Analysis of a Spike Island scene

Performance

The performance of this scene shows intense love and compassion between the two teenagers Gary Titchfield and Sally Harris, both characters are holding each other closely and looking deeply into each others eyes whilst singing and dancing along to Indie band music being performed at the gig that they are attending, all of the characters in the back are dancing very casually along to The Stone Roses, they are dancing whilst imitating the famous lead singer of The Stone Roses, Ian brown, this shows this scene is inhabited by citizens of Manchester UK and it further influences the culture of caring that Manchester Prohibit. The music is a massive on the performance as its embraces the intense love and engages Sally and Gary more and more closely.

Lighting

The lighting in this scene is made to look very naturalistic dark, this is to make Sally look closer to Gary as they show each other love, you can tell that the lighting used is very good as it does look very real or natural. Another source of light is used by a red flare, now flares are very common in these kind of atmospheres where theres and outside gig but they are used here by background artists, now a mix of a dark night light and a red flare is obviously showing intense love as red in this context is used for love and compassion, the flares are especially noticeable as there and in-fared light source so the whole scene is shot looking very red which will also enhance the love between Gary and Sally and how they have a going relationship together. Fireworks are used at the end of the scene as they both kiss which again shows love and a sense of Finale in there time together, kissing to fireworks can be also seen as very intense love and compassion.

Setting

The setting of this scene is at a Stone Roses at Spike Island concert in Widnes near Liverpool on the 27th of May 1990, they are not inside the gig but there are hundreds outside the barriers creating a sining and dancing atmosphere, with a fire and people using flares singing along to the concert. 

Costume
The costumes used in this scene are very casual looking clothing, but the clothing represents the classic 90's UK casual clobber, so baggy jeans, adidas shoes, overhead jackets windbreakers and parka's, bucket hats glasses, all of these are used to show how casual the characters are but also these costumes are used to signify what Mancunia's dress like,  this is used to inhabit and use the cultural effects of Manchester.

Make Up
Make up used in this scene is very small as they are normally looking teenagers. Or a very minimalistic amount used to make the characters look very natural in the sets lighting.

Special FX
Special FX  used in this scene apart from a green screen to show the gig it took place on the 27th May 1990 but this film was made in 2012. Apart from that not man other Special FX are used.

Props
Props used are the barriers enclosing the concert, a rusty old car is used to show how deserted the area is as Spike Island is next to the Mersey river next to chemical plants. A pile of wooden crates are used. Not many props are used though.

Camera angles and movements
Camera angles used in this scene are very close in shots of Gary and Sally using over the shoulder shots and circling shots to centre the attention towards them and there love for each other, these angles are used to show dialogue between the two characters and to also direct the attention towards them two. The cameras used abide by the 180 degrees rule. Camera angles and movements used in this film is very good.

Editing
The editing in this film is very good as the speed of the editing matches the mood of the scene, the scene is intense love but in a slightly busy environment so there are short snappy shots but long shots with quite a few cuts, each cut meaning and if it where wrote in a book , the short cuts are used to show a dancing and singing scene and the long cut and shot is used when Sally and Gary kiss showing intense love ad emotion.There are no fade ins or fade outs are used in this scene. The editing is an average speed which definitely matches the speed of the film.

Sound
Examples of diegetic sound used in this scene is the music, the song is 'I am the resurrection' by
The Stone Roses, this is very appropriate as the it shows the realism of this scene as the music is coming from the concert they didn't get into so it shows what they're missing out on, another example is the crowd singing very powerfully along to the gig which shows the mass of people which attended, a total 20,000 tickets where sold but thousands more attended but experienced outside.
There is non-diegetic sound in this scene. The music played at the gig shows how its parallel contrapuntal sound which makes it even more appropriate for this scene.The accents of people in this scene are very appropriate as Gary has a very strong Mancunian accent which is appropriate as he is from Manchester and also The Stone Roses are from Manchester which also outlines the cultural affects of this gig.