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Analysing Media: The silence of the lambs
- 1. Analysing media The Silence Of The Lambs By Marie Deane, Mollie Gilbey, Sean Turner and Sarah Dawson
- 2. Firstly lets take a look at the…
- 3. Editing… • At the beginning of the extract when the cast and crew are being credited, it then fades into the next scene • This subtly makes the change from the introduction to the action.
- 4. • Next we can see from the picture below another clear display of edits. • When the woman is running in the forest area, there a series of jump cuts which show her from different angles. • This allows the audience to see her in different ways – for example, when it cuts to her face, we can see that she is worn out and exhausted. Editing continued…
- 5. Editing continued… • When the woman is in the office with the man, there a series of jump cuts to the two characters during their conversation. • This allows the audience to see which character is talking and also see the other character’s reactions.
- 6. Editing continued… • When there is a change of location from the forest (where the woman is completing the obstacle corse) to the office (where she is meeting with the man), there is a cutaway shot from the old location to the new location. • This shows the audience the contrast between the two locations, the main difference being how busy each location is.
- 7. Now lets have a look at the…
- 8. Sound… At the start we can hear a high pitch noise, this implies a mysterious atmospher this sets the scene at the opening of the film suggesting to the audience a poss hear natural noises of birds and rustling of leaves as she runs, this conf
- 9. Sound continued… ting and fast pace footsteps-which adds to the drama. This builds tension and m ming to collect the protagonist. He has a deep masculine voice and other male a
- 10. Sound continued… g music to represent the change in scene. This shows the difference between t ckground voices. This gives the impression of a busy workplace. Most of the voic
- 11. comes back in to welcome the teacher showing the audience that something im ound the office. This lets you take time to look at what is happening in the scen Sound continued…
- 12. Thirdly…
- 13. Camera… • In the opening scene of The Silence of the Lambs, a long shot of the woodland is used to establish the location of the film. • We also see a close up of Clarice's feet and then face which reinforce the fact she is doing exercise. • When Clarice is in the office, the camera zooms into her face which shows the audience her change in expression.
- 14. Camera continued… • Tracking shots are used throughout to follow Clarice around. This allows the audience to clearly understand where she is at all times. • A reverse shot is used to show conversation and the changing expressions of the characters in conversation.
- 15. Finally we can analyse the…
- 16. Mise-En-Scene… • In the opening sequence of the film Silence of the Lambs the micro element, Mise-En-Scene, was used throughout. • At the beginning of the actual footage of the film there was the protagonist. She was wearing very light makeup and she was wearing gym clothes. • She was wearing this because she was exercising and we know why she is doing this because at the beginning you see a camera shot of the front of her jumper and it says the “FBI”.
- 17. Mise-En-Scene continued… clothes throughout the opening sequence this could show that her job is very bu workers are wearing smart suits, this shows that the workers work in a profession
- 18. Thank you for reading!