A long shot is used to establish the main protagonist within the text this helps audience members develop a motion towards her as she reoccurs throughout the narrative. Upon seeing the girl the audience members cannot detect all of her features as a black contrast has been used against the light sky backdrop. Thus, highlighting that the girl is not in the ‘centre of attention’ despite thinking that she is a popstar/ singer. Consequently, showing that the girl may have problems at home which means that she cannot fulfil her ambitions. Furthermore, the use of the black editing may also suggest that the girl is unable to express her identity and therefore covers it in front of other people.
A handheld camera is used when the girl speaks directly to audience members giving personal details about her home-life. Upon saying words like “lav” and “Old em”, the audience members distinguish that the girl is from a poor family with a troubled background. Thus, helping to identify with why the director has used a handheld camera as it helps to show the distress, imbalance and inequality of her life. This distress is highlighted through the use of close up shots to express what the character is saying. Whilst also showing that the character maybe hiding something as audience members never see her full silhouette apart from a long shot from the back (1:15).
The effect of spoken diegetic dialogue throughout the narrative makes it apparent that the girl wants help and guidance, despite the lack of help that her family show her. Therefore, by speaking directly into the camera about her ‘life-story’, it makes audience members evoke sympathy for her as it becomes apparent that she is alone. As there is no soundtrack or running diegetic sound it makes her life-story seem more realistic. This idea of sound is also emphasised through the female protagonist singing at the beginning and throughout parts of the narrative, thus showing how she only believes in her voice and uses her personal music selection to express her identity.
The use of the song “Stronger” by Britney Spears shows the struggle to which the girl is going through. However, it is ambiguous to audience members what her struggle actually is. She only sings certain parts of the song one part being “you, I, think that I won’t make it on my own”. The significance of this girl saying she is on her own is reinforced when a long shot of her is used. This isolates the protagonist as it makes her appear smaller than the rest of her surroundings. This may show that the little girl is handling a big problem on her shoulders and feels endangered.
Upon looking at perfume bottles the girl says that her mother is “blind”. As audience members we know that this is not true, however the girl may feel that her mother is blind to what the girl actually does throughout her life. The attitude of her family’s lack of consideration or care is expressed in the shot with the girl and her father. A MS shot is used to show both characters being distant from one another –which is clearly not just in this scene, but in life as well- and the positioning of either character shows the father to be superior than the daughter as he is framed higher. Nevertheless, the use of the father’s newspaper poses as a distraction from what his daughter is actually saying; thus helping to reinforce his disinterest.
A tilt and pan shot is used in the climax of the text in order to show the significance of the scene that is about to occur. This helps to establish her surroundings, that predominately being a river. Thus, showing that the girl is going to wash her problems away by throwing the baby into the river. The use of black and white credits shows the ‘thrillerness’ of the text, which was also briefly introduced in the beginning of the short film.
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