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Friday 5 February 2010

Misery Analasyse (Will)

Camera
1) The first shot of the sequence is of a half smoked cigarette with the blurred shot in a different depth of the main character typing, this not only reveals something about the main character straight off but it builds something of an enigma code for the audience as they wonder what the significance of the cigarette is
2) The second shot of the character blurred behind a wine glass maybe gives an insight to his past for the audience as they wonder the significance of the wine glass
3) the shot of a champagne bottle implies that there is a reason for the main character to be celebrating and forces the audience to wonder what he must be celebrating

Sound
1) As the main character drives along the background music is what he has on the radio. It is a cheerful tune which makes everything seem as though it is in order and that life is good, lulling the audience into a false sense of security until the car crash occurs.
2) As he has the crash the music seems to not just abruptly end but slowly fade out, giving the crash an almost dream like quality which makes it softer on the audience
3) The first thing we here after the opening title is a typewriter, this sets the scene in the audience's mind as a time of peacefulness and concentration as well as building suspense
4) The audience is scared during the title of the film as not only is it written in the colour of blood but there is a scream to jolt the audiences naval

Mise En Scene
1) The main characters simple clothes seem to tell the audience that he leads a simple yet happy life
2) The obvious organisation of his desk tells the audience that he is a man who likes to keep things ordered in his life

Character
1) The first impression we get of the main character is that he is evidentially intellectual as he seems to be a writer
2) We know that he must have a reason to celebrate as he has a champagne bottle on ice
3)The character seems to want everything in his life to be in order as he makes a very deliberate point about handwriting the words 'THE END' when he has finished typing
4) The main character makes a big deal out of lighting a cigarette making him seem like the sort of person who likes to make sure that everything is done right to his very own specifications
5)the way he seemed to almost subconsciously throw a snowball at a tree implies that he usually does it just to make sure that he still can
6) The way he continues to occasionally touch his bag with his work in it as he drives implies that he very much cares for its well being, this is highlighted when he is crashing and yet he still keeps one hand clutched onto his work making him seem very materialistic


Editing
1) The title of the film flashing up is designed to frighten as there isn't any indication that it is about to happen

Setting
1) The setting appears to be in an almost totally isolated part of the mountains which implies Canada due to the snow.

1 comment:

  1. This is OK, but you need to start to think about narrative stages where relevant - eg for Misery, the first 2 stages of narrative are in the opening. Comment on this. Use term throughout, and make the analysis less of a simple description. Look at some of the other blogs linked from my blog for examples.

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