Analysis on 'Eastenders'

In lesson, we watched the 'Flashback' episode of 'Eastenders'. We had to comment on all four elements; Cinematography, Sound, Editing and Mise-en-scene.

Cinematography
There were over the shoulder shots throughout the episode when two actors were talking to each other. This is so that we got reaction shots of both actors when the other one was talking.
There were mid shots of the actors along with close ups of Lucy to get her full reaction to situations. There was a POV shot when Ian, Lucy's dad, was looking at his daughters empty bed; this made the audience feel the same pain as Ian and made us think why Lucy isn't home. There were a few cut in shots, one of Lucy sending a text and another of Ian's keys. Both these shots gave the viewers a bit of insight of what was happening in both of the actors lives.
Throughout the episode, the camera tracked groups of actors, when Ian left one of his companies, it tracked him and then when he passed Ronnie and her 'friend', the camera started to track them. This happened several times in the episode with different actors. At points, a handheld camera was being used. This made the audience feel uneasy as we knew we were going to find out who Lucy's killer was and by using a handheld camera, it made the scenes look physically worrying.

Editing
Shot reverse shot was used during an over the should shot conversation between Lucy and one of her friends. This was to, again show the audience how both actors were feeling during this conversation. Parallel editing was used throughout the full episode, although we were mostly following Lucy's journey, we also got to see what the other actors, that were possible suspects, were getting up to. Furthermore, there was a montage scene at the beginning of the episode; it contained flashbacks of the night leading up too Lucy's death. This was used to remind the audience of highlights of what happened that night before starting the episode.

Sound
Foley was used when Abbie went to slap Lucy, instead of hearing the slap against Lucy's skin, it cut to a scene were her dad dropped some pans; this sound represented what the slap would sound like. A graphic match was also used at this point as it cut from Lucy's face too a colander; both are round and Lucy's head shape resembled the colander.

Mise-en-scene
Most of the Scene was shot in Albert Square, which is familiar to the viewers. This made the audience feel uneasy because most will know where most actors live and most of the actors on the show, yet one of these people murdered Lucy.