its an analysis for the film Cape Fear.

1. Cape Fear
1991 Martin Scorsese
Starring: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte
& Jessica Lange

2. The movie opens
The sound of falling
rain in the background Frame 1 with a Universal
ident.
adds to the gloomy
atmosphere of the However, the
initial shot image is
subverted and
presented in a
gloomy blue
colour.
The image also
appears as if
underwater.
This links to a
prominent
location in the
movie

3. Frame 2
Although this shot is taken from the title sequence it still helps to develop the
atmosphere of dread in the opening sequence. The reflection of a shadowy and
menacing figure is presented atop a backdrop of calm, lightly rippling water. This
juxtaposition of the calm with the violent lies at the core of the movie.

4. Frame 3 The girl is
dressed in
The white carrying
camera connotations of
slowly innocence and
zooms purity.
out, stop
ping at a
mid-shot
of a girl in
her late
teens/ear
ly The dialogue
twenties. speaks of the
enjoyment the
She is the young girl has
archetypa experienced in a
l victim of This scene creates “magical”
the uncertainty in the viewer place, the inaptly
genre. as its overwhelmingly named “Cape
positive tone is a marked Fear”
contrast to what is to
come.

5. Frame 4 The movie
opens with an
establishing
Cady’s wall shot showing
is covered in Cady’s prison
pictures of cell.
historical
figures, mar
tyrs and
super
heroes. The
choice of
images
suggests he
respects
absolute The camera
The clip features
power & gradually zooms
bombastic, gloomy
aggression out to reveal
orchestral Music
and feels the scope of his
creating a sense of
that he has obsession.
foreboding/
been
anticipation of bad
mistreated.
things to come

6. Bars in the
Working out
shows he is a Frame 5 background
Show that the
powerful
people are
figure and that
Safe because he is
you should be
behind
afraid of.
Bars.
Scale
tattooed
on his
back
saying
truth and
justice
, he feels
like its his
responsib His back is
ility to toward the
bring the camera
people which makes
who sent us wonder
him who this man
down to is.

7. Frame 6
The bars are
Putting shirt on shows
open so this
he is going somewhere.
shows he is
being let free.
Shape of his body Books in the
Shows he works out background
A lot. Suggest he
Very well know in the prison. reads a lot.
When he walks out its silent.

8. When guard
Frame 7
asks him
if he wants his
books and See him leaving the
he says no he prison
read them
shows he likes
reading.
Big gates and big walls show that
anyone in there cannot get out.

9. Frame 8
Doesn’t show any emotion so it shows
that he isn’t an emotional man. Close up on face shows us
that he will be a main character
through the film.
A little bit of a smile which
shows he is happy to be out.

10. Frame 9
Brightly happy house.