The opening scene of this clip shows a close up of a bicycle
wheel riding along a gravelled path. The shot then zooms out and we begin to
see that the ground of the place the boy is riding through is very nice and the
grass is all well cut. We can see that the bike is reasonably old fashion so we
know the era in which this clip is set. The shot continues to zoom out and
follow the boy on the bike and we begin to see a large stately home, this tells
us that the people who live in the house would be very well off and upper
class. The music playing is very calm and relaxing however it is quite old
style music which also shows the time period. The shot then switches to a
medium shot of a young women, the women is sitting on a bed wearing very
elegant long white robes, this would suggest that this women is also upper
class and lives in the large house we saw in the previous shot. In the shot
there is also a candle next to the bed, this would suggest that this was set in
an early time period and the fact the candle stick is gold will show that the
owner is well off and owns nice things. Whilst the women is sitting on the bed
we can hear foley sounds of the bicycle riding on the gravel and we can also
hear the crackling of a fire. The women stands up and walks towards a window
and as she does so we see the reflection of the fire in a rather elegant
mirror. She looks out of the window and down at the young boy riding the bike,
the use of this camera angle may be to enforce that she is upper class, he is
lower class and maybe that she has a better status than the boy. We then see a
Medium long shot of the women at the window, the curtains arevery long and look
to be very expensive, emphasising that they live in a nice house. The women
leans across the bed and presses something. We then switch to a shot of some
bells and one begins to ring. We then have a medium shot of a man wearing
rather poor clothes however still attempting to look smart. We then have a long
shot of a table of people, they all appear to be wearing servant type outfits
and we assume that they are servants. There is a man sitting at the head of the
table wearing slightly smarted clothing. A slightly hubby ginger women then
enters wearing a typical servants uniform. We then see a slightly better
dressed women who says ‘I’ve got her ladyships to carry’, from this we can
assume that she is working class however she is of a higher status than some of
the other servants. The man from the head of the table then asks another man to
answer the door so this tells us that he is a higher status than the other
servants as he is asking them to do things. We then come out of the building to
see a young boy holding a paper and we assume this is the paper boy, he is
therefore working class however we know he has a lower status than the servants
who are also working class because of the way in which the servant speaks to
him and says ‘you’re late’. The servant who collected the papers is then
ironing the paper and the head servant enters and tells him which ones to iron.
In this scene we also notice that the head servant has a very formal accent whereas
some of the other servant sounds more informal and common, this also shows that
although they are all servants, the head servant has a higher status than the
others. We then see a shot of all the servant rushing around in the kitchen,
some are carrying trays and plates. The head servant then enters and is addressed
by the servant who was previously ironing the newspapers. There is lots of
foley sound in this scene to show that the kitchen is busy and the servants are
all very busy and rushing about. We then see the ginger women again and she is
preparing food, we learn that she has some importance and maybe a higher status
than the others because she tells ‘William’ to take the dish. The bit then does
as he was asked so he has a lower status. We then switch to a very different
scene showing a man dressed very smartly, walking down the stairs in a very
relaxed manor. We see that there is a very grand painting on the wall and this
suggests that the family that own the house have a very rich background and
upper class. The music playing whilst the lord is walking down the stairs is
very serene and calm and this suggests that the man has some importance and is
therefore higher class. There is also a very well groomed Labrador following
him, this implies that he has authority and even the dog will follow him. We
then switch to a longshot of a hall, we see the man walking down the grand
staircase and we also see these very large golden archways, this suggests that
the house is very grand and the gold colouring suggests that the people have
lots of money. This entire scene is very slow and relaxed. The man then enters
a room and initially we see the head servant and a large bunch of flowers. As
he walks into the room we see silver dishes on the side and learn that they are
high class. The way the head servant addresses the lord we learn that the lord
is of a higher class and that the lord also has a higher status. We hear the
mans accent and it is very formal and grand, from this we know that he is very
important and a higher status. The lord pulls out a chair and sits at the head
of the table, he also puts his napkin over his lap and this suggests that he is
upper class and wants to keep clean and well presented. Behind the head of the
table there is another very large painting. Two young women then enter, they
are wearing smart, well presented clothes and their hair is well groomed, this
tells us that they are also upper class however they address their father and
we learn that he has a higher status than the women. The girls accents are also
very posh and this backs up our point that they are upper class. Another young
women enters the room and presents the lord with a telegram. The fact that she
gives is to her father shows us that he is the person with the highest status
in the house. As he reads the telegram, the two young women who are now sitting
at the table beside him, look towards the lord for answers, this is because he
has the highest status. The lord then leaves the room and walks to a door, he
knocks and asks for permission to enter however he enters before he is given an
answer. His wife is sitting in a very grand four poster bed, wearing very
expensive looking clothes. Her bed linen also looks a very good quality. We
then have a medium shot showing the lord standing in his wives bedroom and is
this shot we can see the view from her windows, she has a very spectacular view
and this links to her being upper class and also having a rather high status.
Her bedroom also has very gold tones linking to her importance and status. The
wife also has a very strong British accent suggesting that she is upper class
and has a high status.
In conclusion we learn that the owners of this very grand
house are a lord and ladyship, they have servants, suggesting they are very
well off. The servants are all working class people although some have a higher
status than others, for example there is a head servant and also a servant who
serves the ladyship which suggests she has a higher status and finally there
are the daughters of the lord who are upper class and have a higher status than
the servant however their mother and father also have a higher status over
them.
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