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Friday 5 February 2010

Cape Fear (Will)

Sound
1) The sound effects of thunder mingled in with the lightning lighting up Phsycho Bob's bloody finger gives off a very sinister look that gives the audience an idea of the intentions of the character, but doesnt actually tell them who it is, keeping the restricted narration for the first opener
2) The non-diegetic music in the background turns very sinister as the scene changes to the prizon, seeming to keep in time with the thunder, causing the effect of chilling the audience
3) The voice over reading the death threats as they are opened gives the effect of informing the intentions of the villain to the audience simply by the tone of his voice.
Camera
1) The camera zooms from the death threats on the table to the prizon which almost makes the audience panic as they know that the person writing the letters is fairly close by, making a good use of unrestricted narration.
2) When in the prizon, the camera cuts to a POV shot from the villains point of veiw, this makes the act more sinister and gives the audience a sense of foreboding, especially when they notice that he is writing 'see you soon Bart'
3) The Birds Eye shot of the table where all of the death threats have been laid out is very poignient as it stressed to the audience just how many death threats there have been, creating a mood of mysterious tension and foreboding.
Mise En Scene
1) The blood used to write the death notes makes the mood drop to a very sinister level as it appeals more to the audience tense mind than a substance such as ink would
2) The lighting tfor the scene oin the prizon cell drops down to soft dark light as the shadows tend to frighten the audience into a sense of insecurity as it is most commonly associated with criminals and darkness
Setting
1) It is set in the normal suburban town where you wouldnt expect anything out of the ordinary to happen, helping to emphasise the shock of whatever may happen later on during the feature
Character
1) Phsycho Bob is established early on as a criminal and probable murderer, proud in what he does for a living and arrogant about his cleverness
2) Bart to me seems like a boy who looks for trouble routinely and can never really seem to understand exactly what he has done wrong when he gets caught
Themes
1) There is definitely a theme of false release for prizoners who should really be locked up as Bob gets himself released for the sole purpose of killing Bart.

2 comments:

  1. You all need to read these comments and act upon the advice. You still need to link the 1 Hour Photo analysis with one of you in the heading (go to edit posts and change). You have completed 4 or 5 of the analyses, with some terms used, and some detail. However, they are underdeveloped, and need discussion of all aspects of mise en scene with terms for lighting, sound needs to use terms, and camera must also use terms and be detailed. Link evaluation of thriller elements and effectiveness to ideas you'd like to develop for your own product.

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  2. Jamie appears to have done no work on research at all. Currently not passing this unit (no marks awarded so far). He needs to speak to me asap.

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