2. What do you see?
• Entering the clip through travelling around house to main room where the even
takes place
• Two women interrogators (feminine and masculine figures
• One man being interrogated
• Slow movement when entering
• Dark and ragged house
• Slow classical music to create tension and the mood reflecting upon the house and
its features (colour and what state its in)
• Spooky
• Text on screen explaining the setting and it’s where abouts
• Anger from one woman by banging her hands on table
• 360 degree shot of the whole room
• Another man there to protect women?
• Facial close ups (showing emotion and frustration in the mans face and
seriousness in both the women)
• Body language from all characters
3. Text during the clip to show where the
Dark and damp house (Spooky)
Dark and damp house (Spooky) Shot 1 house is based and what it’s being used
for
The opening of the clip starts off by weaving the camera through the house to show the atmosphere of the building and to what kind of a
film it’s straight away referring to, the use of text shows to where the building is based at a and what the setting is there for (MI5 Safe
House) The damp walls reflect upon the atmosphere and tension that is brought into the filming along with the long staircase bouncing
off shadows and to what might lead upstairs or into other rooms where people might be. The wandering through the corridor almost
references as a person who is spying on what is going on in the house almost as an agent, relating to the theme of (MI5)
4. Secretive hidden
character, WHO IS HE? Shot 2 An opened door referencing that some
one might be in there? Dark and hidden
features still there referencing to the
house and its coldness
After passing the stair case the camera shows a short clip of a male washing his hands in the bathroom in the distance who appears to not
speak a word through out the clip, and is just there to protect the female characters. The character is darkened by the house and his
identity isn’t so revealed as the others, then the camera follows his movement as he walks into the room where the main action happens
during this short clip.
5. More lighting in the room from the
Shot 3
Three characters on show, with
windows female dominating other male and
in power
The 360 shot is shown here from when the camera enters the room and shoots the whole room and all the characters, as you can see in
this clip there is a frustrated woman with her hands on the table, where as the man sitting down seems to be arrogant and not willing to
give what the woman wants. (Body language and expression) In this room the house appears to give off more light through the windows,
Obviously to let lighting in to the room enabling for us to see the characters and what they are investigating. In the background you can
see another female, wresting her body against the back wall giving off a relaxed and easy feel towards her character and to expect what
she does later in the clip and how she acts.
6. Female in control Dark features with light
Body language
Shot 4 still in the room
The whole 360 angle has been shown now and we are now facing the other female character, still in role with her relaxed and easy
motion of how she speaks and with her body language. The darkness of the room has disappeared and with the walls just remains the
damp and dark colours reflecting on the atmosphere and mood. The shot shows the power to which the female house by how she is
standing with her arms crossed compared to the man sitting on the table at a lower level than the woman.
7. Shot 5
A close up shot is shown of the male character here and what his After the male close up it then straight away transfers to one of
facial expression has to show, which by my vision is frustration the woman's response of what the man is saying in the clip. As
and anger to what he is hearing by the women. The close up shot mentioned in the other close up, this shot is there to record the
reveals all that the character is feeling just through the emotional state the character is portraying and showing to the
appearance on his face and features. viewer of what situation they are in.
In slight view you can see the women's shoulder, almost as if the Also in this shot the background is shown, which reveals the
camera is peering over her should to reveal the male character. other people in the film as well as the other man who doesn’t
Close-ups are useful for showing detail and can also be used as a appear to do anything else apart from working on the computers
cut-in in film and emphasizes their emotional state in film. whilst the women do the verbal work in the interrogation.
