MISE EN SCENE
Costume: Firstly, we see Brigit wearing smart and sophisticated clothing when she is in a house eating dinner socialising with friends. This contrasts with her emotions and true feelings that are revealed later on. However during this particular scene Brigit pretends that she's completely fine and makes herself look presentable. When Brigit returns home she changes into her pyjamas. The pyjamas that she wears are red and are very casual. This could symbolise her true feelings inside and to imply that she feels upset and lonely as she's dressed in pyjamas to show that she isn't going out and is staying in on her own. The red could symbolise that she is wanting love and care from somebody at the time. Also, they could be classed as Christmas pyjamas which is a reminder for the viewer that it is set in the Christmas period. This has been done to make the viewer realise that Bridget is staying in for the evening and isn't going out. Therefore, we feel sorry for her and the lonely situation she is in.
Lighting and colour: The lighting in Brigit's home is a low key. This has been done to emphasise on the inside emotions and feelings that are being shown at the time. This is because a low key usually implies a sense of negativity and coldness as it is usually used in horror films to create a negative atmosphere. However, when Brigit is at her friends house with friends the lighting is high key and implies a sense of happiness, hope and warmness. This then emphasises on when it is low key and makes the audience feel upset for Brigit as she hasn't got anyone and feels cold, dark and sorry for herself.
Titles: The titles are presented on the left bottom hand corner and are displayed over the filming. They fade to the filming which could show the feeling's people have had for her in the past fading away. This makes the viewer connect with Brigit and understand the way she is behaving. The font used is non serif and look like they have been hand written. This gives it a sense of reality and could imply that Brigit has written them into her diary.
Body language: When Brigit is sat on her sofa drinking a bottle of wine her body language is enclosed and draped over conveying that she doesn't want to be associated with anyone at the time as she is feeling depressed and sorry for herself. It could also be done to show her emotions physically as the way she is presenting herself isn't done with care. This makes the audience realise how low and depressed Brigit feels about the situation.
CAMERAWORK
There is a long shot of Brigit's living room she is in. This emphasises on the loneliness that Brigit feels at the time as the shot is showing the big room that Brigit is sat in alone demonstrating that no one else is sat in there with her. This has been done to show the viewer the surroundings Brigit is alone in. This makes us feel sorry for her as she's in a big room alone for the whole evening without anyone there to support her.
SOUND
During the scenes there is a lack of diegetic sound. This could demonstrate that Brigit hasn't got anyone to communicate and talk to which impacts on the audiences outlook towards her and makes us feel sensitive towards her. The song ''All by myself''' is played through the title sequence and the filming of Brigit. The lyrics makes us connect with the way Brigit is feeling at the time and the fact that it is Non Diegetic makes us feel like the director wants us to listen to it and the lyrics touch on us and make us have an impact into the way we see Brigit as a character. However, the non diegetic sound breaks and turns diegetic and Brigit starts to sing along to the words. This then puts the lyrics and Brigit's feelings together and help us to understand that Brigit is all by herself and hasn't got anyone.
EDITING
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