presentation for coursework

1. Cape Fear
1991 Martin Scorsese
Starring: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte
& Jessica Lange
Fist 4 scenes = teacher lead
Scene 5 = collaborative
Scenes 6-10 = own work

2. The sound of
Frame 1
falling rain in The movie opens
the with a Universal
background ident.
adds to the However, the
gloomy image is
atmosphere of subverted and
the initial shot 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 camera
slowly zooms The girl is
out, stopping dressed in
at a mid-shot white carrying
of a girl in her connotations of
late innocence and
teens/early purity.
twenties.
She is the
archetypal
victim of the The dialogue
genre. speaks of the
This scene creates enjoyment the
uncertainty in the viewer young girl has
as its overwhelmingly experienced in a
positive tone is a marked “magical”
contrast to what is to place, the inaptly
come. named “Cape
Fear”

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. Focused on
Frame 5 Cady feels as if
Cady working he has to
out showing balance the
that he is scales of
someone to be justice and
afraid of. truth.
Bars on wall makes us feel safe.
Tattoo on Cady's
back makes him
seem tough.

7. Doors open, this
Frame 6 Tattoos all around his
makes us feel body shows us he
unprotected and Watching Cady workout, do his maybe thinks of
that he is being hair and put his shirt on could himself as a tough guy.
released from jail. shows a routine that he has been
undergoing for a long time
Law books in the
background on his Long hair shows
shelf show that he that he has been
may have been in there for a long
reading about the time.
unfair trial he had
to under go.
Cady seems a bit of a notorious man
and also has a reputation in the prison The bars slide open and
because the police warden knew him Cady turns and faces the
on a name to name basis and all of the audience, this creates
other prisoners starred silently at him tension and fear amongst
as he left the building the viewers

8. Looking at the prison and The clouds are lighter on the
realizing that it looks heavily
armed and protected shows
Frame 7 left side of the picture and
dark on the right side, this
that Cady must have done could show that now Cady
very bad….. Or not has left prison he is out for
revenge and he is bringing
his anger with him.
As Cady walks slowly
towards us, this creates Nobody to pick him up from
tension because it is made the prison either shows that
to look like he is coming nobody likes him after they
for you. heard about what he
supposedly did or that he
has no family.

9. Cady getting closer to
No good byes to
Frame 8 the screen shows that
he is after somebody
any of the prison
guard showing that
he has some un
finished business
Dark and light half of his face
showing he may be turning into a
bit evil

10. Shows a nice
well kept house,
this shows
Frame 9 Show from a point of view that
whoever owns could be cady’s
it is wealthy e.g.
a lawyer