- The opening shot is of a house. This sets the scene and shows the audience that the important scenes will take place here.
- The next shot is of the car pulling onto the driveway. This shows that the car will play some importance to the film.
- It's night, which means the lighting is low and helps build suspense.
- It only follows one person, this shows that they may be the only character you are introduced to in the opening and that they will have a lot of importance to the rest of the film.
- Concealment and protraction: you don't see the villain, but you see the effects on the character, as they start to get paranoid, and are eventually forced to leave the house, which is supposed to be a symbol of safety.
- Partial Vision: you don't see the villain, and you don't even see the girl being taken. This helps build suspense and mystery, as the audience want to know what's happened, and who the villain was, and even who the girl was.
- Question and Answer: the way the film is set, it leaves you wondering who the girl is, who the villain is, why they have taken her, and what will happen to her. This helps build suspense, because it makes it more unpredictable.
Camerawork
- A few of the camera shots are behind objects, looking in on the character. This makes it seem like somebody is looking in on her.
- The other camera shots follow the main character, which again makes it seem like somebody is there.
- On some of the shots looking at the girl, the camera moves, which makes it seem more like a persons point of view, and it looks like they're trying to hide.
Mis-en-Scene
- Low key lighting in most parts of the film helps darken the mood and atmosphere.
- The blue light from the Christmas lights through the windows in the darker scenes, help create an eerie and creepy light and mood.
- The bright light at the front of the house going into the dark of the car represents her leaving safety and heading into danger, as the car is where she is taken from.
- The music increases and decreases in tempo in some places. This makes the film seem quicker were we want it to, and slows it down and creates atmosphere in other places.
- In one part of the music, it sounds a buit like breathing, this happens when it is from the villain's point of view, so it lets the audience know something is about to happen.
- Mostly cut aways
- Pauses and goes in black and white still images for titles
- We have used fades for the still images and the end when the title of the film comes up. Also when the girl is taken, this makes it seem more mysterious, as you see the girl, and then she is gone, so you don't know what has happened.
- Graphics are simple but suit the film and genre with the colours and style.
- They come up on black and white stills
No comments:
Post a Comment