie's house.
Male Gaze - Laura Mulvey Theory (1975) “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema”
For feminists it can be thought of in 3 ways:
How men look at women - hot/see what is attractive
How women look at themselves - need look good for men
How women look at other women - get ideas/ influence look at competition
Laura Mulvey believes that in film audiences have to “view” characters from a perspective of a heterosexual male. Features of Male Gaze
Camera lingers of curves of the female body
Events which occur to women are presented through the context of a man’s reaction to the events
Relegates women to the status of objects
The female viewer must experience the narrative secondarily by identification with the male character/s
Some theorists have noted that the female body is often sexualised in situations where female sexiness has nothing to do with the product or event being advertised. Gaze can be directed toward members of the same sex in other ways than sexual such as in comparison of body image or in clothing.
