The extract
I decided to watch was called 24. I thought choosing this extract over the
other one would be more interesting because I have never heard of it before. While
watching the video for the first time my gut was telling me that a crime scene investigation
was taking place. I personally believe the director wanted the audience to fell
curious and anxious as what was to happen next. The director made sure to make certain
shots dramatic to emphasize the situation. This would probably fall into the
genre of mystery or drama. The reason I say mystery is because in the extract
the guy is questioning the women and she is not cooperating so it makes him more
frustrated. You can tell he wanted to solve something and he is not given the
answers he wants. I also believe it could go into the drama category because its
like a he said/ she said situation. Drama must be between them because you can
tell there is tension in the room and they don’t like each other. I believe the
message the director could be giving us is that there is always a good and bad
guy. In this situation it is hard to say which is which because they both seem to
have aggression towards each other and hiding things.
The scene first starts off in a dark
room. It is pretty obvious that the setting is taking place in an interrogation
room. The director chooses to make it low key lighting/dark lighting to dramatize
the scene. Usually bright light is connected towards happiness and calmness but
darker lighting is more serious. This already sets the tone for the rest of the
scene. This goes towards my view that the director is trying to real us into
the video because we are interested in what is going to happen next. The first
camera angle that is shown is an over the shoulder shot. This shot shows the
back of the shoulder and the head of the person is used to frame the image the
camera is aiming at. Usually this shot is taken place when two people are having
a discussion and that’s exactly what is going on in the scene. It is common for
this to come after the establishing shot so the audience knows where the scene is
taking place. After that the camera zooms into the women’s face. You can infer
she is nervous by the look on her face. The reason the director might have
included this is to provide a closer look into what the charter is thinking and
how they are reacting. The scene also starts of with lots of non-diegetic
sounds. This includes the noise of the door being closed or the paper being put
on top of the table. Dialogue is taking place for a while so it leaves the audience
confused and wondering what is happening. By adding these non-diegetic sounds, it
shows panic and confusion.
The following scene is quick view
of a man and women looking at two TV’s. In the background you can hear the noise
of computers and technology so I would guess they are in a control room. They
seem to be watching what is going on in the interrogation room so by this I can
infer there is a whole investigation happening. By looking at the characters
facial expressions you can tell they are worried. The jump cut that was
included in this scene was to show the back and forth and how fast everything
is happening.
Moving back to the investigation
room the camera starts to zoom into objects to show the audience what is in the
room and to give us more of an idea of where they are. This included zooming
into the security camera and the clock on the wall. By getting a closer look on
the clock on the wall you can make a guess that the director is trying to show
the audience that they don’t have time to waste. Finally, there is some dialogue
included. The women begins by saying that she needs to be on a plane right now
which connects with the emphasize of the clock. By listening to the dialogue,
the characters are calm yet there is tension between them. The camera tends to
move from side to side which is also called a pan to portray that the guy is anxious
that’s why he wont stop moving. Lots of people tend to move from side to side when
they are nervous. Lots of close up shots are included on the women so we can
see her facial expressions. She manages to keep a serious, calm face
throughout. Another zoom is included when the man becomes frustrated and flips
over the table. He gets into the women’s face and starts yelling. By this point
tensions are rising and you can tell he is not happy. The importance of the
eye-line match in this scene is to show the significance of the conversation.
The camera is quickly moved back to
the two people behind all this in the control room. They are clearly worried with
what is going on. The camera is showing both of them at once so this would be a
two shot.
Switching back to the interrogation
room it is an extreme close up of the man and women continuing their
conversation. The woman is talking calming while having a smirk on her face.
This obviously frustrates the man because he runs up to her and starts choking
her.
A split screen is quickly shown, showing
the guy choking the women while the control people are rushing into the room.
This is intensifying the situation because you can see both sides at once. Another
thing that was easy to spot was the fact that the camera was really shaky which
means it was a handheld shot.
The last scene is everyone running into the room
to stop the choking. These continuous jump cuts help portray that the director
wanted everything moving fast and leaving the audience curious. The scene finishes
with the man leaving the room while the women is still in the chair while everyone
is with her.
After all, the details helped
prove that I was right on the director’s visions. The director wanted to keep
the audience engaged throughout by slowly intensifying the scenes. The same lighting
and characters were shown throughout. The director did a good job of leaving
the audience curious as to what would end up happening.
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