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Aneil karia, the director of Work had a remarkable way of presenting her work to

the world. Aneil Karia and Ben Fordesman, the cinematographer, amazingly shows but
does not tell through the sound and the lighting. The lighting used during this scene is a
fill light and a top light. The fill light is used to give some light towards Jess. But the top
light is used to be directly on Jess and only on Jess. The director's intent was to show
how much weight was on Jess’s shoulders after was has happened to her in the past
few days and to also show, in that moment, Jess was alone. There is no other light
that’s surrounding her due to the fact that she is alone. The only light is on herself. The
space around her is dark and she is also in a dark corner. The sound that is used is
diegetic because the sound is coming from an on screen source. So the music that Jess
and the other dancers are dancing to is coming from a speaker on screen, the dancers
can hear the music. In this film the dialogue is diegetic. There is not a whole lot of
dialogue in the scene I chose because Karia shows but does not tell. The only dialogue
that is in this scene is said by the choreographer, who sees the determination and the
motivation in Jess. Towards the end of the film, it is night time so the lighting is dark.
When Jess runs out of the store, she is running at night. The lighting that is used is
practical lighting because the street lights are used as the overall light in that scene. By
using only a fill light and top light, Jess is isolated. Jess spaces out of the reality of her
life and she finally reaches her breaking point as shown when she is running to her
dance studio. The director's intent with this shot was to get in touch with the audiences
emotions.

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