LO1 The Tea Chronicles Analysis

Narrative
The narrative is that Charlie gets a new roommate. Khyan insists on making cups of tea for Charlie day in day out. As the film progresses Khyan becomes increasingly creepier by always offering tea. From this Charlie starts to have hallucinations about tea. These affect this life as he almost turns insane. This is shown from him whispering to himself and imagining himself as a tea bag as Khyan makes a  cup of tea out of himself and he has many different weird hallucinations like this. Then we find out that its the sugar that is causing these. The sugar is some sort of drug. Charlie and Khyan make amends and the issue is resolved. Then at the end Charlie makes a cup of tea for Khyan and he declines it.

Characterisation
The character Khyan comes very creepy and slightly freighting. This is because of his keen interest in Charlie and tea. He is ver obsessive in making him the tea. T he massive grins Khyan gives off when Charlie drinks the tea. Connote that he is unstable. The character Chris plays the stereotypical character of the comedic best friend. He is completely oblivious to what is going on and creates the jokes. The character Chris juxtaposes with the character of Charlie's girlfriend Jenny. Both of the characters are close to Charlie. Jenny sees the seriousness of the situation but Chris accidentally makes the situation worse. Jenny seems to be the only sane character in the film as she has the most normal reaction to what is happening. she is the character that people will relate to the most. The audience will have the most sympathy for Charlie because he is going though the whole ordeal.

Mise-en-scene
When Khyan first moves in there is a chart of what each of the housemates have in their tea. This connotes that they all drink tea often and like it. This also connotes that Chris and Charlie live in the house. Also when Khyan finds the sugar in the back of the cupboard, very sinister music plays and the bag is frayed and has a old warn look to it.  Also the music plays when Khyan stirs in the sugar This connotes that the sugar is not safe. When Khyan is taking items out of boxes this connotes that his is moving in by putting his personal belongings in the house. Also when Charlie stares into the tea and sinister music plays this connotes that he really isn't well. Then it cuts to the scene of Charlie as a tea bag which connotes he is having hallucinations.

Script
The script for the film adds to the increase in Khyan becoming crazy. This is done by him constantly asking if he liked his tea and if he wants any. Tea is all Khyan speaks about in the film this connotes his obsession. Through the script we see that Charlie is drinking the tea out of politeness and he doesn't actually enjoy the tea Khyan make and Khyan makes terrible tea.

Camera work
There is a really interesting shot where Charlie, Khyan and Chris are all in shot. Chris is the furthest away then Khyan is in the middle and Charlie is the closest to the camera. Instead of the character having a close up when they are talking in this scene the camera focuses on the character. This makes for an interesting shot because you can see the rest of the characters reaction. Then as Charlie is deteriorating there is a shot of Jenny, Chris and Khyan stood over Charlie. The lighting is low and it created a sinister atmosphere. There is a shot of the camera zooming into a cup of tea. This introduces the scene of Charlie being the tea bag. This has a high angle. Also there is a lot of shots with a shallow depth of field. There is also a lot for shot reverse shot.

Editing 
They use a green screen for Charlie in the tea bag to look like he is suspended in the air. Also there is a scene where Khyan is in Charlie's bed but he has Charlie's girlfriends voice. This was edited to make Charlie look like he is going insane. The audience hear the music that Charlie is listening to, then when Charlie takes off his headphones that music dims down. This makes the audience experience the same thing as Charlie. When Charlie is looking down at the cups of tea there is a image of Khyan edited into every cup of tea. This is also one to make Charlie seem like he is going crazy. There is sinister music put in when the film turns dark. An example of this is when Khyan first arrives at the house. The sinister music connotes that Khyan trouble to the audience

Production value 
The production value of the film is quite high. One of the reasons it is is because all the characters wear different clothes when it is a new day. Also when charlie is in bed he wears pyjamas that fit with the scene. The layout of the house doesn't change. Also the bedding on the bed doesn't change. The music that conveys a certain emotion in the film stays the same. This overall makes the production value high.