Textual analysis (Power)

Power season 4 episode 10.

Cast:

  • Omari Hardwick
  • Lela Loren
  • Joseph Sikora
  • 50 cent
  • Rotimi
  • J.R. Ramirez

 

 

Power is a modern day TV drama which consist of many different camera angles and movements to show the characters full emotions and gestures.

 

I will be focusing on the first 5 minutes of season 4 episode 10 because I feel they’re a lot of key parts to analyse. This episode starts off with a flash back of previous scenes with the use of non –diegetic sound to build tension and the beat gets louder as the tension rises. The next part is the  iconic  theme song  used in power which is “50 cent – big rich town” because the lyrics in this song talks about having to make money anyway possible and being brought up in a poor place which is very much linked to power because that is the main story in power.

 

The scenes starts off with Tyreke being interviewed by the police about the fatal death of his little sister Reanna, in this scene a shoulder shot is used to get full emotional and facial expressions out of him whilst this is happening, it then goes into a shot reverse shot when Ghost intervenes in the interview and we are introduced to the use of props as Ghost has fake blood on his face which gives us the impression that Ghost is an aggressive character that gets himself into a lot of fights. It then goes into a wide shot showing all the characters present in the scene, Tyreke is asked a question about what he remembers on the night his sisters was killed and he chooses not to tell the interviewer what he saw, there is then a few seconds of silence and in that few seconds the tensions rises as Ghost, the interviewer and Tasha are all looking at Tyreke waiting for him to response.

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