A Clockwork Orange
At the start of a clockwork orange the audience is presented with a blank red screen accompanied by ‘Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary’, from this we can already tell that the theme of violence and Si-Fi will be apparent throughout the film. The first non-diegetic sound which we hear is the opening music for the film, ‘Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary’. Because of the musics menacing and ominous tone it mentally prepares the audience that something is about to happen, which is the introduction of Alex. The first shot we see of Alex is an extreme close up of his face, this draws immediate attention to the make up on his face. The shot is accompanied by the opening music and this combination is has an extremely overpowering effect on the audience and leaves us feeling disorientated. Alex is wearing a pare of dark, overly large fake eyelashes which brings attention to his menacing blue eyes. The fact that the makeup is only on one part of his face suggests to us that he may have a split personality. On the untouched side of his face Alex looks like a innocent young man, however the over emphasized make up on the other half strikes fear into the audience with its overpowering presence. From this we can already tell that Alex will be the main protagonist of the film as he is who we are shown from the very start.
As the camera zooms out we are given a setting of where the ‘gang’ are. It seems they are at a club of sort which suggests immaturity and that they have not yet grown up. The uniform that the gang wears is pure white and is contrasted by black hats and boots. We can also see that Alex wears two bloody eyeballs as cufflinks, this suggests to us that Alex character is psychopathic and dangerous. These cufflinks also contrast against the overall plain outfit with a splash of colour. We can also see that Alex and the gang wear a kind of briefs that make their male parts look large, this suggests that the characters are insecure with themselves and feel the need to change they're physical appearance to better themselves. The outfit as a whole is rather odd which contrasts with the fact that they are insecure and that they actually don't care what society think of them.
Through the mise-en-scene, the audience are introduced to the Korova Milk-bar. The dialect of English and Russian slang because apparent to us because words such as ‘vellocet’ are written on the walls, which adds to the overall distortion of the scene. The mannequins are positioned in a way which makes them seem submissive and 3passive, and this shock is increased because they are all presented as sexual objects. There also appears to be several other groups in the milk-bar, and it is no coincidence that they are slouched in similar positions to the mannequins. Like the mannequins, neither are talking nor moving. Alex’s pathology appears to be, that women are merely sex objects.
As the camera zooms out we are given a setting of where the ‘gang’ are. It seems they are at a club of sort which suggests immaturity and that they have not yet grown up. The uniform that the gang wears is pure white and is contrasted by black hats and boots. We can also see that Alex wears two bloody eyeballs as cufflinks, this suggests to us that Alex character is psychopathic and dangerous. These cufflinks also contrast against the overall plain outfit with a splash of colour. We can also see that Alex and the gang wear a kind of briefs that make their male parts look large, this suggests that the characters are insecure with themselves and feel the need to change they're physical appearance to better themselves. The outfit as a whole is rather odd which contrasts with the fact that they are insecure and that they actually don't care what society think of them.
Through the mise-en-scene, the audience are introduced to the Korova Milk-bar. The dialect of English and Russian slang because apparent to us because words such as ‘vellocet’ are written on the walls, which adds to the overall distortion of the scene. The mannequins are positioned in a way which makes them seem submissive and 3passive, and this shock is increased because they are all presented as sexual objects. There also appears to be several other groups in the milk-bar, and it is no coincidence that they are slouched in similar positions to the mannequins. Like the mannequins, neither are talking nor moving. Alex’s pathology appears to be, that women are merely sex objects.
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