Comparison of two very different genres

1. Tarzan & The
Possession

2. Tarzan
Establishing Shot- Showing
the jungle and the leaves,
zooms in to reveal the title,
also shows the credits.
Close up- Close up of Tarzan’s face and
zooms out to reveal his mother holding
him as they fall down in the boat-
shows their relationship.

3. Aerial shot- There is an aerial shot of
Tarzan and his mother dropping into
the sea in a boat.
There is a low angle shot of the dad
jumping into the boat from the ship.

4. Graphic Match
Graphic match is used a lot in Tarzan; here it is used when the parents are in the boat
and dissolves into the monkey parents sat in their nest in the tree.

6. Montage is used when
Tarzan’s parents are
building the treehouse.

7. Shot-reverse-shot – this is used when
the leopard is chasing the baby monkey
through the jungle and the camera is
swapping from each character to show
the different aims as the baby monkey is
chasing the frog and the leopard is
chasing the monkey; this makes it more
intense for the audience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3u1_181
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8. The Possession -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S
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The opening shot is a wide shot of a wall in a household,
full of family picture frames. The camera has tracked to
where the wall ends. Half of the shot is of the wall with
the picture frames on in the foreground, and the other
half is of a room in the background with a woman
standing there looking at something. This is clever as
although the shot has remained the same as a sequence
wide shot, there is now texture and context within the
scene, enticing the audience, encouraging them to
wonder what the woman is looking at.

9. There are many close up reaction shots of the
woman looking at a wooden box on a
mantelpiece. This is important for the context
as it communicates to the audience how the
character feels about this mysterious box (it is
apparent she feels scared, negative towards it,
yet curious).

10. This mid shot of a clock and some ornaments on a
wall continues for 4 seconds as it is showing the
only diagetic sound within the house of the clock
ticking away. This single shot and sound signifies
that the woman is in the house all alone, in order
to distress the audience. The upper half of this
shot has a very dark lighting, suggesting that
perhaps there is a dark presence entering the
house from the mysterious box.

11. This establishing shot also indicates that there
are no other people in the household except for
this woman. The shot sets the scene,
communicating to the audience that this is just
any ordinary house, however, the eerie lighting
and diegetic sound of the simple ticking imply
the sense that something is about to happen.
The subject is in the centre of the shot so the
audience focus' mainly on her rather than the
surroundings.

12. Within this shot of the mysterious box on the
mantelpiece, there is a zoom in on the object,
creating suspense within the audience and the
scene, especially as there is no sound. This allows
the audience to focus on the box alone,
suggesting that this is the main focus of the
opening scene and within the whole film. The
zooming allows the audience to get closer and
closer to the eerie object, therefore making it
unsettling for them.

13. There are many jump cuts within the
introduction to this film, immediately implying
that it is a horror film as jump cuts are
commonly seen within horror films. They help
build tension and create unease and
disorientation within the audience.