As the extract commences, we see a long establishing shot of
what seems like a pub. The camera then pans down onto two old men probably in
their 60’s talking to each other while having a drink. We can instantly see
from the mise en scene of their costumes, that they are both in formal wear
wearing a suit, shirt and a jumper. This is a stereotypical way to portray the
elderly, and also the facial hair of the man on the left is also an indication
and representation of age. Secondly, the dialogue between these two also
represents age as they are talking about their pensions and talking about
spending their money and going to live somewhere else.
After the screen transitions into a long almost birds eye
shot of a people including one of the old men looking at a screen with a
picture of a man on it. Again age is represented by what they are wearing, the
two men on the sofa are both approximately in their late 20’s early 30’s, are
casually dressed. Then we see a medium shot of one of the men sitting down, and
the way he is sitting on the sofa indicates age as he is lounged back and feet
up acting casual, this again is not something a much older person would do.
Also we can see that the eyeline between the old man and he people sitting down
is not level, he is clearly looking down at them and they are clearly looking
up at him, this technique shows a slight hint of age as they look up to him,
and the shots of the old man looking down on them shows that he is more
dominant and at a higher status to them which all revolves around the main
theme of age.
In the beginning at 3 minutes the dialogue represents age as
they are taking about computers, cue cards, and how they are new and never used
to be there in their times. This is very typical of older people as they
usually talk about things that we have now and mentioning that we didn’t have the
when i was your age. This is a clear representation of age as the dialogue
suggests.
After the other old man calls his daughters employer ‘a bastard’ the shot transitions into the the
formally dressed old man with a remote in his hand having put the image of whom
the other man was talking about on the screen. We figure out now that he is
some kind of detective wanting to capture that man. The editing shows that he
is the potential leader in that investigation, as we assume as him being a
leader that he much older. The use of editing particularly, in this section
really put the point across of the representation of age.
Overall, i think there are a few elements within this clip
that do represent age such as mise en scene, dialogue and camera angles and
shots. However, i think that the use of mise en scene is the most protruding in
this extract and is the element in which i see occurring the most in the clip.