Cinematography
- using a range of shot types – for example, close ups of faces and objects, overhead/birdseye shots, midshots of people, over the shoulder shots.
- lowkey and higkey contrast lighting – representing the ongoing conflict between the workers and government
- light used expressively – real/natural light
Editing
- high speed/slow motion
- cross fades between the bosses and the factory scenes
- reversing, repeating shots
- soviet montage – order, duration, repetition and rhythm
- montage creates sense of chaos, not a story but an idea being shown
- split into 6 parts, each titled.
- montage split up with black screen with writing on it, speech or describing what is happening. in place of dialogue.
- cutting between conflicts
- fade ins and outs
Sound
- diegetic music, no non-diegetic sound at all
- classical music playing the whole way through- using instruments like trumpets, flutes, violins, cellos, pianos.
- gets more and less dramatic depending on the action on the screen.
- Changes at the end, music turns to a repetitive wooden scraping instrument over a montage.
Mise en scene
- sets – factory yard, factory , village, offices
- large amounts of people and dirty conditions represent the working class of this time, living in bad conditions with many people and poverty
- shots of ropes, machinery, muddy ground, dirty faces and hands
- exaggerated performances as there is no dialogue
- easy to tell difference between rich and poor people, banquets and fancy clothes, dancing on the table maybe symbolic for how tey take it for granted. surreal