This is my scene analysis after the large-scale massacre in Black Mirror’s “Hated in the Nation” epsisode.
I’ve always loved Black Mirror for it’s original thought-provoking episodes and intense story-telling nature focused on exaggerating modern day issues and technological advancements. It was cool to be able to analyze scenes from a show I remember watching years before this assignment and peice together specific reasons for why I love the story telling of these episodes so much.
I enjoy watching youtube videos of people breaking down scenes from movies and shows on my own so it was cool to try and replicate a category of content in a way that I am already used to seeing done regularly. Although I started to record a voiceover unpacking everything that was going on in each scene, I realized that I wasn’t as fluent in analyzing a show right off the dome and that it would be better for me to try writing a little script with key points in it. After finishing this assignemnt with only a handful of scenes covered and an audio of 2 minutes, I wished that I could have written something up about this show instead to unpack more and give the show the credit it deserves.
I ended up using an editing app on my iPhone to piece my analysis together after struggling with Microsoft’s editing platform on my laptop. YouTube instantly blocked my video for copyright so I posted to Vimeo instead.
This assignment gave me another reason to rewatch the entire Black Mirror series, especially after going through some personal life expereinces over the years that have gave me new perspectieves on heavy topics like this show touches on. I look forward to reading deeper into the episodes as I watch them back and pay closer attention to the editing and cinematography of each one.