'One Man's Loss' Analysis

Camera: low angle tracking shot, shot reverse shot, close up of face expressions

Editing: steady cuts throughout, jump cut, titles placed over live footage

Sound: non-diegetic music, car radio, glass shattering, flowers rustling, dialogue argument, accents

Mise-en-scene: dirty, bare feet - homeless.  tailored suit, sports car - rich, upper class.  white dress - innocent pure, high key lighting

'One Man's Loss' opens with a tracking medium shot, positioned very low to the ground, at foot level. As the camera tracks, a mans bare, dirty feet follow the camera. The fact his feet are presented like this immediately makes the audience stereotype and believe that he must be homeless. There is non-diegetic music which is very hollow and tinny. Once the car has been introduced, it is clear that the sound is coming from the cars radio. Presented in the car is a man who contrasts the homeless man. He is driving a convertible sports car and is dressed in a well tailored suit. The last character to be introduced is a lady who appears in a white dress, connoting her innocence and purity, which becomes apparent in the story as her partner has cheated on her. Through her dialogue and her accent, it is clear that she is not American like the others in the film, which connotes her fragility and vulnerability to the story as she may not be too familiar with the area she is in, let alone the country. This is further backed up when she she says 'I do not drive' which could denote that she is new to America and has not had time to get her license.
When the music stops, the silence is broken by the homeless man's scream, connoting that he has injured his foot. As the shoe is thrown out of the window, there is a very clever jump cut, which allows for it to appear as though the show has landed sole down (something which is highly unlikely when being thrown out of a window that high)
The entire film is in high key lighting, which contrast with the storyline. the lighting can be foreseeing the ending and how the lady escapes from her cheating partner.