Bus Baby
Camerawork
Initial establishing shot shows us the setting - the bus could perhaps signify an impoverished person as she has to take public transport - could this be because she has a baby which costs a lot of money to look after?
It also allows us to question the buggy, then the next long shot allows us to see the parent is a teenager: the theme of the film
Point of view shot - mid shot where we see her through the bars on the bus -
this makes the audience perhaps feel bad for her as the bars isolate her from
the rest of the people - this is further reiterated by the extreme close up
which shows her facial expression looking very lost, therefore we feel bad that
she perhaps has to go through this experience alone
Yet, this also makes us judge her as the composition shows an old woman in the
corner of the frame with the teenager in the centre therefore it represents age
- the woman is sitting down yet the teenager is standing up away from everyone
because of her baby, therefore the audience may judge her for her teenage
pregnancy
There is a zoom from long shot to mid shot of the teenager - this slightly
blurs the shot representing the feelings of the teenager as she is lost and
confused - the zoom leaves the audience feeling disorientated therefore
allowing us to empathise with the teenager
Low angle close up of the teenager - low angle makes her seem vulnerable
allowing us to sympathise with her; she is only young - yet it is a POV from
the baby’s perspective to perhaps actually sympathise with him and the life he
may lead because of his mum being so young, though we may feel threatened by
his harsh accent which is in stark contrast to the fact he is a baby, we are
still made to sympathise with him
Mise en scene
On a bus: this could be perceived as she doesn’t have that much money perhaps because of the baby
Standard buggy as opposed to an expensive one - reinforcing she is a teenager supporting a child
Body language: doesn’t sit on the bus, perhaps the people on the bus are
metaphorically representing the society rejecting her
Costume:
school uniform reinforces her age juxtaposed against the prop of the
buggy (something stereotypical of an adult having) gives reason for us to judge
her
Make up and hair: her make up is heavily laid on and she has straightened her -
not the appearance of a stereotypical mother, perhaps caring for her appearance
over the baby allowing us to sympathise for him, or maybe she has someone
helping her out, reinforcing that she is too young to have a baby
Facial expression: sad and lonely throughout, reinforced through the
continual use of close ups, yet she also leans in towards the baby,
threatening, yelling at the baby reinforces what the stress of it does,
reiterating values that she is too young
The wide range of people on the bus conform to normal stereotypes - reinforced
through costume and props that are seen as ’day to day’ to reinforce the
different life she has to them
Composition: focus pull is used to have the bus bars constantly in the
foreground, they are blurred so we cannot see that they are bus bars; perhaps
prison bars to signify that having a baby has trapped and isolated her
An extreme close up is used where we see her eyes. This reinforces her expression of worry, and the way it gets so close to her face shows her feelings of confinement: she is trapped in this life now. Alternatively, the lighting used could reinforce her feelings of isolation. There is natural light coming in from the window on one half of her face, suggesting promise. The other half of her face is dark.
Editing
180 degree rule gives the audience two perspectives: the people on the bus and
the teenager - therefore giving us two ideologies: judging her and empathising
with her when she is judged - shot reverse shot used to portray this
Match on action is used when she is getting on the bus - originally the
establishing shot shows a mum and a buggy then the match on action highlights
that the mum is a teenager
A slow pace is created with the cutting reinforces the simplicity of the film
yet towards the end there is faster cutting between the transitions from shot
reverse shot to build up the tension, perhaps metaphorically representing the
anger in her life, or the stress
Sound
The harsh accent of the baby makes him seem like a bad person; highlighting the
burden he is for her as she is so young
Off screen diegetic sound of the people chatting on the bus at the end during
the credits - intensifies the way that she will never be able to get this
normality of sitting on the bus with “her friends” back
Dialogue: the chant reinforces the routinely life that she now has - shouting
“shut up” makes us feel bad as this is her life now, yet the diegetic sound of
the baby crying (signifying his naivety as a baby) afterwards allows us to
judge her as a bad mother
Messages/ values
Representation of age: allowing us to see what the stress of being a teenage
mum can do - “no time” “no friends” “horrible stomach”
Representation of gender: she is not with a man, perhaps showing how having a
child as a teenager is seen as the females responsibility
Camerawork
Initial establishing shot shows us the setting - the bus could perhaps signify an impoverished person as she has to take public transport - could this be because she has a baby which costs a lot of money to look after?
It also allows us to question the buggy, then the next long shot allows us to see the parent is a teenager: the theme of the film
Point of view shot - mid shot where we see her through the bars on the bus -
this makes the audience perhaps feel bad for her as the bars isolate her from
the rest of the people - this is further reiterated by the extreme close up
which shows her facial expression looking very lost, therefore we feel bad that
she perhaps has to go through this experience alone
Yet, this also makes us judge her as the composition shows an old woman in the
corner of the frame with the teenager in the centre therefore it represents age
- the woman is sitting down yet the teenager is standing up away from everyone
because of her baby, therefore the audience may judge her for her teenage
pregnancy
There is a zoom from long shot to mid shot of the teenager - this slightly
blurs the shot representing the feelings of the teenager as she is lost and
confused - the zoom leaves the audience feeling disorientated therefore
allowing us to empathise with the teenager
Low angle close up of the teenager - low angle makes her seem vulnerable
allowing us to sympathise with her; she is only young - yet it is a POV from
the baby’s perspective to perhaps actually sympathise with him and the life he
may lead because of his mum being so young, though we may feel threatened by
his harsh accent which is in stark contrast to the fact he is a baby, we are
still made to sympathise with him
Mise en scene
On a bus: this could be perceived as she doesn’t have that much money perhaps because of the baby
Standard buggy as opposed to an expensive one - reinforcing she is a teenager supporting a child
Body language: doesn’t sit on the bus, perhaps the people on the bus are
metaphorically representing the society rejecting her
buggy (something stereotypical of an adult having) gives reason for us to judge
her
Make up and hair: her make up is heavily laid on and she has straightened her -
not the appearance of a stereotypical mother, perhaps caring for her appearance
over the baby allowing us to sympathise for him, or maybe she has someone
helping her out, reinforcing that she is too young to have a baby
Facial expression: sad and lonely throughout, reinforced through the
continual use of close ups, yet she also leans in towards the baby,
threatening, yelling at the baby reinforces what the stress of it does,
reiterating values that she is too young
The wide range of people on the bus conform to normal stereotypes - reinforced
through costume and props that are seen as ’day to day’ to reinforce the
different life she has to them
Composition: focus pull is used to have the bus bars constantly in the
foreground, they are blurred so we cannot see that they are bus bars; perhaps
prison bars to signify that having a baby has trapped and isolated her
An extreme close up is used where we see her eyes. This reinforces her expression of worry, and the way it gets so close to her face shows her feelings of confinement: she is trapped in this life now. Alternatively, the lighting used could reinforce her feelings of isolation. There is natural light coming in from the window on one half of her face, suggesting promise. The other half of her face is dark.
Editing
180 degree rule gives the audience two perspectives: the people on the bus and
the teenager - therefore giving us two ideologies: judging her and empathising
with her when she is judged - shot reverse shot used to portray this
Match on action is used when she is getting on the bus - originally the
establishing shot shows a mum and a buggy then the match on action highlights
that the mum is a teenager
A slow pace is created with the cutting reinforces the simplicity of the film
yet towards the end there is faster cutting between the transitions from shot
reverse shot to build up the tension, perhaps metaphorically representing the
anger in her life, or the stress
Sound
The harsh accent of the baby makes him seem like a bad person; highlighting the
burden he is for her as she is so young
Off screen diegetic sound of the people chatting on the bus at the end during
the credits - intensifies the way that she will never be able to get this
normality of sitting on the bus with “her friends” back
Dialogue: the chant reinforces the routinely life that she now has - shouting
“shut up” makes us feel bad as this is her life now, yet the diegetic sound of
the baby crying (signifying his naivety as a baby) afterwards allows us to
judge her as a bad mother
Messages/ values
Representation of age: allowing us to see what the stress of being a teenage
mum can do - “no time” “no friends” “horrible stomach”
Representation of gender: she is not with a man, perhaps showing how having a
child as a teenager is seen as the females responsibility
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