Examples to of things to talk about in your response could include... Storyline and plot... Genre conventions... Uses and gratification... Celebrities
- Size and scale of the whales emphasised by the use of extreme long shots, and further anchored by the pleonastic and bass heavy sound of the humpback whale entering. The MS of the herring parting functions as an enigma code (aka hermeneutic code), asking the audience to guess what is about to arrive.
- Non-diegetic soundtrack gets progressively louder and more intense, especially at the appearance of the humpback whale. The intense soundtrack and swirling mise en scene of the fish is a convention of the action/adventure genre.
- Attenborough's voice, in particular his soothing, awed whisper allows the audience to position themselves with his experience
- The binary opposition between herring and whale. The use of long shots emphasises the difference in size between these two characters creates conflict for the audience. This is a further example of anthropomorphism.
- The emergence of the humpback whale, combined with the intensity of the bass signifies a disequilibrium for the audience, further creating a thrilling and involving narrative.
- 'POV' shot from whale mounted camera spins with great intensity, yet another convention of the action genre
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| Hans Zimmer's musical score to the humpback whale scene helps to anchor the audience with the prefered reading that nature is both exciting and dangerous. |