Codes and conventions of Eden Lake

1. CODES AND CONVENTIONS
Eden Lake (2008)

2. CHARACTERS
 Jenny-
Clothing- Very girly clothes at start, she is a teacher and
so it quite smart and well dressed then near the end of
the film she is covered in mud.
Her personality also seems to transform she is relaxed
at the start but near the end we see this rage/
independent attitude.
Steve-
Clothing- We don't know his occupation but he looks
smart and like a businessman
The personality we receive is that he feels powerful in
that he can control the situation and that he is
reasonable
Brett-
Clothing- ‘Chavvy’ clothing tracksuit,
Personality- leader of the group, has control over
them, troubled youth

3. CAMERA WORK
 Close ups- focussing on characters expressions
 Hand held camera shots- Makes the viewer
uneasy, its jerks with their movement and makes us
feel in their position.
 Shot reverse shot- Communicate reactions/speech
between characters
 Tracking shots- Characters movement (running)
 Wide shots- Show group of teens

4. SOUND
 Diegetic sounds- car, water, dog, teens
laughter, glass smash, dialogue
 Non-diegetic- deep orchestra music at the
start, bang of drums in sequence with cuts
EDITING
 Cuts
 Fades to text
 Jump Cuts
 In conjunction with music
 Slow pace while introducing the film then the chase
scene starts and pace builds

5.  6 title slides- Provide information to support
scenes, emphasises horror e.g ‘off the map’
(isolation)
 The trailer presents us with the conflict in the
film, blood, chase and the development and
desperation from jenny's character
 Successes-
Introduction to storyline- you really get a feel of
what its about, editing was fast paced and cut to
and from many scenes which I found interesting
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