The clip taken from the film Alice in Wonderland is of the mad hatters tea party. At this moment, Alice has just arrived in her wonderland. At the ‘tea party’ Alice is joined by the mad hatter and an animated mouse, rabbit and a cat. In the clip the use of mise en scene creates a sense of chaos. The dinner party is set outside a rundown house. There is pathetic fallacy as the weather is foggy and dull symbolising both Alice and the audiences’ confusion and the dark tone of the storyline. Their tea party is held on a broken dinner table covered with a dirty table cloth, symbolising the hard times that have caused things to become dirty and broken. Spread over the dinner table is broken tea cups and plates, giving the audience a sense of disorder and chaos that Alice is feeling. Throughout the shots there are clocks and pocket watches placed both on the characters and on the table around Alice, symbolising to the audience the idea that time plays an important role and that it may be running out. There is also a massive contrast in colours with very vibrant colours of the clothes and hair colour of the characters against a washed out dull background filled with mist and fog creating a sense of fantasy and mystery.
The sense of chaos and confusion is also shown through the use of camera. It uses suggestive framing with only one character in the shot isolating them from each other. This puts the audience in the position of Alice, both alone and confused. As the scene develops the shots zoom closer and closer on the characters creating a sense of paranoia amongst the audience which links with the storyline as the evil soldiers draw closer in search of Alice. This is alongside lots of fast pace of editing which puts you in the position of Alice with a lot of confusion and disorientation.
Throughout the scene the characters dialogue is very odd and confusing. The mad hatter and his friends chant words like ‘futtawhacker’ and sentences such as ‘any idea why a raven is like a writing desk’ which again creates the sense of confusion among the audience putting them in Alice’s position. The use of mise en scene and framing will be the main things inspiring the music video as they fit with the theme and will be seen prominently throughout.
The sense of chaos and confusion is also shown through the use of camera. It uses suggestive framing with only one character in the shot isolating them from each other. This puts the audience in the position of Alice, both alone and confused. As the scene develops the shots zoom closer and closer on the characters creating a sense of paranoia amongst the audience which links with the storyline as the evil soldiers draw closer in search of Alice. This is alongside lots of fast pace of editing which puts you in the position of Alice with a lot of confusion and disorientation.
Throughout the scene the characters dialogue is very odd and confusing. The mad hatter and his friends chant words like ‘futtawhacker’ and sentences such as ‘any idea why a raven is like a writing desk’ which again creates the sense of confusion among the audience putting them in Alice’s position. The use of mise en scene and framing will be the main things inspiring the music video as they fit with the theme and will be seen prominently throughout.
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