Prisoners-Clip Anaylsis-752 words


Prisoners clip analysis

The clip begins with wide shot establishing the setting of the scene, showing the viewer a dark car a small diner as well as the weather with it being late at night and there being heavy rain which is also emphasised by the diegetic sound of the rainfall. The establishing of the setting gives the viewer a feel for the themes of the scene as it is common with horrors and thrillers due to the time of say and heavy rainfall giving the viewer a glimpse of the tone.

Following this the camera switches to a full body shot of a man eating in the diner using diegetic sound to show this as at first we are shown him from and sitting down the diegetic sound in this part of the scene is also used to keep the viewer hooked on the weather and tone of the scene do to the thunder and rainfall which can be heard in the background. Then the camera slowly zooms in on the man as he talks to the waitress in a kind and polite manner giving us an idea in to the mind of the man and that he a good person or at least pretending to be one, after this it cuts to another wide shot this time inside the diner giving us a more detailed view of the setting seeing that it is a Chinese diner that is empty due to the time of day also showing us that outside there is nothing to be seen suggesting the diner is possibly in the middle of nowhere like near the motorway at a gas station again giving the viewer a thriller/horror convection. The man then gets into his car as what seems to be a police radio goes off as he answers to go help find a possible suspect showing us that he is a police officer or detective and the protagonist.

The scene follows with a cut to a close up shot behind an unknown man, also showing him to be in or next to a forest at night again reinforcing the horror/thriller convection, then cutting to a wide shot of the protagonist parking next to a gas station. After this diegetic sound is used to create tension and the idea of danger as the police officers are warned of danger all the while cutting between wide shots and neutral shots of a parked caravan and the protagonist creating a suspenseful effect on the viewer as it is accompanied by non-diegetic sounds to build immense tension. The low key lighting throughout most of the scene is used to enhance the tension of the scene for the viewer, helped by the common use of it in horror/thriller films allowing the viewer to make an immediate subconscious connection to the genre.

Then the caravan is started up and being to reverse and drive around in random directions for a few seconds narrowly missing the officers and the protagonist then the caravan is drove straight into a tree building immense suspense and confusion as we wonder what is going on. Next the scene continues with the protagonist and the other police officers approaching and surrounding the caravan as the protagonist demands he goes in first, he then enters the caravan and shouts for the driver to come out with his hands up pointing  his gun and flashlight at the covers the driver is behind using good mise-en-scene for the flashlight and gun as it fits perfectly with the tone of the scene also the actor floods emotion in to this scene telling us that the man must have done something extremely bad for him to be so angry and upset, then the man is ragged around outside showing the frustration if the protagonist building empathy as we want him to succeed as he is the ‘good guy’. During this he repeatedly shouts ‘where are those girls’ showing that the man did showing very bad to some girls which would building great hate in the viewers as the man did something most likely horrifying to two or more girls building hate for him and admiration for the protagonist as we see him investigate this case largely due to the acting of the protagonist. However the man seems to be ‘high’ so they put him in police car call for hounds and enter the woods leaving the scene on a cliff hanger as the protagonist enters a very haunting looking woods building even more tension.

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