Old Student Work - Analysis

Friday

Friday used repetition in an effective way to portray the mundane nature of it's main character's life, without being dull for the audience to watch. This was achieved using varying shots and angles, as well as slight differences, and eventually a developing mystery that the audience wants to see through to the solution. The development is slow, but manages to keep our interest until the end.

The character doesn't speak any dialogue throughout the film, which both shows how alone he is and also keeps the audience hooked in the flow of events without breaking them up with speak. The backing music is a song that is both repetitive and yet still engaging, which helps to carry us through the film.

Mise en Scene was ordinary, middle class. The character's house was a nice enough one to show that he works a decent paying job, and that it seems to consume his life. He is a slave to his wage and his possessions. This adds to why it is so disconcerting when not only his routine, but also his possessions, are disrupted when items start to go missing and the mysterious video tapes start to arrive.

The ending, showing the character trapped inside a tv, symbolizes how his boring life has him completely trapped, how it controls him, and again, how he is a slave to his own possessions.