Mustang - The Football Match - CINEMATOGRAPHY Flashcards
1
Q
How is the lighting in the house vs how it is outside?
A
- LOW KEY LIT in the house - lack of freedom
- HIGH KEY LIT outside the house - more free outside than in the house
2
Q
How is Lale framed vs others?
A
- Lale framed above others and in front of shots - show she is more desperate to go more than the other girls
3
Q
What is the camera like?
A
- hand-held camera - adds authenticity and observational = realism
- moments of freedom matched by the looseness of the camera and open framing - chance for the girls to express their liberal identity
4
Q
What is the framing like within the house?
A
- tighter framing in home - sense of entrapment and becoming wives
5
Q
Where is Lale always by?
A
- Lale always by the window - shows she wants to escape and foreshadows her escape
6
Q
What is the camera always shot from?
A
- Lale’s POV
7
Q
What does Lale’s POV of the television represent?
A
- TV representing the outside world and a more liberal lifestyle the girls are restricted from
8
Q
What kind of shot is used when Lale is thrown up in the sky and what does it foreshadow?
A
- Bird eye view
- Lale thrown up in the sky foreshadowing her freedom
9
Q
What are the close-ups in the house?
A
- girls making the bedding
- wife-making factory
10
Q
How fast does the camera move?
A
- the camera moves slow to reflect on the increasing isolation and the boredom of the girls
- lack of freedom for young women in Rural Turkey
11
Q
How does the camera appear like throughout the film?
A
- camera appears almost ‘incidental’ - ‘fly on the wall’ documentary style
- social realist aesthetic
12
Q
How is it shot throughout the film?
A
- shot naturalistically - largely statistic or slow fluid
- hand-held camera movements
13
Q
Who is the restrictive cinematography on?
A
- uncle, grandmother
- little screen time - sexual abuse happens off screen to suggest it as a hidden issue the girls face
