2. COSTUME, LIGHTING
Costume- in this video there are not many actors involved until the end
of the video were we see the victim falling to the ground. The
costume he is wearing is very casual and not very appropiate for the
place he is right now making us think that he is been killed some
were else.
Lighting- the video has been shot through out the day so the light is
gradually changing until we arrive at the end of the scene were the
victim is seen and were the light is less bright showing us the end of
the day.
3. ACTORS AND MAKE UP
Actors-in the video there is only one actor which is also the victim,
therefore the fact that he has been killed is immediate and we
don’t really know who’s been and why therefore we tempted to see
the rest of the movie, some thing that makes a good thriller.
Make up- we don’t see any make up until the end of the video when the
only actor and victim falls to the ground. Because this is a male
actor we don’t need any good looking make up but the actor has
blood running out of his mouth showing us that something bad has
happened. (suspense+++)
4. PROPS AND SET
Props- there is a very small number of props used in the video even
though the only one is very important to create the suspense
needed. This prop is a car that is left open and the looping sound of
the alarm makes it really scary and it makes it look like its been
abandoned really fast as if the owner was running away from
something.
Set- the sets in this video are very interesting because they change
from chaos in a busy town to a very silent and scary forest were the
car and the victim will then appear creating a great deal of
suspence.
6. DISTANCE AND HEIGHT
Height - At the start of the video the camera is continuously moving
giving us the perception of chaos needed and wanted at the start of
that particular video. During the video the camera changes position
various times, from the town were it is slightly high , then it goes
lower to give the perception of a steep hill and at the end it is at the
ground level to film the character falling.
Distance- during the video the camera moves quite a lot. In fact it
passes from being close to far away at the start of the scene in the
town , were the car appears the camera is far away and again it
goes closer at the end were it has to get the character falling on the
ground
7. MOVEMENT AND COMPOSITION
Movement- during the video the camera does move a lot , in the first
part of the video it moves giving a sense of chaos to the audience.
For the rest of the video the camera doesn’t move much and it is
very static giving it a sense of static.
Composition- during the first part of the video the camera switches from
some wide-shots to some medium close shots giving the sense of
chaos that we’ve been talking about. The rest of the video is mostly
wide shots apart from some close ups to the poppies and to the face
of the main character.
9. PACE AND TRANSITIONS
Pace- the video starts really fast giving the audience a sense of chaos
by then get slower and slower. When the pace starts to get slower
the images have always a bigger meaning to the video and gives us
the sense of suspense needed for a thriller
Transitions- the transitions of the video are very fast in fact they are
simple cuts designed and place to get the audience confused
without knowing what is happening and more importantly were we
are.
All of this is helpful to increase the sense of suspence.
10. FX AND TITLES
Fx-there are some very interesting and chaotic visual effects that are
used in the video, the first are at the start of the video were all of
the cars are together giving us a sense of chaos, the second effect
is in the forest were the camera man focuses on two different trees
giving us a very interesting and good looking visual transition.
Titles-the titles of the video have a very dark background and a really
thin white font giving us suspense and modernity at the same time.
The titles in fact perfectly blend in with the video itself increasing
suspense and making the audience more interested.
12. MUSIC ,AMBIENCE , FX
Music-Ambience
in the video there is no music and this can be criticised , but I think
that it is even better because now the audience concentrates even
more on the actual sound of the ambience around and of the sound
effects.
Fx- there are a number of sound effects in this video. The first one is
right at the start of the video were the sound of the cars and of the
people walking around the city is increased to create an effect of
chaos and suspence to the audience. the second effect is when we
see the abandoned car at the edge of the street and were the alarm
is looped to create suspence .
