Our first task while watched 'Death in Paradise', was to count how many cuts were used in the first 30 seconds of the episode. We then had to find out who was being represented and why? and how we knew they were being represented.
Number of cuts; 43
I think that 43 cuts were used as dramatic effect. It created excitement within the scene and made the audience feel part of the game, this is because we too felt rushed and panicked while watching as the shots only lasted a maximum of 2 seconds. By using this amount of cuts to show the event, we could say that 'expansion of time' was used. This clip only lasted 30 seconds yet the exercise course they were doing would of lasted a lot longer. Expansion of time was used to make the clips pace faster and keep the audience engaged.
Who is represented?
Age and gender are mostly being represented in the clip. The age being 40's + and gender being mixed although the women are doing most of the hard work. In the clip, the women are extremely competitive whereas the men are being very supportive. This contrasts with what usually is stereo typically known as women are usually the supportive ones and men are known to be very competitive. This makes the audience think about what will happen to the characters, why are the men so laid back and the women so competitive? does this link in with what happens further on in the episode?
Colours
There were two teams with different colours; blue and red.
The red team were the more competitive team and seemed more annoyed if they didn't win whereas the blue team seemed to be enjoying themselves and having fun. This links in with connotations of colour as red links with 'danger' and 'anger' whereas blue is the complete opposite and his connotations of 'relaxation' and 'calmness'.
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