Film Language Continued

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1. Why do you think the scene begins with a shot through an archway?
   It frames it to give you an outsider’s perspective, as if it’s a window- the audience looks through it before we ‘join’ the people in the street.
   
   
2. As they drive through the streets of London, what images of the streets do we see? What do we see in the streets?
   The horses towing intricate carts; contrastingly dirty streets, cluttered with market stalls that are overflowing with food; muddy, irregular cobblestones; crowds of people enclosed in the narrow street, clearly living in poverty.
   
   
3. Why do you think we are shown so many shots of market places?
   So, when we see the house, we understand the class and lifestyle difference.
   
   
4. How does the courtyard of Devonshire House contrast with the market?
   It’s grander and richer; cleaner and more regimented. It’s also emptier, further emphasized by the white bricks and pale sky that make the space seem vaster. It is still clearly an urban area.
   
   
5. There are two more shots of archways – as they enter the courtyard and as they enter the house- why do you think the director chose these two archways?
   The perspective gives the audience a greater sense of the size and grandiosity of the house. It breaks up the scene and setting changes, and illustrates the significant change from poverty to aristocracy as it demonstrates great wealth.
   
   
6. What feelings and ideas are suggested by the look of the hallway?
   The vast empty spaces could suggest loneliness, the bare walls cold imply the Duke is unsentimental.
   
   
7. How does the look of the bedroom contrast with what we have seen of the rest of the house?
   It is more darkly furnished and lavishly decorated. The room is a lot more crowded with things and smaller, making the space seem more enclosed and intimate.