Analysis of EastEnders Clip

This clip starts of with an over the shoulder shot to show an angry man, which then reverses to show the person he is talking to and to see her reaction to what the man has said. This is called a shot reverse shot. At the moment the only sound is the man talking and this is called diegetic sound because it occurs naturally in the scene. The next shot is a master shot, it shows the limit of the action. The Mise-en-scène shows that the setting is at Christmas time because of the props in the room, such as the Christmas tree and decorations. After the master shot it then moves to another over the shoulder shot while the man is in mid sentence so it runs through smoothly. While they continue to have a disagreement the shot becomes a repetitive shot reverse shot to show the quick and angered conversation.

When the man tells the woman to put her coat on, the shot shows a close up of her face and as she starts to move to the other side of the man the shot changes to a medium shot. The shot reverse shot repeats between the two people to show the conversation.

The scene quickly moves to an establishing shot to show the viewer that the door has opened and
two more men have walked in the living room. The conversation starts with the first man and this is shown by a close up of his face. Then a reverse shot reverse is used to show the man he is talking to. Then man one and man two have a threatening conversation this is shown by shot reverse shot and over the shoulder shot too. The woman is shown looking from man one to man two looking upset. Inbetween the shot reverse shot there is a medium shot put in there to break up shots and to show how close they are to each-other and their threatening manner. This happens again to show all the characters in the frame.

Man one continues with his rant, we establish that the first man's name is Derek Brunning. After his voice lowers the shot is an establishing shot that shows how far Derek Brunning has pushed the men, not physically, but through aggression, which shows that Derek is asserting his authority. This is contrast to when the two men came bursting and asserting their authority. Derek Brunning is still the only man talking and shot reverse shot is still in use to show of the four characters facial expressions.

A medium shot shows another argument. As the men go though the door, the settings change to what was on the other side of the living room. There's a close up of man two's face as he barks out orders showing he is in charge, then this leads to man two joining the other two men pushing Derek Brunning out the door.

As the three men struggle to get Derek Brunning out the door there is a birds eye view shot that shows them wrestling down the stairs. The steps leading out the house show that the house is in the style of a town house. There is then a medium shot showing Derek and man three walking down the stairs leading to the street. As Derek shouts out orders there's a close up of his face to show he is shouting. After there is a over the shoulder shot of the three men's shoulders and in focus is Derek walking backwards away from them. This shot shows that the three men and asserting there authority on Derek Brunning.

The camera does a close up of Derek and follows as he spins around clutching his stomach. While Derek is breathing loudly the foot steps of the other men are in the background (diegetic sound).  

 As Derek stands up there's shot reverse shot of his face and the three men and the women standing on the top step.  There is a long close up of  Derek  to show that he is in pain and there's something bad happening. The shot reverse shot continuous showing Derek on the floor and the brother slowing deciding to go other with Derek's son.

Finally there's a long shot showing the situation ( this shows that the house has a park in-front of it which relates to the town house) and more shot reverse shots are shown to show the reaction of the people's faces when the older brother announces Derek's dead. While this is happening there is a siren in the background noise which is called asynchronous. Before the scene has finished non-diegetic sound his used to show that its the end of the episode.