Expressive Elements:
- Dialogue shown as text on screen
- Expressive shadows – light tracks man in corridor (neo-classical architecture – shows power)
- Exaggerated performances
- Harsh directional lighting
- Juxtaposition of men making drinks and squeezing the lemon while workers get harassed/abused
- Squeezing of the lemon is symbolic of crushing the revolution (editing) – menacing expression when squashing the fruit, then cutting to the horses and people on the ground – his power is why the people are being harassed
- Police on horses – literally and metaphorically are higher and have more power
- Horses and police come over the hill
- Didn’t run away/disperse – unity is power
- CU lemon shot
- CU of wc man with men – laughs at the note
Visual Representation of Sound:
- Dialogue shown as text on screen – expresses what characters are like e.g. ‘clean it up’
Extent and Limits of Verisimilitude:
- Black and white
- Realism – naturalistic setting
Positioning and Address of Viewer:
- Text on screen (e.g. when they pick up the paper, and it tells you it’s the demands and after he’s wiped his feet with it the text creates the idea of what they think of the working class) (‘considered…care’ – ironic)
- We’re in the crowd, eye-level, in position with them
- Directly addressed – fruit guy looks at us, directly lit – evil, villains expression
Context and Messages:
- Unity of workers – propaganda
- Wipes feet with the needs of the working class – power dynamic
- Power of the men – menacing expression when squashing the fruit, then cutting to the horses and people on the ground – his power is why the people are being harassed
Narrative Devices and Structure:
- Large ensemble cast – targeting the masses, telling us we’re a group, should be
- No character names, just functions (bar the spy names)