Friday 17 January 2014



Shot explanations (Rosie and James Post)
 Eye level angle of car (central to the shot to indicate its importance) moving towards the camera with the headlights on. Dark lighting, to create eerie atmosphere. Low key lighting doesn't allow viewer to know much information, creates more anticipation and suspense to the scene to suit thriller theme.

The second shot is a side view of the car passing, shot at a slightly low angle to suggest that the car is an important factor and also creates intimidation. Low key lighting further generates a shadowy shot which accentuates the car more to connote its importance. 

This long shot is of the car swinging up to the building and coming to a quick stop to indicate the characters panic/rush. 

This is a close up of the characters feet stepping out of the car; creating more suspense to the sequence as the viewers don't yet know who the person driving the vehicle is. 

The two shots of the character jumping over the barrier, suggests the character is in a rush and needs to be somewhere urgently as he doesn't simply walk.

We have used a high angle, extreme long shot to imitate a cctv camera, suggesting that the charcacter perhaps shouldn't be there.

The extreme long shots of the character running down the corridor has been filmed using overlapping editing to create a stuttering effect and to make it appear more tense. 

The shot of the male character outside the door (filmed from inside the room) allows the audience to know where he is in the context and where he needs to be. 

We have used a low angle, point of view shot of the character when he enters the room to convey that the character is scared and vulnerable as she appears to be sat on the floor in the corner, and also that the male characters purpose is to help her. 

For the second male character walking, we used a mid close up of his feet because we don't want the viewers to feel unnerved by his presence and creates suspense. 

We have emphasised the shot of the light switch being turned off by using a close up to show the significance of the action. 

We used cut transitions to make the sequence appear quicker and jumpy to create a tense atmosphere. We also used a fade to show the change of character and situation. 


1 comment:

  1. this is a wall of text - too wordy. Each shot needs to be accompanied by a screen grab of key shot that you are discussing.

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