Shaun's lesson; the game analysis

 

Analysis; The Game Title Sequence

Setting: 
From the Title Sequence -

• countryside
• summer
• 60's-70's 
• birthday party 
• old fashioned, black and white

Themes: 

• Drama
• Crime
• Identity - father figure 

Style: 

• Dull colours 
• Prologue 
• Music - classical, slow, represents loneliness from the piano
• Clips - memories
• Slow editing, reminiscent
• Editing - puzzles, relates to the title 'the game' - puzzle he has to fit suggests story line of trying to fix his life, put back the pieces - is it to do with his childhood - creates an enigma for the audience 
• Burn out on clips, suggests old camera

Narrative 

• Game - life 
• Haunted by his past
• Relationship with dad isn’t good
• Past has made him who is he is current, impacted

- he regrets something from his childhood 

- something dramatic in his childhood has happened which has had an affect on his life

- loneliness of his childhood