However, the second scene was much different in the format, style, camera and music direction. This scene was much subtle, much brighter and the length of shots were longer, there was one shot where Dean and him mum were walking through the park, a constant long take was used until they passed the camera- then a panning shot was used (whilst the long take was in progress). This gave us much better feeling of comfort, love and family whereas scene 1 gave the impression of hatred, violence and anger.
The music in both scenes were very different, they almost repelled.
In the first scene the music was very tense, almost like a heartbeat getting louder & louder as in difference to the second scene the music started of joyfully almost and kept at the line e.g. it was one tempo and volume. This was much more of a secure and comfortable feeling not only to the characters in a non-diagetic way but also to the audience.
The first scene, second scene, the whole film- is shot in a documentary type of style to show the authenticity of everyday life and to give us sense of feeling about how these characters are feeling and make us feel what they feel.
I this these two very different opening scene were shown together to help us create a meaning of the life these people are portraying, on one hand there is a much down, hard and violent life shown by Sam & Danny and on the other there is a calm, steady and mainly happy life. These mostly diverse lifestyles were shown side by side to convey to the audience that these two lifestyles start of different but will be turned similar towards the end.
AFTER WATCHING THIS FILM, WILL MOST TEENAGERS STILL WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN CRIME?
I think after teenagers have watched this film and understood and accepted the significance of this film then they would think twice before they commit another crime. However, this film will might not put its point across to the teens that are similar to the character ‘SAM’, they might find him a kind of role model because he stood up for himself in prison, he is tough and so on.
The majority of people, after watching ‘out of control’ should have realized and pictured the consequences of committing crime- especially street crime.
According to ‘the guardian’ (newspaper), several ex- prisoners were deeply moved by this plot and said it was mostly accurate in what happened in prisons including bullying that lead to suicides.
DIRECTOR: Dominic Savage
Tahir.A.Chaudhry, A-level MEDIA, Anton, out of control (BBC)- essay 1, copyright © 2002