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Tight Jeans

 Narrative

Equilibrium – Three guys are sitting on a wall waiting for their friend.


Disruption – A man walks past wearing skinny jeans that catches all their attentions. Joseph remarks on how they don’t wear jeans like that.


Recognition – Tyrone tells them he needs five more minutes.


Attempts to Repair – Marcus explains to them why they don’t and they begin to talk about girls and the population.


New Equilibrium – They notice a guy with a tight shirt and Joseph asks why they don’t wear shirts like that. Marcus starts to explain but the other two shut him up. They are still waiting. 
The lighting is all natural. It is dull and grey as it’s a cold day in England and they are outside.


Costume, Hair and Makeup

The costumes are casual hoodies and jeans, baggy.


The two guys walking past are wearing skinny jeans and tight shirts, very different to the three protagonists to create a notable contrast that can be talked about.


Props

The props are very minimal as they are waiting for a friend. At one point, Marcus pulls out a rubber band. This shows his boredom as he entertaining himself with anything he can find.


Character Expression

Since the majority of the film is set in one place, the film heavily relies on the character expression to tell the story. From their closeness, we can tell they are friends. Their hands are constantly moving, signalling that it is cold.


Setting

The setting is a wall outside an apartment complex in England. We know this because of the characters’ accents and weather, as England is typically rainy. The signs in the market are also in English.

From the beginning establishing shots of parks and markets we can see that this is a town or city in a rural area.


Sound

All of the sound in the film is diegetic and can be heard by the characters – apart from the music at the beginning.

There is dialogue and background sounds that would normally be heard in a city.


Editing

The editing is simple with no fancy cuts and transitions. There is match on action and cross cutting to go between the three on the wall and what they are looking at.


Cinematography

There are establishing wide shots and close ups to show that the setting is a city.

A close up tracking shot is used to follow the guy with skinny jeans so that the audience knows what the three are looking at.

Close up on their hands to show that they are cold and have probably been there for a long period of time.

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