Group therapy session 1 notes
Costume of staff and patients:
+Mcmurphy is the only patient wearing casual and colourful clothes - he represents the outside world and is experiencing this new world for the first time.
+ Other characters are in matching, bland uniform which shows that they are institutionalised
Cinematography:
Camera moves on Nurse Ratched's command - gives her character power
+ Bright lighting from outside - displays detail on room
+ (Mise en scene) Plain room - audience are focused on acting rather than anything else
+ Camera Mid shots and close ups allow the spectator to sympathise with the characters - claustrophobic atmosphere
+ The director focuses audience on facial expressions
Sound:
+ Only diegetic - lack of sound creates tension. Mcmurphey's loud card shuffling puts the spectator on edge as well as coughing which creates a sense of foreboding and tension
Performance:
+ Mcmurphey's reaction to the therapy session is an indication of how the spectator would/should perceive the events, the audience see the scene through his eyes
+ Gives the audience a cue to laugh
+ Nurse Ratched is unfazed by Manchini shouting and being abused
+She doesn't show her frustration at losing control and power over patients - other patients are more flustered. Nurse Ratched keeps her emotions internal and does not display them
Key Themes:
Male fragility, Female control - same as Vertigo with Femme Fatal
+Mcmurphy is the only patient wearing casual and colourful clothes - he represents the outside world and is experiencing this new world for the first time.
+ Other characters are in matching, bland uniform which shows that they are institutionalised
Cinematography:
Camera moves on Nurse Ratched's command - gives her character power
+ Bright lighting from outside - displays detail on room
+ (Mise en scene) Plain room - audience are focused on acting rather than anything else
+ Camera Mid shots and close ups allow the spectator to sympathise with the characters - claustrophobic atmosphere
+ The director focuses audience on facial expressions
Sound:
+ Only diegetic - lack of sound creates tension. Mcmurphey's loud card shuffling puts the spectator on edge as well as coughing which creates a sense of foreboding and tension
Performance:
+ Mcmurphey's reaction to the therapy session is an indication of how the spectator would/should perceive the events, the audience see the scene through his eyes
+ Gives the audience a cue to laugh
+ Nurse Ratched is unfazed by Manchini shouting and being abused
+She doesn't show her frustration at losing control and power over patients - other patients are more flustered. Nurse Ratched keeps her emotions internal and does not display them
Key Themes:
Male fragility, Female control - same as Vertigo with Femme Fatal
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