Further Analysis on 'Pretty Little Liars'

This time when watching 'Pretty Little Liars', we had too look at how certain characters were represented as well as looking at the cinematography etc.

The main groups represented were;

• Age
• Class
• Disability

Age and Class was represented when the four girls were in 'The Grill'. Hanna poured some alcohol from a flask into her drink. An older couple gave her a look of judgement and disappointment; it is common now for teenagers too drink but it is still a shock to older couples when they do it so openly. 

You could tell by Hanna sneaking a alcohol into her beverage that she is a rule breaker, as it is illegal in America to drink alcohol under the age of 21. 

Editing

There was a passage of time. It went from the funeral scene too the scene where the girls were in the restaurant. To show that the scene was a few hours later, ellipses was used (the screen went black until the next scene was played). 

Sound

The music that was played foreshadowing that something bad was going to happen, this engaged the audience and made them concentrate more on what the characters were talking about. 

Cinematography

Shot reverse shot was used throughout the whole scene to show the over the shoulder conversation between the four girls. The 180 degree rule was not broken as a steadi-cam was used to pan around the girls' table. 

Mise-en-scene

Class was also represented by the costumes that the characters wore; they were wearing quite posh and stylish clothing. Giving the audience the idea that they are high class and probably have rich families.