Titanic Essay Notes

Titanic Essay Notes

Opening scene with Rose:

- Bright lighting

- Lots of beeping of cars, important people, and crowd has to move for them

- See her purple hat first ~ royal colour connotes wealth and power

- Walking up onto the Ship (upper class)

- People move out of the way for Rose and her family

- Gold plating of the car, symbolic of wealth

- Having car during that time period connotes wealth and power

- Outfit is predominantly white ~ connotations of purity, very pristine

- Red lips ~ feisty, passionate – contrasts with her pure white skin ~ connoted wealth and status

- Unimpressed by the appearance of the ship, reluctant

- Contrasts with Jack, he desperately wants to go onto the Ship

- Her money influences others, tips for helping etc

- Moving upwards, going to the higher quarters of the ship presents they have power ~ they will be looking down on the others…literally

- High key lighting ~ makes them stand out, colours stand out increasingly more

First scene of Jack:

-         He runs under the bridge whereas Rose walks up a bridge ~ binary opposite

-         Wealth status and power are seen more positively rather than poverty and desperation

Also shown first / more popular actress