Titling sequence: The font chosen for the title is an old style texting font. As the film was made 12 years ago, this was the only type of phone available so this may not indicate social class as much as it does age however if the film had been made more recently it would be the type of font you would find on a cheap mobile phone, this gives an indication of the kind of working class she is before the film has even begun. The way each letter changes is supposed to representnon-predicative text which you would find especially with this type of phone. This titling also relates to young people (especially teenagers) because they are the majority that have mobile phones. The non-diegetic sound of beeping as each letter is presented on the screen also reinforces the idea of texting. The white title fades to black which conveys the narrative of the film, the way her feelings of happiness fade.
Opening shot: Introduction of the character The low key lighting featured here shows the girl as a shadow. This could represent that she is considered unseen, not important and could feel insignificant and not in 'the limelight'. The diegetic sound of her singing pop music (Britney spears) and dancing by herself in a large jacket represents lower class in the way that if compared a girl ballet dancing to opera would seem much higher class. This shot is set in an extreme long shot to show how isolated she is which could be seen metaphorically that she is also feels isolated in her life, which is conveyed more as the film progresses. Looking at the background, the clouds are moving considerably quickly, this could represent how fast her life is moving in contrast to the still foreground which could represent that this fast pace life is leaving her behind.
Canal shot: Main shot This is the main shot of the film captured by an old, industrial looking canal. These shots are represented as the present day, the other scenes are more flashback/memory type of shots. The background here is constantly changing again like the clouds in the first shot to represent her life and also how she is jumping from place to place not having the feeling of a secure home.
Her diegetic dialogue is spoken with a Mancunianaccent. This coincides with the industrial setting as Manchester has a strong industrial past. Her limited vocabulary contains a lot of swearing and slang such as 'mam' 'ciggies' 'like'. This gives the impression of a under class stereotype as rough and less well educated. She begins speaking here but a sound bridge runs throughout the film, this is to explain her memories and makes each shot relate to the next.She also uses phrases such as 'do I look like a fucking bank' and 'knock off largers' which suggests lack of money and she believes the high life is having Bacardi breezers and is unaware of what champagne even is. This indicates under class and she doesn't know what people of a higher class to her drink or do.
She is shot here in hoop earrings, scraped back hair, puffy jacket and tracksuit trousers. This are cheap, less fashionable clothing choices which represent her ability to afford other clothes. The setting location of a run down looking canal with a graffiti covered industrial background and litter also represents the wealth and care of where she lives. Pathetic fallacy is used to represent the mood of her life and how like the dull grey sky, she feels upset and alone.
A hand held camera is used here to represent her rough, jumpy lifestyle and give the effect nothing in her life runs smooth. Towards the end of the film, there is a birds eye view shot with her composed to the bottom left of the frame before she throws the plastic bag in the water. This shows how isolated and alone she is in this situation and before us as the audience realise what is in the bag in the following shots, this birds eye view is an indicator of her feelings and the atmosphere of what is about to happen.
The slow decline in saturation represents the mood and tone of the film where the situation becomes progressively worse right up to the darkest moment where she throws the newborn baby in the river. The use of jump cuts in this scene is to again represent her jumpy lifestyle.
Flashbacks/memories: Pub This pan out to an ELS represents isolation and shows visually how alone she is.With this ELS we as the audience can see her full costume which conveys lower class and cheap clothing. The saturation is dulled to again use as a form of pathetic fallacy. The diegetic sound of men shouting in the pub makes her appear vulnerable, which is reinforced as she begins to quietly sing lyrics that convey her feelings such as "I've had enough".
The use of the setting of a bus at night conveys the girls must use public transport as their parents cannot afford to drive them places. This places the audience to believe they could be vulnerable and in danger alone at night. The hand held camera represents their youth and how none of this is serious. The diegetic sound of the girls all singing at once in high pitched voices represents youth and the girls age.
Canal end shot The lighting here inthis ELS which divides the screen could suggest everything the other side of the river (representing the world) is a positive place but where she comes from (her side of the canal) is difficult and a bad place which is shown through a duller saturation and darker lighting. We also hear the diegetic sound of her slowly humming the song she has been singing throughout the film which continues the feeling of sadness and loneliness.
Age
The plot content gives us the most indication of her age and makes us have a negative opinion of her as 13 years old is very young to have a baby. It also plays on the under class stereotype that girls who have children young are more likely to be poorer. However we are positioned as the audience to think a certain way about the character from the beginning feeling pity for her whereas when we are shown she has thrown her dead baby into a river, it creates shock and confusion due to restricted narration.
Opening Never Forget opens with an ECU slow pan down of a hand unzipping a hire suit. From this we can assume the character is male however it is un-clarified for restricted narration. The body language of the way the hand is carefully unzipping connotes older age as it suggests care and being gentle.Along with the diegetic sound of the zip, there is a diegetic piano sound which gives the suggestion that this character is older and more sophisticated. There is a slight sepia tone in this shot which also gives the effect of an older generation.
We are then taken into a straight cut of a woman in an ECU with a pan up from the legs.Showing thin legs with tights on is a representation of femininity. The use of the pan up leaves the end of the shot showing the back of the woman's head , this combined with the use of low key lighting creates suspense and suspicion as it does not give away her identity however we get a 'bad vibe' about her. Her costume of a classy coat gives the impression she is in her late 20's.
These two close upsuse parallel editing to compare age and gender. The low key lighting in the close up of the woman in the car represents the night so she is seen as more of a young party girl. Fixing her hair and makeup is obviously very feminine, whereas the content in the shot of the man is of him fixing up his suit and trying to look presentable which is more masculine, this costume also represents his age as he has older looking hands so they close up makes this the main feature in the shot. The high key lighting used her may represent his character as he is seen as very innocent and has done nothing wrong whereas the low key lighting in the car represents how dark the woman is and how she has cheated.The diegetic sound in the CU of the man uses old fashioned piano music which is related to the elder generation, whereas the diegetic hussle of the street and dog barks show she is much younger and living life in the city.
There is then use of another two parallel medium shots.The man is positioned on a balcony over looking the city to represent how much more wealthy and classy he is, also metaphorically it could represent that he is higher than her on a moral level as he's been faithful to her.There is a faint diegetic sound of the piano sound track in the background combined with the diegetic faint sound of the city which she hears too. This links the characters and shows a connection. We see the mans face for the first time and judging by his grey hair the audience can assume he is much older than her. He is also looking down which gives an indication of his disappointed feelings towards her.The ELS-MS shot of the woman walking towards the camerauses a diegetic sound of high heeled footsteps, this is a stereotype of femininity and also shows her youth as an older woman may not be wearing shoes so high.
The heavy beat of the diegetic music over thisECU of shot glasses representsa night club and youth.The low key lighting with a single light above the shots is to highlight their important and draws the attention to them and conveys to the audience where the character is and also that alcohol was involved.
The music soundtrack continues to convey the characters are in the same setting. The jump cut of the woman and unknown man dancing could represent the amount of time she spent with him. There is a slight blue filter to represent club lights and night life, also indicates the woman's youth. Blue also has connotations of loyalty and trust so it plays against that by using it as a contrast.
This LS of the husband standing by the bar uses a focus pull to use dramatic irony asthe unrestricted narration shows the audience know more than the wife does. The music continues with a non-diegetic sound bridge of phone call to convey what's happening in the frame is a memory.His dropped facial expression puts the audience in a position of pity and sadness for the character.The way he is positioned in the frame to the right at the end of the bar makes him look slightly out of place which could indicate he's maybe too old to be there.
This ECU of the man on the phone showsin detail the features of his face and the wrinkles connote old age. The audience can also see the character has watery eyes which positions them to feel pity for him again especially as he is male as there is a stereotype men are less likely to cry as often as women. Shallow depth of field is used to highlight the details even more.There is a blue back light which again represents connotations of loyalty which are used to frame the character as the protagonist.
The diegetic sound effect of the beep of the phone call ending here gives us an indication of what is about to happen. However there is then a complete silence here before the diegetic thud of the man hitting the ground builds up suspense and makes the audience jump when they hear the loud scream of the woman.The darkness that covers the screen briefly shown in this screenshot represents the body falling. The parallel cutting ends here as both characters finally end up in the same setting.
location 1)Although our desolate rural lane was appropriate as we wanted to give the effect of isolation and helplessness, each shots background may have appeared too similar.
location 2) There was not much of this location shown, only around 10 seconds. This was to show the character in her flashback beginning to walk home. We should have found a more contrasting setting to the rural country lane. Using only two locations kept simplicity against the confusing flashback plot, however, the film would have appeared more interesting if we had varied where we shot.
A problem within the setting location was lighting. I started filming in the middle of the day, which in a wide open landscape meant we used a lot of natural light. This was also a disadvantage as we wanted to use LED to create shadows at the beginning on the character lying in the grass ditch however the lights would not show up. As we progressed filming, by the time we were filming other close ups of the character we used a back light and filler light which worked very well and we much clearer.
One of the reasons we could only film two locations was timing. As we only had one afternoon to film, we thought it was best to use the location that was appropriate enough and close to us. This had an impact on the variation of setting but in a way still worked well as the audience could follow where she had come from and the transition between location was very smooth.
To improve our setting problem we could of changed our plot and storyboard slightly so we could have more interesting locations. We should of experimented with a variety of settings before choosing a rural lane. The main reason we did not do this is due toresearch. After taking inspiration from thesilence of the lambsopening in a wood, the idea of being trapped and alone gave us the idea of the countryside location. In the future I will look into experimenting and varying my film setting choices.
Evaluating your own Foundation
Portfolio Thriller Opening.
Assessment Criteria
What
went well
What did
not go quite so well
Shooting material appropriate to the task set;
We shot a
character who had clearly be followed and then abused by another character.
We did this through use of mise en scene and shot variation. This fitted in
with the thriller genre as we played on the feelings of fear and used a
stereotypical hooded male character as the antagonist. We used the most
important shots in our film as we filmed too much so each shot was
appropriate to the set.
We only used two
settings and did not experiment enough with different locations. This was due
to the lack of time as the two settings were very close to each other. Our
plot also didn’t need many locations so to improve this we should’ve changed
our plot slightly to vary the setting more.
Controlled
use of the camera
We used a hand
help camera techniques to give an effect of fear and action. We also used a
tripod for the other shots such as panning and long shots. This was to make
sure the shots were still and to the best potential. We made sure to check
and re-do the white balance in every shot so the colour was accurate.
For the tracking
shots we didn’t have a steady cam so the shot was quite shakey and not as
good as it could’ve been. The tripod we had also wasn’t one of the better
ones as it was slightly loose so the panning shot to begin with could’ve
looked a lot better.
Attention
to framing
The close ups
were framed correctly, we used these to show facial expression. We made sure
to recompose the positioning of the characters in our storyboard to match the
frame of our filming.
The tracking shot
of where the character is walking, we shot her legs with blood splattering to
the floor. This was a problem as without the use of a tripod the framing
could not stay steady and therefore as we were focusing on the steadiness our
framing lacked.
Variety of
shot sizes
We used lots of
different angles and shot sizes, especially close ups to capture the
characters feelings.
Although we
experimented with a variety of shot sizes, I think we could’ve improved our
work by using a few more extreme close ups, maybe of our characters eyes to
reinforce the feeling of fear and confusion.
Close
attention to mise en scene
We carefully
chose costume in our film and did a lot of research into other thriller
costumes. We used a ripped white tshirt which with the prop of the fake blood
contrasted with the white very well. With the hair and makeup we made her hair
appear scruffy and on one of her eyes we smudged her makeup and made it look
like a tear had fallen slightly, this gave the appearance that she was hurt
and had been crying. We also used LED lights from the left side in the close
ups to create a slight shadow which is a convention of thrillers.
One aspect of
mise en scene that we could’ve improved on is setting. Although the setting
was as desolate and isolated which is how we aimed for it to be, the time of
day we shooted made it appear less scary and thriller like. We could’ve also
used more props as the only prop we used really was the phone. We had
considered the antagonist carrying a weapon however we thought (due to the
setting) most weapons would look less appropriate and as it was in public,
people may have mistaken it as an actual weapon.
Editing so
that meaning is apparent to the viewer
We used an
effect on Final Cut Pro called ‘light rays’ which made it clear to the
audience that the character was experiencing a flashback. We also used a fade
at the end of the thriller to convey that something bad was about to happen
and that it was the end of the film.
We could’ve used
more editing techniques such as distortion and more fades in other parts of
the film. However the editing we chose, we felt like it made more sense but
to improve it we should’ve experimented more.
Making
selective and appropriate use of shot transitions, captions and other effects
We used titling
captions in a black grunge like font to follow the conventions of thriller.
We also used an outline in white to make them readable on screen for the
audience.
We could’ve used
captions in a text font on the screen when the character is walking home on
her phone to indicate to the audience where she is and give some context as
to where she has been and what she is currently doing. We use a split curtain
effect in editing which broke the continuity.
Recording
and editing sound with images appropriately.
We used quite a
few foley effects as non-diegetic sound. I used the sound of my footsteps
running on the spot to be used as the action of running in the film and the
thud of my hand on a desk as the heartbeat of the character.
We could’ve experimented
with using a sound bridge to link shots. We couldn’t find a place that would
be appropriate to use one when filming after looking at our storyboard but to
improve we should’ve changed some of the shots before we produced the
storyboard to make room for one. The diegetic sound in our thriller also
varied from being very quiet to suddenly very loud which was a definite
problem.
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
By researching various thriller openings as a group throughout both the planning and filming stages of our task, we gained a great understanding of what the typical codes and conventions of thriller films are. When I initially researched 'The Shining", "Kill Bill", "Inception" and "The Butterfly Effect", I realised that several key and effective conventions of thriller openings were.
Lighting used to convey the tone of the opening (eg. high key to make the audience feel comfortable before a climax or fill light used to create silhouette-like feel)
Eerie music gradually quickening in tempo, fast paced heart-beat foley effects
Fast paced cuts between shots to disorientate the audience but to also show them lots of the action within a short space of time
Inspired by the opening credits of 'The Shining' which show as the camera pans the landscape, I decided to take a similar approach with our titles as our film opens with shots of the surroundings, like 'The Shining'.
I chose a gothic, worn-looking font which immediately conveys the genre and the tense-nature of the opening, as you wouldn't see a font like this in the opening of a romance or a comedy. I chose to put the font in white so that it was clear and easily read of the variation of backgrounds on which the text would be placed.
The boldness of the font which I chose is also a convention of typical thriller openings. However, the majority of thriller films which I looked as faded the background the black whilst showing the film title, as this draws attention away from the storyline being shown through the shots and towards the name of the film only. However, what's being shown on screen whilst the credit text is coming up is key to the story and is important to develop the beginning of the plot and so I chose to instead of fading the background to black, I kept the background as the shot an instead, faded the text away.
When looking at lighting in the researching stage, I noted that a popular lighting technique in thriller films is to highlight the main focus of the shot, such as in the opening of 'The girl with the dragon tattoo'. We did our own take on this by using two LED lights to highlight the main character's face during CU and MS sequences. The outcome of this was very effective and also gave the film a professional look.
2.How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Using mise en scene, we presented our characters as typical stereotypes. The female character represents a typical young adult of her gender, dressed in a current trends (a leather jacket) and a short skirt. This representation is further reinforced by her makeup and hairstyle. Her Tshirt is white which gives the audience connotations of purity and innocence, which immediately creates sympathy for this seemingly vulnerable character.
In the present day scenes, the female character has been stripped to her tshirt and tights. The red of the blood stains on the white tshirt creates a contrast between the innocence we associate with the colour white and the death/danger that we associate with the colour red.
Again, using common stereotypes as a basis, we dressed the male character in a dark hoodie branded ‘Thrasher’ (a known skating brand). We chose this to give the male a ‘thuggish’ appearance as people generally associate boys in dark, ‘skater’ clothing with violence and crime. This means that because of the costume choice, the audience will immediately be suspicious of this character which is the intended effect as it will create further suspense.
We used camera angles as a way of conveying the power balance of the two characters. The man has the clear dominance as is demonstrated through low angle POV shots from the female’s perspective which establishes her vulnerability.
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
The film I have created is an independent, low budget British film.Because of this, there are only really two main ways of distribution.
The first is being taken up by an independent film distribution company. To do this, the distributor will go through 3 stages.
-Firstly is film production, the actual making of the film.
-Secondly is the film distribution; securing a place for the film in the industry
-Thirdly is film exhibition; finding where it would be viewed, for example cinemas, Netflix, lovefilm
British independent film distributors that I would consider approaching include:
Studiocanal
Pathe
Picturehouse
Momentum
Metrodome
Lovefilm
This method of distribution has one major advantage, being that it's likely to become more well-known and make more money. When a film is released in cinemas across the country, the film will generally become popular and will make more money than a film not released in cinemas. Generally, films show in cinemas for up to 4 months, depending on its popularity. The follow step is DVD release, which generally follows 2-4 months after the film has stopped showing in cinemas. After this comes the release of the film onto such platforms as Netflix and Lovefilm which are VOD. This means that the audience can watch the film whenever they please and this is generally released after around 6-12 months of the film not being shown in the cinema.
Another method of distribution would be to market the film myself. Due to the increasing popularity of VOD and websites such as youtube, online platforms are becoming a common way to successfully distribute films.
Being able to access the film anytime and anywhere on devices such as phones and ipads is a popular selling point in the new digital age.
This method could be very successful as it's a lot cheaper (uploading a video onto youtube is free) than traditionally distributing a film, and also a snowball effect could be created as the film could easily be shared across social media platforms such as twitter and facebook. Through creating an online fanbase, word of the film could spread across many countries and so its popularity would grow.
The two platforms which I would consider uploading my film onto are Youtube and Vimeo.
Youtube is the most popular platform as there is no upload charge and the uploader would be paid for allowing TrueView instant-playing adverts to play before or during the film. The uploader could receive further income from Youtube itself as if the channel received a lot of views and subscriptions, Youtube will pay more money for advertising on the page. This would be successful in targeting a world wide audience as Youtube can be accessed from most countries.
Vimeo however, could be another good choice of platform. Though it has no advertising which therefore means no extra income from the film, the website has a better reputation for being reliable and so this would increase the amount of viewers in my intended demographic.
4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
The target audience of our thriller film is young males aged 15-24 as this is a popular demographic for this genre. We looked at similar film's audience profiles such as 'Robocop' and saw that the majority of it's audience were C2 males. After looking at other films profile's such as 'Non-stop', I noticed that typically the most successful audience for thriller films were males 15-24 of the C2 class.
I believe the target audience for our film / media product would range from the ages of 15 - 30, as our film will be classified as a 15 due to gory images, profanity and violence. The target gender for our film would appeal both to male and female, as the genre of film is classed as thriller / crime. The target social class of the watching audience would be mainly aimed at the C1/C2 class
5. How did you attract/address your audience?
The sexual undertones in the film may appeal to the target audience and the use of a young, attractive female lead in danger draws the audience in and grabs attention from the beginning. We avoided a lengthy introduction prior to showing the female character as we wanted the captivate the target audience's attention immediately.
The intense storyline and graphic action will appeal to the younger male audience and by keeping it interesting from the very beginning will make the audience want to share their enjoyment and emotions towards the film with friends via social media, promoting the film. This is another good reason for targeting a younger audience as social media is an excellent platform of promotion and it's free.
The story unfolds quickly but with enough suspense to keep the audience engaged, showing the after effects of the attack at the beginning of the film is an attempt to gain empathy for the girl and to arouse the curiosity of the audience in regards to what has happened to her and why. The reason for the attack however is not overt and although the male character appears threatening, reinforced by his dark clothing and hoodie, his involvement is not revealed until the end.
The characters are fairly stereotypical; the woman is young, attractive and vulnerable when walking alone. The male character is not developed but he is portrayed as menacing by his walk and his reluctance to reveal his face. Also at the end of the film as he towers over the cowering woman his dominance is evident. These stereotypes were chosen to appeal to the young male audience, if the characters had been reversed and the male had been the victim of a female attack this may have been harder for the audience to empathise with.
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the full product?
As my preliminary task was our first time working as a group to create a finished moving image piece of work, we were inexperienced and so many elements of the finished product such as the lighting and the sound could have been extremely improved upon. Comparisons between the preliminary and our final film demonstrate just how much we learnt and how vastly we improved our filming/editing skills as a group.
Firstly, in the preliminary task, we made the mistake of not planning ahead when deciding our location and so on the day of filming we decided to film in front of a large window. This had consequences as we forgot to adjust the white balance and so much of the film is too bright and washed out, making the film look unprofessional.
In our final film however, the location and the lighting were two of the first things we thought about and decided upon. We originally intended to use a suburban-looking street but however discarded this idea when we realised how noisy most streets were and how often our filming would be interrupted. We decided on an empty, long, countryside lane as it would be ideal to film in (as there would be no interruptions) and also the openness of the space meant that natural lighting along with hand-held LED lights would be more than enough light to give a professional look to the film.
The editing in our preliminary was very basic as our knowledge of how to use Final Cut was quite limited. Because of this, we didn’t vary the cuts between the shots at all and so every cut is a straight forward jump cut. In our final film, we varied the pace of the cuts and also used different transitions to keep the piece interesting or to convey a particular effect such as a flashback.
Though in the preliminary we slightly varied our shots, including an ECU and match on action, for the most part the majority of the shots were the same/very similar. In our final film however, because we had researched so many other thriller openings we were more aware of the types of angles and shots that were effective in conveying the genre and so we made sure to include these, being shots such as worm’s eye views and long shots of the surrounding area.
There were many things of which could’ve been improved upon in regards to the sound in our preliminary. One problem we encountered when filming was that an alarm or siren was going off in the background of a couple of the shots, this too contributed towards the overall unprofessional look of the sequence. This could have been corrected by muting the volume of the shots in the editing process and recording the dialogue separately or by changing locations and re-shooting the shots. The non-diegetic background music we chose was an instrumental version of ‘Hometown Glory’ by Adele. This could have caused problems if used in our final film due to copyright issues. In our final film, we used two copyright free suspenseful-sounding pieces of music, which were successful in conveying the intended tone of the sequence.
The font chosen for the title is an old style texting font. As the film was made 12 years ago, this was the only type of phone available so this may not indicate social class as much as it does age however if the film had been made more recently it would be the type of font you would find on a cheap mobile phone, this gives an indication of the kind of working class she is before the film has even begun. The way each letter changes is supposed to represent non-predicative text which you would find especially with this type of phone. This titling also relates to young people (especially teenagers) because they are the majority that have mobile phones. The non-diegetic sound of beeping as each letter is presented on the screen also reinforces the idea of texting. The white title fades to black which conveys the narrative of the film, the way her feelings of happiness fade.
This is the main shot of the film captured by an old, industrial looking canal. These shots are represented as the present day, the other scenes are more flashback/memory type of shots. The background here is constantly changing again like the clouds in the first shot to represent her life and also how she is jumping from place to place not having the feeling of a secure home.
Her diegetic dialogue is spoken with a Mancunian accent. This coincides with the industrial setting as Manchester has a strong industrial past. Her limited vocabulary contains a lot of swearing and slang such as 'mam' 'ciggies' 'like'. This gives the impression of a under class stereotype as rough and less well educated. She begins speaking here but a sound bridge runs throughout the film, this is to explain her memories and makes each shot relate to the next.She also uses phrases such as 'do I look like a fucking bank' and 'knock off largers' which suggests lack of money and she believes the high life is having Bacardi breezers and is unaware of what champagne even is. This indicates under class and she doesn't know what people of a higher class to her drink or do.
She is shot here in hoop earrings, scraped back hair, puffy jacket and tracksuit trousers. This are cheap, less fashionable clothing choices which represent her ability to afford other clothes. The setting location of a run down looking canal with a graffiti covered industrial background and litter also represents the wealth and care of where she lives. Pathetic fallacy is used to represent the mood of her life and how like the dull grey sky, she feels upset and alone.
A hand held camera is used here to represent her rough, jumpy lifestyle and give the effect nothing in her life runs smooth. Towards the end of the film, there is a birds eye view shot with her composed to the bottom left of the frame before she throws the plastic bag in the water. This shows how isolated and alone she is in this situation and before us as the audience realise what is in the bag in the following shots, this birds eye view is an indicator of her feelings and the atmosphere of what is about to happen.
The slow decline in saturation represents the mood and tone of the film where the situation becomes progressively worse right up to the darkest moment where she throws the newborn baby in the river. The use of jump cuts in this scene is to again represent her jumpy lifestyle. 
This medium two shot is to represent the relationship between the girl and her father. The way her father reacts to the girls dialect shows lack of respect and adds to the suggestion these characters are lower class combined with the fact her parents are divorced as it is a stereotype lower class families are not close or together.The saturation is higher here which could represent her feelings of hope that she could live with her dad, then completely drops in the next shot of her by the canal to show her feelings of disappointment.
The lighting here in this ELS which divides the screen could suggest everything the other side of the river (representing the world) is a positive place but where she comes from (her side of the canal) is difficult and a bad place which is shown through a duller saturation and darker lighting. We also hear the diegetic sound of her slowly humming the song she has been singing throughout the film which continues the feeling of sadness and loneliness. 
