Traffic Warden Analysis:

Comedy starring David Tennent about a traffic warden who is disliked by everyone.

Camera: - variety of extreme close ups and close ups,mid shots,long shots, point of view shots and shot reverse shots, panning,tracking, high angles and low angles: The directors variety of shots and angles help show a day in the life of our main character the traffic warden. There is a use of a variety of close ups and extreme close ups of the traffic warden going around town however he is hated by everyone as he is ignored. A variety of mid and long shots are used to show the warden roaming the streets and waiting on a car watching a woman having a fight with her boyfriend and leaving, this is shot using shot reverse shot, pov shots and panning which is done to emphasize the fact that we are watching these events from the traffic wardens point of view. His face is shot in an extreme close up and the is attempting to light a cigarette. This gives a negative connotation of the main character because of the cigarette and his job where he is disliked by everyone and smokes which gives a negative connotation of him. The use of an ironic mid shot is used where the main character is watching the woman come out of her house and the sign changes saying romeo, this gives the audience the connotation that he loves the woman. A variety of mid and long shots are used to show the warden watching the woman run off and the warden receiving dirty looks from all of the characters. A variety of long shots and tracking is then used to show the warden going to receive the item that the woman has dropped and of him going to give it back however he sees her going to catch a bus and decides to run after her. This connotes the idea of how he loves her and does not want her to get away before he can see her.

Editing: - Constant cutting: similar to the laid off short film There is not not a lot in terms of editing where because we are meant to see these events in one characters point of view so there is only the use of constant cutting to and from scenes to increase the pace of the extract as this is a comedy and the idea that his love is getting away from him.

Sound: - digetic, non digetic: the main use of sound in the extract is mainly digetic sound as this is only a comedy there is no need for many non digetic sound effects except some city style ones such as busses car horns etc. There is also constant slow music in the background of the extract again the mood of the music is quite relaxed and even suspicious the type of music you would expect to find in a comedy film. The main use of sound comes from the actual characters where they will be talking shouting etc. This is done because of the fact that this is a comedy and in comdys there is little effects needed as comedys mainly rely on the characters dialogue or their actions to tell the story and make it funny for example the traffic warden running after the bus and the bus warden on purposely keeps moving off whenever he gets near in this scene the only sound we hear is of the traffic warden panting and the bus sound effects.

Mise En Scene: - town, shops, buildings scaffolding etc: In terms of mise en scene there is a variety of things you would expect to see in a comedy used and a lot of things that you would expect to see in a town from shops to scaffolding etc, all of these help the realism of the extract and help the audience relate to the character and the situation that is being presented to us.

Titles: - various titles on everyday things such as ice cream van menu, sales card, traffic warden Notepad etc: The titles are cleverly created to sync in with everyday things such as price cards, on the traffic wardens note book, in a fish display case and on an ice cream van menu etc. This is cleaverly done and relates to the mise en scene of the extract as it could be a real life situation.