Research Task/Analysis on The dissapearance of Alice Creed by Beth

The Disappearance of Alice Creed

Camera Work:

The camera work in this opening scene of The disappearance of Alice Creed are; Tracking,
low angle,extreme close up-Shows the man breaking into a van,eye level,mid close up,

extreme long shot,block/split framing and POV,2 shot,very low angle.

• However an example of a powerful camera from this thriller would be the shot Shallow Depth of feild:  First picture is a good example of Shallow Depth of feild as you can clearly see the man in the foreground is in focus as the man in the background isn't. This almost looks like the man in the foreground is on look-out while the guy behind him breaks into that car. This then ables us to as the viewer to focus mainly on the guy in the front almost liek he's the distraction for whats happening behind him.
• The second example is of one of the antagonist men picking up a saw viewed from an extreme close up to clearly show them buying weapons to maximise its significance.

Mise En Scene:   Setting: One of the settings out of the 3 in the first five minutes shows the antagonists in a wood/forest. The atmosphere of the woods is eerie,especially because the two antagonists are carrying a shovel, however the setting makes me think if it linksback later on in the film.

Props: Throughout this scene the extreme close ups of the objects that the antagonists are using are significant to make the viewer wonder whats they are going to do with the objects.

Editing: This scene includes fast cuts anf quick transitions almost to try and build suspense almost getting quicker like its leading up to a finishing point.

Sound: The way the opening scenes has no dialouge makes it seem more atmosphere feel more eerie.

However throughout the opening there is a continous sound track which runs through the whole of the clip which is a deep chello sound, then on top of that there is a  clicking noise, almost like a clock noise, eventually speeding up its pace as the clip goes on almost to refer to the characters running out of time.

Disturbia http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2778857753/ 
Camera work: The scene from the film Disturbia includes these shot,angles,movement: Long shot,mid shot,medium long shot,2 shot,mid close up,close up,eye level,high angle,

Blocked framing: An example of block framing is when you see the side of the window frame in the shot aswell as the antagonist through the window.This shot is powerful as it shows it from the characters  POV(point of view).

Mise En Scene: Lighting: The lighting of the 2 protagonist chracters in that scene the lighting is very artificial mainly coming from a light source which is a lamp or a prop. Because the lighting is backlighting,shiloutes are created. The effect could give the protagonist characters an air of mystery and create tension.

Setting: Old looking house,realistic house
Editing: Fast cuts between shots, to speed up the pace and create suspense.
Sound: Throughtout the clip there is a constant soundtrack of a violin makes it seem more tense,as if something going to happen.