Who are they represented?-
“The Robbery” represents lower school teen-age students around year 10, our characters represent the “rebels” and the robbery plan is to steal Miss. Greenway’s glasses so that she cannot check up on their uniform.
They are both dressed casually because they are not meant to be in school at those hours, and that is the reason why they have to be so secretive.
So even though that they are both in the same robbery plan we can pick out who is taking it more seriously (Philippa) and who is having more fun out of it (Rachel). This can attract more audience types to liking this film as they can identify themselves with both characters as they are both different but still part of the same plan.
Also when Rachel says “right” and nods casually shows a contrast between her being "the action behind the brains" and Philippa being efficient and the "brains" of the plan, by pointing as she speaks at the plan that she had previously prepared.
Rachel-
“The Robbery” represents lower school teen-age students around year 10, our characters represent the “rebels” and the robbery plan is to steal Miss. Greenway’s glasses so that she cannot check up on their uniform.
Why?-
This is shown specially in the dialogue when Rachel asks “so what the whole point of this anyway?” which is a question the viewers will want to know the answer to, and it shows that in this “gang” Philippa is the leader as she is the one who the question is being asked, when she answers "so that Miss. Greenway won’t know we are not wearing our ties" it shows their attitude, and by using a high angle shot it shows a different view of dialogue that we haven’t seen before, which emphasises she is the boss and that she is also with a relaxed attitude about the robbery.
This is shown specially in the dialogue when Rachel asks “so what the whole point of this anyway?” which is a question the viewers will want to know the answer to, and it shows that in this “gang” Philippa is the leader as she is the one who the question is being asked, when she answers "so that Miss. Greenway won’t know we are not wearing our ties" it shows their attitude, and by using a high angle shot it shows a different view of dialogue that we haven’t seen before, which emphasises she is the boss and that she is also with a relaxed attitude about the robbery.
We have used these “rebels” as a bad example from the point of view of the CCTV cameras and the "follower", even at times (specially at the start) the viewers themselves would have seen them as people that are up to no good. But on the other hand, when we see it from the robbers’ point of view (Rachel and Philippa) we see them as fun people which need a break from wearing ties, and are staying late at the school for a mission.It shows another side to them which then makes the viewer think that they are there for a very important purpose for them (even though it’s meant to be comical), so that they are not prejudiced against the intelligence of these more rebellious students.It adds a bit of humour onto a subject that people are annoyed about; it shows to what lengths the students will go to not wear their proper uniform.
And it also shows that the school is always watching you which adds a "big brother" effect, that you can’t get away with doing anything against the rules (CCTV cameras, sneaking around etc) and that they want to get out of that (symbolising it as the glasses), it is almost as if the teenagers have grown up to be part of an "007" film.
But at the end of the day we can also sympathise with the characters, making them seem less tough and confident than they were when they thought they where alone and that the plan was going smoothly, but also, it follows some stereotypes as you suspect that they are up to something and that teenagers are always getting into trouble and this is the same here.
And it also shows that the school is always watching you which adds a "big brother" effect, that you can’t get away with doing anything against the rules (CCTV cameras, sneaking around etc) and that they want to get out of that (symbolising it as the glasses), it is almost as if the teenagers have grown up to be part of an "007" film.
But at the end of the day we can also sympathise with the characters, making them seem less tough and confident than they were when they thought they where alone and that the plan was going smoothly, but also, it follows some stereotypes as you suspect that they are up to something and that teenagers are always getting into trouble and this is the same here.
But because at the end they get caught, the audience may feel a bit sorry for them as they were doing so well, but this also adds excitement to the film.
She also shows that by giving Rachel authoritarian instructions such as “I want you in and out as quick as possible” as she snaps her fingers, and all that Rachel has to say is “ok...”, creating contrast between these two characters.
How did the mise-on-scene help the identification?-
They are both dressed casually because they are not meant to be in school at those hours, and that is the reason why they have to be so secretive.
So even though that they are both in the same robbery plan we can pick out who is taking it more seriously (Philippa) and who is having more fun out of it (Rachel). This can attract more audience types to liking this film as they can identify themselves with both characters as they are both different but still part of the same plan.
Also when Rachel says “right” and nods casually shows a contrast between her being "the action behind the brains" and Philippa being efficient and the "brains" of the plan, by pointing as she speaks at the plan that she had previously prepared.
Rachel-
As Rachel also wears the black trousers, and we only see this when getting first impressions of her in the film, which when sneaking around the school makes her seem more suspicious as we identify black clothes with robbers in other films.
Also, her bright blue top gives a sense of youth and the fact that it is loose on her it shows she is relaxed and confident about what she is doing; so we had to show this attitude with the clothes as she doesn’t talk to anyone for most of the film, we had to make sure we gave the right body language for the viewers to understand how she was feeling.
Rachel is more like the "action behind the brains" because she didn’t bother asking till the last minute which was the point in doing the robbery.
Rachel is more like the "action behind the brains" because she didn’t bother asking till the last minute which was the point in doing the robbery.
Also the fact that she says "anyway, show me the plans" and then pushes her towards the table to avoid getting told off by Philippa about being followed, it shows she doesn’t like being told off and just wants to move on with their plan as it is a bit of fun for her.
Philippa-
What Philippa is wearing makes her more “business like” which reflects comically their serious intensions, showing she is the “brain” behind the plan.
Philippa is obviously more serious and business-like from the start, whilst Rachel has dramatic music being played whilst being followed, Philippa wants to get the job done from the start ("where have you been?!") showing that Philippa is the "brains" behind the robbery and that Rachel accepts doing the” dirty work" and following instructions from Philippa.
The first time we see Philippa she is standing behind the door reading the time whilst Rachel is opening the door to go in the room, it shows she wants things to be done on time and she is obviously more worried when she says "be more careful next time, if they find out it will be the end of us!".
Philippa wears darker and more serious clothes than Rachel, showing she is trying to be more secretive too. And she wears silver jewellery (necklace and watch) which makes her seem more “posh” than Rachel is.
Follower-
Philippa is obviously more serious and business-like from the start, whilst Rachel has dramatic music being played whilst being followed, Philippa wants to get the job done from the start ("where have you been?!") showing that Philippa is the "brains" behind the robbery and that Rachel accepts doing the” dirty work" and following instructions from Philippa.
The first time we see Philippa she is standing behind the door reading the time whilst Rachel is opening the door to go in the room, it shows she wants things to be done on time and she is obviously more worried when she says "be more careful next time, if they find out it will be the end of us!".
Philippa wears darker and more serious clothes than Rachel, showing she is trying to be more secretive too. And she wears silver jewellery (necklace and watch) which makes her seem more “posh” than Rachel is.
Follower-
At one point, in the background we see a smartly dressed man walking into the room opposite where they are, and this is the school keeper which is actually following Rachel, and they walk away from the door just before he can see them, this causes a bit of tension as us (audience) know something they or the keeper knows.
He wears much smarter clothes to show he is meant to be more authoritarian than them and the fact that he can just walk straight into the room without checking first re- assures the viewer he is the school keeper so there are no doubts.
He wears much smarter clothes to show he is meant to be more authoritarian than them and the fact that he can just walk straight into the room without checking first re- assures the viewer he is the school keeper so there are no doubts.
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