Friday, April 24, 2020

Extract Practice-24

The vision of the author was to show that you can’t be too careful with the people you trust. The woman has vital information that the man wants. He is trying to get the truthful information because he thinks she is lying. He believes this because he knows that the woman wants to get something out of this transaction of secrets so she very well could be lying for her own benefit. The director wants to show the thriller genre in the show so that is probably why the part where he gets mad and pins her down is added to this scene. All in all, the extracts follows suit of the thriller genre and shows a theme that can be interpreted in many different ways. 
In scene 1 of the extract, the main male character is seen trying to get the information about a bomb out of another woman. The scene starts off by the man walking in and handing the woman a piece of paper while they say no words and the room is completely silent. While this is happening the people in scene 2 are watching the people in scene 1 through a camera. The man finally starts to speak and he starts to ask her questions about the bomb. He thinks that she is lying about the information she is giving him so he starts to get mad and flips the table. She is not fazed by his action because she knows he can’t touch her. He continues to try and get the information out of her but fails and finally, he snaps and pins her against the wall this is when scenes 1 and 2 merge, and the people from scene 2 go to get the man to stop. Scene 1 also shows the viewers many camera angles and movements. One example of this would be the close-up on the woman’s face. This was used to let the viewers see close up to show how the woman is really feeling adding suspense to the story. The editing in scene 1 was mostly a shot-reverse-shot between the two people. This was used to build the characters as well as to build suspense. The sound in scene 1 was mostly dialogue between the man and the woman. This dialogue shows how calm the woman is and how angry the man is because he wants to defuse the bomb before it goes off. This adds suspense to the film because it shows how they are on a time constraint. The mis en scene was the specific type of lighting that they used. They used something called low lighting. This low lighting is a common convention in movies with genres such as this. This leads the viewers to believe that it is in the thriller genre. All together, scene 1 was used to build suspense and show the genre of the extract.
Now we will talk about scene 2 of the extract. We see the start of scene 2 where a man and a woman are watching the people in scene 1 through the camera in the room where scene 1 takes place. We see that the people in scene 2 are getting more on edge the angrier that the man in scene 1 gets. We also see that when the man in scene 1 is calm the people in scene 2 are also calm. They are emulating his emotions in a way. Once the man in scene 1 finally snaps they see this and start to run to the room to stop the man from hurting the woman. Scene 2 is shorter than scene 1 but still contains different camera angles, movements, edits, sounds, and mis en scene. To start off we have a two-shot and medium shot. Pretty much all of scene 2 was shot with these to show the two people watching the camera very intently. This was used to show the viewers that they are on edge and want to see how scene 1 unfolds. The editing in scene 2 was the split-screen. This was shown when the man in scene 1 snaps on the woman and the people from scene 2 run into the room to try and break it up. This adds suspense because it has fast-moving camera movements as well as people which contributes to the thriller aspect. The sounds used in scene 2 was mostly non-diegetic. It used eerie and suspenseful music to embellish the fact that the extract is in the genre of thriller and to keep viewers scared and interested on the edge of their seats. The mis en scene used are lighting and costumes. The lighting used was low lighting and as mentioned before is used in many thrillers. The costumes used were suits and this was to show that they are important people who are probably high up. All in all, scene 2 was used to add suspense as well as to give more information about the plot.
The director’s vision was very obvious. In this extract, his goal was to represent the thriller genre, build suspense about the storyline, and all-around to entertain the viewer. The normal conventions of the thriller genre are shown in many different examples in the extract. The different sounds, camera angles, movements, and even editing helps show how the suspense builds all the way through the extract. In conclusion, the extract is extremely entertaining for the viewer due to the different filming elements that they put into the extract that add suspense and make you curious about the story.

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