1. Costume - what is Lyra wearing in the photo below? What does this costume suggest she is doing / she is like as a character?
The costume which Lyra is wearing clearly suggest that she is adventurous person and is brave. Lyra is also a runaway.
2. Mrs Coulter is always very smart and formal with red lips and styled hair. What does this suggest about the type of villain she is / her character?
She is a passive aggressive and cares about what she looks like the red lipstick might represents danger. She wants to appear powerful.
3. Lighting- What do you notice about the setting for where Mrs Coulter is torturing the witch? Why has the director chosen this lighting? (Hint: High key lighting is bright and low key lighting is dark).
The director chose low key lighting to show that Mrs Coulter is dangerous and isn't the person to mess with.
4. Actor’s position and movement- Look at the picture of Lyra (below). What does her facial expression tell us about the kind of character she is? What about her actions?
The facial expression on Lyra face clearly tells use that she has already been in this situation and knows how to deal with it. It tells use that Lyra is a brave girl and she has been through intense situations like this.
5. Makeup- Look at the make-up (and clothing and hair) of the tortured witch. What does the make-up tell us about the character of the witches? (Hint- think about how it makes her look unusual)
The makeup on the tortured witch tells use that she has been tortured and is in distress. The producer uses a spot of high key lighting on the witches head to show there is hope to save her. The clothes are torn up so it tells the consumer that the witch has been through something.
6. Props- Look at the props in these two screen shots (below). Why have the props been chosen? What do they connote to the audience? For bonus points, what is the shot type and why has this been used?
The Stick in the girls hand is used to defender from dangerous beings this is subversive because a little girl wouldn't defender herself it would be her parents. This low angle close up shows us that the girls in this scene are portrayed powerful.
7. Setting- Look at the three different settings below. Choose one or more. What do you notice about the setting? How are the settings connected to the characters? What shot has been chosen and why?
Cittigazze is colourless it looks like it not a place for children.
The witches meeting place is a dark mysterious place. It clearly signify that this is a place for evil.
Representation
Females are subversive in this extract.
How is Lyra not a typical female character?
Conventional female characters are usually afraid and weak
However, Lyra looks-
Lyra’s behaviour and actions are subversive because
Lyra: how she speaks is subversive because
Lyra: her relationship with other characters is not conventional for women because
2. The witches and Mrs Coulter are also seen as powerful women. How are they represented as powerful? Are they seen as good or evil or both?
They are represented as powerful because the director chose to have low key lighting every time we see them. Mrs Coulter has a red dress. The connotation of red is murder and love so the producer is trying to tell us that Mrs Coulter is evil and flirtation.
3.How is Will represented? Is he a typical male character or more unexpected? How?
(Hints: think of him cooking and preparing the food, giving Lyra the bed she wants and allowing her to make the decisions)
Will is a unexpected male because he is cooking and letting Lyra make the decisions.
4.Look at the casting (people acting in this series). Is the cast diverse? How? Think CAGE (Class / Age / Gender / Ethnicity - race)
The cast is diverse because they have a young female character which is the main character this is unconventional because older male characters are represented as the main character.
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