Setting and Iconography - Locke - analysis of codes - Mindmap in A Level and IB Media Studies

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Setting and Iconography - analysing codes
- Building site - gives background to the narrative and who Locke is
  - Self explanatory that he is a construction site manager.
- Low key lighting used with soft focus of car lights - reminds audience of where he is and his journey
- Wife cuts call when he tells her about the affair - symbolic of both of their emotions - mute sounds say a lot more than words in this moment.
Connects to bluetooth - prepares the audience for a film based on narrative taking place over the phone - iconic because phone calls are key part to the narrative.
Birds eye view of motorway bridges - sets the scene for where he is
Lighting gets darker as he gets angrier, we see him through the rear view mirror which puts us in the perspective of the chair.
Realism: windscreen wipers wipe rain away, police cars, adds to scenery and makes it less boring.
ambient sounds at beginning to set the scene, industrial sounds, phone ringing - all elements of his life
Dramatic music when he speaks to chair, builds tension.
'You have a call waiting' - busy and a lot of people waiting, we see Locke stress.

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