A Series of Unfortunate Events

* Feature films use codes to construct their characters, settings and conflicts, representations * Reflect ideas’ existing in society, such as evil is always present in the end. * A Series of Unfortunate Events directed by brad siberling boldly * Depicts that evil in end is ever present when Count Olaf escapes imprisonment. * Summary of a series of unfortunate events * count Olaf is constructed through swat codes(tc,sc,ac) * To convey this tension that is unresolved in end of film intro * Olaf is drawn somewhat unsympathetically through the use of *low camera angle shots, low key lighting * + his unpredictability as he invades other people’s space. * Olaf constructed as arrogant and harmful person * When the children arrive at Olaf’s house his eye is the first part of Olaf that the audience sees; * Eye is large and intimidating. * He yells ‘intrude’ instead of meeting the children at the door suggesting that he perceives them as a burden * Once inside we see that there is low key lighting and Olaf is at the top of the stairs captured through a * * He ambles to the bottom of the stairs intermittently leaning in toward the camera to suggest that the children * Are welcome at his ‘womb-like abode’. This is contradicted with the revelation that he’s seeking Baudelaire * Wealth: Quote ‘where do i sign for the fortune, oh i mean the children’ he cares little for the children. body 1 * The idea of evil always being present are further reinforced through symbolism * Olaf works in the acting profession, this position symbolises his false nature. * He deceives people for his own gain. He dresses up as Stefano to try and steal the Baudelaire fortune, * Claiming that if he were Olaf, quote= ‘I’m sure he would look and sound completely different.’ * Through taking on a different identity, Olaf reinforces our expectations of a villainous character * Represents evil body 2 * The