Thursday 23 January 2014

Previous Thriller Response Analysis



Analysis:
The establishing shot is of a middle classed house on a street at night with a street lamp on. This is presented with a long shot to show the scenery and how isolated the house is at this time. The light from the living room in the house then turns on and then we see movement coming from within the house. This is presented with the use of shadows. We then see a figure come to the window to close the curtains this then cuts to a low shot of the window at a close up of the action of her closing the curtains but viewing into the house. This is shown like this to maybe make it seem as if it is someone hiding in the garden crouching down and looking in. Or to make it seem more mysterious. Furthermore this is presented in a very dark surrounding with only light coming from the window with the lights on. This then cuts to a shot of a pov camera shot of an extreme close up at the window as if someone is peering through the crack in the curtain.  This is shown through the camera constantly moving as if it someone looking and not actually a camera.This then cuts to a shot of inside the house from a high camera looking down on the action and movement of a woman walking around. This then cuts to extreme close up's of the woman's movements. This to emphasise the drama and tension in scene and in what she is doing. This then cuts in to an extreme close up of her laptop screen and the chat on the screen. This can be to show the chat as something significant.The girl then gets up and then as she gets up the camera jump cuts to flash up shots of link in the chat to show what it says and make it come across as dramatic. This therefore links to the start with the pov camera implying someone is looking in to the window or someone mysterious is there. This then fades to white with a match on action of two shots of the woman getting up and going in to the kitchen. The second shot is taken with a mid shot from a distance to show the girl coming towards the camera and walking past. As she walks past though a dark black figure walks past the hallway in the background. this then creates more tension and links into the horror genre as it just mentioned on the laptop screen reports of murders. there are then shots of the lights flickering on and off and this is captured with the camera looking into a mirror. In one of the flashes we see the dark figure again for a split second where he is standing next to the girl. It then cuts to a long shot looking down a corridor where the girl the walks towards the camera. It then turns to a pov shot of her reaching for the handle and this is shown through a wobbly camera to make it seem as if she is actually moving and the camera is her pov. This then changes to a low shot from the basement with darkness surrounding the open door with the women at the top. She is presented as dominant here as the camera is looking up to her. Furthermore this is shown through the lighting as all the light is coming from the doorway where she is standing at the top of the stairs. This shows her a superior with the black negative space around.

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